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Kathleen Goolsby, Editor - SandHill.com

Industry observers and experts share their opinions on what software companies' game-changing moves from 2011 that will have the most impact in 2012.

Kathleen Goolsby, Editor - SandHill.com

SandHill’s sponsors and some of our frequent content contributors predict where we’ll see the biggest competitive battles in the software ecosystem in 2012 as well as how U.S. 2012 elections will impact the software world.

Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Managing Director - THINKstrategies

Salesforce.com’s acquisition of Model Metrics has a number of important implications for the cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) industries.

Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Managing Director - THINKstrategies

The greatest barrier to broader user adoption of cloud-based alternatives to traditional, on-premise systems and business applications continues to be lingering concerns about data privacy, security. Salesforce.com unveiled a new Data Residency Option that could eliminate this obstacle to adoption.

Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Managing Director - THINKstrategies

HP's plans to jettison its Personal Systems business in order to focus its corporate efforts on building its enterprise software presence runs the risk of overlooking the most important trend transforming the tech marketplace today—the consumerization of IT.