SYS-CON Events announced today that SPAN Systems will exhibit at SYS-CON's 3rd International WebRTC Summit which will take place on November 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
SPAN Systems is an established software services company. SPAN has expertise in the following areas:Voice & Telephony, Presence & Instant Messaging, UC Clients, Messaging, Conferencing, Collaberation, WebRTC Applications, Mobility, Identity/Access Management and System Management.| By David Skok | Article Rating: |
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2014 Pacific Crest SaaS Survey – Part 1
For the third year in a row, we worked together with Pacific Crest Securities, an investment banking firm with a specific focus on SaaS, to survey 306 SaaS companies.
This represents nearly double the # of respondents from last year, giving us deeper benchmarking data and insights to share on the growth and operations of the companies in this space.
We also welcome this year the participation of OpenView, an expansion stage venture capital firm specializing in B2B Software, who brought additional support.
I want to extend my personal thanks to the many readers of this blog who participated in the survey. My thanks also go out to David Spitz and his team at Pacific Crest Securities (@dspitz and @PacCrestSec, respectively on Twitter) for their hard work on the survey. Part 1 of the results of the survey, which focuses on growth rates and go-to-market trends, are posted below. Part 2 will follow next week.
If you’d like to participate in this survey the next time around, sign up here so you don’t miss the invite and early access to all the data. [more]
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