SM: Interesting. When you look around, what are some location-based killer apps that you’ve seen – not your own apps – that are really impressive, really interesting? TR: For me, I would categorize it as a couple different types of apps. The first apps that I still think have massive appeal and are still used
Sramana Mitra: I have to say, though, that what you’re describing, even at a big data level, not yet available. Forget big data and real time. Correct? Ari Zilka: That’s where Terracotta comes in. We’re a data management company, and the product’s name is Big Memory. SM: I know, but what I am saying is
Sramana: You started developing software for real estate during the real estate boom. How did you handle the crash that came shortly afterward? John Ramey: We knew that the real estate market was going to tank coming into 2008 and had decided to start developing software to address the problem of finding and buying premium
At today’s roundtable, we had an unusual amount of discussion on ERP startups. Given that ERP is such a mature market, the fact that all this startup activity is going on in ERP is a bit puzzling to me. Rural ERP Surjith Singh from Chennai, India, pitched Rural ERP, a business that intends to focus
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Sramana Mitra: I think I agree with you. You are saying that Groupon is the most significant. Groupon – and the others in that category, such as LivingSocial – is the more significant innovation in location-based coupon services in the recent generation. Tasso Roumeliotis: Yes, exactly. SM: What do you see as the impact of