Outsourcing: Persistent Systems Interview (Part 11)

By guest author Tony Scott Outsourcing and the Mind of the CEO Tony: Anand, how have you changed the way you have gone about marketing and selling your services over the past few years? Have you changed your approach since the downturn?

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Pioneering SaaS In Business Process Optimization: Ariba’s Kevin Costello (Part 7)

SM: What are the plans for 2010 and beyond, now that the licensed-software-to-SaaS transformation is complete? KC: Every other SaaS company out there has satisfied an existing business process. We are out to create an entirely new way of doing business.

Outsourcing: Persistent Systems Interview (Part 10)

By guest author Tony Scott Industry Trends Driving Outsourcing – The End of Software? Tony: Do you see other trends in the software industry that will drive more companies to outsource product development? Anand: Well, a key trend is this whole cloud computing business. As people start to look at things that can be a

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The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Cheezburger Network ,Seattle

Cheezburger Networks is one the largest humor networks in the world. The company has more than 50 humor sites, including I Can Has Cheezburger?, FAIL Blog, Failbook, Oddly Specific, Failbook, Pundit Kitchen, ROFLrazzi, and There, I Fixed It. It also publishes books and sells t-shirts through its LOL Mart. The company specializes in Internet memes

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Pioneering SaaS In Business Process Optimization: Ariba’s Kevin Costello (Part 6)

SM: Is it safe to say that at this point Ariba is a reasonably well-situated SaaS company in the procurement management space? KC: Clearly there were doubters, both internally and externally, when we first laid out our SaaS strategy. The results we’ve achieved in the past four years prove that we made the right decision and

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday, June 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs looking to discuss positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture, Sramana Mitra will be holding a FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable on Thursday, June 10, 2010, starting at 8am PDT/11am EDT/8:30pm IST.  You can find more details and register here.  Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know!

Outsourcing: Persistent Systems Interview (Part 9)

By guest author Tony Scott Labor Arbitrage Cost Differentials Tony: Anand, what is the cost structure differential right now that you are seeing between the United States and India? Anand: We are still about one-third the cost of doing the same project in the United States.

The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: xMatters ,Pleasanton, California

What matters to you right now? Whatever the context, that’s the question xMatters tries to answer. xMatters (formerly known as AlarmPoint Systems) is a pioneer in relevance engines. As AlarmPoint, the company built a reputation as a provider of IT alerting solutions. Now, it has broadened its scope and developed relevance engines, a new technology

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