Sentences with phrase «when software companies»

When his software company asked him to become vice president of operations for a newly acquired tire industry company, tires had «no appeal for me whatsoever,» said Wayne Croswell.

Stein was corporate counsel at Zenefits when the software company for human resources had some issues with licensing arrangements.

Not exact matches

For our series College Treps, founder of real estate software company Rivolix offers up advice on what aspiring entrepreneurs should do when starting up.

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.

When businesses post jobs on the platform, Toptal identifies available developers proficient in the software languages necessary to handle the task at hand, then contacts the client to learn more about the job and the company as a whole before interviewing programmer candidates to make sure their skills and personalities are properly attuned.

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.»

TouchTunes, a digital jukebox company, has incorporated Foursquare software into its app, so it can push notifications to users when they're at the bar and send them personalized song suggestions.

Cook developed QuickBooks, the accounting software used by many small companies, when he realized how many customers were using Quicken — a product geared for personal finances — to run businesses.

But the idea of building a manuscript or a software company or an advisory firm is foreign and daunting, so it's wise to select carefully when sharing your dream.

When Microsoft unveiled the latest version of its Office software in September, the company's head of marketing, hyping its new collaboration and chat features, hopefully described it as a «Slack killer.»

Andy Wilson, chief executive of forensics software maker Logikcull, said it is already common for companies to search for usage of encrypted apps or deleted messages when conducting internal investigations.

Time was when recruiters at Intuit, the software company that makes TurboTax and QuickBooks, could ask job candidates back for multiple interviews before making a decision.

«Grove is literally what I imagined when I used to picture «the future» — a company that can take advantage of hardware and software innovation to disrupt the traditional produce supply chain.

Three of us started the company, we were first time software entrepreneurs, we were starting in a difficult environment in late 2000 when the Internet bubble had burst, we couldn't get funding, we were working without salaries and having no financial cushion... but almost in a linear fashion it just got better and better: more momentum, more customers, better culture, better technology.

When I think about that QA testing software company, and he's probably calling a thousand CEOs, and he's probably got a hundred sales reps over there, and they're just destroying their brand.

Q. Steve, when you started your software development company did you have a plan in place, or did you just «wing it?»

When he founded Parsons Technology, a software company, in 1984, Parsons» careful attention paid off.

Its latest purchase took place on Aug. 16, when it bought Cordys, a Netherlands - based company that makes business process management software, for $ 33 million.

The FTC charged Singapore - based mobile advertising company InMobi with tracking consumers» locations in cases when consumers had denied location - tracking permission to the apps using InMobi's software.

Salesforce's (crm) last big deal was in 2016 when it bought the e-commerce system software company Demandware for $ 2.8 billion, which was the largest deal the company ever made at the time.

When word got out, many held off on updating their device software, opting instead to hope and pray that Google would release its own map, which the company did in December.

The ways the company usually monetises Android, like its app store, often get stripped out of the software in China when it is remade for the local market, said Natkin.

Kaspersky Lab, the Russia - based cybersecurity company known for its Internet security software, was dealt a heavy blow today when the Department of Homeland Security issued a directive banning the firm's products from use in the federal government.

The software was programmed to offer more pickups to drivers working for both companies, and offer incentives to those drivers when they accepted rides in the Uber app.

If and when the company, which makes a line of streaming media players and licenses its software for use on a growing number of smart TVs, goes public, it'll have a few attractive stats it can use to sell itself.

Companies like NEA are investing mainly in on - demand mobility services when it comes to transportation, largely because the company finds it easier to see a quick return with software.

«It's definitely pricey from Oracle's perspective, but it's understandable and it's justifiable especially in this environment, when we've seen software - as - a-service companies go as high as 10, 11, 12 times sales,» said Morningstar analyst Rodney Nelson.

The company also believes that customers often fail to recognize or report many issues they have with software when asked to recall their experience in an interview or survey.

These cloud companies use ThousandEyes to help them discover when their cloud software fails to perform correctly for their customers so they can more finely tune their products.

Apple's response to Pegasus provides insight into the patching process that occurs when a big company discovers its software is exposed to an attack.

That you're not in Windows - land anymore hits home when you want to install software that is not included with Ubuntu — in my case, a program to play DVDs, left out by Ubuntu to avoid legal hassles with entertainment companies.

When BambooHR started, the founders had the idea of a company where people might get a good work - life balance while still occasionally putting in extra time when a new release of the software is about to When BambooHR started, the founders had the idea of a company where people might get a good work - life balance while still occasionally putting in extra time when a new release of the software is about to when a new release of the software is about to hit.

This mindset is a prime example of why a code of ethics for software delivery is needed among tech companies to make sure their intentions are good willed when delivering products.

Microsoft entered the twilight of Ballmer's tenure as the most successful and wealthiest desktop - software company the world had ever seen — at a time when the world had moved on to search engines, social networking, mobile devices, and cloud computing.

When they were in college, they told an education software company that its platform leaked grades and personal data.

When asked whether HP might make a big reorganization like data center and business software sibling Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe) and its recent decision to spin off its IT services group into separate company (combined with Computer Sciences Corp.), Weisler said HP is «happy with the assets we have.»

Facebook began testing the software in the United States in March, when the company started scanning the text of Facebook posts and comments for phrases that could be signals of an impending suicide.

When an investment firm requested a search of documents related to Sino - Forest Corp., the Chinese forestry giant once listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, a due diligence software engine dubbed The Brain came up with an article that asserted the company didn't appear to own as much land as it claimed to.

McCue also said that when thinking about Apple as a competitor — a company with a market cap of $ 630 billion and more than $ 200 billion in cash on its books — he often thinks about Intuit, one of the pioneers of the accounting software market.

When it comes to software companies, Strohfeldt says to look at enterprise value to maintenance revenues.

When business software company Twilio filed paperwork in May to go public, it was separating itself from the dozens of other so - called «unicorn» startups that are valued at $ 1 billion or more.

When event - planning software provider Social Tables opened its new offices in January, the company went bold.

The company hasn't offered a time for when this technology could be released, but they do see it someday being implemented into current photo - editing software.

The thing to keep in mind is that when you take care of workers, they take care of you, said workplace management software company Kronos vice president of business development Charles DeWitt.

But beginning in 2008, when executives started examining the kind of workforce skills AT&T would need to thrive in this new mobile - and software - centric world, they faced a stark reality: The company just didn't have enough of the talent it needed.

As one VC summed up: «We are watching closely, and I am sure the first to pull back will be the active public investors — they were the first to disappear in March 2014 when SaaS software company stocks dived.

Back in 1987, when Michael Troy founded his Petaluma, Calif., software company, KnowledgePoint, he figured he'd need about $ 250,000 in start - up capital.

Blecharczyk, 32, who started coding when he was 12 and eventually started his own software creation company, has said the immense growth of Airbnb is making their work «more intense than ever.»

Meanwhile, Adobe Systems, which makes the Photoshop software and has been expanding its cloud software business, is expected to beat analysts» forecasts for second - quarter revenue when the company reports its latest numbers on Tuesday.

Lei got his start in tech shortly after college when he joined Kingsoft, a Chinese software company similar to Microsoft, as an engineer.