January 24th, 2010 by Janus Boye
4 Comments| annual report, ektron, fatwire, finance, google, ibm, microsoft cms, sitecore, vignette
I’ve regularly covered annual reports, earnings announcements and other financial news about software vendors. These commentaries tend to stir debate and I am frequently asked why I bother to look behind the numbers. Is it really important?
Many vendors, in particular privately-held US-based ones, don’t publicly release audited numbers. Instead they carefully select a few positive …
December 14th, 2009 by Janus Boye
6 Comments| annual report, sitecore
Earlier this month Danish CMS vendor Sitecore released their annual report showing record profits and revenue. Compared to last year (see our comment), revenue went up from DKK 56 million to DKK 79 million and profit increased from DKK 20 million to 25 million. Sitecore has also grown from 120 to 160 employees worldwide.
For some …
April 28th, 2009 by Janus Boye
3 Comments| annual report, composite
Danish CMS vendor Composite has reported a loss of almost EUR 1 million in their latest annual report, down from a tiny profit of EUR 4,000 last year. Revenue increased 5 % from a year earlier to EUR 1,8 million.
Composite cites high development costs, structural changes and a new office in the Netherlands as …
March 25th, 2009 by Janus Boye
No Comments| annual report, ibm, ibm websphere portal, Lotus Web Content Management, websphere
IBM recently released their annual report for 2008 achieving record revenue, record pre-tax earnings, record earnings per share and record free cash flow. IBM has grown tremendously and now does USD 103 billion in annual revenue (up 5 % from last year) with almost 400,000 employees around the world. Despite the record-breaking numbers Big Blue seems …
February 23rd, 2009 by Janus Boye
2 Comments| annual report, cms, fatwire
Last week the Long Island-based CMS vendor FatWire distributed a press release reporting its fourth consecutive year of increasing year-on-year profitability and a 40 % increase in 2008 revenue. Revenue now stands at $44 million, divided between roughly 40 % license revenue, 30 % services revenue and 30 % maintenance revenue.
With the current financial crisis, …
December 7th, 2008 by Janus Boye
10 Comments| annual report, cms, dynamicweb
Earlier this week Danish CMS vendor Dynamicweb released their annual report. Dynamicweb reported DKK 60 million in revenue, but a profit of only 110.000 DKK. Dynamicweb cites higher than expected costs in relation to the Synkron acquisition in March 2007 as the main reason for the small profit. As reported on CMS Watch, the acquisition …
December 2nd, 2008 by Janus Boye
6 Comments| annual report, cms, sitecore
Yesterday Danish CMS vendor Sitecore – winners of this year’s Web Idol 2008 – released their annual report which documented that the company is continuing their rapid growth. Revenue was up 86% to DKK 56 million and profits are up 216% to DKK 20 million. Sitecore now has 120 employees globally.
On the face of it …