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SendGrid Ties Into IBM Cloud

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SendGrid , the provider of email infrastructure for software developers which has major operations in Anaheim, said Monday afternoon that it has linked with IBM via its cloud marketplace. According to SendGrid, its applications are now available to software developers running their infrastructure in IBM''s cloud.

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Ampsy Taps Into IBM's Watson For Social Analytics

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Los Angeles-based Ampsy , the social content sharing and aggregation software developer led by Jeremy Gocke, has linked into IBM's Watson technology, saying it is using the machine learning technology as part of a new analytics offering. READ MORE>>.

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Mature Companies Can Learn Many Things From Startups

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The honest truth is that I worked directly with him in the early days of Microsoft from my “safe” perch in big IBM, during the startup of the IBM PC. We in IBM didn’t get it at all, and we insisted on calling the IBM PC a “workstation” which in retrospect sounds like “work” for a bunch of robots at their “stations.”

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How Bill Gates Was A Role Model For New Entrepreneurs

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The honest truth is that I worked directly with him in the early days of Microsoft from my “safe” perch in big IBM, during the startup of the IBM PC. We in IBM didn’t get it at all, and we insisted on calling the IBM PC a “workstation” which in retrospect sounds like “work” for a bunch of robots at their “stations.”

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Quest Software Names Two New GMs

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Aliso Viejo-based data protection, system management, and security software developer Quest Software announced two new executives this morning, saying it has named Heath Thompson as President and General Manager of its Information Systems Management (ISM) business and Bhagwat Swaroop as President and General Manager of the One Identity business.

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BlackLine Names APAC Head

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Los Angeles-based financial automation software developer BlackLine has boosted its leadership in the Asia Pacific region, saying on Monday that it has named Terry Smagh as Senior Vice President overseeing its Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. He most recently was working for IBM's Asia-Pacific cloud and analytics business.

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Don Estridge, IBM PC Father, Startup Role Model

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My introduction to startups really came when I first worked in IBM with Philip Donald Estridge back in 1981. Known as Don Estridge, he led development of the original IBM Personal Computer, and thus is known as "father of the IBM PC" He’s gone now, but I still remember him fondly. mHz, now 3.0

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