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Participate Now in the Confidential 2009 Benchmarking for Software Vendors Covers a comprehensive set of financial and operating metrics for software companies. Will be conducted quarterly. Q1 benchmarking will include full year 2008 results as well as Q1 2009. Benchmarking will begin as of April 30th.
Participating companies receive the full benchmarking reports. The following metrics will be included and broken out by the following peer groups:
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Benchmarking Metrics
Recognized Revenue Product Revenue Service Revenue Revenue growth Product Revenue growth Services Revenue growth Bookings Total Deferred Revenue Gross Margin Percent on Product Sales Gross Margin Percent on Services Total Cost of Revenue Cost of Products Cost of Services Total Operating Expenses Research & Development Sales Marketing General & Administrative Operating Income Net Income Before Taxes EBITDA Total Assets Cash & Cash Equivalents Accounts Receivable Total Current Assets Total Liabilities and Net Worth Accounts Payable Total Current Liabilities Total Long-Term Liabilities Total Net Worth or Stockholders’ Equity Cash & Cash Equivalents Net Cash from Operations Accounts Receivable Days Asset Turnover (Net Sales/Total Assets) Return on Assets (Net Profit Before Taxes Return on Net Worth Financial Leverage Debt to Equity Current Ratio
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES - Annual Total R&D Expenses (As a % of Total Recognized Revenue) R&D Detail (As a % of Total R&D Expenses) Compensation & Benefits Expense Consultants and Outsourced R&D Functions Travel & Entertainment Software Development Tools All Other R&D Expenses Total R&D Expenses SALES EXPENSES - Annual Total Sales Expenses (As a % of Total Recognized Revenue) Sales Detail (As a % of Total Sales Expenses) Fixed Compensation Expense Variable Compensation Expense Total Benefits Expense Total Compensation & Benefits Expense Travel & Entertainment All Other Sales Expenses Total Sales Expenses MARKETING EXPENSES - Annual Total Marketing Expenses (As a % of Total Recognized Revenue) Marketing Detail (As a % of Total Marketing Expenses) Compensation & Benefits Travel & Entertainment Events, Trade Shows, and Seminars Consulting, Outsourced P.R., and Agencies Web Spending - (website, internet marketing, search optimization) Lead Generation Non-Web-Based Advertising All Other Marketing Expenses Total Marketing Expenses SERVICES EXPENSES - Annual Services Detail (As a % of Total Services Expenses) Compensation & Benefits Professional Services Personnel Compensation & Benefits Expense Customer Support Personnel Compensation & Benefits Expense Customer Training & Education Personnel Compensation & Benefits Expense All Other Services Personnel Compensation & Benefits Expense Total Compensation & Benefits Expense Travel & Entertainment (non-billable) Customer Support (non-compensation expenses associated with support center and not included in G&A) All Other Services Expenses Total Services Expenses GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES - Annual Total G&A Expenses (As a % of Total Recognized Revenue) G&A Detail (As a % of Total G&A Expenses) Compensation & Benefits Travel & Entertainment Depreciation and Amortization IT Expenses (including communication and email expenses) Facilities Expenses Legal Expenses Consulting Expenses All Other G&A Expenses Total G&A Expenses COMPANY-WIDE EXPENSES - Annual Total Salary and Comp Total Company Travel and Entertainment Total IT Expenses - Including Communications and Email Total Facilities Expense (As a % of Total Recognized Revenue) Total Legal Expense (As a % of Total Recognized Revenue) Total Audit Expense (As a % of Total Recognized Revenue)
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By revenue break-outs, for example, $5-$10M revenues, $10-$20M revenues, $20-$50M revenues, $50-$120M, $120M-$250M, etc. By public companies and by private companies By SaaS model or by Perpetual License model, or mixed Companies with $10k-$50k average deal size versus Companies with $200-$500k average deal sizes Profit Leaders
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Cost of Benchmarking:
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less than $10M Revenues |
$20M-$100M |
$100M + |
| 2008 and Q1 only |
$999 |
$1500 |
$2500 |
| 2008 and 4 quarters of 2009 |
$1500 |
$2500 |
$3500 |
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