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Salesforce.com Shows Strength
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the leading SaaS vendor, reported strong third quarter results on November 20 that beat Street estimates yet again in an increasingly gloomy economic environment: yesterday the National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared that the US has been in a recession since December 2007. Despite the challenging market conditions, Salesforce.com is set
Deal Radar 2008: iForem
At the cusp of SaaS and content protection sits today’s Deal Radar company, Redwood Shores, California-based iForem. It is a digital archiving company that delivers innovative tools for intellectual property (IP) and critical content protection based on its Automatic Retention Management (ARM) platform. iForem was conceptualized by Stephen A. Pieraldi, iForem’s CEO, in 2006. Pieraldi’s
Deal Radar 2008: Elastra
Back in January, I wrote a Trend Radar piece called SaaS Impact on IT Infrastructure and predicted that the adoption of SaaS in the enterprise will give rise to a series of innovations to help manage the operational complexities surrounding the phenomenon. In this column, we look at Elastra, one such infrastructure provider.
Forbes Column 08: Deconstructing The Cloud
My new column Deconstructing The Cloud attempts to demystify the various nuances of cloud computing and offer you a framework, yet again.
Deal Radar 2008: Appirio
Appirio was founded in October 2006 by Narinder Singh and Glenn Weinsten to help companies integrate Software-as-a-Service (Saas) solutions. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company has a strong advantage because of its partnerships with Google and Salesforce.com. A cloud integrator with a focus on cloud applications working well together, Appirio ‘practices what it preaches’
Buying Opportunity with VMWare
VMware (VMW) is facing troubled times. With the recent announcement of Microsoft entering the hypervisor (virtual machine monitor) business, the management change of CEO Diane Greene getting fired and management having to revise down guidance, the stock has hit quite a turbulent patch.