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Gradient X Snags Exec From OpenX

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Gradient X , the online mobile marketing and advertising technology developer backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Founder Collective, Double M Capital, Baroda Ventures, Siemer Ventures, and others, has snapped up some talent from OpenX with its latest hire. READ MORE>>.

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Former LA VC Gets Backing For Enterprise Alerting, Micro Apps Startup

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Sapho develops software which helps pull together information across hundreds of enterprise apps, and presents them to employees as "micro apps". Those apps provide push-like, user-friendly access to enterprise apps, much like employees are used to interacting with mobile consumer apps and alerts. Sapho is in Silicon Valley.

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IT Skills that Facilitate Cloud and BYOD Adoption

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For example, new mobile devices are creating an era of cloud computing and BYOD (What is BYOD?). Despite all the industry buzz around mobilizing the workforce and the freedom of using personal phones and tablets at work, very few companies are ready to make the jump just yet.The natural reaction is to point the finger at network security.

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Taming The Enterprise Texting Tiger, With TigerText's Brad Brooks

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In today''s mobile world, SMS has widespread, near ubiquitous adoption, which is great for consumers who want to communicate with their friends and family. By giving them your mobile number, you''ve created a priority channel. We spoke with CEO Brad Brooks to learn more about the company. What does TigerText do?

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How ZestFinance Is Using Machine Learning to Reshape Lending, with Jay Budzik

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Jay Budzik: ZestFinance was founded in 2009, by Douglas Merrill, the former CIO at Google, in order to make fair and transparent credit available to everyone. We've been at it for awhile, making use of machine learning in lending, and we're now bringing the technology we've developed to businesses around the world.

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Biz2Beach To Stream Live Here On TechZulu

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Matthew’s passion is partnering with brands to help build community, optimize operations, and develop a strong digital strategy. Garth Holsinger, VP of Global Sales and Business Development, Klout. Garth will speak about successes in partner development, using case studies from his experience at Klout.

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Appallicious & the Age of Open Data

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One way Appallicious is already helping the City of San Francisco better connect with its citizens is the free Rec & Park app, developed in 2012, which utilizes open data to provide information on the city’s many parks. Ginsburg reminds citizens that no personal information is shared with app developers. Trailblazing Government 2.0