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5 Current Technologies Still Have Room For Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. Other examples include smart-home remote control, cell-phone tracking, and remote auto traffic sensors. Mobile Computing. Cloud Computing.

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Insights and Opinions: A Cynic Predicts IT and Media in 2011

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For example, data center companies will continue to take losses, go out of business, or get acquired on unfavorable terms even as all indications point to extreme shortages in data center space by 2013. Markets will stay irrational longer than companies stay solvent. A large firm will overpay to jump on a bandwagon that has long left reality.

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Base Your New Venture On These New Technology Trends

Startup Professionals Musings

Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. Other examples include smart-home remote control, cell-phone tracking, and remote auto traffic sensors. Mobile Computing. Cloud Computing.

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What Mattered in 2010: Jim Andelman, Rincon Ventures

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Campus Explorer, Burstly, RingRevenue, Cocodot, ElephantDrive and DataPop are good examples. Mobile app downloads went from 300mm in 2009 to 5 billion in 2010, Android ad impressions up over 2,000% as two examples. 3) Cloud computing offerings as an enabler to lean startups. I'll list three, not necessarily in order. (1)

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No Expert Has A Startup Checklist To Ensure Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. Other examples include smart-home remote control, cell-phone tracking, and remote auto traffic sensors. Mobile Computing. Cloud Computing.

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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Thorsten von Eicken , Rightscale (Santa Barbara, cloud computing). Holden Steinberg , Pagewoo (Santa Monica, advertising). George Strompolis , Fullscreen (Los Angeles, content). Ashish Soni , USC (Los Angeles, incubator/university). TX Zhuo , Karlin Ventures (Los Angeles, investor).

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Opening The Cloud: Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems

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Many of these enterprises utilize Eucalyptus to allow them to operate a hybrid cloud, with some data running on a public cloud (such as Amazon or Rackspace) while more sensitive data is managed within a private cloud. A good example is the shoemaker Puma. Find some other name than cloud something.”.