The Domo S-1: Does the Emperor Have Clothes?
I preferred Silicon Valley [1] back in the day when companies raised modest amounts of capital (e.g., $30M) prior to an IPO that took 4-6 years from inception, where burn rates of $10M/year looked high, and where $100M raise was the IPO, not one or more rounds prior to it. When cap tables had 1x, […]
10 Charts That Will Change Your Perspective Of Big Data’s Growth
Worldwide Big Data market revenues for software and services are projected to increase from $42B in 2018 to $103B in 2027, attaining a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.48% according to Wikibon. Forrester predicts the global Big Data software market will be worth $31B this year, growing 14% from the previous year. The entire global […]
CMO playbook: How Pinterest uses data to create great customer experiences
Every marketer needs to understand how data and analytics can help create the right experiences for customers. A top practitioner from Pinterest shares his secrets for making investment decisions and driving positive outcomes for business and consumer users. This is a must-read for Chief Marketing Officers.
I hope SAP dreams biggermuch bigger
Over the last few months I have been doing my research for SAP Nation 3.0 while going to countless industry events, and consulting with several clients. I sense the enterprise software and services market is at a pivot. More about that in a minute. I have also been reading about and watching a lot of […]
Salesforce’s numbers
Salesforce’s just announced Q1 FY 2019 results beating analyst estimates and causing the stock to rise 3.9 percent. The company had been advising investors that it expected to grow to $12 billion and in the fiscal year and the Q1 results of $3.01 billion keep it on track. That’s a 25 percent increase year-over-year with […]
Three Ways Machine Learning Is Revolutionizing Zero Trust Security
Bottom Line: Zero Trust Security (ZTS) starts with Next-Gen Access (NGA). Capitalizing on machine learning technology to enable NGA is essential in achieving user adoption, scalability, and agility in securing applications, devices, endpoints, and infrastructure. How Next-Gen Access and Machine Learning Enable Zero Trust Security Zero Trust Security provides digital businesses with the security strategy they […]
The Best Big Data Companies And CEOs To Work For In 2018
Employees would most recommend Dataiku, StreamSets, 1010 Data, Reltio, Looker, SAP, Google, Salesforce, Tamr, DataRobot, Domo, Microsoft, Qubole, Attivio and Informatica to friends interested in working for business analytics, data science and machine learning, big data systems and platforms, or data management and integration company in 2018. These 15 companies are the highest rated in their fields of expertise as defined by Computer Reseller News as of May 11, 2018. Nine out of 10 […]
Host Analytics: The Beauty of Focus
Us analysts like to ask vendors: what next? I am constantly asking them to verticalize. Very few vendors actually do that but transaction processing vendors are constantly claiming to add analytical capabilities. Analysts also love to create new market categories. Gartner has two Corporate performance management (CPM) magic quadrants – one strategic, one focused on […]
Rimini Street’s new model?
Rimini Street began life as a support vendor for enterprises running Oracle and SAP software in the traditional on-premise model. In this incarnation Rimini quickly and inevitably became a direct competitor taking support revenue from enterprise vendors. Competing for support revenue is legitimate provided the third-party vendor conducts itself lawfully, respecting patents and copyrights […]
News Analysis: Adobe Completes Campaign To Commerce With $1.68B Magento Acquisition
Commerce Finally Comes To Adobe On May 21st, 2018, Adobe announced a $1.68 billion acquisition to acquire Magento for commerce capabilities and the developer ecosystem. When the transaction closes, the Campbell, Ca based company will be part of the Adobe Digital Experience team with Magento’s CEO Mark Lavelle reporting to Adobe’s executive vice president and […]
