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PSFK, SandHill - Top Trends for 2005

"Top 10 Software Trends – 2005"
http://www.psfk.com/2005/03/top_10_software.html

"Ten Trends for 2005"
http://www.sandhill.com/opinion/editorial.php?id=17

“ Research and Markets: European Broadband Service Market ”

New Report on
"Research and Markets: European Broadband Service Market - Competition Between the Retail Suppliers" http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050330/lnw051.html?.v=2

Recent Moves in the Market

Recent Moves in the Market

"SAP Prepares To Take Mid-Market to VARs"
http://www.crmbuyer.com/rsstory/41882.html

"Microsoft, Intel, HP ally to help European SMEs"
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/03/30/HNeuropeansmes_1.html

"Software AG, Rivet Software collaborate on XBRL"
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/03/29/HNsoftwareagrivet_1.html

"VoIP Security Alliance Gets to Work"
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=31959

"Amdocs sells Amdocs 6 to Finland's Elisa
Elisa Corporation is the first customer of the system. The deal is estimated at $35-40 million."
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=899589&fid=942

"HP appoints new chief executive"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/4392203.stm
"Low-key NCR veteran to run HP"
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/03/30/low_key_ncr_veteran_to_run_hp?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Business+News

Products n Services Announcements

Products n Services Announcements

"New Microsoft Exchange due out in 2006"
http://news.com.com/New+Microsoft+Exchange+due+out+in+2006/2100-1012_3-5647236.html?part=rss&tag=5647236&subj=news

"Bloglines Adds Package Tracking; More To Come"
http://topix.net/r/0qz78=2B6MG8dgaxatnaPD0dUgUEQ671AGo48tHB06vNMZ1PWg1hiYJn0pXONe0eGpaAH=2Fr5D3DYY45Ea2nsM8ss=2F8BAr=2Fb3n8u9wJ2Y5xk=2BcI=3D

"AOL Launches Blog Service for Teens"
http://www.betanews.com/article/AOL_Launches_Blog_Service_for_Teens/1112124333

"Siebel updates subscription service"
http://news.com.com/Siebel+updates+subscription+service/2110-1011_3-5645811.html?part=rss&tag=5645811&subj=news

"SourceLabs, a start-up that aims to make money by providing support services for bundles of open-source tools, is offering its first free "stack" of software components. "
http://news.com.com/Services+start-up+gives+away+open-source+bundle/2100-7344_3-5646699.html?part=rss&tag=5646699&subj=news

"BEA Systems Offers Comprehensive Business Process Lifecycle Management Solution"
http://www.proactivityinc.com/news/index.htm

Recent DealFlow on the News

Recent Deals on News:

"Mayfield Fund injects $8.5 million into open-source IT management company Groundwork."
http://www.redherring.com/article.aspx?a=11636&hed=Funding%20for%20Groundwork

"IBM sells storage software to partner Cisco"
http://go.theregister.com/feed/2005/03/30/ibm_does_1000/

"Semotus acquires database tools vendor Expand Beyond"
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/03/29/HNsemotus_1.html

"BlueRun Ventures makes first closing of $350m fund"
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=892527

"EVDB, Inc. Closes Series A Round of Financing"
http://topix.net/r/0qz78=2B6MG8dgaxatnaPD0dSGflNYJ5oK1ktieIwAMfJAZxkCQpOCMRDsv1ssg9QNRbmbbd9EQgVXfw2Q2UhlSkw=3D=3D

"CA buys into mainframe ID management"
http://news.com.com/CA+buys+into+mainframe+ID+management/2110-1012_3-5645147.html?part=rss&tag=5645147&subj=news

Start Blogging Today with Strategic Board on Strategies and Intelligence in the Hi-Tech Industry

Strategic Board welcomes hi-tech industry thinkers to join today Strategic Board's blog discussions and to contribute on strategies and intelligence in the hi-tech industry. This is an opportunity for industry CEO, top management, experts and opinion leaders to voice and share their expertise with the decision makers of technology industry.

Tel Aviv, Israel -- Apr. 4, 2005 - Strategic Board (http://www.strategicboard.com/), an Israeli technology startup, announces today a unique blog content partnership program. Strategic Board welcomes individuals and businesses operating in the hi-tech industry to start blogging today and to reach the decision-makers of the hi-tech industry.

Strategic Board's blog covers the subjects of strategies and intelligence in the hi-tech industry as well as news coverage on strategic moves in the markets. As part of the content partnership program (www.strategicboard.com/weblog/partners.htm), partners get promotional tools for emphasizing their unique contribution to the blog and to increase their recognition in the high echelons of the technology industry. "We would like to see all kind of people joining our blog, especially people with expertise in specific industry domains such as: CRM, non-US IT markets (Israel, India, Ireland..), hosted applications, venture capital and entrepreneurship." said Dudu Mimran, Strategic Board's CEO and blog moderator.

Strategic Board's blog discussions surround three inter-related subjects: corporate strategies, corporate intelligence and the hi-tech industry. The corporate strategies subject encompasses competitive strategies, operational strategies, strategic decisions, strategic contexts and theories. The corporate intelligence subject covers intelligence tools, new sources of information, industry best practices and market influences; internal business intelligence and external competitive intelligence. The hi-tech industry subject encompasses news and opinions on leading industry players, new entrants, competitive moves, innovation, industry drivers, and related strategies.

The partnership program details are available on www.strategicboard.com/weblog/partners.htm

About Us
About: Strategic Board is a startup company committed to developing innovative software solutions for enterprises operating in hyper competitive environments. In today's ever-changing market conditions businesses must respond effectively to opportunities and threats.
Web: www.strategicboard.com
Blog: www.strategicboard.com/weblog
Partnership Program: www.strategicboard.com/weblog/partners.htm
PR Contact: Dudu Mimran, dudu@strategicboard.com

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Fast Stats

"39% of companies to increase spending on business intelligence"
http://www.itfacts.biz/index.php?id=P2981

Israel VC Stats
"Q2 MoneyTree: VC-backed high-tech cos raised $326m in Q2 2004
There was a 50% increase in Israeli venture capital investments during the first half of 2004."
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=818520

"Israeli high-tech companies raised $323 million in Q1 2004
IVC Research Center: The average company financing round increased by 18% from the first quarter of 2003 to $2.9 million."
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=792760

"Survey: Q2 04 VC capital up 5% from Q1 to $338m
IVC Research Center: Venture capital raised in the first half of 2004 soared 37%, compared with the first half of 2003."
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=814422

"Survey finds Israeli VCs very cautiously optimistic
Deloitte Brightman Almagor: Funds may prefer to invest in companies that are close to an exit."
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=809149

Directory Updates

Blog Tips n Tricks: Feel free to send us links to one of our four categories:
Strategies, Intelligence, Hi-Tech Indutry and Bloggers directory.

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Business Intelligence Perspectives

"Intelligence Tools Not Much Use in the Hands of Fools"
"Business intelligence needs smarter handling"

"Intelligence Tools Not Much Use in the Hands of Fools"
http://allafrica.com/stories/200503240319.html
Excerpt: "THE value of business intelligence software does not lie in its ability to analyse" >analyse the past, but in its ability to predict the future."

"Business intelligence needs smarter handling"
http://www.business-standard.com/strategist/storypage.php?chklogin=&autono=184519&lselect=4&leftnm=lmnu7&leftindx=7
Excerpt: “But what you get is BI" >BI islands, and a lot of different systems that can’t communicate with each other. It often works very well at departmental level, but it rarely works at the corporate level.”

VoIP Future Stories - Mobile VoIP & Cebit

"In Search of Mobile VoIP"

"Interest in VoIP grows at CeBIT"

"In Search of Mobile VoIP"
http://wireless.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=31134
Excerpt: "There'll be a lot of handsets available with Wi-Fi" >Wi-Fi capabilities, but I see almost no demand from the customer base for voice over Wi-Fi," Gartner" >Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney told NewsFactor. "This is a vendor-driven phenomenon, and the big mistake would be to say that this will be a major thing."

"Interest in VoIP grows at CeBIT"
http://www.computerworld.com/networkingtopics/networking/voip/story/0,10801,100379,00.html?source=x10
Excerpt "Telephony has not been a big theme traditionally at the CeBIT trade show -- until now. Interest is surging as voice evolves into one of many software" >software applications" >applications that businesses and consumers can now run on their office or home IP networks."