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| The Monthly Journal for Venture Partners and Enterprise Software Executives |
| March 2009 |
In This Issue
 CEO Spotlight: Ashish Chona, InSync Software, Inc.
Seven Predictions for Open Source in 2009
You Vote: A stimulus package for SaaS will boost the economy.
Truly Protecting Data in an Open and Collaborative World
Software M&A Insights: Deals Active Despite Macro-Economic Turmoil
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CEO Spotlight: Ashish Chona, InSync Software, Inc.
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| By The Sterling Report |
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Despite widespread skepticism of RFID and other Auto ID solutions, Ashish Chona, CEO and Co-Founder of InSync Software, Inc. talks with The Sterling Report about how he has brought the technology successfully into the mainstream market, leveraging the constant buzz and delivering actual ROI for customers using their software applications. |
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Seven Predictions for Open Source in 2009
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| By Roger Burkhardt, President & CEO, Ingres |
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2008 was an eventful, breakthrough year for many open source companies and 2009 will be even more so, especially in terms of business purchasing patterns, software business model shifts and enterprise software stack evolution. The current economic conditions will certainly prompt businesses to look more closely at alternative IT solutions – and open source technology will be one of the big winners next year. |
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Truly Protecting Data in an Open and Collaborative World
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| By Michael A. Concordia, President, BitArmor |
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Data breaches are becoming daily news, where organizations put personal information about millions of consumers at risk by not taking adequate responsibility to ensure their protection. Their consequences – which include violations of personal privacy, bank account and credit theft, appropriation of competitive intelligence and compromised national security – have never been fully accounted for, but they are massive and, in a growing number of cases, disastrously expensive to remedy. |
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Software M&A Insights: Deals Active Despite Macro-Economic Turmoil
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| By Ken Bender, Managing Director and Kris Beible, Analyst – Software Equity Group, LLC |
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Amid deepening macro-economic turmoil, M&A software buyers continue to remain active in 1Q09. Deals highlighted this month include Autonomy’s acquisition of Interwoven, a leading provider of content management solutions, Dealertrack’s acquisition of automotive in-store inventory management system, American Auto Exchange and Meetic’s acquisition of Match.com’s European online dating service assets. |
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