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Business Strategy for Software Executives |
November 14, 2005 |
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![]() Time for a New Software ModelSales and marketing costs are dragging down the
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Read McKinsey at SandHill.comA new partnership with The McKinsey Quarterly means readers can access premium stories about issues impacting software business strategy via SandHill.com. Readers simply complete a one-time, free registration on McKinsey’s site to access the article. Highly regarded by top executives, The Quarterly compiles the latest, in-depth analysis on a variety of business topics from its global network of consultants. This week, SandHill.com features three McKinsey articles on important software issues: Reducing Risks in Offshoring Projects, Building Stronger Vendor Relationships and Better B2B Selling. Watch for new stories from The Quarterly every week in Software Pulse. |
The open source database continues to grow in the double-digits every quarter. Guy Smith of Silicon Strategies investigates the success of MySQL and finds support for Larry Augustin’s theory of open source-driven market expansion in this week’s post to the SandHill.com Blog on sales and marketing best practices.
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SandHill.com publisher M.R. Rangaswami meets with a variety of software industry players every week. Get M.R.’s perspective on the most compelling companies, services, products and executives in a new feature, SandHill.com Radar.
This week, meet NetSuite. It’s no secret that the company is doing well — but it’s a bit surprising exactly how well.
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Last month, Bill Gates sent a memo outlining a "sea change" for the software industry and urging employees to take advantage of this opportunity. Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff responded this week calling Microsoft a "dinosaur." Will Microsoft refocus its products in time to stay on top and take over the services wave?
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Oracle names another board member.
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most important enterprise software industry news of the week >>
Navio Systems receives $24 million.
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the latest software venture capital deals >>
Microsoft buys media-streams.com.
Size up last week's software M&A deals >>
Hugh Scandrett named president & CEO of Ounce Labs.
See who’s made it to the top in our list of recent software
executive appointments >>
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