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The Monthly Journal for Venture Partners and Enterprise Software Executives |
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June 2008 |
In This Issue
 CEO Spotlight: Mike Brochu, GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.)
Latest SaaS Trend: Better Quality Than Commercially Licensed Software
You Vote: Is overfunding of startups creating a new tech "bubble"?
Finding the Balance Between User Creativity and System Controls
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CEO Spotlight: Mike Brochu, GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.)
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| By The Sterling Report |
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Inspiring and encouraging others, and watching them grow and succeed, is the best thing Mike likes about his job. His biggest challenge is getting the right team, for people make the biggest difference in a company’s success. Mike Brochu, President and CEO of GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.) discusses with The Sterling Report his idea of an ideal CEO, his company’s successes and future strategy, and areas in the industry that will cause significant changes in the future. |
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Latest SaaS Trend: Better Quality Than Commercially Licensed Software
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| By Steve Woods, CTO, Eloqua Corporation |
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Businesses that use software as a service (SaaS), where a software vendor hosts and operates an application for use by its customers, typically have pointed to the cost benefits of its use. Since they do not have to purchase expensive commercially licensed software and absorb the associated costs of deployment, maintenance, training and upgrades, businesses have felt that this is the primary benefit that makes this the better option for them. |
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Finding the Balance Between User Creativity and System Controls
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| By Tim Tisdale, CTO & Co-Founder, ThoughtBridge |
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It's the age-old question. How much freedom do you give users when it comes to IT systems? In the past, this question was not an issue discussed during IT meetings. Most systems were mainframe-based and transaction-oriented. Changes made were planned well ahead of time with many controls and checks in place. I can remember when PCs were a novelty and networks were based on protocols other than TCP/IP. The Internet has changed the approach on how we think about systems forever. Every day, I see business leaders’ priorities shifting from thinking about IT as an unfortunate cost they have to incur, to instead, a strategy for winning the race against competition. |
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