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12 questions for Peter Hess

The freshly minted CEO talks about playing catch-up with cloud technology, Advent's acquisition plans and his continuing partnership with Reed Colley

Author Timothy D. Welsh September 13, 2012 at 4:41 AM
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Peter Hess: We are happy where we are right now and won't be participating in any more acquisitions.


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