Will SAP Acquire BlackLine?

According to a Market.Us report, the global accounting software market is estimated to grow at 7% CAGR from 2019-2028. The market was valued at $6.2 billion in 2018. Recently, cloud-based financial software provider BlackLine (Nasaq: BL) announced its fiscal first quarter results that surpassed market expectations.

GoodData Has a High Potential PaaS Strategy

According to a recent published report, the global big data analytics market is estimated to grow at 30% annually to $40.6 billion by 2023. San Francisco-based GoodData is making a mark in the market.

Cloud Stocks: Qualys Scouting For Acquisitions

With the continuous digital transformation and growing adoption of smart connected devices supported by AI and Machine Learning capabilities, enterprise security systems globally are exposed to vulnerabilities. According to Gartner, enterprise spending on Security Technology is expected to grow to $124 billion this year. A MarketsandMarkets report expects the global cybersecurity market to grow 10%

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Cloud Stocks: How Upwork Can Leverage the Virtual Company Trend

Mountain View-based Upwork (NASDAQ: UPWK), the largest online marketplace that enables businesses to find and work with highly-skilled freelancers, went public last year. I am a huge fan of this platform, and my company has used it extensively for 15 years. Upwork has just announced its results for the first quarter that missed the analyst

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For Apple, Growth Exists Beyond iPhones

According to a recent Gartner report on global smartphones, for Q4 2018, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) reported its worst quarterly decline in phone sales since Q1 2016. With demand for entry level smartphones continuing to grow, vendors like Huawei are eating into both Apple’s and Samsung’s smartphone share. But Apple is turning the trend around by

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Proofpoint Expanding Footprint Via Acquisitions

According to a recent Research Report World report, the global enterprise cyber security market is expected to grow at 18% CAGR through 2025. The cloud-based enterprise email security, e-discovery, and compliance service provider Proofpoint (Nasdaq: PFPT) recently announced its first quarter results that surpassed market expectations. This was the fourth consecutive quarter that Proofpoint beat

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Tableau Needs a PaaS Strategy

According to a Market Reports report published earlier this year, the  global data visualization market is estimated to grow 9.5% annually to $7.76 billion by 2023 from $4.51 billion in 2017. Tableau (NYSE: DATA) is a leading player in the market, but the company is leaving a lot of money on the table by not

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BigBasket’s Acquisitions

According to a Goldman Sachs report, the Indian online grocery market is expected to reach $40 million in FY2019 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 62% from 2016 to 2022. According to Crisil, online grocery in India is expected to grow between 65-70% annually to $1.4 billion by 2020. A leading player in

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