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SugarCRM plans to go public in two years

...to file to become a public company within two years, chief executive John Roberts has said. SugarCRM launched three years ago in what Roberts said... Read more

28 August, 2007 by Martin LaMonica

SugarCRM launches project-planning application

...A key advantage for users, according to SugarCRM chairman and chief executive John Roberts, is that SugarCRM does not have "the extreme sales and marketing... Read more

19 March, 2007 by Colin Barker

Sun to snap up MySQL for $1bn

...of MySQL is another validation of the commercial open source model," said John Roberts, chief executive of SugarCRM. "Combining MySQL with Sun's open-source... Read more

16 January, 2008 by Dan Farber and Larry Dignan

US court debates software patent spat

High court judges are wrestling over the issue of whether US software makers are liable for code used abroad Read more

22 February, 2007 by Anne Broache

US begins patent probe

...a case that's closely watched by the business community, Chief Justice John Roberts suggested that an existing federal court test for determining patent obviousness... Read more

29 November, 2006 by Anne Broache

Supreme Court to review Microsoft patent appeal

...PDF). They offered no additional comment, except to note that Chief Justice John Roberts "took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion... Read more

30 October, 2006 by Anne Broache

Open source sharpens competitive edge

...start-ups are seeking to shed that commodity label for their software. John Roberts, chief executive of SugarCRM, said the open source application company competes... Read more

16 August, 2006 by Martin LaMonica

SugarCRM polishes interface with AJAX

...company launched two years ago, according to chief executive and co-founder John Roberts. The application, due in mid-August, has a more interactive and... Read more

27 July, 2006 by Martin LaMonica

Wi-Fi: Coming soon on board US planes?

AirCell's network would work by channelling communications from at least one picocell site on the plane to special cell sites on the ground Read more

6 June, 2006 by Anne Broache

Acer and Hitachi unite to chase small firms

...six months of 2007, and France by the end of next year. John Roberts, Acer's server business unit director, said: "The combination of... storage... Read more

20 April, 2006 by Colin Barker

Open source firms claim business model benefits

...Software Business Model, at LinuxWorld in Boston on Wednesday. SugarCRM chief executive John Roberts agreed that this model seems inefficient, and claimed that open source... Read more

7 April, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

Open source firms 'to be consumed by wave of consolidation'

...competitor; and database giant Oracle considered buying MySQL. SugarCRM's chief executive, John Roberts, unsurprisingly, adamantly disagrees and said his company's technology is mature... Read more

16 February, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

SugarCRM unveils Microsoft collaboration

...percent of our customers run Microsoft Windows Server," said SugarCRM chief executive John Roberts, noting a number of his customers have been asking the open... Read more

14 February, 2006 by Dawn Kawamoto

Does the BlackBerry have enough juice to survive?

...and requests by RIM, including a recent petition to US Chief Justice John Roberts, to get the courts to stay the case have failed. This... Read more

9 January, 2006 by Cath Everett

Software sales model shifts

...are the primary source of sales leads, according to SugarCRM chief executive John Roberts. A smaller sales and marketing budget allows it to divert its... Read more

18 November, 2005 by Martin LaMonica

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