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Broadvision Inc's Comment on Competitors and Industry Peers
If we fail to compete successfully with current or future competitors, we may
lose market share. The market for e-business is intensely competitive. Our customers'
requirements and the technology available to satisfy those requirements will
continually change. We expect competition in this market to intensify. Our primary
competition currently includes:
in-house development efforts by prospective customers or partners;
other vendors of application software or application development platforms
and tools directed at interactive commerce and portal applications, such as
JDA, IBM Corporation, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP;
other vendors of enterprise social networking and collaboration platforms or
solutions, such as Microsoft’s Yammer, Jive Software, Salesforce Chatter,
Slack, and Facebook’s Facebook@Work; and
web content developers that develop custom software or integrate other application
software into custom solutions.
The principal competitive factors affecting the market for our products are:
depth and breadth of functionality offered;
availability of knowledgeable developers;
time required for application deployment;
reliance on industry standards;
product reliability;
proven track record;
scalability;
maintainability;
product quality;
price, including total cost of ownership; and
technical support.
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