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Ralph Mackiewicz brought up some excellent points :
>Measuring the health of the IA market *solely* by the sales (or
>valuations) of traditional suppliers to that market might actually be
>analogous to making the claim in the 1920s that the transportation
>industry was declining because sales of horse drawn wagons was
>declining.
Jim Pinto responded :
>I would welcome suggestions, pointers, indicators, references from
>anyone on this list who can give specific numbers of companies who
>have grown beyond $ 10m in the past 5 years, or who are growing
>consistently at 30-50% per year over the past 5 years.
Jim continues :
It is interesting that *nobody* has responded, with a list of their favorite companies that are growing fast! Or, that at least a couple of Automation companies would have volunteered (boasted) about their growth and success.
Perhaps they are too busy to boast?
Let me start out with one :
OSI Software (information from Dr. Pat Kennedy, President & Founder) Sales : $50m, looking for $63m in 2001 - consistent growth rate 20-30%
Profit : 20%
To back it up, Pat sent me a detailed spread-sheet - showing pride in his performance! Well done!
I asked Pat - who is growing? why? His response :
"Oracle, MS, SAP - the people that stay focused and address customer problems (like the proliferation of proprietary systems) instead of
using their API's as competitive weapons."
C'mon, Automation Listers - give us some examples of *positive* growth & profit numbers!
Cheers:
jim
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Jim Pinto
email : [email protected]
web: www.JimPinto.com
San Diego, CA., USA
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>Measuring the health of the IA market *solely* by the sales (or
>valuations) of traditional suppliers to that market might actually be
>analogous to making the claim in the 1920s that the transportation
>industry was declining because sales of horse drawn wagons was
>declining.
Jim Pinto responded :
>I would welcome suggestions, pointers, indicators, references from
>anyone on this list who can give specific numbers of companies who
>have grown beyond $ 10m in the past 5 years, or who are growing
>consistently at 30-50% per year over the past 5 years.
Jim continues :
It is interesting that *nobody* has responded, with a list of their favorite companies that are growing fast! Or, that at least a couple of Automation companies would have volunteered (boasted) about their growth and success.
Perhaps they are too busy to boast?
Let me start out with one :
OSI Software (information from Dr. Pat Kennedy, President & Founder) Sales : $50m, looking for $63m in 2001 - consistent growth rate 20-30%
Profit : 20%
To back it up, Pat sent me a detailed spread-sheet - showing pride in his performance! Well done!
I asked Pat - who is growing? why? His response :
"Oracle, MS, SAP - the people that stay focused and address customer problems (like the proliferation of proprietary systems) instead of
using their API's as competitive weapons."
C'mon, Automation Listers - give us some examples of *positive* growth & profit numbers!
Cheers:
jim
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Jim Pinto
email : [email protected]
web: www.JimPinto.com
San Diego, CA., USA
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