Twitter Fluttering About

Social networking site, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), cannot figure out the secret sauce to success. Last year, it appointed a new CEO, its co-founder Jack Dorsey. The market expected him to deliver a miracle. Last week Twitter declared results and it again failed to deliver the miracle as its growth continued to stall. Recently Twitter also

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Tableau Struggling to Keep Up With Market Expectations

A recent study by IDC on Big Data projects the big data related infrastructure, software, and services to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 23.1% over the period 2014 through 2019. The market is estimated to be worth $48.6 billion in 2019. Another report by MarketsandMarkets projects the Advanced Analytics market, which includes

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Expectations Realigned for LinkedIn

After years of sky-high valuations, the year 2016 has gotten off to a gloomy start for the Tech market. Against this gloomy backdrop, LinkedIn’s disappointing outlook was punished harshly with its stock plunging more than 40%, wiping off $11 billion of its market value. It has also triggered a reassessment of the overhyped potential of

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Alphabet Bets on Artificial Intelligence

Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOG), previously known as Google, reported stellar results last week. The market was pleased with the performance and helped drive Google to a valuation higher than Apple. Not for long though. More recent management changes have hurt the company and the stock price has fallen some. Apple has the crown back for now.

What Will Help Apple Grow Again?

The saturation in the maturing smartphone industry coupled with currency fluctuations and macroeconomic challenges is finally weighing down on Apple’s results. For the first time since it launched the iPhone, Apple is expecting a decline in its revenue.

2016 IPO Prospects: Nutanix Files for IPO

According to Gartner, the Infrastructure as a Service market is expected to grow 38.4% in 2016 to reach $22.4 billion. Billion Dollar Unicorn club member and hyperconverged storage provider Nutanix has recently filed to go public with plans to raise $200 million. 

2016 IPO Prospects: Palantir Wants to Stay Private

A MarketsandMarkets report estimates the advanced analytics market to be worth $7.04 billion in 2014. The  market is expected to grow 33% annually to $29.53 billion by the year 2019. The advanced analytics market includes analysis of all kinds of data using sophisticated quantitative methods such as statistics, predictive and descriptive data mining, visualization, and

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2016 IPO Prospects: Okta Prepares to Reveal Public Identity

According to a MarketsandMarkets report, the Identity and Access Management (IAM) market is estimated to grow 15% annually over the period 2014 through 2019 to be worth $18.30 billion in 2019. North America is expected to be the biggest market in terms of revenue contribution but emerging economies of Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Middle East and

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