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COUPA SOFTWARE

COUPA SOFTWARE – CATALYZING DIGITIZATION OF BUSINESS SPEND MANAGEMENT? COUPA software is a cloud based Business Spend Management platform that provides companies visibility and control over how they spend money on Indirect spend – spend very difficult to manage due to insufficient spending behavior, disparate systems that obstruct spend visibility, and manual process flows. With…

By Srikanth Kantipudi April 17, 2019 Off

Deepak Nitrite – High growth Indian ‘Special’ality Chemical Business?

Deepak Nitrite – Can a newly commissioned Phenol-Acetone manufacturing plant transcend Deepak Nitrite into high growth mode? Product Offering & Growth Strategy: Deepak Nitrite manufacturers a range of basic / special chemicals and intermediates and operating in 3 main segments – Basic chemicals, Fine & Speciality chemicals, and Performance Products. It has 300 products and…

By Srikanth Kantipudi December 3, 2018 Off

Zscaler

Zscaler – Rewriting Rules For Network Security? Zscaler is a Cloud platform helping enterprises monitor inbound and outbound internet traffic. As more and more business applications shift to Cloud, enterprise network extends from enterprise data centers to third party Clouds such as Azure, AWS, Google and users use multiple devices to access anything from anywhere,…

By Srikanth Kantipudi September 1, 2018 Off

Pluralsight

Pluralsight – On a Mission to close technology skills gap? Pluralsight is a technology learning CLOUD platform provides a range of tools for skill assessments, library of courses, learning paths, and business analytics. Aided by secular shifts of fast technology change, and e-learning, can Pluralsight effectively compete and grab market share in a fragmented learning…

By Srikanth Kantipudi August 8, 2018 Off

Facebook

Is the hoopla around Facebook misplaced?  I am a confused soul. I don’t know if I should fault Mark Zuckerberg for creating Facebook or Steve Jobs for ‘inventing’ smartphone or US Govt for sponsoring fundamental research of networking. I am confused whether I should pay more attention to privacy of variable things such as likes,…

By Srikanth Kantipudi July 27, 2018 Off

Service-Now Analysis

Service-Now Workflow Automation Lego Tool? Service Now is a cloud based workflow automation platform providing prepackaged solutions and customisable ‘Lego’ building blocks. With digitization, customer experience, artificial intelligence, and internet of things “themes”, enterprises are increasingly looking to robust platforms / solutions to redesign their workflows. Can Service Now, with its best in class automation…

By Srikanth Kantipudi July 23, 2018 Off

New Relic Analysis

New Relic – An Intelligent Fly on Cloud Wall? New Relic is a Cloud platform helping enterprises design, monitor and provide intelligence on applications (on-premises, mobile, cloud, browser) and infrastructure. With 17,000+ customers and ~250 $ million 2017 revenue, and ~350 $ million revenue for 2018, and strong digital transformation tailwind, can New Relic scale…

By Srikanth Kantipudi June 23, 2018 Off