InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

In homage to The Dude’s sentiment, tech startup Akanda Virtual Networking named its open source project The Rug because it “ties together” OpenStack networks by managing orchestration, routing and other key network services. Their attempts to architect software automation for physical networks were a bridge too far.

IBM 100

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. So they set up seed programs that allowed for rapid decisions for $500k or less, often done as convertible debt for both speed and cost reasons.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

A very interesting topic, especially for those of us involved in developing for start-ups. The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. His picture of all of the different elements you have to deal with infrastructure (network, storage, os, db, etc.),

Platform 150

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