I wanted to take a break from my morning Tazo Green Tea infused with Ginseng (sorry Colin, I just had to…) to note that Sugar has announced its keynote speakers for the upcoming SugarCon even kicking off February 2nd in San Francisco at the Palace Hotel. I am excited about meeting Michael Lewis, who has … Continue reading »
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Sugar, Sun and the Scalability of Web Apps…
A few months ago I worked with SugarCRM co-founder and CTO Jacob Taylor on a technical white paper that exhibited a lot of the performance and scalability capabilities of SugarCRM. It was a great learning experience and a great way to show how scalable SugarCRM is as a PHP-based application. Too many people still hold … Continue reading »
SugarCon speakers, and some self-congratulations…
Putting together conferences is hard…as an analyst I was at a different conference every other week it seemed, and I think I took for granted all the hard work involved in putting together not only a seamless event, but also getting cool and relevant speakers. So, when we started planning our SugarCon event to be … Continue reading »
The Main Reason for Open Source M&A?
My old associates at the 451 Group put together a great report about open source M&A (ironically released a day before the Sun/MySQL deal was announced). For non-451 clients a great summary is on the group’s open source blog. The report posits the following reasons for open source M&A: Entrance into new markets Portfolio expansion … Continue reading »
Announcement Timing and Egos: A Study in Coincidences
Now that most of the buzz around Sun’s MySQL acquisition and Oracle upping its offer for BEA has cleared, one thing became clear. It could not have been mere coincidence that Oracle’s much larger deal for BEA was announced simultaneously as its biggest open source competitor was brought into a larger and more financially sound … Continue reading »
Blame it on those Long, Dark Swedish Winters…
When I learned this morning that MySQL was acquired by Sun for $1bn, I breathed a sigh of relief. As an analyst at the 451 group, part of our jobs was to examine and identify top M&A targets. MySQL was a prime target, namely because it was such a disruptive force in the database sector. … Continue reading »
