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          share, adjusted, vs. $1.16                            Zoom  gaining  millions  of

          per share as expected by                              users amidst the coronavirus

          analysts,  according  to                              pandemic as people flocked
          Refinitiv.                                            to  the  service  for  online

          -  Revenue:  $1.02  billion,                          meetings,  classes,  and

          vs.  $991.0  million  as                              digital social gatherings.
          expected  by  analysts,

          according to Refinitiv.                               In  the  same  quarter,  Zoom

                                                                announced the availability of
          Zoom's  revenue  increased                            Zoom Events, which allows

          by 54 percent year over year                          organizations  o  create

          in the quarter ending July 31.                        premium  online  meetings.
          Zoom saw revenue growth of                            Zoom also announced that it

          191  percent  in  the  quarter                        invested  in  the  event

          previous.  The  company  is                           software  developers  Cvent
          reportedly  aiming  to  see                           as the company sought to go

          growth  of  31  percent  next                         public through a merger with

          quarter.                                              a   s p e c i a l   p u r p o s e
                                                                acquisition company.

          The  company  reported  its

          gross  margin  widened  to                            Despite  the  company's
          74.4  percent  up  from  72.3                         massive growth over the last

          percent last quarter. During                          year, the company continues

          t h e   q u a r t e r ,   t h e                       to  face  serious  headwinds.
          t e l e c o n f e r e n c i n g                       Pranksters  invented  “zoom

          giantannounced  plans  to                             bombing,”  in  which  they

          acquire  the  cloud  contact-                         i n t r u d e   a n d   d i s r u p t
          center  software  provider                            t e l e c o n f e r e n c e s .   T h e

          Five9  for  $14.7  billion  in                        company recently agreed to

          stock.                                                an  $85  million  settlement
                                                                over  privacy  violations  and

          The  deal  comes  following                           zoom bombing.
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