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Motley Fool puzzles over Hummingbird

28-Apr-2005

Tags: Document Management (ECM), Vendor Viability & Financials,

A commentator on Motley Fool delves into ECM vendor Hummingbird's recent financial performance and comes up lukewarm. More importantly, the piece shows how even equity analysts are sorely challenged to evaluate software company books after busy M&A activity. But we're not investment counselors. We care about you, the prospective technology buyer. And if you're concerned with your vendors' viability, we advise 2 things: trust your gut instincts about the strength of the underlying technologies (strong products endure mergers and acquisitions), and keep abreast of vendor cash levels (cash-poor vendors make desperate decisions)....

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