Among my many dysfunction disorders is a slight Peter Pan complex. I just don’t want to grow up! However, reality is quite different – I’m starting to get “senior moments” in which I start to forget things. Normally, I can pack a bag in...
The IT market is transitioning, as it always has and will continue to evolve. However the most recent change is a sea change similar, but more drastic. It spans all technologies: the adoption of PCs, mobile phones, virtualization, etc. All of these added up to the...
Today, Informatica announced that it has agreed to be acquired by international private equity firm The Permira Funds and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The all-cash deal, which values Informatica at US$5.3B, takes the company private. Private equity...
As an analyst, I listen to countless sales pitches from every imaginable vendor. Almost without fail, I have to ask the question of the vendor “What is the business proposition/problem that they are trying to solve?” One would think that the answer to this seems...
