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Concur (CNQR) uses cloud-computing to deal with a big problem for corporate America: managing travel and expense (T&E) spending. Currently, the company has customers in over 90 countries and process $35 billion in transactions.

A key to the success of Concur has actually been some gutsy acquisitions. They have helped transform the company's technology and penetrate new markets.

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Concur Takes Flight with a Deal for Tripit originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

For more highlights from this week, see: Exxon, Starbucks, Viacom, Comcast, Sirius, Kraft and others

Upcoming quarterly reports include Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), Jack-in-the-Box (NYSE: JBX), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFMI), Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE), and Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI).

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Back in 2001, Concur Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ: CNQR) hit a low of 31 cents per share. At that time, investors had lost all confidence in the Internet. What's more, Concur was in an un-sexy space; that is, a provider of software to help companies with travel expenses.

But the company's CEO, Steve Singh, was still a believer and thought the market opportunity was huge.

Well, as of now, things are starting to pay off. In fact, this week, Concur announced that it received a $251 million strategic investment from American Express (NYSE: AXP) at $39.25 per share. There is also a warrant to purchase an additional 1.28 million share (see more of today's earnings news).

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The earnings crunch is in full swing, and here are a few of the highlights of this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

For additional BloggingStocks earnings highlights, see Exxon, Boeing, Halliburton, Sony, UPS, Honda, and others and McDonald's, Kraft, P&G, Verizon, MasterCard, 3M, and others.

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Before tailgating begins today, I like to take the time to run through some equity research. While not as exciting as reading Tim Ferriss' 4-Hour Work Week and some of the radical lifestyle experimentation he writes about on his blog, I stumbled upon a company whose IPO I missed, SuccessFactors (NASDAQ: SFSF).

I've written before about new Software as a Service (SaaS) firms like Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) and Concur Technologies (NASDAQ: CNQR) that deliver their software via the internet. Companies employing the software typically rent it and pay as they use it. The software is hosted, which means the software provider manages updates and versions.

I thought it would be worthwhile summarizing some of the research put out this week on the firm by the likes of JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs.

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Corporate strategy expert Sramana Mitra had a nice post yesterday that looked at a broad spectrum of the burgeoning Software as a Service (SaaS) market. Companies like salesforce.com, Inc. (NYSE: CRM) are revolutionizing the software industry by providing hosted versions of traditional software packages and essentially renting them to customers. Customers benefit by paying less money upfront and don't assume the cost of ownership, opting instead to rent software from SaaS companies. Updating and maintenance of software is handled by SaaS firm.

I've been looking at Concur Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNQR). Concur's solutions address automate corporate travel and expense management. Larry Schutts had a good post on the firm saying:

Its flagship program provides the process and information for management to reduce manual processing, improve internal controls, increase business policy compliance, speed up reimbursement, and increase expense report accuracy. The software features Web-based modules for tracking, submitting, and processing reports.

Large corporations like The Chubb Corporation (NYSE: CB), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) and Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) are all looking to 1) manage complicated expense processing 2) lower costs.

SaaS companies are just in their infancy as more business look to rent rather than buy. Check out Taleo Corporation (Nasdaq: TLEO), RightNow Technologies (Nasdaq: RNOW), and Vocus, Inc. (Nasdaq: VOCS).

Zack Miller is the managing editor of IsraelNewsletter.com and a former equity analyst for a leading multinational hedge fund.

Software as a Service? I do Concur originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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