On The Way To 100 Million Dollars In SaaS Revenue: Vocus CEO Rick Rudman (Part 1)

Rick Rudman is the co-founder, CEO, president, and chairman of Vocus. Prior to founding Vocus he was one of the co-founders of Dataway Corporations, which developed software applications for large corporations. He earned a degree in accounting after spending four years in the Air Force and is an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland.

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Deal Radar 2009: Silverpop

Atlanta, Georgia-based Silverpop is a permission-based email marketing solutions, strategy, and services provider. Its solutions, delivered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), are tailored to the needs of B2C and B2B marketers. Founded in 1999, the company was originally named Activegrams, and then renamed Avienda Technologies. In 2001, the company was renamed Silverpop. It has offices in Munich,

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Deal Radar 2009: Apptio

Founded in 2007, Apptio is a provider of on-demand IT cost transparency solutions. It provides IT financial management (ITFM) software that helps CIOs run the business of IT. Apptio’s software provides greater visibility into the full cost to deliver IT Services, helps companies optimize their costs, improves productivity by automating key IT financial management processes

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Intuit and ADP Make SaaS Acquisitions, But High Unemployment Hurts

This month, both Intuit and ADP made some SaaS acquisitions. Intuit has followed an aggressive acquisition strategy this year. It began its SaaS rollup with PayCycle for $170 million in June, and early this month it bought Mint.com for $170 million. ADP made its first acquisition this year with HRinterax, which has an award-winning Web-based

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Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Entrepreneur Journeys Vol. 3 Kicks SaaS

From Alan Brochstein’s post, Sramana Mitra’s Entrepreneur Journeys Volume 3 Kicks SaaS, on his AB Analytical Services blog: “I enjoyed “Positioning” as much as her first “Entrepreneur Journeys” despite its being more narrowly focused.  It’s quite an easy read given that it is essentially a collection of short stories used to illustrate some key insights. 

Not Your Father’s IBM

After Intel’s strong results this week, yesterday IBM (NYSE:IBM), the world’s leading computer services provider with annual revenue of $103.6 billion, reported a strong second quarter and also increased its 2009 earnings outlook. IBM has benefited from its strategic transformation towards Smarter Planet solutions, business analytics and cloud computing. Let’s take a closer look.

Forbes Column 2009: The SaaS Roll-Up Begins

Zero-In this week looks at the SaaS roll-up prospects and speculates. Read: The SaaS Roll-Up Begins.

Intuit’s SaaS Roll-Up Begins With PayCycle

I have been calling for Intuit to start rolling up a SaaS portfolio for a while. [Read: ADP and Intuit Should Acquire Some SaaS, Intuit Needs To Acquire Into SaaS and SaaS Acquisitions Recommended For ADP and Intuit]. Well, Intuit just acquired PayCycle for $170 million, which was right at the top of my recommendation

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