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It’s About Place (Part 8)

Posted on Tuesday, Sep 25th 2007

by Cal McElroy, Guest Author When I started this discussion on PlaceSmart Search and PlaceID back in May, there was a list of topics and issues I wanted to cover, but no clear vision on how to finish the series. As a start, here is a quick recap of the discussion: Paid local search, while

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Sharat Sharan’s On24: Lead Generation Through WebCasting (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Sep 25th 2007

SM. Where did you get the idea for your current venture? What is your domain experience in the segment? SS: When I joined ON24 in 1998, we had 2-3 people. We were using streaming audio and video but the business model had not been developed. I saw that as an opportunity because streaming was in

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Informatica: Acquisition Target?

Posted on Tuesday, Sep 25th 2007

Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) is a leading data integration enterprise that serves over 2,850 companies worldwide for their end-to-end data integration needs. The various enterprise-wide data integration and data quality solutions that its products support encompass a vast range including data consolidation, data synchronization, data governance, and data warehousing. INFA’s data quality products also support

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Web 3.0 & Gannett (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Sep 25th 2007

Vertical Strategy Gannett in partnership with Belo Corporation, The McClatchy Company, Tribune Company and The Washington Post Company owns Classified Ventures. Classified Ventures’ objective is to collectively capitalize on the revenue growth in the online classified advertising categories of automotive, apartments, and real estate. Gannett’s various positions in the verticals are sometimes held by the

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IPTV: Next-Gen Television?

Posted on Monday, Sep 24th 2007

By Mitch Berman, Guest Author To TV or not to TV? That is the question. William Shakespeare would ask, if he were on the Internet today. According to eMarketer’s March 2007 report, 143 million Americans are using their PCs to go online and watch TV shows or other forms of video on-demand. The Internet continues

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Sharat Sharan’s On24: Lead Generation Through WebCasting (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Sep 24th 2007

SM: Please describe your personal background : Family, upbringing, early career, etc. leading up to this venture. SS: I grew up in New Delhi, India and my dad was a senior military officer. We had a lot of change every two years as we moved from place to place. This taught me how to make

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Web 3.0 & Gannett (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Sep 24th 2007

Introduction Gannett (GCI) publishes 85 daily newspapers, nearly 1,000 non-daily publications and 23 television stations in the US. In the UK, Gannett publishes 17 daily newspapers and around 300 non-daily publications. Gannett’s popular newspaper USA TODAY with a circulation of 7.3 million is the US’s largest-selling newspaper. USA WEEKEND is a weekly newspaper with a

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Welcome to Bait And Switch! (Yes, I’m Talking to You)

Posted on Sunday, Sep 23rd 2007

By Richard Laermer, Guest Author In many respects nothing changes, like ever. For instance, I’ve been watching service businesses pull some serious crap for years. No matter what happens the practice of Bait & Switch (BAS) still persists.After downturns, price of coffee skyrocketing, the freaking mortgage collapse, terrorism, wars, famine, pestilence (okay not that) and

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