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Where to for revenue recognition?

Fellow Irregulars Phil Wainewright and Jason Corsello are batting around the implementation services revenue recognition issue following Taleo's restatement of earnings. Phil uses it as a reason to take a sideways swipe at the on-premise vendors: I wonder what the impact on SAP, Oracle and Accenture’s financials would be...

Tags: Revenue, Taleo Corp., Phil, Revenue Recognition, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Auditors backtrack on SaaS revenue recognition

Just when SaaS vendors were starting to get their investors and customers comfortable with the recurring revenue model, now their accountants are getting cold feet and changing the way professional services revenue gets recognized. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Revenue, Software-as-a-service, Taleo Corp., Operational Accounting, Revenue Recognition, Finance, Financial Services, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Taleo: Management’s comments regarding their November to forget

A Different and More Optimistic View - Execs Confirm Many Prior Assumptions Last week, Taleo’s Katy Murray, CFO, and Nate Swanson, Investor Relations, were kind enough to spend a few minutes with me to discuss my recent post on Taleo. The overall tone was positive and not...

Tags: Taleo Corp., Operational Accounting, Revenue Recognition, Sales Strategy, GAAP, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Taleo's November to forget

An HR Soap Opera This month hasn’t been a good one for Taleo. Here’s the timeline of events and an analysis of the lawsuits that are originating from recent events. On 11/3/2008, the company announced its Q3 earnings and they didn’t delight Wall...

Tags: Revenue, Taleo Corp., Stock, Revenue Recognition, Investment, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-21

The four horsemen of SaaS

Taleo's acquisition of Vurv, announced today, is a clear play by the SaaS vendor for breakout leadership of the people management sector â€" one of the hottest segments of the enterprise SaaS landscape, populated by fast-growing startups such as recent Nasdaq entrant SuccessFactors along with privately held Authoria, Cornerstone OnDemand,...

Tags: Revenue, Acquisition, Software-as-a-service, Taleo Corp., Vurv, Software As A Service (SaaS), Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Emerging Technologies, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-05-06