Unicorn in The Making: Ross Mason, Founder of MuleSoft (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: Can you talk about what made that a successful transition? What did you do as a founder? What did your new CEO do as the incoming CEO? Obviously, it has been a successful transition since you’re working with this person for a while. Ross Mason: A few things. Bringing someone new in is

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Michael Aginsky, CTO Of Gibbons P.C. (Part 3)

A big motivation for cloud adoption in legal industry is the speed at which cloud based offerings can be deployed. However, a big barrier to adoption is integration with existing on-premise enterprise applications. Only the peripheral user focused processes which have very basic integration requirements are the ones which have moved to the cloud from a legal industry standpoint. Michael mentions in this part of the interview that primary driver for selecting a cloud based offering at Gibbons is ‘business need and appropriate fit’ followed by usability, integration capability with existing systems, governance and security.

Infineon: Wireless Business

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author We recently evaluated Infineon’s industrial and automotive business and its wireline communications business. Let’s now take a quick look at its wireless communications business, which has been in the news for the past year due to the company’s presence in the iPhone.

ST Microelectronics: Wireless Business

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author The JV with NXP has given STM the scale to succeed in the mobile wireless space. Putting its weight behind the convergence movement, the company plans to leverage its full suite of wireless solutions to enable the advanced mobile devices coming out of the Nokia stables among others. Let us

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Does SaaS Threaten Indian Outsourcing?

Here’s an issue for readers to weigh in on: Does SaaS Threaten Indian Outsourcing?

Broadcom: Broadband Communications Business

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author In my last article on Broadcom, I took a look at its Enterprise Networking Business and concluded that it is a steady revenue source for the company. I will now proceed to dissect the Broadband Communications business.

Cracking the Very Small Business Market: PayCycle CEO Jim Heeger (Part 10)

SM: That is good insight to carry to the audience in this particular type of business. I have heard that about the GoToMeeting product as well, that they have no vertical bias at all. They are trying to focus on very small businesses as well, and are finding no vertical alignment whatsoever. Switching topics, you

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Informatica: Acquisition Target?

Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) is a leading data integration enterprise that serves over 2,850 companies worldwide for their end-to-end data integration needs. The various enterprise-wide data integration and data quality solutions that its products support encompass a vast range including data consolidation, data synchronization, data governance, and data warehousing. INFA’s data quality products also support

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