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Y2G Associates CEO Participates at AeA Technology Venture Forum


Y2G Associates CEO Elected to Board of TAG Southeastern Software Association for 2006

Y2G Associates Releases Best-of-Breed Versus ERP Solutions Deployment Report for Service Parts Management


Y2G Associates CEO Participates on Georgia Task Force for Economic Development for Software Development for State Governor


Y2G Associates 2005 First Quarter Sees Four New Software Clients


Y2G Associates CEO Elected President of TAG Southeastern Software Association for 2005

Y2G Associates 2004 3rd Quarter Revenue Up 40%

Y2G Associates Releases Sales Management Best Practices Report for Software Vendors

Y2G Associates Provides Strategic Sales Analysis to Software Vendors

Y2G Associates launches new white paper Research Directory on software industry best practices. Submit your white paper.

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Y2G Associates' mission is to be the premier provider of corporate/business development services and custom market and equity research for software companies worldwide. Based on industry Best Practices, we work with each client to increase their competitive market share by identifying areas for improved performance and providing the hands on execution services they require.

Our corporate development services and custom market/equity intelligence is unique by having access to diverse research organizations' data to support due diligence, competitive analysis, messaging and/or positioning efforts. This is then translated into execution capabilities that drive your M&A activities, marketing communications, product roadmaps, and go-to-market strategies based on our software industry experience.

Within the software industry, consultants are numerous and typically provide advice but are not able to offer the execution support to implement their recommendations. This is our "sweet spot". We are all about execution - getting our hands dirty - and we recognize this gap in the software industry. We help our clients compete more effectively and positively impact their business.

The name of the game is less about who has the best technology and more about execution. Software vendors require highly targeted strategy and execution solutions. Y2G Associates delivers both.



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  • Today's Analyst Perspectives
    OpenPages Extends GRC Platform with IT and General Compliance Management (AMR Research)

    Celequest Technology Will Help CognosAddress Process-Driven BI (Gartner)

    Demand for Service Oriented Architecture-Related Change Management Services Grows, but Transition Proves Challenging (IDC)

    North American Government Enterprise Software Spending 2007 (Forrester)

    Endpoint Security Strategies Part II: The Endpoint Data Protection Benchmark (Aberdeen)

    Daily Morning Recap (SunTrust Robinson Humphrey)

    M&A Monitor (Piper Jaffray)

    As a software vendor, find out what the latest trends and analysis are in these exciting areas. See how other software vendors are reacting and how they are advancing the field. Since it's about execution these days, understand what you can do for a competitive advantage in this new market and grow your company.

    Contact us to see how this strategic advice can be translated into operational execution.
  • For the latest software industry news spanning technology and go-to-market strategies.

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    Current news in Information Technology
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    New Database Management and Application Developments News
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    How do you stack up?

    The Costs of Sales as a Percentage of Revenue is used to measure a company's operational efficiency. Best-in-Class software companies have Cost of Sales as a Percentage of Revenue of 17.8% during these difficult times. The industry average is hovering at 42.3%. How do you stack up?



    Y2G Associates tracks over 600 software companies for capital management, operational effectiveness, and internal/external growth metrics.

    Contact us and learn how we can improve your operational execution in today's market.

    For additional Benchmark data,Y2G Associates has formed a partnership with Culpepper and Associates which provides compensation survey and financial benchmarks to high-tech industry executives. Founded in 1979, they focus exclusively on the needs of software, IT services, hardware, semiconductor, electronics, and telecom companies.
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