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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

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. million in team costs to code, launch, manage, market & sell our software.

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DreamHost Readies Wider OpenStack Rollout

socalTECH

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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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

Especially when there are things like: Amazon S3 / EC2 / AWS outage this morning. Finally we get to: Peter Coffee , Director of Platform Research, Salesforce.com His premise is that we should be beyond having to buy servers, software, or any other infrastructure. Must design your application differently to live on top of the platform.

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REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming [Live]

Tech Zulu Event

Prior to joining DWA Chris worked at Activision Blizzard for 13 years, during which time he held a number of role including Executive Producer and Lead Game Designer. Chris currently serves as Head of Global Interactive for DreamWorks Animation. Wilson Kriegel - President/COO Paltalk | former CRO of Zynga / OMGPOP.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. Third-party software companies will start to offer features to websites to actually drive social features. At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2). Social Networking Will Split Into Layers.

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INNOVATION - A Scientist's Perspective

AeA Los Angeles Council

Just yesterday, I had a great talk with a Los Angeles-based computer game designer who has worked with the U.S. social software tools involves the NASA Phoenix Mars Lander – which is Twittering live from Mars, so to speak. Press conferences are given and military recruiting is done in virtual, online worlds. Army, for example.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. Third-party software companies will start to offer features to websites to actually drive social features. reinvented, with more people online and trained. The Present Era.