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		<title><![CDATA[LucidEra's demise is about money, not SaaS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11406-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=66748&messageID=1261683&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[LucidEra's demise is about money, not SaaSLucidera's DemiseAs one of the early adopters of Lucidera, I can say that we believe that BI in the cloud is a viable business offering.  One of the challenges is to provide a platform with hooks into as many potential data sources as...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:58:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[LucidEra's demise is about money, not SaaS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=802]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Contrast reactions to the shutdowns this week of SaaS BI vendor LucidEra and airport security fast-track channel operator Clear. They tell us a lot about the fragility of startups; nothing about the viability of SaaS. by Phil Wainewright]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:27:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Part Tree, er...Three]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/crm/?p=109]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To Recap  We're heading into the homestretch.Â  Which is why the Giants need to beat the Panthers....last night.Â  Oh, snap. This isn't my NFL blog. I don't have one. This is the final episode in that hilarious sitcom, Greenberg's Fools Gold.Â  For those of you who missed the previous...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:04:52 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SaaS delivers return *before* investment]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=618]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[On-demand BI provider LucidEra has ramped up its prospect conversion rate with an innovative sales approach that delivers a return on investment before the customer has even bought the product. by Phil Wainewright]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:18:10 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CRM 2009 Forecast - Part 2 - Sticking My Hands Out To Be Slapped]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CRM 2009 Forecast - Part 2 - Sticking My Hands Out To Be SlappedCRM Analytics in 2009?Hi Paul -- Great post!  A question for you: what do you see regarding trends in Sales Analytics/CRM Analytics?  There is now a huge base of CRM customers who've spent many quarters...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:02:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[LucidEra opens for business intelligence on demand]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4598]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Dubbing itself the salesforce.com of business intelligence, LucidEra ends its beta period and formally opens for business. I covered most of the basics about LucidEra in this November 2006 post. The companys on demand business intelligence BI solution is targeting the SMB market, taking a bottom up approach that will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:49:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cognos joins AppExchange but isn't going SaaS]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cognos joins AppExchange but isn't going SaaSCelequest/Cognos SAAS vs LucideraI read with amusement Ken's comments on our SaaS offering and acquisition by Cognos.  His comments are particularly rich coming from a company whose products have been in beta for ever.  Perhaps you should speak with the salesforce.com folks...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:05:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[LucidEra: On-demand business intelligence]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3944]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ken Rudin caught the on demand bug working as head of engineering for salesforce.com in its early days and then at Siebel as Vice President and General Manager of its CRM OnDemand business unit. Now Rudin is launching LucidEra, an on demand, multi-tenant service in hopes of becoming the salesforce.com...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:08:43 -0800</pubDate>
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