Archive for May, 2010
RIP Enterprise Software?
Today, in spite of a full decade of vendors paying lip service to the benefits of SOA. Customers are more than unhappy with enterprise software. They’re pissed. And they’re not going to take it any more.
ZapThink Startup Insights: Find Strategies that Allow for Incremental Innovation
ZapThink Startup Insights Week of May 24, 2010 Funding Insights Interview: Richard Dale – Sigma Partners For this issue, ZapThink spoke with Richard Dale, Principal at Sigma Partners, a 25 yr old Venture firm with offices in Boston, Menlo Park, and San Ramon. The firm is an early-stage seed / Series A round investor with [...]
IT without the IT Department
Almost exactly a year ago, we wrote in a ZapFlash that the IT department would have to make significant changes to its structure and value proposition to prevent its inevitable demise as a core part of the enterprise. In our conversations with enterprise architects, and venture capital investors (as part of our new ZapThink Startup [...]
Announcing the ZapThink Startup Insights Newsletter
Announcing the ZapThink Startup Insights Newsletter ZapThink Startup Insights is a newsletter focused on three main audiences looking for insight into startup and innovation trends in the enteprise IT landscape: Enterprise IT startups – Looking for the latest information on what’s happening in the funding landscape or new companies to partner with or sell to? [...]
BPM in Action virtual conference
BPM in Action virtual conference hosted by ebizQ.net Wednesday, June 23 from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. EDT Admission is free Click to Register here! Business Process Management (BPM) is hitting its stride in 2010. Many enterprises who are investing in BPM are experiencing significant improvements in business operations, agility and overall business performance. But [...]
ZapThink Startup Insights: The CIOs are to Blame… in part. A Conversation with Eric Hjerpe, Kepha Partners
ZapThink Startup Insights Week of May 17, 2010 Funding Insights Interview: Eric Hjerpe – Kepha Partners For this issue, ZapThink spoke with Eric Hjerpe, Partner at Kepha Partners, a $100M software venture fund, and formerly Venture Partner and Partner at AtlasVenture. What’s Hot IT Sold to Business Units, not IT Departments Hjerpe sees significant opportunities [...]
The Secret to Twenty-First Century Software Innovation
Understanding the true root of innovation behind the superficial 2.0 marketing cliche is the secret to today’s software innovation. If you’re an entrepreneur looking for the right idea or hoping to evaluate the idea you have, then this secret is essential to your success.
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