SM: How did the circumstances of your upbringing transfer into your professional life? SP: That forged in our minds the sacrifices our parents were making for us. The least we could do for them was study. I wanted very badly to make them proud.
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While Oracle and IBM have been in the news with their strong quarters and acquisition bids and plans, their competitor, SAP (NYSE:SAP), the world’s leading provider of business software with 2008 revenue of €11.57 billion or $16.3 billion, has been lying low. On the eve of its first quarter earnings report, which missed estimates, let’s see [...]
SM: Let’s start at the beginning of your story. Where are you from? SP: I was born in Iran, and my parents immigrated to America the first time in 1976. My father came here for his master’s degree. We went back to Iran in 1978, right before the revolution.
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Cellular wars are heating up by the day. AT&T and Verizon are fighting hard for the smartphone infused momentum in the consumer and prosumer markets. Verizon just overtook AT&T as the No. 1 wireless carrier. Last week AT&T (NYSE:ATT) reported declines in revenue and profits but still beat estimates, mainly due to the iPhone, which [...]
Long gone are the days of Web 1.0, when Internet content was generated by a relative few and website design was the exclusive domain of professionals. And as more people generate richer content, entrepreneurs are recognizing the need for better systems to manage it. Our latest Deal Radar company is concrete5, an open source content management [...]
SM: Which markets are you selling to? TC: We sell into ticks, clicks, and blips. Ticks are Wall Street, clicks are e-commerce, and blips are sensor networks like RFID. Ticks are a no-brainer and we have a lot of big customers. Clicks are customer interaction management and next generation CRMs.
