Here Comes “Everything as a Service”Mike Smerklo of ServiceSource outlines the benefits of service-based offerings and the importance of the right business model to enable continuous delivery of value to customers in this post to the SandHill.com Blog on SaaS.
The Year Ahead in Europe
Ben Watkins of Intrinsic Executive Search shares the results of a survey of software executives on the upcoming European software business and recruitment climate in this post to the SandHill.com Blog on Predictions for 2010.
New Webinar: Identifying Cloud Business Value for Customers
Sand Hill Group’s M.R. Rangaswami and Kamesh Pemmaraju co-hosted a webinar with OpSource “Leaders in the Cloud: Identifying Cloud Business Value for Customers.” The seminar covered topics including reasons enterprises should move to the cloud, barriers and roadblocks are to cloud adoption, and implicationsfor IT leaders today. Click here to listen to a recording of the webinar.
DON'T MISS: The Basics of Business-to-Business Sales Success
B2B customers say they care most about price, but what they really want is a great sales experience. For sales reps, that means getting the basics right. Read how in this article from The McKinsey Quarterly.
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Top Stories from the Past Week
- Enterprise revenues trending up - good times ahead? (ZDNet)
- HP to cut 9,000 jobs, spend $1 billion in restructuring (WSJ)
- Apple passes Microsoft as top tech company (SF Chronicle)
- IBM CEO May Step Down in 2011 in Historic Succession (BusinessWeek)
- California County Sues Deloitte For Fraud In SAP ERP Project (ChannelWeb)
The Latest Software Business News on SandHill.com
All Headlines: Google phases out Microsoft Windows use.
VC Activity: Mobile SaaS vendor Whoop receives $1.8 million.
M&A Deals: Oracle deals for telecom, marketing software.
Executive Moves: Antti Huima named President and Chief Executive Officer of Conformiq.
Quote of the Week
“This has got to be not only one of the greatest comeback stories, but success stories of the last 20 years... You see companies coming back from the dead, but not to the point where they achieve this staggering financial position.”
- Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies, on Apple overtaking Microsoft as the top tech company
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