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Forbes Column 08: Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction

Fri, Aug 29, 2008

My new Forbes column, Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction, is one that Barack Obama and John McCain should read for a much-needed education on entrepreneurship and economic policy.

Dell Targets India

Fri, Aug 29, 2008

Dell and rival HP continue to jockey over market share. As per market intelligence firm IDC, Dell increased its market share from 15.5% last quarter to 16.4% versus HP’s 18.9%. It has grown 21.4% y-o-y compared with the industry growth rate of 15.3%. But this growth has apparently come at the cost of profit: yesterday [...]

Deal Radar 2008: Jive Software

Fri, Aug 29, 2008

A leader in web collaboration, Jive Software makes business social software that connects employees to each other and to their clients and partners. Their main focus is to improve teamwork and increase productivity through the use of their primary products, Clearspace and Clearspace Community. Other products include Jive Forums, a forum software, and Openfire, an [...]

Building Indian Mobile Banking: mChek CEO Sanjay Swamy (Part 7)

Thu, Aug 28, 2008

SM: How do you view the competitive landscape both internationally and in India? SS: Quite honestly, I have not worried about the competitive landscape. Our opportunity is so large that I have to focus on the massive growth we have. The Indian market is so big that we have not looked at expanding beyond India.

Deal Radar 2008: Veodia

Thu, Aug 28, 2008

Video production was traditionally cumbersome. Veodia plans to change that, by offering its clients the ability to stream high quality video via an SaaS platform. Its service allows companies to broadcast live, on-demand videos without making significant investments in manpower and technology.

Intuit Poised

Thu, Aug 28, 2008

On August 21, Intuit (Nasdaq: INTU) reported fiscal year 2008 and fourth quarter earnings that beat Street estimates. Q4 revenue grew 11% to $478 million, beating the Street estimate of $470 million.

Building Indian Mobile Banking: mChek CEO Sanjay Swamy (Part 6)

Wed, Aug 27, 2008

SM: Where are you seeing traction in terms of income level? SS: It is unbelievable how wide our customer base is. We were sitting in a meeting with one customer who said it was a high-end niche product, and that they would be happy to roll it out but expected it would remain a niche [...]

Deal Radar 2008: ON24

Wed, Aug 27, 2008

ON24, the global leader in webcasting and virtual events solutions, is headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was co-founded by Sharat Sharan in 1998 as Newsource, a distribution center for Internet-based video press releases. In 1999, it changed its name to ON24 and its focus to that of a financial multimedia company. Following the dot [...]