Strategic acquisitions dominated the headlines this week led by Zoom Video Communications’ (ZM) move to acquire contact center software provider Five9 (FIVN) in an all-stock transaction valued at $14.7 billion.
Read MoreWe have included several news items from last week to this week’s recap as there were some notable developments during the shortened holiday week. The most pertinent to us was the publication of the United States Postal Services’ monthly trial balance data prior to Thanksgiving, which revealed a 39% Y/Y increase in PC Postage revenue in October.
Read MoreA promising development in the fight against COVID-19 seemingly prompted a rotation out of software stocks, many of which have performed exceedingly well since the broad market sell-off at the onset of the pandemic.
Read MoreIn its quest to become the cloud compliance platform behind every transaction around the globe, Avalara (AVLR) acquired Transaction Tax Resources (TTR), which offers a database of sales and use tax content as well as other enterprise tax automation solutions to over 1,400 enterprise customers.
Read MoreThe summer doldrums are around the corner, but there was still plenty of news across the software industry to digest this week. Although MicroStrategy (MSTR) had previously outlined a new strategic approach to its capital allocation policies, shares rose as the company began to execute against those plans.
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