2017 IPO Prospects: InsideSales.com Raises New Round at Flat Valuation

According to a MarketsandMarkets report, the global sales performance management market that includes software and services is estimated to grow 18% annually to be worth $5.62 billion by 2020. The market was estimated to be worth $2.48 billion in 2015.

SAP Expands HANA Footprint

According to research firm Apps Run the World, the top 10 ERP software vendors accounted for nearly 28% of the global ERP applications market. Overall, the global ERP applications market was estimated to be worth $82.1 billion in license, maintenance, and subscription revenues in 2015. In 2015, SAP (NYSE: SAP) was the leader in the market

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Tableau Expands Connector Strategy

After a less than impressive performance last quarter, data analytics firm Tableau (NYSE: DATA) reported stellar results for the recently reported quarter. The company continues to focus on driving product innovation to help surpass market competition.

Amazon Fires on All Cylinders

Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) has reported its seventh straight quarter of profit and beat earnings estimates. All this, thanks to its hugely profitable cloud segment, Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Facebook Diversifies Beyond Advertising

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) is the undisputed king of social media. But it had a rough end to the year due to the uproar about fake news. The company was accused of spreading hoax news that was a big catalyst in getting Donald Trump elected as the US President despite all odds. Facebook may still not

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ServiceNow Looks Robust

ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) recently reported results that surpassed all market expectations. The company attributes the growth to a successful platform strategy, and rightly so.

Alphabet Betting Outside Search

Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOG) recently announced its fourth quarter results. While revenues surpassed market expectations, the earnings were a miss due to accounting policy changes. But the market has been forgiving to Alphabet given the huge strides it is making in non-search areas.

Watch Microsoft in 2017

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) recently announced its first quarter results that surpassed market expectations and proved to the world its agility. Like I said earlier, it maybe the dark horse in the race, but it is certainly taking the right strides.