Future of CAD and PLM: Part 1

I wrote a number of articles about the CAD / PLM industry over the last few weeks, especially bringing them in the context of the Extended Enterprise trend. In CAD PLM Shuffles and SaaS: PLM and The Extended Enterprise, I discussed some of the recent changes in the PLM landscape (UGS’ acquisition by Siemens, IBM’s

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Enterprise 3.0 = (SaaS + EE)

I have written several pieces recently about the Extended Enterprise trend, covering Segments such as Collaboration, CRM and PLM. In the same vein, that I have proposed a framework for Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS), I would like to discuss in this piece, a framework for Enterprise 3.0. Fot those working with

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SME ERP: Netsuite + (eBAY AND AdSense)

Recently, I pointed out that there are 20 Million businesses in the US that don’t have any employee. These include ecommerce businesses that thrive on eBAY and small publishing businesses that leverage Google AdSense. I have also discussed the SaaS trend at length, and covered the NetSuite IPO that is coming. Netsuite has recently done

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Saas: PLM & the Extended Enterprise

I have written two pieces already, discussing the Extended Enterprise: – SaaS: Webex and the Extended Enterprise – SaaS: CRM and the Extended Enterprise In addition, I wrote CAD / PLM Shuffles, discussing the changes in the Product Lifecycle Management marketplace.

Saas: CRM & the Extended Enterprise

In the recently concluded Philippe Courtot interview, we discussed at length the Extended Enterprise and its challenges from the perspective of Collaboration and Security. I wrote a follow-on piece on how Webex has done an excellent job capitalizing on the Extended Enterprise opportunity. (You can read the Courtot interview here: [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part

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SaaS: How About a Middle Ground?

Last Fall, I wrote a widely read piece called Venture Capital in India, in which I pegged the Indian venture boom to be largely in Real Estate, Retail, and to an extent in Consumer Internet, not much in actual technology. Last week, Sujai Karampuri made a well researched case for technology product companies in India.

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Serial Entrepreneur: Philippe Courtot (Part 1)

In this next iteration of the Serial Entrepreneur series, I had a rather long interview with Philippe Courtot. He is an exceptionally driven and talented individual, and also brings a tremendous amount of successful experience to this series. In what will likely be one of the longest interviews in this series, Philippe really gives us

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Neocase: A SME-SaaS Case Study (Part 2)

SM: Under what circumstances did the company get started? HP: Neocase Software was established 15 years ago in what can be considered one of the more challenging environment for providing quality customer service: a technical call center. Jean-Michael Cambot, a software guru who later went on to become the CTO with Business Objects, “cracked the

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