Why is the Symantec Stock Reacting Poorly?

The past couple of years have been transformational for Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) with two divestitures, several acquisitions, and new leadership. It has now refocused itself exclusively on cyber security and has undertaken several measures to reduce complexity and costs. >>>

2018 IPO Prospects: Will BarkBox Find Market Acceptance?

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According to American Pet Products Association, Americans spent close to $70 billion in 2017. About $30 billion were spent on Food, $17 billon on Vet Care, $15 billion on medicines and supplies, $2 billion on animal purchases, and $6 billion on other services. BarkBox is a niche box-subscription service company that caters to dogs.   >>>

How Can Benefitfocus Handle Competition?

According to IBISWorld, the market for HR benefits administration in the United States was expected to grow 1% to $54 billion in 2017. Benefitfocus is a provider of cloud-based benefits software solutions that recently reported its fourth quarter results that were in line with estimates. >>>

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Will Medallia Help Consolidate?

According to a MarketsandMarkets report, the global customer experience management market is projected to grow from $5.98 billion in 2017 to $16.91 billion by 2022. That translates to an annualized growth rate of more than 23% over the five-year period. Palo Alto-based Medallia is a Billion Dollar Unicorn player in the space that many believe is ready to go public.

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What is Oracle’s Counterpunch to Salesforce’s MuleSoft Move?

Oracle’s (NYSE: ORCL) recent quarterly results may have outpaced market expectations, but slowing cloud growth has caused a stir amongst analysts as they continue to downgrade the company. The market was very concerned and the stock fell 9% – the worst decline in the last five years.

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Salesforce Buys MuleSoft for $6.5 Billion

According to a Zion Market Research report published last year, the global Applications Programming Interface (API) management market is estimated to grow from $609.32 million in 2016 to $ 3.44 billion by 2022. That translates to a healthy annual growth rate of more than 33% during the five year projection period. Billion Dollar Unicorn MuleSoft (NYSE: MULE) is a leading player in the market that is hopeful of delivering $1 billion in revenues in the sector by 2021.

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Should Nordstrom Acquire Stitch Fix?

Billion Dollar Unicorn club member Stitch Fix (Nasdaq: SFIX) went public in November last year. It had a choppy start to the listing as its unique business model puzzled the analysts. Stitch Fix operates a hybrid model of subscription and transaction revenue services. Customers subscribe to receive a supply of apparel that Stitch Fix’s stylists and algorithms work out as best suited to the customer’s needs. But the customer does not have to pay a monthly subscription to receive the package. Instead, they pay a fee when the Fix is sent, and, if they want to buy the products in the package, they can apply this subscription fee as credit toward those purchases. In the last few months, the company appears to have instilled some confidence into the market as it has delivered an upbeat quarterly performance.

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What Acquisitions are on Adobe’s Radar?

Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) has over the past few years reinvented itself as a cloud-based service provider. Today, it helps its customers to not just create content but also deliver, optimize, and personalize marketing content and applications. Last week, it reported its sixteenth straight quarter of revenue growth driven by growth in its digital media and marketing segments.

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