Deal Radar 2009: Barracuda Networks

Barracuda Networks offers content security products that protect organizations from email, Web, and IM threats. The company sells low-cost, on-premise network security appliances such as antispam equipment and firewalls.

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Window Into Web 3.0: Blinds.com CEO Jay Steinfeld (Part 5)

SM: Fast forward and compare where you are now. Back then you were filming videos in your bathroom, and now you are using artificial intelligence. What else are you doing? JS: Some people know exactly what they want. We want to provide them with the type of filtering that will let them find what they

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Sai Kiran Kumar

Sai Kiran Kumar is a Business Development Manager for a global IT services organization. His expertise is in outsourcing advisory services and offshore-based technology consulting services. He has an MS in management information systems (MIS) from the University of Illinois and an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. SaaS Strategies Among IT Consultants and

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Sramana on the Marty Nemko Show at 11 a.m. Pacific

Those who enjoyed Sramana’s highly animated radio appearance on NPR’s Marty Nemko show last spring, may want to tune into this morning’s KALW broadcast. Sramana is going back on the show for another round with her favorite show host at 11 a.m. Pacific. Enjoy!

Catching Up On Readings: What Price Capitalism?

This week’s Forbes column has generated more than a little debate. Click on the full article to read this and all of the week’s posts.

SaaS Strategies Among IT Consultants and Outsourcers

By Guest Author Sai Kiran Kumar It’s not a secret that SaaS is a growing industry. According to a Gartner press release, Software as a Service (SaaS) is an $8 billion market in 2009 and is growing over 20% YoY. The market should show consistent growth through 2013, when worldwide SaaS revenue will total $16

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Conservation of the Urban Identity (Part 2): Rehabilitation

By Guest Author Vaswar Mitra Should a city struggling to provide its residents with basic amenities concern itself with issues of heritage conservation and identity? For the postcolonial cities that are facing this crisis, it is important to start considering the built heritage as a major economic driver and to encourage private investment in this

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Window Into Web 3.0: Blinds.com CEO Jay Steinfeld (Part 4)

SM: If 42% of your business is referrals, what percentage is driven by search strategies? JS: I am not sure how you want to consider it, but we have a lot of direct-type in traffic due to the name, blinds.com.