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Why the finances of software vendors matter

January 24th, 2010 by Janus Boye
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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 …

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Sitecore posts record numbers again

December 14th, 2009 by Janus Boye
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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.
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Composite hit by big losses

April 28th, 2009 by Janus Boye
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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 …

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Annual Report: IBM – where do you want to go today?

March 25th, 2009 by Janus Boye
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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 …

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Annual Report: FatWire reports profitable year and revenue increase

February 23rd, 2009 by Janus Boye
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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, …

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Annual Report: Dynamicweb barely breaks even

December 7th, 2008 by Janus Boye
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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 …

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Annual Report: Sitecore continues rapid growth

December 2nd, 2008 by Janus Boye
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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 …

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