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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

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In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5 Open-Source Software & Horizontal Computing.

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LogicMonitor Ties Into Amazon Web Services

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Santa Barbara-based LogicMonitor , which develops IT infrastructure monitoring software, said today that it has connected its tools to Amazon Web Services. The company said its platform now has the ability to monitor Amazon Web Services instances and services.

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Western Digital, CTERA Link On Object Storage Offering

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Irvine-based storage giant Western Digital and data archiving software provider CTERA said today that they have teamed up on a new, object storage solution, which combines data archiving systems from WD's HGST unit, with CTERA's software. petabytes, and also links into cloud storage services like Amazon S3. READ MORE>>.

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Nirvanix Steals Away Zynga CIO

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San Diego-based Nirvanix , the cloud storage service operator, has snagged the current CIO of Zynga as its new CEO, according to the company Monday. Debra Chrapaty, who formerly was CIO of Zynga, also served at Cisco as SVP of its Collaboration Software Group, in addition to working at Microsoft and E*TRADE Technologies.

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DreamHost Readies Wider OpenStack Rollout

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OpenStack is the set of open-source software designed to allow any hosting firm to offer up similar services to Amazon EC2; the OpenStack project was originally based on technology developed by Rackspace and has since spread widely to other ISPs. DreamHost has been offering the service in beta since October of last year. READ MORE>>.

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DreamHost Debuts Public Cloud Storage Service Into GA

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The company said it is offering up a 100GB and 100GB bandwidth, 30-day trial for the service, which is also compatible with Amazon S3's APIs. DreamObjects said it now has thousands of users using the service, which costs a low 7 cents per GB of storage, with 7 cents per GB of transfer-out bandwidth. READ MORE>>.

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RightScale Rolls Out Grid Computing Product

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Santa Barbara-based RightScale , the venture-backed developer of cloud computing management software backed by Benchmark Capital and Index Ventures, said yesterday that it has launched a new product specifically focused on grid processing. Tags: rightscale grid computing cloud software saas. READ MORE>>.

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