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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Steve Singh, CEO of Concur (Part 4)

Posted on Saturday, May 12th 2012

SM: The example that I was giving you earlier along the same lines has exactly the same argument because these corporate rewards and recognition merchandise vendors find an efficient channel to sell through, and with repeat purchase patterns and that’s very attractive to them. SS: That’s exactly right. SM: What do you see in terms

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Gaps in Analytics: Jon Kondo, CEO of Host Analytics (Part 3)

Posted on Saturday, May 12th 2012

Sramana: When you came into the market in 2008, what did you notice in the competitive landscape? Who were you seeing in deals? Jon Kondo: We saw the big guys in the space, although they did not take us seriously at first. We saw Oracle, SAP and IBM. Now, they take us a lot more

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Outsourcing: Blanca Trevino, CEO of Softtek (Part 2)

Posted on Friday, May 11th 2012

SM: Actually, TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) has set up a major Latin America operation. BT: They do. TCS probably is the Indian vendor that has the largest call center here in Latin America. They do have a strong presence in Brazil, and from Brazil, they support global clients. They won, a couple of years ago,

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Chris Ruff, CEO of UIEvolution (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, May 11th 2012

SM: How does the car industry see this evolution happening? CR: Well, today there’re a couple approaches. One is that the mobile phone application would work similar to the way that you’re controlling the address book and things like that on your phone. The app’s residing there, you’re just using the controls and speakers in

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Steve Singh, CEO of Concur (Part 3)

Posted on Friday, May 11th 2012

SM: Right. Where you are sitting, the specific value proposition that you deliver, just by virtue of doing that for many years now for your clients, you have already accumulated a lot of this data. My question was do you have the technologies to be able to analyze that data and draw these personalization inferences.

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Gaps in Analytics: Jon Kondo, CEO of Host Analytics (Part 2)

Posted on Friday, May 11th 2012

Sramana: What is the background and history of Host Analytics? Jon Kondo: Host Analytics was founded in 2000 by Jim Eberlin. He had the idea of rented software in corporate performance management. He bootstrapped the company for the first seven years. He waited for the marketplace to catch up to his vision. Once it did,

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Roundtable Recap: May 10 – BlueSnap-Elance Contest Applications Deadline This Weekend

Posted on Thursday, May 10th 2012

Today’s roundtable started with a reminder of a set of contests on which we are collaborating with corporate partners. A&N Media is offering a series of 1M/1M scholarships to entrepreneurs in Britain to stimulate entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom. With a reach into 130 million consumers, their channel will offer a significant go-to-market opportunity for

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Outsourcing: Blanca Trevino, CEO of Softtek (Part 1)

Posted on Thursday, May 10th 2012

Softtek is global company that provides its clients, which comprise top-tier corporations, with process-driven IT solutions. The company has office locations in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. The world has Softtek to thank for the creation of nearshoring, which involves companies outsourcing tasks to other companies that are located in nearby countries or

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