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Outsourcing: Build vs Buy

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010 -- Build vs Buy. With every new project comes the big question: Should you develop a solution from scratch or buy something off the shelf? Sometimes the function being outsourced is just across the street. So what do you outsource: Core or Context or both? TechbizConnection. See [link] (more).

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Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third

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The company, which employed about 160 people, laid off 57 workers, according to documents filed with the California Employment Development Department. After resigning as CEO of the now-defunct EV startup Coda Automotive in 2010, Czinger began to focus on how the vehicle manufacturing process could become more efficient and less wasteful.

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Quantum Fuel Systems Inks $10.2M Contract With Fisker Automotive

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Irvine-based Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies , a developer of energy storage and other related systems, said today that it has signed a $10.2M contract with Fisker Automotive to develop plug-in hybrid powertrains.

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Zya Dangles Record Deal, Cash To Users

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Zya , the mobile music game developed by Music Mastermind, said Friday that it will offer players of the game an opportunity to win a recording contract and $10,000 in cash. Music Mastermind is venture backed by Intel Capital and Liberty Global. READ MORE>>. music mastermind matt serletic emblem virgin records record deal musican'

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Activision Blizzard Settles Infinity Ward Lawsuits

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Activison had been locked in a legal battle with Jason West and Vince Zampella, the former founders of Infinity Ward, along with thirty eight of the developers who had worked on Infinity Ward's games, after Activision sued West and Zampella and created a brand new Call of Duty development studio in March of 2010.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

Frank Addante

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► October (1) New Video! .

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AeroVironment Hits Milestone In DARPA Project

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Monrovia, California-based AeroVironment , a developer of energy products and unmanned aerial vehicles, disclosed this morning that it has achieved a milestone as part of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), and as a result, has been granted a contract extension on the program.