Oracle spent $ 1.5 million on security for Larry Ellison, who recently stepped down as CEO of Oracle but will serve as executive chairman and chief technology officer
of the business software company.
Not exact matches
• Anju
Software Inc, a portfolio
company of Providence Equity Partners, acquired the assets
of Sylogent, a Newtown, Penn. - based provider
of software and
business services for the pharmaceutical industry.
Over the course
of my career, I have worked as a
software engineer for a $ 78B Fortune 40
company, and as a sales executive for
companies that include a small regional integrator, a large telecom manufacturer, and now Digium, which offers unified communications solutions for small and midsize
businesses.
About half
of our portfolio is enterprise
software businesses, and the other half is consumer - facing
companies.
Michael Reckmeyer, a portfolio manager
of Hartford Equity Income, notes that that's a sticky
business — big
companies don't change their tech setups easily — and Microsoft's cloud and database
businesses are dhelping mitigate the secular decline
of desktop
software.
VoIP systems, however, utilize sophisticated IP PBX
software, eliminating a plethora
of expensive hardware for the
business owner to require, especially those running large
companies with multiple branch locations.
Mark Organ, chief executive
of Toronto - based marketing startup Influitive, remembers being shocked when Price, president
of a fast - growing
software company at the time, offered to help him tweak his
business model.
Canada's latest crop
of tech startups is heavy on
business - to -
business software - as - a-service (SaaS)
companies.
Scott Dorsey, the co-founder and CEO
of ExactTarget, said in an interview with Inc: «When we started the
company we hoped to build a
software product that added enough real value that customers would want to use it, and in the process to try to build a
business.»
I was reminded
of this shift in demand for workers last night, at a dinner hosted by small
business accounting
software company Xero.
The
company is currently working with small
businesses and merchants across the country, but some
of India's larger corporations and government agencies are also integrating their
software systems with Ezetap.
Bring it on, say CEOs like Larry Fiorino
of G1440, a three - year - old Internet
software company based in Columbia, Md. «Internet and technology
businesses move at a faster rate,» he says.
At Harvard
Business School's graduation ceremonies on Wednesday, May 27, the distinguished speaker was Scott Cook, the co-founder
of Intuit, the $ 4.5 - billion financial
software company.
Most
of these
businesses, like my recruiting
software and accounting and payroll
software companies, were successes.
On the subject
of supporting employees, Marc Benioff, who co-founded and heads
business software giant Salesforce (CRM), shared that his
company has spent roughly $ 3 million this year to adjust the salaries
of its female employees to match that
of their male counterparts.
In addition to connecting interoperable devices,
companies must integrate and customize the analytical
software that can derive
business insight, e.g. prediction and optimization, from real - time streams
of data from sensors.
As complex
software tools that help with things like customer retention and development — read Salesforce.com — have migrated to the cloud and within reach
of just about every
company, so too has
business intelligence.
The following year, EMC bundled up Pivotal Labs with others parts
of its
business and spun it out as Pivotal, an independent
software and services
company that at first was not quite sure what it was supposed to do.
Cloud - based
business software company Salesforce said Tuesday that a particular type
of malware that usually goes after information at large financial
companies could be taking aim at its users.
«To reduce the threshold
of innovative entrepreneurship, the government provides appropriate financial subsidies for rent, broadband access and public
software for new
businesses,» said John Rhee, general manager
of the Los Angeles office for UBTECH, a Chinese robotics
company headquartered in Shenzhen City that makes humanoid robots for the home.
That wake - up call drove Lamb to develop processes to keep his
company, which has evolved into a
business management
software provider called VistaVu Solutions, from ever experiencing that kind
of cash - flow limbo again.
The small
business package includes Recruiter Lite, a more affordable version
of LinkedIn's signature recruiting
software; as well as the ability to post sponsored job listings that get 30 to 50 percent more applicants; and create a custom employer page and targeted ads to spread the
company talent brand and turn existing employees into brand ambassadors.
Klothed is the brainchild
of Barry Fogarty, a serial entrepreneur who has started several
software companies, and his
business partner Bhupinder Randhawa.
Slack, the $ 2.8 billion
business - collaboration -
software startup founded by Stewart Butterfield, is Inc. magazine's 2015
Company of the Year.
BlackBerry Ltd. said on Tuesday it will stop making its Classic model, raising further doubts about the future
of the smartphone pioneer's money - losing handset
business as the
company shifts its focus to
software.
Cofounder and CEO Fouad ElNaggar described the product to Inc. as an «engagement layer,» which integrates all
of the
business software that a client
company might use.
That
business developed into one
of my current
companies, Top Echelon, a provider
of online recruiting
software.
The cloud - based
business software company said a certain type
of malicious
software that typically targets large financial
companies could be taking aim at its customers.
The revamped Pivotal, while still part
of EMC and its federation
of business units, then changed focus to selling tools for app developers and also providing consulting services for agile development, a trendy way for
companies to build
software in multiple quick, short iterations.
The new features, which are part
of Adobe's marketing
software business, «can capture and analyze voice data for all major platforms including Amazon (amzn) Alexa, Apple (aapl) Siri, Google (goog) Assistant, Microsoft (msft) Cortana and Samsung (ssnlf) Bixby,» the
company said in a statement.
In recent years, however, these networking
companies have begun to shift to a more
software - oriented line
of products and are restructuring their own
businesses to accommodate the needs
of business customers that want more flexibility.
However, according to data compiled by management
software company Mindjet, the majority
of businesses either don't have effective innovation strategies or don't effectively seek opportunities to innovate.
«As a
company that provides
software - as - a-service to global customers who expect 24/7 service, regardless
of the weather, we have a well - documented
business continuity plan that protects our customers as well as our employees,» Tina Lux - Boim, president and CEO
of Boca Raton, Fla. - based Managed Maintenance, Inc., said via email.
Many
of Sunrise users liked the calendar app's ability to work with
business productivity features
of different
company's products, like Google (goog) and
business software company Asana.
But then the CEO
of Needls, a Toronto - based creator
of marketing automation
software for small
businesses, approached him to beta - test the
company's product.
Business software company Atlassian (team) also charges
businesses per user for an unlimited supply
of private repositories from its own service Bitbucket.
Both Cloudera and Hortonworks are examples
of companies trying to make a viable
business around open source technologies, an industry term for hardware and
software free for
companies to use and modify without charge.
Cisco Systems will buy U.S. telecommunications
software company BroadSoft in a deal valued at $ 1.9 billion, as the world's largest networking gear producer shifts from its stagnating legacy
business of switches and routers.
That's according to the results
of a small -
business trends study released today by OnDeck Capital, a New York - based small -
business lending
company that uses
software to streamline the loan application process.
It's a particularly acute problem for the founders
of businesses that deal in physical products, like Leota and Washington D.C. - based coffee shop chain Peregrine Espresso, though service - based
companies, like Mattermark, a San Francisco - based
software startup, certainly aren't immune to cash - flow issues.
He cofounded a security -
software business, he has developed innovative products, and he has driven computer - security changes at some
of the most powerful
companies in the country.
The
software connects to the cannabis
company's point -
of - sale system as well as the state's seed - to - sale system, which follows marijuana plants from the grow house until they're sold to a customer, to monitor the
business and ensure compliance.
If self - storage facilities and flowchart -
software companies can make themselves interesting, you're out
of excuses for not finding a hook to tell your own
business» story.
Small
business software can be a difficult world to navigate, but the good news is that there are plenty
of companies out there doing it right.
Microsoft may also integrate its
business software with LinkedIn's growing
business of providing sales professionals with contacts and information to help make sales to large
companies.
Then, take inventory
of your
company's information assets, recommends Elaine S. Price, CEO and president
of CYA Technologies Inc., which makes
business - continuity and collaboration
software.
«It's much better than a binder,» says Sanju Bansal, COO
of MicroStrategy, a Vienna, Va.,
company that develops
business intelligence
software for the iPad and other devices.
The
company makes
software to manage medical records but expanded into the
business of building and managing health care clinics after rising health care costs prompted Cerner (CERN) to build its own in - house clinic in 2006.
Pao had worked at a number
of companies before joining Kleiner, including BEA Systems, a
company that sold
software to other
businesses.
The new Cloud Auto ML (machine learning) service is part
of a larger push by Google (goog) to convince
companies to use its cloud computing and
business - related services, like online storage or workplace
software.