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The Biz:
Buyer's Agents

We don't take money from companies that we cover (or might cover), and this strikes some people as odd. "Why would you do that," they say? "And how can you stay in business?"

Why? Well, the analyst biz is very much like the real estate biz. In the real estate biz, the people who help you buy a house are mostly seller's agents; they work for the seller. They try to be fair, decent, balanced, but at the end of the day, they have the seller's interest at heart. Continued....

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Spotlight on Innovation

Good ideas from our practice or from small technology companies that might have trouble being heard.

Sonexis has a different and cheaper way of doing videoconferencing and teleconferencing.

Their product is a box that you hook up to a T1 line and to your PBX system. The box does web conferencing and teleconferencing, just the way the services (Webex, YourTelco) do, but at a fixed cost, which can turn out to be cheaper than the services. Continued...

DISCLAIMER: B2B Analysts, Inc., has no financial relationship with Sonexis whatsoever.

November 1, 2003

Best in Breed is a good strategy, as long as you buy from a supplier whose business model is right. For more...

October 15, 2003

What is a software company worth? EMC raises the question and the bar. For more...

Short Takes