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	Krishna Roy Bio | Krishna looks at the issues behind key mergers and acquisitions, providing analysis and commentary on the market-making deals exclusively for the451 members. CRM projections: in need of a dose of reality? The CRM sector may be holding up better than most, but the market may not reach the multibillion-dollar size research firms are projecting. More Previous Krishna Roy insights Oct 03, 2001 Why some vendors will weather IT slump Sep 26, 2001 The data collision course Sep 12, 2001 Why dull plumbing software is becoming sexy Sep 10, 2001 JD Edwards will bring CRM to masses – eventually Sep 03, 2001 Cache could be king in future operating systems Aug 31, 2001 Mega exchange: white elephant or slow starter? Aug 24, 2001 Lessons to learn in CRM Aug 15, 2001 How low can VC funding go? Aug 10, 2001 Why Intershop could soon be bankrupt or bought Aug 09, 2001 Why the bidding war for Comdisco? Aug 08, 2001 Taking the hype out of portal market forecasts Aug 07, 2001 CRM outsourcing: fudging the figures Aug 06, 2001 Invasion of the asset snatchers Aug 02, 2001 Alternatives to the pink slip Aug 01, 2001 Biz intelligence firms start suite hype Jul 30, 2001 Layoffs: short-term gain for long-term pain? Jul 26, 2001 How some software firms beat quarterly gloom Jul 24, 2001 SMEs are hot property again Jul 23, 2001 How to avoid e-biz history repeating itself Jul 20, 2001 PLM is emerging from the shadows Jul 17, 2001 PSA – no longer a pure play Jul 16, 2001 Reality bites: recession-proof software's a myth Jul 11, 2001 Oracle 11i: midmarket sanctuary? Jul 10, 2001 Where's the payback in CRM? Jul 06, 2001 E-learning vendors hit the suite spot Jul 05, 2001 P2P forecasts: how big is big? Jul 03, 2001 Biz software is now embracing Web services Jun 29, 2001 Software survival strategies Jun 27, 2001 M&A upturn: fake or for real? Jun 27, 2001 Will European IPO market unlock after summer? Jun 21, 2001 Integration is the name of the game for Kana Jun 20, 2001 Web services: driven by slowing vendor growth? Jun 19, 2001 B2B needs a good dose of Darwinism Jun 18, 2001 Can Ariba break the B2B duo? Jun 14, 2001 Peregrine seeks cure in Remedy Jun 07, 2001 Jilted partners: why B2B breakups happen Jun 06, 2001 How mobile apps move beyond geek chic Jun 05, 2001 Identifying the service in WASPs Jun 01, 2001 BPO: services bite back May 30, 2001 Old school software: life in the old dog yet May 29, 2001 P2P: it's about fat pipes and processing power May 25, 2001 The Alliance is dead, long live alliances May 22, 2001 ERM: will it be the new CRM? May 17, 2001 Europe and CRM: i2's growth mantras May 17, 2001 B2B forecasts: how low can you go? May 16, 2001 It's not all doom and gloom for M&As May 09, 2001 Biz intelligence firms lose out in analytic wars May 08, 2001 CRM brings back data warehouse, clouds forecasts May 03, 2001 Portal firms: rife now but facing risky future May 01, 2001 Sybase CEO speaks out on future plans Apr 27, 2001 Collaborative commerce: still smoke and mirrors Apr 26, 2001 Kewill: from ERP to B2B Apr 25, 2001 Biomni: a teenager needs to cut apron strings Apr 18, 2001 Heiler's SAP tie-up mixed blessing Apr 17, 2001 Tranmit: company structure stalls e-biz ambition Apr 12, 2001 Reton: the suite approach to B2B Apr 10, 2001 Portum banks on imminent European B2B explosion Apr 04, 2001 Lost Wax: clever technology looking for funding Apr 03, 2001 Infobank: new name, new CEO, old call to profit Mar 29, 2001 Sizing up M&As in CRM Mar 27, 2001 Real-time exchanges: B2B salvation? Mar 23, 2001 Exit strategies when bull turns to bear Mar 22, 2001 The many business models in online trading Mar 16, 2001 Quadstone: one of the CRM analytic dream team Mar 07, 2001 Gemplus sets store on mobile CRM Mar 06, 2001 AIT: from eCRM services to software Mar 05, 2001 Altitude: still bravely pursuing public status Mar 02, 2001 Staffware: workflow cash cow turns to CRM, e-biz Mar 01, 2001 update.com: betting the farm on Eastern block Feb 28, 2001 Selligent: the future Siebel of Europe? Feb 27, 2001 Amacis and eWare: to buy or be bought? Feb 23, 2001 Protagona set to establish beachhead in Europe Feb 22, 2001 CRM in Europe Feb 20, 2001 CRM goes predictive, mobile, into exchanges Feb 19, 2001 Wireless: the consumer-to-business conundrum Feb 15, 2001 Mixed fortunes characterize Indian IT landscape Feb 14, 2001 A look behind Europe's marketplace forecasts Feb 12, 2001 Can software ever control the supply chain? Feb 09, 2001 Internet consulting: wise up or be bought Feb 07, 2001 ASPs retreat into consulting Feb 02, 2001 Meltdown ensnares e-business Jan 31, 2001 Going global – the time is now Jan 30, 2001 Netmarket makers morph into software vendors Jan 25, 2001 Europe's e-commerce practices are its salvation Jan 23, 2001 How Ariba and Commerce One must adapt Jan 19, 2001 E-commerce shifts from products to parts Jan 17, 2001 C-commerce replaces e-commerce in vision only Jan 15, 2001 Learn your e-learning business model Jan 12, 2001 Why suites are so sweet a strategy Jan 10, 2001 Vendor-consultant relationships: a tangled Web Jan 08, 2001 Wireless CRM will make forecasts less reliable Jan 05, 2001 The way ahead for M&As Jan 03, 2001 MS exhibits veiled enterprise ambition Dec 22, 2000 Marketplaces through the crystal ball Dec 19, 2000 India is emerging as the mecca for call centers Dec 15, 2000 Wireless now means business Dec 13, 2000 Application service providers yet to mature Dec 12, 2000 Professional services software – a viable niche? Dec 06, 2000 Why storage is becoming a software affair Nov 29, 2000 Do incubators feature in a back-to-basics world? Nov 27, 2000 Negotiating the silicon snake oil in an ASP Nov 23, 2000 Are the cash cows running out of milk? Nov 20, 2000 Hosted CRM – not your mother's ASP Nov 15, 2000 Charting a path to a successful B2B exchange Nov 13, 2000 IT costs shape boom or bust in B2B Nov 09, 2000 You want paper clips with that checking account? Nov 06, 2000 M&As – a political hot potato Nov 01, 2000 E-analytics: revenue stream is more of a trickle Oct 27, 2000 Payment will be next B2B Exchange hot button Oct 20, 2000 Europe's place assured in the new economy? Oct 19, 2000 My customer: more hype than happening Sep 27, 2000 Is Germany the superstar in dot-com Europe? Sep 25, 2000 E-commerce: a game of two servers? Sep 21, 2000 If you can't build it, they won't come Sep 19, 2000 Peregrine: still trying to prove B2B credentials Sep 15, 2000 Enterprise portal: more than a pretty interface? Sep 13, 2000 ASP and software developer: like curry and candy Sep 11, 2000 Is Siebel threatening little kids in the yard? Sep 05, 2000 Behind the smoke and mirrors of e-CRM analytics Sep 05, 2000 ASP market shakeout inevitable Sep 01, 2000 eCRM: desperately seeking a customer base Aug 30, 2000 Will real exchange integrators please stand up? Aug 25, 2000 .Net: 'the network is the computer' yet again? Aug 21, 2000 The B2B analytics masquerade Aug 16, 2000 Hyperion: a case study in how not to 'merge' Aug 14, 2000 B2B supply chain: All posturing and old product Aug 08, 2000 Lessons learned from asset stripping Aug 04, 2000 Profit now king of B2B world? Aug 01, 2000 Can an e-biz focus resuscitate PeopleSoft? Jul 31, 2000 India's new software mantra Jul 28, 2000 Buying a place in Uncle Sam's high tech universe Jul 10, 2000 Bandwidth trading's rites of passage Jul 06, 2000 The 'what-if?' questions to ask about valuations Jun 26, 2000 Why the ERPs need an 'e' to play in CRM Jun 20, 2000 Do online IPOs really work? Jun 15, 2000 Dot-com valuations: pick a number, any number Jun 14, 2000 Plumbing or software? The contact center problem Jun 09, 2000 Hands up... who knows how big B2B is? Jun 07, 2000 Opto-electronics a hot bed for industry players Jun 05, 2000 IPOs casualties now, but M&As equally vulnerable May 30, 2000 Trends in the semiconductor industry May 26, 2000 Services. Where the real B2B money is made May 23, 2000 Why CA's services growth model has failed May 20, 2000 Internet CRM bandwagon rolls into B2B space May 09, 2000 Why Inprise should back out of Corel deal May 04, 2000 How big is the ASP market anyway? Apr 27, 2000 How Baan can learn from SSA's sorry sale Apr 26, 2000 Yesterday's ERP companies become today's ASPs Apr 22, 2000 Siebel's B2B end-game Apr 19, 2000 Middleware vendors fight over B2B revenue pool Apr 18, 2000 Why M&A is the exit strategy of choice in Israel Apr 14, 2000 A little bit of history repeating itself Apr 13, 2000 Customer confusion management Apr 12, 2000 LBOs to begin hi-tech invasion Apr 07, 2000 Take one: will Peregrine profit from Harbinger? Apr 04, 2000 Baan in search of another rescue remedy

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