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Data Management, Virtualization Top VC Wish List Innovation within the software industry combined with the astounding success of VMware's IPO has venture capitalists looking high and low for the next great software company.   |
InternetNews
August 31, 2007
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Oracle Snaps Up Bridgestream Acquisition-happy Oracle adds Bridgestream to complement its identity management software suite. |
InternetNews
September 4, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Oracle's Buying Spree Nets Netsure Oracle closed another significant acquisition over the Labor Day weekend, adding Netsure Telecom, an Irish network intelligence and data integrity software developer, to its ever-expanding, communications-software arsenal. |
InternetNews
December 26, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Enterprise Software in 2008: Consolidation and Chaos Loom VCs will lavish more attention on data-management startups as leading vendors snap up niche players. And an acquisition of SAP? It's not as crazy as it sounds. |
Entrepreneur
August 2008
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High Rollers Venture capitalists showed entrepreneurs the big bucks in 2007. Could one of our top VC firms be looking for a business like yours this time around? |
InternetNews
November 5, 2009 |
Startup Software Spending Falls to 13-Year Low Investment in fledgling software companies reaches its lowest level in 13 years as clean tech and biotech spending surges. |
Entrepreneur
July 2002
Tracy T. Lefteroff |
After The Flood With the flow of VC funding slowed to a trickle, let our list of the top 100 VC funds be your divining rod. |
InternetNews
September 24, 2009 |
Investors Warm to SaaS in Bleak VC Climate Second-quarter VC spending checked in at its lowest level since 1997 but private, on-demand software firms represent a lone bright spot. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2005 |
Venture Capitalists They're not in the news as much, but they're still around -- and important. |
Entrepreneur
August 2008
Carol Tice |
On the Horizon The economy may be down, but the expansion capital outlook remains positive in 2008. |
The Motley Fool
October 23, 2006
Tom Taulli |
SAP Still Not Serious About M&A Third-quarter results were much improved, but intense competition from Oracle clouds the picture. Investors, take note. |
CRM
July 1, 2009
Marshall Lager |
Matching Pie Slices to Plates As more vendors enter the on-demand CRM arena, profit may be harder to come by. Is consolidation the answer? |
CRM
September 2007 |
The 2007 Market Awards: Enterprise Suite CRM The enterprise suite CRM market is at a critical point in its evolution. |
InternetNews
May 15, 2007
David Needle |
SAP In Acquisition Mode SAP announces purchase of MaXware and Wicom Communications. |
InternetNews
July 18, 2007
Clint Boulton |
Oracle Fights ID Theft With 'Trust' in Bharosa Oracle picks up partner Bharosa to flesh out its Identity Management software suite. |
InternetNews
July 1, 2004
Michael Singer |
More Mega Mergers if Oracle Succeeds The quest for PeopleSoft was the tip of the iceberg, say analysts. |
InternetNews
August 31, 2010 |
VMware Ramps Virtualization Acquisitions Virtualization giant VMware announced two purchases targeting security and analytics - TriCipher and Integrien - as it looks ahead to offering "IT as a service." |
InternetNews
August 23, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Who Will Win The SAP, Oracle Battle? While SAP and Oracle continue to slug it out for the lion's share of the estimated $30 billion-plus that companies spend for business applications and services each year, Salesforce.com's software-as-a-service model is propelling the company to record sales and earnings. |
InternetNews
May 18, 2006
Michael Hickins |
SAP's $125M SaaS Attack If software-as-a-service is the future of enterprise apps, is SAP locking the NetWeaver door after the horse has left the market? |
InternetNews
April 21, 2010 |
SAP Scoops Up TechniData As it looks to fend off Oracle and remain the leading business application vendor, SAP opens its wallet to buy TechniData, a German firm specializing in environmental, health and product-safety applications. |
Entrepreneur
April 2007
Guy Kawasaki |
Go for the Gold If you're trying to get venture capital, follow these 10 steps to impressing investors, and you'll be on your way to the big time. |
Entrepreneur
July 2006 |
Doing the Numbers VC funding had another fruitful year, nurturing young and established companies alike. |
InternetNews
December 20, 2006
Michael Hickins |
The Year of SaaSing Dangerously? This was the year that SaaS finally broke out of the small business-oriented, CRM silo to become a true force in the enterprise application space. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2008
Jill Jusko |
Are Venture Capitalists Misplaying Nanotech? Nanotechnology funding is out of sync with returns. |
Wired
April 2004
Gary Rivlin |
The Roots of Bust 2.0 Suddenly, venture capital is growing on trees. But the cash glut could crash the Valley again. |
CRM
October 2012 |
Oracle Recognizes the Need for Change Mark Hurd is no stranger to big success. In his five years as president and CEO of HP, he was credited with righting the company's financially struggling ship. Now, starting his third year as president of Oracle, he is steering yet another big ship on a completely new course. |
Entrepreneur
April 2009
Asheesh Advani |
Know How Your VC Gets Paid The bear market brings several implications for startups looking for funding. |
InternetNews
October 17, 2007
Larry Barrett |
SAP Open Sources Memory Analysis In its quest to spur development for its business applications, SAP is now providing its memory analysis tools to the open source community. |
CRM
November 1, 2005
Chris Selland |
Acquisition Predictions Oracle's plan to acquire fallen CRM star Siebel Systems begs the question: Which company is next? |
BusinessWeek
September 10, 2007
Aaron Ricadela |
Virtual Machines, Hard Cash The market values tiny VMware at $26 billion. |
Entrepreneur
April 2009
Brad Feld |
Beware the Arrogant Venture Capitalist Their weaknesses may vary, but there's typically a common characteristic not-great venture capitalists share: arrogance. |
InternetNews
November 5, 2010 |
VC Spending Plummets But Software Still Tops The third quarter was a disappointing one for venture capital investment but a good number of new software companies have little to complain about. |
InternetNews
March 22, 2005
Michael Singer |
Oracle, SAP: Upward Bound Analysts suggest Oracle's winning bid for the Minnesota-based retail software provider is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to potential mergers and acquisitions in the next 12 months. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Silicon Valley Bank's Diversified Success A comeback in M&A and venture capital financings should bode well for the bank that once specialized in tech start-ups. Investors, take note. |
Entrepreneur
February 2009
Guy Kawasaki |
Top 9 Lies of Venture Capitalists Here's a look at the meanings behind what VCs say. |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2008
Tim Beyers |
The Web Still Beats Solar A new study shows that venture capitalists poured $1.5 billion into Internet-specific businesses in the second quarter. Clean-tech companies yielded a little more than half that. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2005
Rich Smith |
Are You a Venture Capitalist? Then stop investing as though you've got money to burn. The way to make money in stocks is to invest in financially sound, responsibly managed, profitable companies. |
Entrepreneur
February 2009
Carol Tice |
European VC Firms Investing in U.S. The VC community overseas is smaller than the U.S., but it is looking for U.S.-based companies. |
InternetNews
July 21, 2010 |
Jive's Social CRM Attracts Big Investors Two top venture capital firms have invested more than $30 million in Jive Software. |
InternetNews
March 2, 2007
Clint Boulton |
Will Oracle's BI Buy Stick it to SAP? Oracle's $3.3 billion bid for Hyperion Solutions is another sign of how hot the market for business intelligence software has become. |
InternetNews
September 17, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
VC Resurgence Breathes More Life into IT Venture capitalists are raising and investing money again. What are they looking for and where? |
Inc.
June 2004
Michelle Leder |
Offshore Drilling Why foreign-based venture capitals are taking a closer look at U.S. firms. |
InternetNews
April 24, 2007
Michael Hickins |
Oracle Stacks Utilities Suite Oracle buys Lodestar to offer the utilities industry a wider range of management software tools. |
Entrepreneur
July 2002
Mark Henricks |
Answering the Call Trust corporations to know when the VC game is ready for new players. |
InternetNews
December 11, 2007
Larry Barrett |
VMware Gets SAP's Vote of Confidence Deal could see VMware's virtualization software becoming further entrenched in the enterprise while simplifying future SAP implementations. |
Inc.
December 2004
Michelle Leder |
Main Street VCs Most venture capitalists prefer to be within an hour's drive of their investments, but that's beginning to change. Is a new breed of venture capital, coming soon to a town near you? |
InternetNews
October 8, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Shareholders, Analysts Pan SAP's Strategic About-Face SAP, which has long lauded the virtue of growing from within, took some heat Monday after paying $6.8 billion to acquire Business Objects. |
InternetNews
April 17, 2007
Michael Hickins |
Oracle: On-demand is Now 'on The Grid' Oracle said version 14 of Siebel CRM On Demand is now 'a real player on the market.' |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Venture Capitalists: More Caution, More Due Diligence, More Diversity Venture money is out there, but it will be staying more and more with entrepreneurs who have better grounding, better products and at least a modicum of a track record... |
Entrepreneur
May 2003
C.J. Prince |
Ray of Hope? VCs are optimistic about the coming year but are still holding on to their purse strings. |
