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Software Firms Now 42% Of Venture Capital Invested In 2014

Software Firms Now 42% Of Venture Capital Invested In 2014

By Louis Columbus on May 5, 2014

Just over $4B was invested in software deals by venture capitalists (VCs) during Q1, 2014, four times as much as biotechnology. Software deals netted out 42% of all dollars invested in the first quarter of 2014, with biotechnology receiving 11%.  VCs invested $816M in IT Services or 9% of all dollars, making this the third largest […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged biotechnology, Cloud Computing, cloud computing landscape, enterprise software, enterprise software vendors, innovation, Louis Columbus' blog, National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), PriceWaterhouseCoopers, software as a service, Venture Capital, Venture Capital Analysis

PwC-Booz: The seven year itch

PwC-Booz: The seven year itch

By Vinnie Mirchandani on November 4, 2013

The recent PwC decision to acquire Booz took me back to younger days when I was an reluctant accountant at PW (the C came later after it merged with Coopers). I had little desire to do time in auditing or get a CPA certificate, but that was a requirement back them to qualify for its […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Accenture, Booz Allen & Hamilton, deloitte, ibm, M&A, mergers, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, PWC, Sarbanes–Oxley Act

The three tenets of Global Business Services execution: customer alignment, accountability, and economies of scale

The three tenets of Global Business Services execution: customer alignment, accountability, and economies of scale

By Phil Fersht on November 10, 2011

So how do you take shared services leaders and blend their expertise with the outsourcing governors? How do you go from fragmented service delivery with multiple points of contact, to a global governance model with a rationalized and centralized administration of third-party service providers?

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged BPO, Captives and Shared Services Strategies, Enterprise Irregulars, HfS, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing Advisors, Outsourcing Research, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, PWC, Sourcing Best Practises, Sourcing Change Management, The Future of Outsourcing

Consolidation in the Outsourcing and Consulting spaces

Consolidation in the Outsourcing and Consulting spaces

By Brian Sommer on July 13, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Last week, I discussed the Booz & Co./A.T. Kearney merger that didn’t go through and why deals like that are sometimes problematic. This week, we learn that Hewitt is being acquired for $4.9 billion by AON. The Wall Street Journal reports that: – Deloitte LLP is looking for acquisitions – PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP […]

Posted in Business | Tagged A. T. Kearney, consolidation, Consulting, deloitte, Mergers & Acquisitions, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Wall Street Journal

Research Report: Microsoft Partners – Before Adopting Azure, Understand the 12 Benefits And Risks

Research Report: Microsoft Partners – Before Adopting Azure, Understand the 12 Benefits And Risks

By R "Ray" Wang on July 11, 2010

It’s All About The Cloud At WPC10 Attendees at this year’s Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 in Washington, D.C. already expect Windows Azure development to be a key theme throughout this annual pilgrimage.  Microsoft has made significant investments into the cloud.   Many executives from the Redmond, WA, software giant have publicly stated that 90% […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Accenture, Activant, Actuate, Agilysis, agresso, Amdocs, AppFabric, apple, Ariba, AspenTech, Bearing Point, BIRST, BSD, Business Models, CA, Capgemini, Cincom, Cisco, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Columbus IT, Dell, Deloiitte, Deltek, development as a service, Diamond Technology Partners, EMC, Epicor, EscrowTech, Flavors Of Cloud Computing, fujitsu, GE Capital, Google Linux, Grant Thorton HCL, Hexaware, Hitachi, hp, ibm, IFS, Infor, Information Builders, Infosys, Infrastructure as a service, InnovaSafe, Intuit, IronMountain, JDA Software, Key Financial, KPIT, KPMG, L&T, Lawson, Manhattan Associates, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Partners, Microsoft SQL Azure, Microsoft Windows Azure, MIcroStrategy, Mincom, myDials, NCC Group, NetApp, NorthHighland, NoSQL Options, OpSource, oracle, Patni, pivotlink, Plan9, Platform as a service, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Proferi, QAD, QlikTech, Red Prairie, RedHat, Research Report, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, Sage, sap, SAS Institute, SatyamMahindra, siemens, SOA Software, Software AG, software as a service, Sungard, Sybase, Syntel, TCS, Tectura, Tibco, Unix, vendor strategy, wipro, Worldwide Partner Conference, wpc10, Xerox | 1 Response

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