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AJAX and Next-Generation SaaS Business Models

Gordon Ritter will present a unique session at the upcoming AJAXWorld Conference & Expo

Gordon Ritter will present a unique session at the upcoming AJAXWorld Conference & Expo on AJAX and Next-Generation SaaS Business Models. Emerging technologies often begin as small but essential components to help solve or leapfrog particular aspects of customer pain. It is often not feasible or timely for a small group of entrepreneurs to construct the entire solution from top to bottom relative to a customer need or pain. New, innovative Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business models allow means for such small, fast moving startup organizations to offer key kernels of technology to enter the market while still retaining the ability to strategically move closer to more complete solutions as time permits or as the market evolves for such advanced technology. Examples of product offering expansion over time enabled by such service sales strategy will be drawn from the speaker's extensive experience in management of SalesForce.com and at IBM's Global Small Business Division. This subject matter is a "must know" for new, emerging technology companies desiring to fully exploit the advantages of a web-based go to market strategy.

Speaker Bio: Gordon Ritter is a Founder of Emergence Capital Partners. He pioneers new markets including embedded web-based interfaces, server appliances, and web-native application development. Gordon was CEO of Software As Service. Prior to that, he was Vice President of the $3 billion IBM Global Small Business division, created as a result of the acquisition of his company, Whistle Communications in 1999.

AJAXWorld Conference & Expo East, which will take place on March 19-21, 2007 in New York City  will feature a faculty of more than 120 distinguished speakers, presenting more than 110 sessions, keynotes, and power panel discussions, in six simultaneous tracks for two days.

The first international AJAXWorld Conference & Expo which took place on October 2 - 4, 2006, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA is sponsored by Adobe, Amazon, Apress, Backbase, ComponentArt, Cynergy Systems, Google, Helmi Technologies, IBM, ICEsoft, ILOG, Infragistics, JackBe, Laszlo Systems, Nexaweb, OASIS, Parasoft, Sun Microsystems, telerik, TIBCO, U7 Web Technologies, Visible Measures, Zapatec; including media sponsors AJAX Matters, AJAXWorld Magazine, BZ Media, ColdFusion Developer's Journal, DevtownStation.com, Eclipse Developer's Journal, Eclipse Review, Enterprise Open Source Magazine, Integration Developer News, ITtoolbox.com, Java Developer's Journal, LinuxWorld.com, Methods & Tools, Network World, Open Enterprise Trends, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal, SD Times, Software Test & Performance, SOA Web Services Journal, SYS-CON.TV, Web 2.0 Journal, and Web Developer's & Designer's Journal.

OpenAjax Alliance
To date, more than 50 organizations have joined the OpenAjax Alliance, including:

Adobe
Ajaxian
American Greetings (AG/Interactive)
Backbase
BEA
Bling Software
Borland
Curl
Dojo Foundation
Eclipse Foundation
edge IPK
eLink Business Innovations
ENOVIA MatrixOne
Fair Isaac
Finetooth
The Front Side
Google
IBM
ICEsoft
Ikivo
ILOG
IN2
Innoopract
Intel
IT MILL
JackBe
Javeline
JWAX
Laszlo Systems
Merced Systems
Mozilla Corporation
Nexaweb
Nitobi
Novell
OpenLink Software
Openwave Systems
Opera
Oracle
Red Hat
SAP
Scalix
Seagull Software
Sitepen
Software AG
Sun Microsystems
Tibco
Vertex Logic
Vircom
Webtide
XML11
Zend Zimbra
Zoho


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JDJ News Desk 12/02/06 03:26:22 PM EST

Gordon Ritter will present a unique session at the upcoming AJAXWorld Conference & Expo on AJAX and Next-Generation SaaS Business Models. Emerging technologies often begin as small but essential components to help solve or leapfrog particular aspects of customer pain. It is often not feasible or timely for a small group of entrepreneurs to construct the entire solution from top to bottom relative to a customer need or pain.

AJAXWorld News Desk 12/02/06 03:21:42 PM EST

Gordon Ritter will present a unique session at the upcoming AJAXWorld Conference & Expo on AJAX and Next-Generation SaaS Business Models. Emerging technologies often begin as small but essential components to help solve or leapfrog particular aspects of customer pain. It is often not feasible or timely for a small group of entrepreneurs to construct the entire solution from top to bottom relative to a customer need or pain.

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