Posts tagged DDOG
K. Liu's Week in Review

The United Postal Service’s (USPS) monthly data for April revealed a 54.7% Y/Y increase in PC Postage revenue, marking a significant acceleration from the 13.4% increase in March and the 13.7% increase in the same period last year. This comes as no surprise as management’s commentary during Stamps.com’s (STMP) Q1 earnings call highlighted double-digit growth in U.S. dollar volume processed across all carriers in March and growth north of 50% in April.

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K. Liu's Week in Review

With results from the last of the March quarter reporters out, it remains clear that most vendors experienced elongating sales cycles in the final weeks of Q1 but have seen activity levels rebound thus far in Q2. That said, few have expressed any great confidence that recent trends will remain intact through the more critical selling period near quarter-end and only a small minority are willing to put forth expectations beyond the current quarter.

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K. Liu's Week in Review

Carbonite (CARB), a provider of data protection services and endpoint security, has agreed to be bought by OpenText (OTEX) for $23.00 per share in cash, a 25% premium to the last closing price preceding the announcement and a 78% premium to the unaffected closing price on the day prior to reports that the company was considering a sale.

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