What People Are Saying About Dolphin

"Dolphin Equity continues to play an active and strategic role in guiding Overtone through our early growth stages. They bring strong experience and advice in the unique growth challenges of SaaS software companies." Craig Brennan
CEO, Overtone Inc.

Future Trends in Innovation and Technology

Every day, new revolutionary technologies come to market that could materially change the shape and texture of the technology industry. At Dolphin Equity, we see eight key trends that we’ll be capitalizing on:

  • Software as a Service (SaaS) will replace perpetual licensed software: SaaS is a nascent delivery model and provides immediate new opportunities. SaaS will continue to proliferate across more verticals to solve more offline problems as receptivity of the delivery model continues to increase. SaaS is only part of the shift in delivery and development of services over the cloud.
  • Moving more into the cloud: Larger enterprises are beginning to tap into cloud computing to run business applications and mine data for intelligence. Services that empower and enable organizations to transition to Web-based environments will further allow this revolution to reach mass adoption.
  • Increasing focus on security: What software and hardware were to the 1990s, security will be in the near future. Changing geopolitical pressures, increasing use of the Internet and cloud-based environments, and the growing volume of information stored and processed daily will create substantial demand for innovative and enhanced solutions to protect information and people.
  • Creating an intelligent and personalized Web experience powered by granular data analytics: The potential of Web-based and mobile-based advertising are still locked. Analytical systems that truly understand the vast amounts of data on the Web and the relationships between the Web and how people interact and share information will emerge.
  • Continuing convergence and integration: Data platforms, services and/or devices will continue to proliferate, integrated in a centralized location to further enhance personalization, provide superior services and unlock additional advertising possibilities. This in process will further expand boundaries of platforms and services.
  • Mobilizing the Internet and social lifestyle: Enterprises and consumers expect more out of mobile Internet. The ultimate Web experience will become more personalized and social. Whether it is availability, speed, delivery or ease of use, through networking and technological advances, the proliferation of the Internet's mobility will increase and user satisfaction improve.
  • Increasing penetration and importance of the 3-D Internet and visual computing: Today, people usually think of virtual worlds as a video game, but the power of the 3-D Internet and visual computing to supplement lives and business will expand as the software begins to solve and incorporate real-life elements.
  • Realizing the power of online video services: Streaming live, online video chat and conferencing in addition to new media content, such as mobile TV, will continue to advance due to improvements in broadband and delivery technologies.