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OCTOBER 31, 2020

The honest truth is that I worked directly with him in the early days of Microsoft from my “safe” perch in big IBM, during the startup of the IBM PC. We in IBM didn’t get it at all, and we insisted on calling the IBM PC a “workstation” which in retrospect sounds like “work” for a bunch of robots at their “stations.”

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AUGUST 31, 2015

It has been a big summer for developers ready to do a deep dive into open source projects and the Internet of Things (IoT) with IBM’s announcement of two new communities created in its developer-centric hub developerWorks , aimed at giving developers the perfect sandbox to play in.

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MAY 3, 2021

The company said it has just released a beta of its platform, with global availability planned in Q3. The company says its founders previously worked at Microsoft, Amazon, Experian, and IBM. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Sunny Sharma, and was co-founded by CTO Michael Ngo.

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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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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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FEBRUARY 22, 2019

According to BlackLine, it has named Peter Hirsch as its new CTO, to head up the technology direction of its cloud software platform. BlackLine aid that in his last role at Ellie Mae, Hirsch had led a team of more than 900.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Another partnering model example is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools. This facilitates technology growth and innovation for startups in Silicon Alley, as well as positioning IBM for future growth. Johansen calls this uncovering your right-of-way.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Recently IBM combined forces with DevPost to put out the call for developer/heroes to solve some of the world’s most dramatic and important problems with its worldwide hacker contest for good called Bluemixathon: Operation Rescue and Recovery. It is an opportunity to be a hero, save lives and win cash.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

FatCloud , a new startup developing a.NET-focused, platform-as-a-service (PaaS) development platform, said today that it has launched it services, helping developers to deliver their.NET applications. Miller has previously served at such companies as IBM, Platform Computing, Cray Inc., PolyServe and Hewlett-Packard.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The firm said its Personalized Marketing Platform is aimed at brand, to help them turn their fans into customers. and also served at IBM and other companies. Los Angeles-based Fan Appz , which is headed by Jon Siegal, said today that it has launched a new social media marketing product. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2018

This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. in Los Angeles.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The firm said its Personalized Marketing Platform is aimed at brand, to help them turn their fans into customers. and also served at IBM and other companies. Los Angeles-based Fan Appz , which is headed by Jon Siegal, said today that it has launched a new social media marketing product. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

Lindsay was most recently VP of Engineering from Brand Affinity Technologies, and also had previously served at such companies as Adforce, Secured Funding Corp, eBuilt, Autobytel, and IBM. Local said that Lindsay will focus on mobile development and the company''s Krillion local shopping platform. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

RightScale said it has set up operations in Sydney, which will provide local sales, support and professional services for its platform in that country. The company said it has tapped Giri Fox, who has formerly served for companies such as Cisco, Apple and IBM, to head up its efforts in Australia.

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MARCH 8, 2019

Warren also wanted regulation in place that would block companies making over $25 billion that operate as social media or search platforms or marketplaces from owning companies that also sell services on those marketplaces. One issue is do we need regulation on the full platform companies.

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APRIL 20, 2016

OTOY said it is currently workings with Jon Stewart on upcoming content for HBO, built on its platform. The company's advisors include Google's Eric Schmidt; former IBM President Sam Palmisano; WME | IMG's Ariel Emanual, and economist George Gilder. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 12, 2015

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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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Another partnering model example is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools. This facilitates technology growth and innovation for startups in Silicon Alley, as well as positioning IBM for growth down the road. Johansen calls this uncovering your right-of-way.

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JUNE 3, 2016

Irvine-based vehicle telematics provider Spireon reported Thursday afternoon that it has reached three million subscribers to its platform, and has named a new CEO. Weiss was previously CEO of Unitrends, and also had served at McAfee, IBM, and other companies. The company said it has named Kevin Weiss to the CEO position.

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JANUARY 24, 2012

Biggs joins the company from Blue Coat Systems, and also served at IBM. Active Network sells its platform and services to endurance race events, marathons, sports leagues, parks and recreation departments, and many others. The company said that Biggs will lead its technology sales organization. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 19, 2012

Burr also has previously served as CEO of WebVisible, as Chief Product Officer at LRN, and in positions at Jambo, Layer2 Networks, IMPACT Software, IBM, Vault Corporation, and other firms. CallFire's platform enables voice and text messaging campaigns to businesses, organizations, and the government.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

For example, I grew up in IBM when Bill Gates was helping us deliver the first IBM PC. In a very real sense, we funded him, and he superseded even IBM. The power is in the people, their business relationships, and their connections. Contribute time and skills to a non-business higher purpose.

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MARCH 26, 2012

The software startup--the latest run by WInston Damarillo--said its new mCLoud Data center Unit (DCU) software is an end-to-end, SSD cloud platform for data centers, service providers, and enterprise customers. Manhattan Beach-based MorphLabs is rolling out a new piece of cloud software today, focused on solid state drive (SSD) storage.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Penarejo, Solutions Architect, IBM. Shirley is going to talk about: * How companies like IBM is delivering Business Intelligence solutions by empowering business users across the enterprise, while enabling IT to ensure success. *

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Many of the business plans I have seen as an investor, like trying to integrate all the social media features of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn into a new platform, don’t do it. Even IBM, with their personal computer, had trouble making their elephant dance. Did you know that both YouTube and Facebook started out to be dating sites?

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

IBM has announced today a solution to this problem called Bluemix Local. “With the delivery of Bluemix Local , IBM now has the broadest spectrum of hybrid cloud capability in the industry,” said Steve Robinson, general manager, Cloud Platform Services, IBM. ” IBM gave this example.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

Two new additions to our portfolio companies stand out in particular: NextCar (Scott Painters latest disruptive LA-based automotive market play) and Transmute (Karyl Fowlers Austin-based supply chain identity and credentialing platform).

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OCTOBER 21, 2012

Journey is a platform to build data gathering mobile apps much faster than would traditionally have been possible. Products such as IBM Worklight , Tiggzi, Appcelerator Titanium , Sencha, Sybase Mobile and Oomnitza operate in the same broad space as us. Any competition? How unique are you from it?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2020

Many of the business plans I have seen as an investor, like trying to integrate all the social media features of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn into a new platform, don’t do it. Even IBM, with their personal computer, had trouble making their elephant dance. Did you know that both YouTube and Facebook started out to be dating sites?

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JUNE 6, 2010

The global cloud computing market is expected to grow at a compounded annual rate of 28 percent from $47 billion in 2008 to $126 billion by 2012, according to IBM based on various market estimates. Keynote Speaker: Peter Coffee, Director of Platform Research,Salesforce.com. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. See [link] (more).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The third is a platform to connect everyone on, which is being provided by Internships.com, which is at techla.internships.com. We often run into students who say: I have an internship opportunity with Google, Microsoft, or IBM--why should I look at a startup? We had over eighty companies put their internships on the platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Another new partnering model is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools. This will facilitate technology growth and innovation for startups in Silicon Alley, as well as position IBM for growth down the road. Johansen calls this uncovering your right-of-way.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

We are handling IT processes which are normally the purview of large players like BMC and CA Technology, HP, and IBM--considered the Big 4 in IT administration. What makes us unique, is we've got an automation platform which allows you to deploy in any of those ways. The automation we provide is unique. How do you compete against them?

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APRIL 2, 2014

Pasadena-based Smartify (www.getsmartify.com)''s CEO, Carla Bourque , recently talked to us about the company''s online marketing platform, and how it differentiates itself from a lot of other competitors in the market. Essentially, consumers are opting into Smartify''s platform. What is Smartify?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Another partnering model example is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools. This facilitates technology growth and innovation for startups in Silicon Alley, as well as positioning IBM for growth down the road. Johansen calls this uncovering your right-of-way.

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

Another new partnering model is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools. This will facilitate technology growth and innovation for startups in Silicon Alley, as well as position IBM for growth down the road. Johansen calls this uncovering your right-of-way.

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JUNE 27, 2019

San Francisco-based Degreed is among the educational technology companies now classified as “learning experience platforms,’’ because they organize staff participation in skills development training and coordinate it with the goals of employers, who are their clients.

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