amw1296 's List: EPM_Research

• The market still thinks Microsoft's long-term prospects are pretty good, though.  The stock is trading at a respectable 14X P/E.  The company has cash flow gushing out of its ears.  The consensus is that Microsoft will keep growing, just more slowly
• But the odds are increasing that even this will prove to be wishful thinking.

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• • Thick and thin client 
  • Dynamic visualizations, not just static charts  
  • Ability to pull data from multiple sources 
  • OLAP-like functionality

• The Tidemark Enterprise Performance Management Platform promises to bring real-time analytics to business users wielding iPads and smartphones — not just Excel jockeys in the CFO’s office who typically have access to IBM Cognos, Oracle Hyperion or other legacy EPM products, said Christian Gheorghe, co-founder and CEO of the Redwood City-based Tidemark.
• Cloudera’s Hadoop distribution, VMware virtualization and SnapLogic middleware that connects existing on-premises applications to the cloud, he said.
• Greylock Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and Duffield, with new money from Peter Currie, president of Currie Capital (and former CFO of Netscape Communications), and Phil Wilmington, former co-president of PeopleSoft and another OutlookSoft alum.

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