Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Perhaps it should come as no surprise that the cloud price wars have flared up once again. After taking a brief hiatus amidst nervous tensions, competition between cloud computing vendors has reached a fever pitch in the past month. The massive price cut is only part of the story, however.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2013

Los Angeles-based web and cloud hosting provider DreamHost looks to be readying its OpenStack cloud offering, DreamCompute, for wider consumption, after showing off the service at the OpenStack Summit in Portland last week. dreamhost cloud computing openstack dreamobjects dreamcompute morphlabs metacloud mediatemple'

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Calabasas-based NetSol Technologies has created a new division to tackle the cloud computing market, the firm announced this morning. The company said that the division will offer clients IT infrastructure on a monthly, tiered subscription. The new division will be headed by Imran Haider. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Round sizes of > $100 million or more now account for 47% of all VC dollars (62% if you count rounds > $50 million) This has made venture capital significantly more valuable for VCs and LPs who invest in the best companies As part of our study we noticed a trend many have spotted but few have explained?—?why

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

Cloud solution adopters can increase available storage space, increase scalability, reduce administration complexity and slash the costs of personnel, hardware, power, cooling and the inevitable “end-of-life” data center upgrade cycle. The job market, too, will feel a significant impact from cloud computing technology.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2010

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. Pricing on the new product was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

The firm said it is targeting hosting, SaaS, social network, content distribution networks, and cloud computing companies with the hardware. Pricing on the new product was not released. The firm said its new E Series EX accelerator now supports 10Gbps throughput, and accelerates TCP traffic 2 to 5 times.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Today, Google, and cloud computing companies more broadly, are doing to Microsoft what Microsoft did to IBM. Profits are moving up the value chain from on-device software to software-as-a-service in the cloud. The new hardware-to-cloud era is here. All profits had resided in the hardware and configuration layers.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Now, cloud computing makes it possible to virtualize IT departments. With a little creativity and a lot of research you can virtualize your IT department to create better efficiency and organization within your company. Benefit #1 Cloud Space. Cloud computing brings everyone together virtually.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

Thus, entrepreneurs must decide when to stop listening to the Sirens’ song of a quick buck and position their company to take advantage of long-term, sustainable business models. However, in the long run, entrepreneurs always benefit from delivering Maximum Utility for a fair price. Bad Profits. Arbitrage Is Fleeting.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Conventional wisdom in most companies is that “the competition is the enemy&# – it’s the rallying cry to dig deeper, get more features out the door, issue press releases citing differences and attack the competition’s weaknesses in sales presentations. Of course they’re software.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. PricewaterhouseCoopers' Vision To Reality Program for Emerging Tech Companies. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 19, 2015

The cloud services market continues to grow at an impressive rate. Companies all over the world are realizing how beneficial it is to move some operations to the cloud, creating a need for the services that cloud providers offer. Cloud vendors are everywhere, with more springing up seemingly each month.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2011

Or the Cliff Note’s version: Open Source & Cloud Computing (led by Amazon) drove down tech startup costs by 90%. A normalization of the venture capital market will bring more rational valuations over time but should produce more stable companies and better returns for VCs and LPs. The Coming Brick Wall.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Cloudera and Hortonworks, two large, publicly traded companies that compete to offer Web-based data storage and analytics, announced plans today to merge into a combined entity they value at $5.2

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Sometimes it’s a question of marketing or pricing, but most of the time, it’s because people don’t see its true potential or lack the skills to make the most of it. For example, new mobile devices are creating an era of cloud computing and BYOD (What is BYOD?). This rejection isn’t exclusive to tech devices.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

San Diego’s ResMed (NYSE: ticker[[RMD]]) announced its intention to buy the privately held tech company on Monday. The purchase price is 25 times MatrixCare’s pro forma 2018 earnings of about $30 million (without taking into account interest, taxes, depreciation or amortization) on anticipated net revenue of about $122 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

Are we seeing a time in which pre-revenue companies are more valuable than our offline institutional brands? The era of cheap cloud computing plus open-source software plus digital natives unleashed upon society is creating some truly amazing products that will challenge the way we do business and the way we live our lives.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 11, 2016

While the technology revolution has produced some remarkable advancements in computing, the higher level of access has come at the price of increased security risks. This is especially true when considering the fact that all interaction now takes place in a cloud-first, mobile-first world.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

In 2012 the company rolled out Inktank, an innovative open source storage solution based on Ceph’s distributed file system, which was subsequently sold to Red Hat for $175 million. Even the most conservative companies began adopting the open-source LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) to dynamically create and maintain their websites.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. And as long as private-market capital is available these companies would rather remain private for longer before going public. We all have one-click purchase power (Apple, Google, Amazon, eBay). The iPhone was released.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

We spoke with Jim Franklin , the firm's CEO, to hear more about how the company went from an accelerator startup at TechStars just a few years ago, to now more than 100 employees spread across offices in Boulder; Colorado, Anaheim, California; Frankfurt; London, and elsewhere, to tackle the problems of transactional email.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5 These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure. Facebook is a “platform cloud&# provider, too. Enter Amazon.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

This is great for open floor offices, collaboration, travel, and other things that new companies often find necessary as they build their brand. Plus, when compared to the other laptops on the market, Chromebooks tend to offer the most features for the lowest prices, making them a sweet deal. Google Chromebook Pixel.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

It may seem hard to find a laptop that balances school and work tools with longevity and an affordable price – but that’s why we’re here! Speaking of accessories, this computer comes with a couple USB 3.0 Prices go up to $1,600. Chromebooks, as you probably know, depend entirely on Chrome OS and cloud computing.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor. The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. Thus, when you sell a young company, you often trade an adVenture for a job.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor. The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. Thus, when you sell a young company, you often trade an adVenture for a job.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 31, 2015

If you don’t want to transfer your debt, contact your credit card company and negotiate for a better APR. Good credit, bulk purchases, or cash payments may qualify you for a lower price. If you think you are paying too much for your product or service, shop around for a more competitive price and ask your vendor to match it.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Pick a company name and check any potential trademark infringements on Trademarkia or KnowEm. Open your company bank account. For those issuing stock to finance the company (corporations), use a Shareholder’s Agreement. Ask mentors to join your Board of Advisors (for the overall benefit of the company).

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2014

As technology prices drop, so does the barrier to entry for innovation. New networking capabilities are allowing ever-smaller chips and sensors to communicate with one another, and as a result, take actions or pass data to the cloud for additional processing, making these “things” smart. For me, version 1.0

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

After starting three companies, I've found that some widely accepted advice lead me to failure while. You work in (or run) a services company. Intrapreneurship: Embracing Disruptive Innovation Within Your Company. The last couple of years have seen a significant increase in IT and interactive companies placing be.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. Talk to companies that have taken this money and see if they’ve gotten support. Look at Josh Kopelman over at First Round Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies. But on micro level, over-funding also creates performance problems for specific companies.

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