Security Market Continues To Grow

According to Gartner, Governments, corporations and individuals spent $16.5 billion on security software last year – growth of 12% over the previous year. Last year, Symantec captured 19% of the security market share and was the leader in the segment. Spending on security software is expected to grow 14% in 2011 and another 10% in

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1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: iOffice Corp, Houston, Texas

There will be a need for companies that provide facility management services as long as people need to go to work. Companies like the Houston, Texas–based iOffice Corp are valuable not only because organizations have to provide comfortable, functional workplaces for their employees, but because iOffice in particular makes it easy and affordable for them to do

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Capitalism 2.0: The Free Rider Problem

If you have studied economics, you are familiar with the free rider problem. To refresh everyone’s memory, here is Wikipedia’s definition of the concept: In economics, collective bargaining, psychology, and political science, a free rider (or freeloader) is someone who consumes a resource without paying for it, or pays less than the full cost. The free rider problem is the question

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How To Build A Strong IP Portfolio: rPost CEO Zafar Khan (Part 5)

Sramana: How has your company progressed through 2011? What has your growth rate been? Zafar Khan: We raised our first private capital in 2001. We raised capital through a number of private financings over the course of time. We signed on the U.S. Government Accountability Office as our first government customer in 2003.

Catching Up On Readings: More On Capitalism 2.0

This coming week we return to capitalism 2.0, a theme approached from many angles on this blog. Until then, check out the past week’s post by clicking on the full paragraph link.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Jim Stikeleather, Chief Innovation Officer, Dell (Part 5)

Jim Stikeleather: So, the data are “talking” I have transactional integrity out of the communication trail, and all those kinds of things. I think this will be offered as a service because over time, unless something has a specific need to be running in a dedicated environment, I think you are going to see almost

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Outsourcing: Manish Dugar, Senior VP And Global Head Of Wipro BPO (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What is the delivery model? I’m very interested in understanding more about Wipro’s rural BPO strategy. Manish Dugar: Sure. If we are to address the ever increasing appetite of the clients in terms of hospital, and if we are to ensure that we are tapping the talent at the right place, being only in these

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How To Build A Strong IP Portfolio: rPost CEO Zafar Khan (Part 4)

Sramana: What was the go to market strategy that you followed beyond your guerilla marketing efforts? How did you drive greater user adoption? Zafar Khan: For Registered Email we focused on a global business plan and devised a strategy to make our service the global business standard. We wanted to be the international standard for

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