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Splunk Inc (NASDAQ: SPLK) reported a top-and-bottom-line beat in its fourth quarter results, which had multiple Wall Street analysts upbeat over the company's outlook. Price Target And Rating Changes Credit Suisse's Brad Zelnick: Outperform rating, price target raised from $88 to $110...

The Benzinga Global Fintech Awards are a yearly showcase of the best and brightest in fintech. In preparation for its biggest installment yet in May 2018, we're profiling the companies competing for the BZ Awards. Our next feature is on GiniMachine. What does your company do? What unique...

The Benzinga Fintech Summit is an event for those interested in finance, entrepreneurship, capital markets, deal-making, networking and accelerating their business. It's a chance to interact with and learn from founders, C-Suite institutional executives, leaders of the biggest and hottest...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) founder Jack Ma recently discussed the ways the world is changing and the implications for the global economy in an interview with CNBC. Over the next 30 years, technology will evolve in a way that will make millions of jobs obsolete. While the transition will...

RavenPack, a provider of big data analytics for financial services, announced on Tuesday the launch of a new platform that will bring big data analytics to fundamental and discretionary investors. The new platform will consist of a self-service data and visualization platform that gives financial...

On Monday, Drexel Hamilton issued a note on the IT hardware and software industry, specifically highlighting Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) as being well positioned to benefit from the Internet-of-Things (IoT) trend. Brian White, an analyst at Drexel Hamilton,...

In a new report, MKM Partners analyst Kevin Buttigieg took a look back at the enterprise software industry and discussed investing themes that have worked and those that haven’t over the past two years. Typically, many of the worst performers in a given industry will outperform in the...

  Former Microsoft exec and current Talend CEO Mike Tuchen said open-source players have completely flipped around what used to be the enterprise purchase process.     Open source now allows companies to “try before they buy” (subscribe).  ...

The acquisition of Sponsorhub by Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT) creates synergy between the two companies. Sponsorhub provides advertisers and sponsors with unique insight into sports and entertainment related chatter on social media. One of Sponsorhub’s specialties is tracking fan...

Brian White of Cantor Fitzgerald maintained a bullish tone on Splunk Inc (NASDAQ: SPLK) following its top and bottom line beat in its second-quarter results which were released on Thursday. Splunk reported revenue of $148.3 million in its second quarter, beating the $139.6 million White was...

While there is plenty of data on new housing starts -- an important economic indicator -- up until now there has been little information available on residential remodeling. On August 10, the inaugural BuildZoom & Urban Economics Lab report "New Eye On Housing And The Economy," was made...

Data center REITs benefit from the exponential growth of: cloud computing, wireless data, Internet of Things, big data, as well as a skyrocketing demand for streaming media. Jefferies this week published a comprehensive 46-page research report, "Outlook Remains Strong as the DC REITs...

"Our ability to review hundreds of unique data points on each project we underwrite allows us to more accurately determine and price risk in a national market." – CEO Jason Fritton Real estate crowdfunding was kicked off by the JOBS Act in 2012, but its recent acceptance by both retail and...

In a report published Thursday, Deutsche Bank analyst Sherri Scribner offered three reasons why shares of Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) remain "attractively valued" with catalysts this year that will boost shares higher. "Hewlett-Packard remains one of our favorite stocks...