Ray Lane may refer to: (wikipedia)
Eighty percent of all revenue is concentrated in 15 enterprise software companies. Eighty percent of profit comes from three companies and over half of that profit comes from one company -- Microsoft.
I'm shocked that we're still seeing $5 billion of VC go into software.
It's difficult to go from a product mindset, where you are selling just the software, to a service mindset, where you need to provide a service 24/7.
I believe that the enterprise software industry is at a crossroads.
He had integrity, more integrity than most anyone I know. Whatever he told you, you could take to the bank.
If we are able to have just one person get information from this center that buys them time, then it is worth it.
The entire software industry made one huge mistake in the late 1990s--it focused on buyers and not users.
Relationships change business outcomes. The question is how do you measure relationship capital and make sure that you're building it effectively? Visible Path understands the problem and is unique in its market approach and application of science to solve it.
Over the last seven to eight years, the Web has gotten easier to use. So if you project out five years from now, it will be even easier and more secure.
The customers just aren't happy with this industry and are unhappy with what they're seeing in products and unhappy with what they're seeing in services and the industry's understanding of their business.
