Technology, Social Media, Supply Chain, and Industry Analysis
Cross-posted from the Calyptus Consulting Group (CCG) Blog , with permission:
The Calyptus Consulting team has been deployed far and wide over the past several months, during which time new members have joined the Calyptus team. So when we recently had a chance to sit down as a team and catch our collective breaths, we took the opportunity to have a conversation with George Harris, C.P.M., CPCM, Calyptus Consulting’s President, and to pose some questions that we thought would be of interest.
In an announcement following by barely 3 weeks the disclosure that Lawson Software had received an unsolicited bid from Infor Global Solutions , private equity firm Apax Partners has announced plans to acquire and merge Activant Solutions and Epicor Software into a new privately-held company, to be called Epicor Software. The new entity will have some 30,000 customers and $825M in revenues. This clearly indicates continuing interest by the investment community in the lucrative ERP marketplace, and an opportunity for larger players in the marketplace other than the two giants, SAP and Oracle .
SMB Research was very pleased to be able to attend the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce ’s 26th Annual Small Business of the Year Awards yesterday (Oct 14, 2010) at the Colonnade Hotel. Emceed by WBZ Radio ’s co-Anchor of “WBZ Morning News” Ed Walsh, the event itself was flawlessly put together and efficiently executed, for a very enjoyable event. [Read more...]
In our research work at SMB Research, LLC we are continually researching, analyzing, profiling and/or reaching out to software, hardware, technology, and professional service vendors. People, you are often not making this as easy as it could be! You are putting unnecessary speed bumps in the way. [Read more...]
There are some fascinating facts and figures in this presentation by Jeff Bussgang of FlyBridge Capital Partners , “ What Makes Boston’s Technology Start-Up Scene Special? “ Watch and Enjoy. [Read more...]
In the process of writing my blog post, “ Sizing up Small-to-Medium Business (SMB) “, I initiated a lively discussion on LinkedIn’s SMB IT Forum .
My thanks to the following people for participating in one of the longer discussions I have seen or been involved in on LinkedIn:
Here are some take-aways from this discussion: [Read more...]
As we enter 2010, and we here at SMB Research begin to focus on the technology advisory needs of the small and small-to-medium business, it is worth taking a fresh look at “small business”, and “SMB” (or “SME”) – and, indeed, what these terms even mean.
The confusion around these terms have been addressed before elsewhere before, most notably by Anita Campbell Editor in Chief of the terrific Small Business Trends website, but by others as well. (You will find below references to several other discussions about the challenge of defining SMB and small business.) [Read more...]