Slingshot Technologies Inc (STI) is a privately held software startup founded in 1995 and aims to identify new sites in the IT services industry and partnering with vendors selling promising but unproven technologies in these areas. STI manufacturers used to expand its system development and integration capabilities to deliver on tight deadlines, STI has received a constant stream of consulting and engineering work, and the ability to identify and meet the future needs of suppliers Fortune 1000 clients. Four years after the company was founded with $ 1,000 income exploded to $ 1.9 million in partnership with enterprise applications development and enterprise application integration vendors. In late 1998, the founder of pondering how to create an innovative "software factory" in addition to the consulting side of the business, while providing STI knowledge assets and intellectual property are protected. "Hide
by Lynda M. Applegate, Elizabeth Collins Source: Harvard Business School 34 pages. Publication Date: 04 May 2004. Prod. #: 804022-PDF-ENG
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