NOW HEAR THIS...
There are two articles on the front page of the WSJ today (13 June 2013) about technology adoption that struck me. They juxtapose a leader and laggard, two extremes in the spectrum of technology adoption. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JeffBrown, Vice President on 13 June 2013
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Now is the time
Corum has been holding educational events for years, with close to 100 conferences internationally in 2012 alone. Attendance of buyers as well as sellers has been increasing and has sky rocketed in the past few months.... [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by AmandaTallman, Marketing Assistant on 10 June 2013
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The Mega Battle
Social media marketing in the cloud has been on a supersonic jet plane ride for the last 3 years and it doesn’t seem to be losing any speed. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by AlinaSoltys, Senior Analyst on 07 June 2013
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Stockholm Report
Regardless of the negative news reports like the shrinking GDP and the weakening Euro, we are still tracking consistent, exciting M&A activity in the tech sector, regardless of locality. We’ve closed five notable deals... [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by MarkJohnson, Director on 05 June 2013
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The 10 worst things you can do when selling your software company (Part 10 of 10
Refuse to stand behind your company. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by WardCarter, Chairman on 03 June 2013
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Social Marketing M&A Continues at a Blistering Pace
Social is part of a nexus of disruptive forces transforming the technology landscape. It has become part of the enterprise IT lexicon in part due to the rise of the CMO, who Gartner predicts will spend more on IT by 2017 than CTO’s. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JasonSteblay, Research Analyst on 31 May 2013
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The Power of the CMO
One of the key points discussed in our recent WFS Social Marketing webinar was the future power of the Chief Marketing Officer. Gartner has predicted that by 2017, CMOs will spend more on IT than CTOs will! [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by TimothyGoddard, Conference Coordinator on 29 May 2013
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European M&A is Hot
From my viewpoint in Amsterdam, European software M&A is hitting record levels. Corum has announced three transactions so far this year and several more are in the works. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JonScott, Vice President on 17 May 2013
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Don’t Miss WFS NYC on June 5
We’ve been a platinum sponsor of the World Financial Symposiums for nearly a decade, and next month, we are proud to be sponsoring the New York Growth and Exit Strategies conference on June 5. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by TimothyGoddard, Conference Coordinator on 10 May 2013
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The 10 worst things you can do when selling your software company (Part 7 of 10)
Let your ego run wild. At its core, negotiating is adversarial. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by WardCarter, Chairman on 08 May 2013
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The 10 worst things you can do when selling your software company (Part 6 of 10)
Talk too much. Instead, listen as much as you talk.[Click on title to read more.]
Posted by WardCarter, Chairman on 01 May 2013
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Focus on: Cisco
We’ve seen a big pickup in activity in Europe since the beginning of the year, and Cisco continues to lead the trend in picking up small, innovative companies. Cisco picked up a company we represented, SolveDirect. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JonScott, Vice President on 26 April 2013
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London WFS Recap
Last week, World Financial Symposiums' “Growth & Exit Strategies for Software and IT Companies” conference was held in London and celebrated its 10th anniversary. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JonScott, Vice President on 23 April 2013
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Guerilla Marketing – Card Decks
Over 2 decades ago, Corum's founder, Bruce Milne, wrote "Software Company Guerilla Marketing: How to Succeed in the Software Wars with a Carefully Targeted, Low/No Budget Marketing and Sales Campaign." Here’s another.... [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by PatSultan, Director, Operations on 19 April 2013
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Q1 Global Tech M&A Report
Boosted by record-setting public market performance and buyer cash hordes, the Q1 2013 Tech M&A market has been hotter than any time since 2000. Tomorrow, find out how your market is faring... [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by TimothyGoddard, Conference Coordinator on 10 April 2013
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Cisco Continues its 2013 Acquisition Pace
I am pleased to announce that our client, SolveDirect, has reached an agreement to be acquired by Cisco. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JonScott, Vice President on 05 April 2013
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How Big is Big Data?
Every 48 hours, humanity generates the amount of data created from the dawn of civilization until 2003, and that rate is accelerating. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by robschram, Director on 29 March 2013
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SAP's Big Data Move
In a timely and strategic acquisition, SAP purchased SmartOps, a provider of inventory and service-level optimization solutions slated to fit into supply chain management. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by AlinaSoltys, Senior Analyst on 22 March 2013
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Smart Phones - To The End Of The Earth!
I just got back from Africa. It was life changing to see the migration of nearly two million wildebeests and zebra, with a surrounding cast of gazelles, impalas, stenboks, ostriches, elephants, giraffes, warthogs, hippos, rhinos, Cape buffalo, etc. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by BruceDMilne, Founder on 21 March 2013
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Mobile Spotlight Report
keep hearing that we’re in the middle of a mobile evolution, but what I see is really the continual presence of the normal, annual tech revolution, which drives all sectors, not just specific ones. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JonScott, Vice President on 19 March 2013
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Private Equity Panel Recap
The main event of our February webinar was an all-star private equity panel with representatives from ACCEL KKR, The Carlyle Group, and Riverside Company. Here are a few of the insights they shared with us. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by NatBurgess, President on 15 March 2013
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KC Revisited
I spoke at a previous webinar about how the presence of Google’s super-high-speed internet experiment in Kansas City is fueling change in the Midwest. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by edossie, Regional Director on 13 March 2013
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Gartner Analyst Day - Big Data Analytics
I was invited to a Gartner Analyst Day last week. As you’d expect from Gartner, it was chock full of high quality material. The theme, “hunting and harvesting business performance in a digital world”, was organized around a few flagship topics. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JeffBrown, Vice President on 06 March 2013
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Dow’s Record Close – M&A Market Soaring
With the Dow’s March 5 closing at 14,254, the highest ever, the Tech M&A market continues its own bullish activity with over 250 deals in the past month... [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by ElonGasper, Director, Advisory Board on 05 March 2013
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Field Report Overview
In our monthly webinars, we typically get a field report from at least one Corum representative, looking at a specific market segment, deal, region, etc. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by TimothyGoddard, Conference Coordinator on 01 March 2013
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Mobile Spotlight Report
I keep hearing that we’re in the middle of a mobile evolution, but what I see is really the continual presence of the normal, annual tech revolution, which drives all sectors, not just specific ones. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JonScott, Vice President on 26 February 2013
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Social Spotlight Report
Social is and will remain an important topic in tech and tech M&A. We covered it briefly in our January webinar, and an overview of that information is below. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by NatBurgess, President on 20 February 2013
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