We are still in the very early days of cloud adoption in the enterprise says ServiceNow CEO, John Donahoe. Also, something that is often overlooked is that governments are finally embracing the cloud which presents a huge opportunity to all of the big cloud players.
What The eBay PayPal Split-Up Means For Them And For You
Big news in the world of e-commerce. eBay announced that it will separate eBay and PayPal into two independent, publicly-trade companies next year. Do you expect each of these companies to thrive separately? Let us know what you think. Investor…
Is Amazon’s Drone Delivery a ‘Long-Term Fantasy’?
Although Amazon claims that one day unmanned delivery drones will be “as normal as mail trucks,” one high-profile CEO isn’t really buying into it yet. eBay CEO John Donahoe is skeptical, and thinks that delivery drones are a “long-term fantasy.”…
Scott Thompson Gone to Yahoo, What’s Next For PayPal?
As you may know, Yahoo announced that PayPal President Scott Thompson is its new CEO. That means he’s no longer going to be President of PayPal. This isn’t going to be a Jack Dorsey-like situation, where he has prominent roles…
eBay To Buy GSI Commerce For $2.4 Billion
GSI Commerce, a public company that deals in ecommerce and interactive marketing services, should soon be the property of eBay. eBay announced this morning that it intends to acquire GSI for a whopping $2.4 billion. GSI has built up an…
eBay Buyers And Sellers Donated More Than $50 Million To Nonprofits In 2010
eBay is touting that its buyers and sellers donated a record $54.8 million to U.S. and U.K. Nonprofit organizations in 2010.
A donation was made every 24 seconds via eBay Giving Works, the company’s nonprofit fundraising program in the U.S., raising more than $91 a minute for nonprofits. Overall, donations were up 7 percent last year, compared to 2009, and nearly 9 million items were listed for sale, with all or a portion of the sale price donated to a nonprofit, more than double the items listed in 2009.
eBay Delivers Impressive Q4 Earnings Report
The fourth quarter of 2010 – which of course coincided with the all-important holiday shopping season – was a pretty good period for eBay. The company reported its financial results this afternoon, and managed to come in above analysts’ forecasts.
eBay Financial Report Tops Forecasts
Believe it or not, this is a good – or even great – day to be an eBay shareholder. Although Google and Yahoo’s stocks basically fell off cliffs following iffy earnings reports earlier this week, eBay managed to publish some positive numbers this afternoon and has seen its stock jump in after-hours trading as a result.