Deal Radar 2008: Comcast Buys Plaxo

Just as I said Comcast has not been doing anything to beef up its internet portfolio, they announced the acquisition of Plaxo for an estimated $150 Million.

Deal Radar 2008: Jigsaw

Jigsaw is an online directory of over 8 million business contacts, complete with full name, title, address, email address and telephone number. It works on a point system, where members exchange contact information they have for contacts they need. Members are given points for every contact they provide and for wrong contact information which is

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Deal Radar 2008: Xactly

Xactly develops software-as-a-service for managing sales performance. It provides real-time, web-based, on-demand sales compensation solutions that help companies to sell more. The programs are affordable and enable smaller size companies to design, implement and manage sales compensation programs. The company was launched in 2005 by Christopher Cabrera and Satish Palvai and is headquartered in San

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Catching Up on Readings: Hydro Alchemy

Since the last catching up list on April 26, you may have accumulated more backlog. What’s with the Yahoo-Microsoft frenzy? Here’s a quick cache of the articles since then that you may want to make sure you read:

Deal Radar 2008: Genius

Imagine you are on the web site of a company, browsing about their products, and someone from that company calls you at that very moment? That’s the technology Genius provides. It’s spooky!

Deal Radar 2008: Intacct

Intacct provides on demand financial management applications for small and midsized companies. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Jose, California with offshore operations in Bangalore, India.

Deal Radar 2008: MakeMyTrip

Rated India’s #1 Travel Website (by JuxtConsult), MakeMyTrip has carved a niche for itself in the eight years since its inception in 2000. It started out as a service for the booming USA to India NRI travel market and has now evolved to include airline tickets, hotel reservations, holiday packages, car rentals and several other

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Deal Radar 2008: Yatra

Yatra is a travel company which provides availability and booking facilities for air travel, hotels, buses and car rentals worldwide. Besides its strong online presence, Yatra also offers its services through mobile phone and retail mediums. Founded by Dhruv Shringi, Manish Amin and Sabina Chopra in 2006, the company currently is based in 10 cities

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