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June 16, 2016

saas based performance monitoring platform logicmonitor raises $130million

Software company LogicMonitor has raised $130 million, marking its largest funding round for setting up the California company for an Asia expansion. LogicMonitor, a software-as-a-service, or SaaS, company that helps businesses monitor their data centers and flag possible problems, raised $130 million from Providence Strategic Growth, an investment arm of Providence Equity Partners, the company said in an interview. Prior to this funding, LogicMonitor, founded in 2007, had raised $21 million, a relatively small sum compared to some other high-growth software companies.
" logicmonitor gets $130 milion funding"


With 160 employees and more than 1,000 paying customers, including JetBlue, Citrix, National Geographic and Trulia, The company revenues has doubledeach year for the past five years. declined to provide specific numbers.


June 15, 2016

5 industries that will transform disruption powered by iOT



" internet of things mind map"

 LIST OF INDUSTRIES  THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY  INTERNET OF THINGS  



The Internet of Things or IoT is not really an industry and is more of a theme with IoT companies attacking a wide variety of industry challenges. Th above image posted by CBinsights shows together a map of IoT startups that are attacking different industries. While companies like Lockitron and Canary aim to automate your home, Proteus Digital Health and AdhereTech are trying to revolutionize  medicine by improving patient monitoring. Below are some of the areas that IoT startups are attacking with a small sampling of companies for each IoT segment.

vc investment in drones : top 5 deals

Funding to drone startups increased 104% as venture firms including Lightspeed Venture Partners, GGV Capital and Kleiner Perkins among others jumped into the space with sizable bets.


who are the VC  that are funding drones"
Between 2010 and 2012, there were fewer than five VC deals to drone companies. But as hype and interest catalyzed for the space (Amazon famously revealed plans for drone delivery in December 2013), investment has grown. There are now at least 10 drone companies with Series A funding or later including Ehang, Skycatch and Kespry. A handful of companies have raised Series B financing including 3D Robotics and Airware.


May 29, 2016

top 5 best lessons from Apple for entrepreneurs


As an entrepreneur, you’ll hear a lot of people tell you that you need to reach out and figure out what people want, which means listening to your critics, often times more patiently than you’d like. Apple decides to flip the script and instead focus on building what they want to build, no matter the perceived cost. When Steve Jobs debuted the iPad, the critics stood in line, throwing every insult they could muster. The critics said that the iPad would fail. The numbers say otherwise

Stick to you conviction


.Each and every time Apple decided to innovate, they were laughed at. They prevailed anyway. “Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.”


 2. Turn the Ordinary into Something Beautiful For quite some time, PC fans enjoyed the work of buying their own parts and building their own tower systems. At the same time, PC makers were building standard hardware for standard applications. Apple would have none of that. They’ve been pioneering not only the features of standard operating systems and computer systems, but simultaneously reinventing the design standards as well. As a result, we have the gorgeous iMac, the beautiful new Macbook Air, and who could forget, the amazing iPhone 4. Where others focus on one aspect of the equation, Apple focuses on the entire product, and it shows.

Justify Your Price :We’re in a time when pricing strategies are all over the place. People don’t know what to charge, and in many cases, prefer to race to the bottom instead of pricing strategically to a market that can bear the cost.
 Once more, Apple ignores the standard by not only pricing their technology more than 2x what their competitors charge, but doing so without blinking. How can they get away with it?
The truth of the answer is twofold: 1. They build beautiful products for an audience that loves them passionately. 2. They justify their price with features and benefits that can’t be matched.

Lets look at the 4 reasons why Apple can get away with its premium pricing

  1.  No other computer can match the display of a 27” iMac…it simply can’t be done. 
  2.  No other software can match what iTunes brings to the table. 
  3.  No laptop is as thin as the Macbook Air. 
  4.  No software is more intuitive, no product more valuable than the Apple product. 
  5. Any other smartphone looks like it was developed by rookies when compared to an iPhone
    You simply cannot compare the two. ” 


  6. Build a tribe :It’s no secret that Apple has built one of the most hardcore fan bases of any product and of any time. There’s a reason they’re called “fanboys.”
    But who cares, right? Most of the chatter is out of jealousy more than anything, but Apple doesn’t really care. They know that they serve an elite audience, and rather than back away from that fact, they embrace i


May 27, 2016

the biggest wearable players who control 65% market share








"the biggest wearable players who control 65% market share"

The wearable market has seen a big spike las year as the market starts to mature. IDC recently announced the Big Three in wearables: Collectively the big 3 Fitbit, Apple, and Xiaomi,  controls 65% of wearable market : Fitbit with 22.2%, Apple with 18.6%, and Xiaomi with 17.4% leads the market







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May 21, 2016

which are the most appropriate fonts size for mobile:



5  Tips to optimize your  mobile experiance with the right font   


The science of choosing an eligible font for your mobile:Mobile users have low attention span.. as its diffucult to strain their eyes tp read what they are looking at
Concentrate on the above of fold . A mobile user  will always concentrate on whats above the fold
Always set a font size that is higher than what you use for below the content .

Whether you go with Sans Serif and Serif font, which is the most used font across mobile,consider the height of characters in your font alphabet and the white spaces between the letters
Fonts with moderately high individual characters height and a little bit of space between letters can improve readibility

Make sure to provide enough contrast between the  font  and background so that users can see your content without straining their eyes and eventually moving on to another site

So which is the best Font  :  The safest if not the best is using  the most common font that mobile device manufacturers  and most user prefer according to a latest mobile font report is using  Arial, Helveticia ,Courier , Georgia in that order






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May 3, 2016

10 start ups set to distrupt iOT across Healthcare






" The internet of things across the healthcare space"5  Biggest Disruptions across The Internet of Things (iOT) across the healthcare domain 


Internet of Things across healthcare has been on the upswing for the last one year. iOT across healthcare startups are operating on different pain-points in healthcare and allowing for real-time patient monitoring and prevention care outside of hospital settings. Deals to digital health, an area that encompasses everything from digital therapeutics to health wearables and ingestible connected devices, jumped 20% in 2015.


HEALTHCARE START UPS BY VERTICALS: 
The start up category across the healthcare  space are concentrated across these key 10 verticals which are
1)Clinical Efficieny
2)Patient monitoring 3)Biometric sensors 4) Home Healthcare 5) Home Health monitoring
6)Brain sensors  and Neurotechnology 7)Fitness and wearables 8)Remote data monitoring
9)Cloud-based Hospital Hygiene System and  To read more on this go here



"key paradigm shift  across Healthcare IOT"





April 1, 2016

1 billion mobile subscribers,with 10 times mobile traffic being added every 6 month

"global mobile trafic growing by 1 billion  in 6 months "
By the end of 2015 half of the world’s population had at least one mobile subscription, totaling over 3.6 billion unique mobile subscribers. By 2020, around three-fifths of the global population will have a mobile subscription with 4.6 billion users with a growth of 4% CAGR with close to one billion new subscribers being added in 6 months




 At the end of 2015 half of the world’s population had at least one mobile subscription, totaling over 3.6 billion unique mobile subscribers. By 2020, around three-fifths of the global population will have a mobile subscription with 4.6 billion users with a growth of 4% CAGR  with close to one billion new subscribers being added in 6 months  



Developed markets are growing more slowly as penetration rates approach levels close to saturation. For example, in Europe and North America, unique subscriber growth was below 1% in 2015. At the other end of the spectrum, Sub-Saharan Africa was still the world’s most under-penetrated region with subscriber growth at nearly 12%. 

GLOBAL MOBILE  PENETRATION:: From 50% in 2015 ,,penetration will  exceed 59% by 2020
3G/4G MOBILE CONNECTIONS : 3G and 4g connections across the world  will exceed 69% in 2020  from 39% in 2015
NUMBER OF SMARTPHONES: Number from Smartphones across the world will reach 5.9billion by 2020 compared to 2.6 billion as of 2015
MOBILE TRAFFIC” set to grow 10 fold by 2019   



GLOBAL SIM CONNECTIONS :.Global SIM Connections  is set to reach 10 billion from 7.3 billion by 2020 Mobile operator revenues will growth from $1.15 trillion to $1.40 trillion, which is a growth of 3.1% CAGR 

February 26, 2016

end of good times for swiss watches, as apple smartwatch is on a roll


In what could be a watershed in the history of wrist watch.. Smartwatches sales have surpasses traditional swiss watches with a sales of 8.1 million in Q4, 2015.. In contrast 7.9 milliom swiss watches were sold during the same period.As compared to Q4,2014, smartwatches have seen unprecedented e growth of 316% , wheras Swiss watches managed to ship a mere 1.9million.


In terms of marketshare ,Apple smartwatch rules this segment with over 63% marketshare and is far ahead of samsung with 16% share .Combined, Apple and Samsung make up 8 out of 10 smartwatches sold . Apple sold 2.6millio smartwatches in q2,2015 while samsung managed to sell 600,000 which means apple sales is 6 times ahead of its nearest rival.Across wearable technology, which icludes smartwatches, fitness trackers , Apple’s 3.6m Watch sales contributes only 0.8m and ranks 2nd behind market leader Fitbit, which sold 4.4m devices in Q2.2015



" global smartwatches  marketshare"

" top 10 nations where swiss watches are exported"

Biggest market for swiss watches

In terms of geographic breakup, Apple watches smartwatches sold the highest in North America with 7.4million units , while Asia Pacific contributed 6.7 million units, followed by western europe with 5.4million units.

contribution of swiss watches by regions and countries

swiss watches contribution by regions





Meanwhile About 1.2 billion watches are produced annually, according to the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry’s estimates ..At company level, three Swiss watch and luxury groups – Swatch Group, Richemont, and Rolex – are the clear world market leaders. Together the three groups account for an estimated 45% ofglobal swiss  watch sales.
 Rolex leads the market with a share of 13.59% followed nby Omega and IWC, with a marketshare of  9.82 and  7.23%. Rado and Breitling  with 5.6 and 8.08%


February 23, 2016

the highest paid top 3 chief information officers








The comparison chart shows the most highly paid chief information Officers( includes salaries and stocks and shares)


With over $40 million annual compensation,Walgreen’s  Timothy J. Theriault , the  Global Chief Information Officer and Executive VP   of Walgreen Boots Alliance happens to be  he highest paid CIO  

The  second and  the  highest paid CIO ,with a total salary of $36 milllion happens to be Mr. Robert B. Carter , The CIO and Divisional Executive VP at Fedex . A veteran at at Fedex he has been in the company for the last 16 years as EVP – FedEx Information Services and CIO

Trent Taylor , the CIO at Hhgregg is at number 3 with annual compensation  of over  $12 million,Mr. Taylor has over 25 years of experience in the information technology field, including systems architecture, data center infrastructure, networking, applications and e-commerce.

February 20, 2016

Salesforce ups its arsenal with with the acquisition of machine learning start up PredictionIO

" how machine learning is changing the world of big data"

Machine Learning and its application across Industries


Salesforce with its acquisition of Machine Learning start up, salesforce looks to stock ups its cloud based data science business by strengthening its arsenal further. Salesforce has recently acquired similar machine learning start ups RelateIQ and Tempo AI, among other companies.Machine learning is a predictive and powerful recommendation engine which uses algorithms to crunches tons and petabytes of unstructured data into meaningful insights..Its application in Big data is immense. Click below to see applications of machine learning in real life

The simplest examples of machine learning in action are aggregator sites like like reditt or quora, or google news where consumer generated questions are automatically grouped by algorithm and arranged by topics and are automatically classified into meaningful categories. News aggregators are examples of real time machine learning .
Amazon is one of the pioneers in use machine learning.. with the concept of ” using social proof” to encite users to buy related products

February 9, 2016

most common metrics used to measure metrics in the SaaS markets

The   5 most common metrics   used to measure metrics in the SaaS  markets




With the exception of British Airways, the European brands in the table have seen minimal growth or a decline in their brand values. Iberia has been the worst affected, its brand value has fallen 23% to $951m. Southwest Airlines achieved a 52% growth in brand value Airlines 50 Sector Analysis – Airlines after a strong financial year and American Airlines’ brand value soared 39% to $3,649m, moving it up to 5th place

February 6, 2016

January 21, 2016

broadcasters make hay as airwaves auction opening bids announced

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"airwaves  auction opening bid by US TV market"

AIRWAVES AUCTION  OPENING BIDS FOR SELECTED MARKETS

The Federal Communications Commission( FCC)  has  set the opening bids it is making to buy broadcast television licenses in the spring, with high prices designed to bring TV stations into a process that will eventually clear new airwaves for wireless carriers.

The prices, which range from less than $100 million in smaller markets to as much as $900 million for a station in New York City.The  TV stations’ airwaves are  more attractive because they can carry wireless signals over long distances and deep into buildings.

According to wsj Some major broadcasters including CBS Corp. and 21st Century Fox Inc. have shown interest in selling some licenses in the auction.

January 20, 2016

Samsung take a beating in MENA region as local brands gain momentum

Middle east and North african ( MENA ) region continue to show brisk sales of overall mobile phones (smartphones + feature phones)  as the region ‘mobile sales grew 23% Yoy.  Smartphone sales across these regions have been  growing 3  times faster that global  smartphone growth

"mobile marketshare in MENA nations"

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN MARKET : MOBILE OEM’S ACROSS THE REGION


  • Samsung , Huawaei and Tecno were among the top 3 biggest players in this regions,
  •  Samsung’s share in 2015 declined to 41%, a 9% decline from 50% share it had in Q3,2014
  • Samsung loss was, was Tecno’s gain .The local brand Tecno saw its marketshare grow from 4.8% to 8.2% 
  •  Tecno became the 3rd largest mobile player, notching up 123% increase in mobile shipments in juts under a year 
  • Apple’ increased its marketshare in the MENA nations from 2.2% to 4%and broke into the top 5 largest players