Philippe Courtot, CEO of Qualys, recently penned a nice piece on SaaS and cloud computing for IT Advisor, the official journal of the UK’s National Computing Centre. IT Advisor is not widely distributed in the States, so I thought I’d give it a mention here. (more…)
October 26, 2009
Qualys CEO on SaaS and Cloud Computing
September 8, 2009
The Innovator’s Immigrant Dilemma
Sometime in the next twelve months Congress will again begin debate on comprehensive immigration reform. Much of that debate will likely center on illegal immigration. But for those of us in the startup/venture world, it is the immigration policies related to skilled foreign nationals where the focus is most needed. The current rules and regulations that govern whether a skilled foreign professional can legally work in the United-States have an impact on the country’s ability to compete globally. If the U.S. wants to maintain its status as the world’s leading innovator, changes need to be made. The world’s leading innovator has an immigrant dilemma. (more…)
August 27, 2009
Outlook Increasingly Cloud-y: Salesforce Blows Out Its Numbers, But that’s Not the Big Story
I am still a little uncertain why the news didn’t cause a bigger stir in the financial press or tech blogosphere. Maybe it’s the time of year. August market doldrums, end of summer languor. But last Thursday, Salesforce.com reported that it had crushed its numbers for its Second Fiscal Quarter ending in July. And not just in terms of one or two key financial reporting items. No, the company had exceeded consensus expectations for nearly every major financial metric.
June 20, 2009
Web 3.0, Why VCs Should Care, and What We Will Find There
Not long ago, John D. Sutter posted a little piece on CNN’s SciTechBlog entitled “What is Web 3.0, and Should You Care?” In the post, TechCrunch’s MG Segler is described has holding the view that “Web 3.0 isn’t worth defining yet because the next phase of the Internet won’t come until the economic recession lifts and investors start pushing cash back into tech companies.”
While reporter-bloggers can be excused, or perhaps even complimented, for punting on a question like this, I don’t believe that active VCs are afforded the same luxury. (more…)
