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				| September 2008 |  
		| In This Issue 
  CEO Spotlight: Bob Segert, GXS 
  The Growing Risk of Web Application – Vulnerabilities in SaaS Offerings 
  You Vote: Will software sales be affected due to the sluggish economy? 
  Software M&A Insights: 3Q08 Continues to Impress 
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| CEO Spotlight: Bob Segert, GXS 
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 | By The Sterling Report |  
 |   | His experience in managing transaction-based systems and understanding of the services business model make Bob Segert, President and CEO of GXS the right choice to lead the company into its next phase of growth. Bob chats with The Sterling Report about B2B outsourcing, SaaS and his goals for GXS. |  |  
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| The Growing Risk of Web Application – Vulnerabilities in SaaS Offerings 
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 | By Lars Ewe, Chief Technology Officer, Cenzic Inc. |  
 |   | Industry adaptation of Software as a Service (SaaS) has gained significant momentum during the past several years.  As a result, more and more critical user data is being managed by SaaS offerings, as opposed to the traditional in-house hosting model.  In return, this means that SaaS providers are becoming the gatekeeper for sensitive information, whether it is in the form of personal data (credit card or SSN information), or corporate data (customer or business information). Security breaches can therefore be potentially devastating for both users and SaaS providers. |  |  
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| Software M&A Insights: 3Q08 Continues to Impress 
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 | By Ken Bender, Managing Director, and Kris Beible, Analyst – Software Equity Group, LLC |  
 |   | M&A deal activity within the software sector has continued to impress thus far in 3Q08. Deals highlighted this month include Hellman & Friedman’s leveraged buy-out of SSP Holdings; IBM’s tuck-in acquisition of ILOG, JDA Software’s purchase i2 Technologies and OpenText’s acquisition of Captaris. |  |  
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