socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. First, for those not familiar with DreamHost, talk about what your company does? Structuring this deal like this was important.

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socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Spencer Price to learn more about the company. It's a much smarter way of understanding shopping behavior, using data about human tastes to deliver recommendations to grocery consumers. The challenge of any AI platform, is to understand that. The company has raised $1.9M What is Halla?

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

We thought we'd catch back up with Winston to hear about the Morphlabs. Morphlabs is a cloud computing company, part of a good cluster of firms that we now have in Southern California, including 3Tera in Orange County, and Eucalyptus in Santa Barbara. earlier this year, and then got it funded, raising about $5.5

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Jeff left a comfortable Wall Street career to enter a world he knew little about. These small, back-office changes eventually led to the technological expertise underlying Amazon Web Services (AWS), by far the most successful public cloud computing platform. Growth Happens In Bounds And Leaps -- Of Faith. Share and Enjoy.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Or would you like me to sell you a story on how cloud computing is green because these large datacenters are more energy efficient than the same number of computers run in ad-hoc ways? Let me answer ‘why computing needs RightScale.’ Computing is going the way of the electric grid. Pure excitement isn’t either.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. 3) Cloud computing offerings as an enabler to lean startups. Earlier today, we talked with Greg Martin at Archer Venture Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

It’s about 10 minutes long. We spoke about my interest in cloud computing, digital media and mobile. I talked in specifics about a bunch of my investments including Factual , MongoLab , Maker Studios and Gogii (maker of TextPlus ). It’s a fun 10-minute interview that you might enjoy watching.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the proliferation of starutps in the past 2 years. 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. Then you stop.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 22, 2013

The impact of this is that hyper-speed, hyper-scale advertising automation/decisioning platforms now require hardware that’s faster than hardware required to scale Web sites or mobile applications. At Rubicon Project, we’ve engineered the world’s first real-time cloud computing technology.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2012

Among those startups is San Diego-based Independa (www.independa.com) , which is trying to crack the code to figure out how to apply the convergence of wireless technology, cloud computing, and software to elderly care. We spoke with CEO Kian Saneii to learn more about the firm. Talk about what your products are used for?

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Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

But today, online companies that sell services rather than merchandise also need to be concerned about state sales taxes. The company receives biometric readings from patients, like blood pressure or glucose levels, and these readings are transmitted to the company via its Web platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

The moderator asked each of us panelists the asinine question, “tell us what you’re doing about WAP!&# (you know, as in “tell us what you’re doing about China?&# or “tell us what you’re doing about location-based services?&# ). Kleiner Perkins launches an iFund. The model is all wrong.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Scott McCorkle has spent most of his professional career thinking about business to business software and how to improve it for a company’s customers. As a result of the investment, Upfront partner Kobie Fuller will be taking a seat on the MetaCX board of directors alongside McCorkle and Dorsey.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. At RingRevenue we’ve created a call performance marketing platform that at its core is all about getting more high-value calls to advertisers who want them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

When we talk about cloud computing we have to be careful to differentiate between open cloud (services the are provided solely to for the economic purpose of building a cloud business) and the “platform cloud&# where certain service providers offer cloud services wrapped around their core product.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

You can talk with the companies, and learn more about growing a business near epicenter of the US government and positive impact they’ve received from the community. I had a chance to talk with founders about what’s awesome about growing a business near the nation’s capital and how the community has supported their growth.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Chicago-based GE Healthcare is now about to go to market with the new magnetic resonance imaging technique. This is one of the first applications of cloud computing in a clinical application,” says Arterys CEO and co-founder Fabien Beckers. The company is inviting 3D medical imaging developers to work within the platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I have other areas of interest & competence such as cloud computing and document management given my background. But one theme in pervasive in all my thinking about investing in Internet-based companies: Deflationary economics. Socially connected individuals and platforms that enable faster roll-outs of successful products.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

And then came the debate about storage. During my second startup we never considered using cloud computer processing for our real-time processes but we did run some batch processes there. Think about it. So far in the stack we’ve only spoken about infrastructure. We all know about IMDB. Processing.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

WebEx also charged exorbitant setup fees (again, much like cellular carriers), averaging about $4,000. Cloud computing pioneer RightScale is a prime example of a company which utilized a consultative go-to-market strategy as a means of funding its initial operations. A typical 60-minute meeting with one attendee cost $54.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 14, 2015

There’s a lot of concern about whether or not organizations will feel the effects of an IT talent shortage over the coming years. Even with improvements in technology and big data platforms, there still isn’t enough talent. I wish I could offer a glimmer of hope, but unfortunately, many are already feeling these effects.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Of course it’s important to equip your partners and employees with the best technology to do their jobs, but it’s also important to find computers that are easily portable and affordable for your current budget. Things to Keep in Mind About Chromebook Operation.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Co-founder and CEO Mark Weidick was VP and General Manager of Cisco’s TelePresence Video Exchange where he was responsible for a team of 150 developers that built and supported video exchange platforms for AT&T and other Service Providers. Co-founder and COO Jack Blaeser was President of BT Conferencing Inc.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Obsess About Customers, Not Colleagues Or Competitors. “We The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy. Jeff left a comfortable Wall Street career to enter a world he knew little about. We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. The Hybrid Group is passionate about making useful things with technology.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

We caught up with Navid --one of a number of executives to have recently departed Buy.com after its acquisition a couple of years ago by Rakuten--to hear more about his new startup. is all about? Can you talk about your background, Buy.com and why you decided to pursue this idea? Describe what Recmnd.me

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2015

The Internet is turning into a business tool with everything from cloud computing to premium Internet providers. For example, Chad Dickerson, the CEO of the online craft marketplace Etsy testified before the FCC last Thursday about how “Paid Prioritization” would make it impossible for Etsy to operate, let alone survive.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. The Hybrid Group is passionate about making useful things with technology.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

Let us know in the comments if youve used JanRain Engage for your site or if theres anything else youd like to know about it. Your article is the only useful information Ive found about Engage but one thing I dont get is, what methods do you say we have to write? (in Posted on 9 September 2010 | 3:25 pm Hi Ben.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

We'll use all the panel members' experiences to tell a "how to story" about bootstrapping to million. Most entrepreneurs fail because they start the business the only way they know how - thinking about. How UX and the Cloud are Transforming Software. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, Entrepreneurism, SaaS. .

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

While the focus perhaps should instead be on the conversations themselves and integrating them across whatever platforms within which they are taking place, the view today is instead still too much on individual tools and channels. Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Disconnects between older and newer generations of social media.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

“Much like how Microsoft Windows defined the operating system for personal computers decades ago, Clio has developed a software platform for law firms and their clients that is cloud-based and client-centric by design,” Newton said. It also aims to help clients find lawyers more easily and vice versa. Image Credits: Clio.

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