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SM: What does your competitive landscape look like?
RT: Web security market is now established. It is about a $2B market growing 20-30% year on year. SaaS is a single, low digit category in that market which is basically just us. Read the full article »
Seagate is facing difficult times. Will it tackle the situation via acquisitions? Let’s take a look. Read the full article »
Wetpaint is a social publishing platform. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company was formed to make it easier for people to share their experiences and information online. Founded in 2005 and previously named Wikisphere, Wetpaint combines the best of blogs, wikis, forums, and social networks. Read the full article »
SM: Let’s discuss your strategy for growing beyond the UK.
RT: We went out to raise financing, targeted US venture capitalists, and made a deal with Benchmark. We raised $10 million. I used that to relocate to the US to start operations here. The focus was to pinpoint specific targets such as telecoms and email SaaS players and go to market that way. Read the full article »
Blogs have clearly turned the media industry upside down,, with many providing coverage superior to that of newspapers and television. While most of them read poorly, some are excellent, and these are monetizing by quality ad networks with their content and traffic. Here are eight players in the blogosphere worth watching: Read the full article »
Autodesk (ADSK) has been doing well for a few quarters. I had recommended Buy on the stock when it announced Q4 results last year, maintained this recommendation after the Q108 announcement, and again reiterate my view following the Q2 results announced at the end of last week. Read the full article »
SM: Did you have a SaaS vulnerability assessment tool developed?
RT: There were three things. First, we were running an ASP, so we knew about running services in the cloud. Second, we understood the web protocol through our joint venture and we were used to processing large volumes of web traffic. Finally, we understood the security market because we had developed an email content filtering solution as part of a strategic alliance we had with a company on the email marketing side. Read the full article »
I am going to make a detour from Healthcare and switch to Sports for this column. NCTV is a media company that we built around the core concept of non-cricket television.
As in prior years, India had put up a pathetic show in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Athletes were sent to compete in Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Hockey, Judo, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, and Wrestling. In Soccer, Basketball, and most other Olympic sports, India did not qualify. Read the full article »
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