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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
Enterprise 3.0 Framework: Recap
I wrote a framework piece defining next generation Enterprise software, and wrote a number of derivative pieces on the subject about specific companies. Just like we added to the Web 3.0 framework last week, this week we need to add to the Enterprise 3.0 framework as well. But first, here’s the recap. Definition: Enterprise 3.0
Concur’s SME Opportunity
I have just published an interview with Steve Singh, Concur’s CEO. In it, I trace the Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR) story in a great deal of detail that is well worth understanding, to see why this company has a strong growth opportunity ahead. As I said earlier, the SaaS and Extended Enterprise trend alignment are good
Concur CEO Steve Singh (Part 13)
With a solid strategy executed to date, and a pending acquisition of Gelco, it is time to explore the next step in this evolution. One obvious goal would be expansion of the customer base. Here I get more interested in strategic alliances and their potential benefits in accelerating this process. SM: What is your next
Enterprise 3.0 Event: Nuggets
Here are some of the nuggets from the MIT Enterprise 3.0 event last night: * If you are an entrepreneur looking for opportunities to focus on, there are white spaces in the portfolios of larger players like Microsoft, Google and Cisco, especially in the area of Prosumer productivity and collaboration. Probably more built-to-flip models. *
Google’s Enterprise 3.0 Strategy
Google acquires Postini for $625 Million. This is an excellent acquisition, as Google was already using Postini’s spam filtering technology for Gmail earlier. This acquisition also marks Google’s next move into the Enterprise 3.0 space. Postini is a global leader in on-demand communications security and compliance solutions serving more than 35,000 businesses and 10 million
Citrix’s Collaboration Business Offers Strategic Options
I wrote about Citrix being an acquisition target for Oracle recently on the grounds of their on-demand collaboration product suite. Since then, I did a bit of digging on the numbers for the Citrix Online business. Whereas Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) is primarily an enterprise software company with: * $1.134B revenue 2006 * 60 million users
Portaga’s TripSync: Simplifying Business Travel (Part 1)
Continuing on our coverage of the Online Travel industry, I bring you Portaga, a small private company that is working on simplifying the challenges of booking and changing travel plans from within your calendar, desktop or mobile. Here, we speak with Portaga’s CEO Robert Kost. SM: Please describe your business value proposition and your product.
