By Denis Pombriant on February 5, 2013
Just last week I was writing about the importance of sometimes ignoring Wall Street analysts whose focus on quarterly earnings can force a company into neglecting its best interests. Bowing to the demands of quarterly reporting (and profits) reflects short-term thinking that might prevent long-term success. Today Dell decided to go private in a $24 […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on December 3, 2011
Welcome to an on-going series of interviews with the people behind the technologies in Cloud Computing. The interviews provide insightful points of view from a customer, industry, and vendor perspective. A full list of interviewees can be found here. Rick Nucci – Co-Founder & CTO, Dell Boomi Biography Rick is the founder and CTO of […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 5, 2011
Annual Analyst Conference Highlights The New Dell Strategy Dell held their annual analyst conference at The W Austin from May 3rd to May 4th, 2011. The event featured multiple sessions including: Services and Solutions For The Vitual Era Data Center and Information Management – Trends & Business Issues – moderated by Brad Anderson Senior Vice […]
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By Phil Wainewright on November 16, 2010
Listen to my conversation with Rick Nucci, co-founder and CTO of cloud integration Boomi, in a podcast interview recorded in the week before the vendor’s acquisition by server manufacturer Dell. Previous conversations with Rick were SaaS Integration, Simpler through Sharing, in April 2009 and Why Your Cloud Applications Should Be Multi-tenant last February. In this […]
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By Evangelos Simoudis on November 7, 2010
Continuing on a trend I started last year (see examples here and here), I wanted to add my commentary on the quarterly performance of our SaaS portfolio companies in the heels of the 3Q10 pubic company reporting season. The public SaaS companies that have already announced, e.g., Success Factors, NetSuite, Taleo, DemandTec, demonstrated good results […]
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By Bob Warfield on November 2, 2010
Image via CrunchBase Just read that Dell is buying Cloud data integration company Boomi. That’s right in line with the focus on data strategy I’ve recommended for Cloud vendors. I’m not sure how many more companies in this space are available to be picked up. IBM picked up Cast Iron Systems, which was another great […]
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By Phil Wainewright on August 9, 2010
When you think about cloud integration, the names that first spring to mind are all companies that specialize in data integration Boomi, Cast Iron, Pervasive, Informatica and others [disclosure: Boomi recently paid for me to write a product briefing]….
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged boomi, businessprocess, Cloud, Cordys, fujitsu, google apps, google apps marketplace, integration, RunMyProcess
By R "Ray" Wang on June 21, 2010
SaaS Adoption Surveys Often Overlook Audience Composition
Over the past year, analyst firms, tech media, and even mainstream business media have happily showcased positive news about SaaS adoption. The common theme remains clear – SaaS adoption moves beyond the tipping point in 2010. Cloud adoption will reach a tipping point in the next 12 […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on April 22, 2010
SnapLogic Solves Complex Cloud/SaaS Based Integration
Organizations face a deluge of data from more and more new sources, especially in the Cloud. Existing integration solutions often require expensive custom coding that’s purpose built; but rigid and disposable. A change in business objects or swap out of new solutions often require brand new investments in integration. SnapLogic […]
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By Phil Wainewright on February 1, 2010
Image via CrunchBase Listen to my conversation with Rick Nucci, chief technology officer of Boomi, a SaaS integration vendor, who we last interviewed here in April 2009 on the topic of SaaS Integration, Simpler through Sharing. In this podcast, learn why multi-tenancy is such a crucial ingredient for software-as-a-service and other cloud services, and find […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Apprenda, boomi, integration, multi-tenancy, PaaS, Platform as a service, SaaS, software as a service