September 14th, 2006
Disclosure
Updated February 3, 2010: Phil Wainewright’s work as an independent consultant brings him into direct or indirect business relationships with several of the companies that he writes about, or their competitors. Phil is committed to maintaining the independent and opinionated stance that his writings are well known for and does not enter into contracts that would limit his freedom of expression in any way. However it is important in the interests of full disclosure to inform readers of those relationships so they can form their own judgement. This page therefore lists all Phil’s current business relationships.
Phil Wainewright is a co-owner and director of Procullux Ventures, a privately-held consultancy business. Procullux provides consultancy services to companies primarily in the on-demand sector, advising on marketing messages, positioning and business strategies. It also owns, through a subsidiary, the Loosely Coupled website. Current and recent Procullux clients are:
- LiveOffice
- Intuit — funded the cost of preparing the report Redefining Software Platforms - How PaaS changes the game for ISVs.
- OpSource — work for OpSource includes the recent white paper Enterprise Meet Cloud: Mapping a safe passage to enterprise cloud adoption.
- NetSuite — Phil researched and wrote white papers on On-Demand ERP in the Enterprise: A practical CIO guide to implementation and The Acid Test for the On-Demand Data Center: A CIO’s Evaluation and Selection Guide.
- Salesforce.com — Phil speaks at customer events and has written several white papers for the vendor, including Reinventing the Business Workspace (PDF) for the launch of Salesforce for Google Apps.
- OpCon Technologies
- Intacct
- Aladdin Knowledge Systems
- Appirio — Phil researched and wrote a white paper and presented a webinar on How the cloud can change your enterprise
- CrownPeak
- SaaSplaza — Phil presented a webinar on Microsoft Dynamics as SaaS.
- NTRglobal
- Dreamfactory — Phil wrote a white paper for the vendor on Frictionless Participation for On-Demand Business.
- Oracle — Phil was the keynote speaker at an industry summit on Software as a Service held at Oracle headquarters in January 2008.
- WebEx Communications — A series of webcasts called Work 2.0: Conversations with Phil Wainewright asked customers, partners and analysts how on-demand collaboration is changing the way we work.
- Rearden Commerce — Phil wrote a white paper about Rearden’s business services infrastructure.
- smartFOCUS
- Pelican Bridge
Phil also writes a blog on The Connected Web for eBizQ, and is paid for his time to moderate or participate in occasional webinars and online discussions sponsored by vendors on the site. He occasionally participates in BriefingsDirect podcasts sponsored by vendors.
Phil is chairman of the industry advocacy group EuroCloud UK, part of the EuroCloud community of SaaS and cloud vendors in Europe, which organises monthly member meetings. He is a vice-president of EuroCloud Europe. These are unpaid roles.
Phil was retained by the SIIA to develop the OnDemand Europe 2009 conference in Amsterdam in June 2009. He has served on the steering committee for the SIIA’s On Demand Summit held in San Jose, and attended as a speaker.
Phil is a member of the advisory board and was a keynote speaker at GLUE Conference last May in Denver.
Phil has no investments in any industry participants. This page last updated 3 February, 2010.
