Top 20 Serial Entrepreneur Interviews

In the recap mode, here’s a list of the top 20 serial entrepreneurs I have spoken with: * Philippe Courtot – a very young 63-year old CEO of Qualys.

Top Seven SaaS Startups

In the recap mode, here are the top seven SaaS startups that I am tracking: * Qualys – Managed security and compliance; Interview with CEO Philippe Courtot; Forbes Column: The Next VmWare.

Serial Entrepreneurs

I want to turn the spotlight on serial entrepreneurs, and open a discussion on what drives them, and if you want to become a serial entrepreneur, what can you learn from the lives, careers and choices of other successful serial entrepreneurs.

Deal Radar 2008: Lucidera

LucidEra, the on-demand business intelligence solution provider was founded in 2005 by Ken Rudin, John Sichi and Tai Tran. We had featured Ken Rudin, the CEO of LucidEra last year in an interview.

TeleWebSales: A Methodology Discussion with Anneke Seley (Part 12)

SM: Webex is a very special case. They enabled a lot of the telephone selling by making it possible to demonstrate products over the web. AS: Exactly. Not only do they provide the technology, but they are a showcase for using the technology they provide. It is an incredible machine in terms of process. They

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“BI Appliances” are Entering the Fray

By David Hatch, Guest Author In May of 2007, Cognos announced the availability of “Cognos Now!”, a “BI Appliance”/SaaS BI offering that comes via the acquisition of Celequest this past January. In June, Ingres (an open source database provider) announced the completion of work on a “BI Appliance” with JasperSoft (a provider of open source

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Cognos’ Enterprise 3.0 Strategy Missing

The view from the top is getting clearer. The Business Intelligence companies that are relatively big and have strong appetite to digest acquisitions are either filling gaps in their product lines or expanding market share. COGN makes Business Intelligence and Performance Management software and has over 23,000 clients worldwide. Cognos’ (NASDAQ: COGN) latest buy, Applix

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Serving the Underserved: Is On-Demand BI the Answer?

By David Hatch, Guest Author In my last post, I discussed how On-Demand BI may not be just for SMBs, based on some recent research findings, and that corporate plans for On-Demand delivery of BI applications (SaaS, Hosting, BI-Appliances) may be gaining ground within organizations of all sizes more rapidly than has been generally reported.

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