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| The Monthly Journal for Venture Partners and Enterprise Software Executives |
| May 2009 |
In This Issue
 The Power of Process
You Vote: Are SaaS vendors better positioned to survive the recession?
On-Demand Services Market Predictions for 2009
Software Sellers Have Left the Building
Executive Job Listings
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The Power of Process
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| By Steve McConnell, Chief Software Engineer, Construx Software Builders |
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How do you convince people to pay attention to their software development processes? The word ‘process’ is viewed as a four-letter word by some people in the software development community. These people see ‘Software Processes’ as rigid, restrictive and inefficient. They hold that the best way to run a project is to hire the best people you can, give them all the resources they ask for, and turn them loose to do what they do best. |
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On-Demand Services Market Predictions for 2009
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| By Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies, Inc. |
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Wondering what the on-demand services market will bring in 2009? Sure, we’re more than 5 months in to the new year, but I still have a few predictions. These predictions are based on THINKstrategies’ latest survey research and ongoing consulting work with IT/business decision-makers, IT solution providers and various technology investors. |
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The Current Software M&A Climate: Software Sellers Have Left the Building
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| By Ken Bender, Managing Director, Software Equity Group, L.L.C. |
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Software M&A deal volume has declined sharply and median exit valuations have plunged. For many private software companies, it’s a buyer’s market, and today is undeniably the wrong time to sell. But a good number of others could exit today at a superb valuation, and we have the data to prove it. Problem is, these highly opportune prospective sellers, beaten down by the relentless flood of economic bad news and lower median software valuations, refuse to leave the storm shelter and come to the table! |
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