Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. For example, even though we were leading an entrepreneurial effort within IBM, we found it a challenge to deal with the inbred mainframe culture, reverence for process, and accounting practices of a large company.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The company's platform is based on artificial intelligence gathering, with tools which automatically pick up important things like merger and acquisitions, financial updates, legal issues, executive turnover, and many other factors. The company's President, Jeff Curie, was also an executive at Access360, IBM, and SupplyFrame.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Roberts is currently President and CEO of BlueWater Management Consulting , and was formerly General Manager and Vice President of Content Management at IBM, which acquired FileNet in 2006. Roberts headed up FileNet as Chairman and CEO at the time of its acquisition by IBM.

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MARCH 17, 2010

PBC provides enterprise telecommunications services for telecom operators Telefonica, Telmex, and CTBC, in addition to offering Microsoft, IBM, and 3Com products. Tags: opengate capital brazil merger acquisition philips business communications international. OpenGate said it acquired PBC from global technology firm Philips.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

SafeHarbor provides software used to service customer requests and reduce customer support costs, and counts IBM, American Airlines, T-Mobile, Sprint, and SunTrust as customers. Tags: shackleton equity partners private safeharbor merger acquisition software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In some ways, the biggest software acquisition of all time could be a yawner. IBM’s planned $34 billion deal to acquire open-source software maker Red Hat is a hefty price to pay to give its cloud computing business a shot in the arm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. Tags: entrepreneur startup merger acquisition business. No growth” or even slow-growth companies waiting for an angel may have a long wait. Marty Zwilling.

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MARCH 7, 2017

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Lantern Credit said Korns previously has served at such companies as IBM, Tymshare Transaction Services, Xerox Imaging and Investment Science. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Truven Health Analtyics , a cloud-based healthcare data provider which has an office in Santa Barbara, has been acquired by IBM Watson Health for $2.6 IBM said that the acquisition will bring more than 8,500 clients to its portfolio. Truven has its headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Truven was backed by Veritas Capital.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Cadence, Intel, IBM, Freescale, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, LSI, X-Fab, and many other leading-edge. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The myth that arose to explain why IBM selected Microsoft’s Operating System over Digital Research’s market leading software is that Mr. Kildall opted for a joy ride in his private plane the day the IBM executives visited his offices. In reality, Gary Kildall was present when IBM came knocking during July of 1980.

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JUNE 22, 2016

So far, the story of IBM Watson Health has been mostly about growth and potential. So is the scope of the new IBM collaboration, which spans cancer (breast, lung, and others), eye health, diabetes, brain disease, and cardiovascular disease. Today, it’s more about action. If that all sounds optimistic, well, of course it is.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Strategic buyers look for managerial talent, intellectual property, geographic expansion, an extension into adjacent markets and more that will be achieved with the acquisition of your company. At the same time, the buyer-candidate realized that we had become its largest reseller.

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

Esri said that SpotOn provides interactive mapping software for IBM Cognos, IBM's business intelligence software. Redland-based Esri , the developer of geographical information software, said Thursday that it has acquired SpotOn Systems , a developer of business intelligence and interactive mapping software.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Grupo ACAO is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and carries products from IBM, Oracle, Red Hat, EMC and VMware. Ingra Micro said the acquisition will contribute more than $300M in annual revenues to the company. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. The company serves Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Ecuador.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Syncsort is based in Woodcliff, New Jersey, and offers up Apache Hadoop, Splunk, Apache Spark, and other analytics software for the IBM z Systems mainframe and other systems. Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.

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OCTOBER 12, 2015

Financial terms of the acquisition were not anounced by the companies. Syncsort was headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, NJ, and is over 40 years old, but has a significant number of Big Data products based on Apache Hadoop, Splunk, Apache Spark, and the cloud, in addition to software for the IBM z Systems mainframe platform.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

According to Cornerstone OnDemand, it had implemented a "reduction in sales headcount", and in particular "teams with the highest customer acquisition costs" as it looks to more aggressively drive operating margins and free cash flow. com, SAP, and IBM. It also named Jeff Lautenbach as President of Global Field Operations.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Cadence, Intel, IBM, Freescale, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, LSI, X-Fab, and many other leading-edge companies, universities, and organizations will be sharing their latest technologies, products, and services in this unique Southern California event. Technology.

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Middle Market Investment Banking. Startups Made Simple.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2014

In 2005, Lenovo first burst onto the scene by acquiring IBM’s PC line, namely the brand recognition of the Thinkpad line. Last week, they announced the acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business for approximately $2.3 billion.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Also featuring Mr. Barker, who prior to joining Revolution Partners, was at IBM as a result of its $200 million acquisition of Trigo Technologies, the product information management company that he helped build to profitability, 150 employees and a $40+ million run-rate. See [link] (more).

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JANUARY 29, 2009

in 2004, and the acquisition of Snap by Overland in June of 2008. Kelly has also served at M&A and consulting firm Silicon Valley Management Partners, and was President of Maxtor's systems business, in addition to stints at Dell Computer, Diamond MultiMedia, Conner Peripherals, and IBM.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

One of his companies - Gluecode - was sold to IBM for a pretty good price. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. in Computer Science.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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MARCH 9, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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MARCH 20, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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JUNE 26, 2009

Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Microsoft BizSpark (www.microsoft.com/bizspark. NeoHire (www.neohire.comk). Sponsoring socalTECH's Executive Moves section. Key Information Systems ([link].

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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MARCH 13, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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MARCH 20, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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JULY 24, 2009

Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (www.biztechlaw.com). Technology. NeoHire (www.neohire.comk). Dedicated to our Clients.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Middle Market Investment Banking. Startups Made Simple.

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MARCH 8, 2013

IBM has shared ideas with us, EMC, Microsoft, and a whole raft of other major companies are working closely with us now. That's problem driven by the fact that most acquisition get done, commonly, in the $50M to $100M range, and if a company just has too much capital deployed, when the opportunity comes up, they can't take it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2020

Don’t be the next Xerox who totally missed the personal computer market, even though they had the technology and the processes well before Apple, IBM, and others. Use outside investment and acquisition to expand your scope. They were successful with business computers and technology, but didn’t see the change.

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