Zendesk (ZEN) is expected to live up to its reputation as a fast-growth company when it reports its second-quarter earnings after the market close on Tuesday. The maker of customer service software, which competes against much larger rivals including Salesforce.com (CRM) and Oracle (ORCL), will be posting its first financials since launching its IPO on May 15. Zendesk stock was down a fraction in morning trading in the stock market today, near
Manhattan Associates is proving to be a survivor in more ways than one. The company has found a way to compete with larger rivals Oracle (ORCL) and SAP (SAP) in warehouse management software while also side-stepping the recent sell-off in high-growth but little-or-no-profit software companies such as Tableau Software (DATA) and Splunk (SPLK). Manhattan Associates’ (MANH) stock is down from an all-time high of 40.79 touched on March 17, but the
NetSuite’s (N) move to build up its e-commerce platform likely got its biggest boost yet with the company’s acquisition of Venda on Thursday. The deal for the London-based company is NetSuite’s fifth acquisition related to e-commerce services in two years. NetSuite also provides enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management software. Other software companies including Oracle (ORCL) are also snapping up e-commerce-services