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06 June 2012
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Strategies of the World’s Leading Entrepreneurs: Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year

The annual Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year program honored this year’s northern California region award recipients last Saturday evening. They’re not just passionate, visionary risk-takers. Here are the key components in their strategies for success.

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Mark Bishof Leadership
Transforming from a Hardware Manufacturer to a Software and Services Provider

By Mark Bishof, CEO, Flexera Software

There are a lot of things a company has to do to make the transformation from a hardware-centric model to a more software-oriented one. Here are the core requirements.

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Christopher M. Carter Open Source
How Enterprises Can Bend the Programmer Learning Curve

By Christopher M. Carter, Vice President, Business Development, Cloudsoft

Often it takes months for enterprises to find and hire the right software developers and then even more time to “bend their learning curve” so they can successfully contribute to the business. Here are tips for taking advantage of new developers’ skill sets as soon as possible.

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William Martinez Offshoring & Outsourcing
Exposing Agile Software Development Myths

By William Martinez, R&D Manager, Avantica Technologies

There are many documented Agile failures. While there are ways to apply the Agile principles to large software projects and large/distributed teams, they require modifications and special care.

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LAUREN FREEDMANDAN DARNELL Mobile
Mobile Customers Data Complicating Retailers’ Use of Metrics

A recent study reveals that customer interaction on mobile devices is causing many merchants to struggle with maintaining the right metrics for wise decision making to drive their business.

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On-Demand Sand Hill Webinar

In case you weren't able to attend our recent webinar, you can now get all the great insights in an on-demand replay of the webinar. Sand Hill's president, M.R. Rangaswami, led the panel discussion on how Source Healthcare Analytics and Model N leveraged the QlikView Business Discovery platform to address their customers' demands for greater business intelligence insights.

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