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Why Technology is Driving More Urban Renewal

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And sci-fi writers are but one example of the way society impacts technology. I can’t say for sure, but it feels to me like the re-urbanization of technology companies is driven by a broader trend of the tech industry overall – cloud computing. Fred Wilson ponders this in his post “ Cause and Effect ”.

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Insights and Opinions: A Cynic Predicts IT and Media in 2011

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For example, data center companies will continue to take losses, go out of business, or get acquired on unfavorable terms even as all indications point to extreme shortages in data center space by 2013. Markets will stay irrational longer than companies stay solvent. A large firm will overpay to jump on a bandwagon that has long left reality.

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You Need to Win the Battle for Share of Mind

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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. My example du jour is LinkedIn. It’s not all sunshine and candy canes.

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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Thorsten von Eicken , Rightscale (Santa Barbara, cloud computing). Holden Steinberg , Pagewoo (Santa Monica, advertising). George Strompolis , Fullscreen (Los Angeles, content). Ashish Soni , USC (Los Angeles, incubator/university). TX Zhuo , Karlin Ventures (Los Angeles, investor).

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Opening The Cloud: Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems

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Many of these enterprises utilize Eucalyptus to allow them to operate a hybrid cloud, with some data running on a public cloud (such as Amazon or Rackspace) while more sensitive data is managed within a private cloud. A good example is the shoemaker Puma. Find some other name than cloud something.”.

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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

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If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor. But not many others.

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What Mattered in 2010: Jim Andelman, Rincon Ventures

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Campus Explorer, Burstly, RingRevenue, Cocodot, ElephantDrive and DataPop are good examples. Mobile app downloads went from 300mm in 2009 to 5 billion in 2010, Android ad impressions up over 2,000% as two examples. 3) Cloud computing offerings as an enabler to lean startups. I'll list three, not necessarily in order. (1)