December 15, 2011 - Rich Stokoe

Zynga’s $10 IPO, and Salesforce’s “Do” takes on Jive

Posted on December 15, 2011 by rich

It’s a big week for tech companies going public! Tomorrow (Thursday 16th December 2011), Zynga, the company behind such social gaming classics as Farmville, Cityville, Mafia Wars and Words with Friends, will begin trading on NASDAQ, just three days after social-networks-for-enterprises company, Jive, did the very same. Jive set an expected stock price of “$8-$10”, […]

Don’t Worry, Past-Dweller, There Is No Cloud.

Posted on December 15, 2011March 6, 2012 by rich

If buzzwords were currency, the one worth the most at the moment is undoubtably “Cloud”. The problem with buzzwords is that nobody puts any faith in them, they’re bandwagons and may be gone tomorrow. Who wants to invest in something that is vague enough to mean pretty much anything? (There’s a “fuzzy” joke in there […]