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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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Are you paying competitive hourly rates?

August 24th, 2009 by Janus Boye
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Hourly consulting rates for online projects vary dramatically. As a customer it can be quite difficult to figure out whether you are paying a reasonable rate as each project has its unique characteristics and consultancies may be more or less hungry for work.
There are many factors which influence what you’ll end up paying. You’ll …

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IBM #1 in web portal software?

May 25th, 2009 by Janus Boye
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IT analyst firm Gartner recently released research on market share numbers (Market Share: Application Infrastructure and Middleware Software, Worldwide, 2008 35-page document; USD 9,995), in which they crown IBM as the leader in web portals. IBM immediately issued a press release, IBM Ranked #1 in Web Portal Software Market Share, where you can find a …

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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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