Startup Professionals Musings

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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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

A report, published this morning, says that hard drives from Lake Forest-based Western Digital , as well as those from fellow hard drive companies Maxtor, Samsung, IBM, Micron, Toshiba, and Seagate--had secretly been compromised by a secretive hacking group linked to the US intelligence community.

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Xconomy

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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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2017

Axios reports that the incorrect White House assertion might be because CrowdStrike's co-founder and CTO, Dmitri Alperovitch (an American citizen) is of Russian heritage. cybersecurity under the prior administration, alongside executives from IBM, MasterCard, Microsoft, and others. CrowdStrike's executives were active in boosting U.S.

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Xconomy

APRIL 23, 2019

In this Xconomy Special Report , our veteran technology journalists Bernadette Tansey, David Holley, and I bring you deep insights from key industry leaders and observers about what the future holds for.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2019

Scanlon was most recently at Gartner, and also has served at Recourse Technologies, Vormetric and BigFix, along with IBM and Verizon. Curtail recently raised $3.25M in a seed funding round from Tarus Capital. Quinnen was most recently Chief Technology Officer at LumenVox, and also served at Litel Instruments and Qubit Technology.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The City and County of Honolulu announced Tuesday that it has launched its smartphone reporting system, "Honolulu 311", which is powered by CitySourced, to allow citizens to report things like abandoned vehicles, graffiti, potholes, and other issues. The app runs on iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The Oracle support comes on top of existing support for SAP, IBM, and Microsoft products. The software is now able to pull up reports from Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g and other Oracle products, showing them to Roambi users on their devices. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 6, 2010

Irvine-based Integrien , a developer of performance analytics software for the enterprise, reported today that it has hired Phil Rugani as Executive Vice President of Sales and Field Operations. Rugani also served at AXS-One, IBM, FileNet, Oracle, Informix, and Alta Vista. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2012

A new, angel investment group based in the Phillipines is basing its effort on the model set by Southern California's Tech Coast Angels , according to a report today from Phillipine publication Sun.Star Cebu.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

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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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

Startups are typically run by a couple of executives who are reluctant to disclose via the prospectus and SEC reports all the decision-making criteria, operational financial details, and compensation formulas. Public companies of any size must comply immediately with the full reporting requirements of the SEC.

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2011

Morris has previously served at Freescale Semiconductor, McAfee, and IBM. Both will report to Dr. Mike Farese, the firm's SVP of Engineering and Operations. The firm said it has named Rick Morris as Vice President of Software, Systems, and Integration test, and Shkhar Khandekar as its Vice President of Corporate Quality.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

At the time, as Fortune reported, Palihapitiya and the other Social + Capital partners, Ted Maidenberg and Mamoon Hamid would have become partners in the venture firm under the terms of the proposed deal.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

reported this morning that it has added Len Lauer, currently President, CEO, and director of Memjet, to its board of directors. Lauer has has served at Sprint, Bell Atlantic, and IBM, and sits on the board of H&R Block. Lake Forest-based disk drive maker Western Digital Corp. Lauer was also EVP and COO of Qualcomm.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

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. * We are happy to introduce our guest speaker- Shirley D.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Freitag has previously worked at Oracle, IBM, and Hyperion Solutions, and was most recently at Host Analytics, where he was Vice President of Sales. The firm's mobile application allows users to view business reports and other information from the Apple iPhone. MeLLmo is backed by around $10M in angel funding. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 15, 2018

” There are other tools out there, IBM has OpenPages and ThomsonReuters developed a tool for audit and risk and compliance , but these software services pre-dated Sarbanes-Oxley, and were not made with a modern organization in mind, according to Lee and Kim. “Companies still manage Sarbanes-Oxley in Excel.”

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2010

Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Middle Market Investment Banking. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). Startups Made Simple. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , the first half 2019 global IPO activity slowdown continued, following an unusually quiet Q1 2019 as ongoing geopolitical tensions and trade issues dampened IPO sentiment. Public companies of any size must comply immediately with the full reporting requirements of the SEC.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Based on the report’s conclusions, Apple requested that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) re-examine Ditzik’s patent. Apple Gadgets iPhone Mobile Dean Niro HTC IBM iPhone 4 John Kronstadt Mark Scarsi Nokia Samsung' The case goes to the 8-person jury Wednesday, November 20th.

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Xconomy

JULY 2, 2019

[ Editor’s note: This is part of a series examining the internet’s first 50 years and predicting the next half century. Join Xconomy and World Frontiers Forum on July 16 for Net@50 , an event exploring the internet’s past and future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

With my software background at IBM, I’m well aware that technical early adopters value more and more features, and are able to deal with complexity. You need advisors and a board of directors, but they require regular communication and reporting, a strategic plan, and discipline. The market is unpredictable and changes fast.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Cadence, Intel, IBM, Freescale, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, LSI, X-Fab, and many other leading-edge. Deloitte (www.deloitte.com/us/technology).

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. What does Chrome River's software do? That's given us a lot of the attention in the space.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

San Diego-based XIFIN , a publisher of hosted revenue cycle management software for diagnostic laboratories, reported Tuesday that it has added two members to its executive staff. Zaniboni was also CFO for Arcturus Bioscience and Sequenom, XIFIN noted, adding that Taylor worked at IBM as a strategy executive prior to Acclerys.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Signed contracts with big name customers, like IBM, AT&T, or Wal-Mart, is a strong indication of traction. In the consumer world, groups like Consumer Reports , will give you similar credibility, if positive. Show acceptance by major customers and key distributors. Public statements from industry experts and groups.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (www.biztechlaw.com). Technology. NeoHire (www.neohire.comk). Sponsoring socalTECH's Executive Moves section.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2010

The honest truth is that I worked with Microsoft then from my “safe” perch in big IBM, during the early days 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.” Enlist community of support.

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socalTECH

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. They are looking for very large engagements, and there is a huge investment in infrastructure for the products that companies like HP and IBM deliver.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , the first half of 2017 was the most active first half by global number of IPOs since 2007. Public companies of any size must comply immediately with the full reporting requirements of the SEC. With thousands of shareholders, dealing with critics is an onerous challenge.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

—Cambridge, MA-based Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB ) and partner Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: IONS ), of Carlsbad, CA, reported positive data from a second Phase 3 trial of spinal muscular atrophy drug nusinersen (Spinraza), which could become the first approved therapy for the disease by the end of this year. DEALS, DELAYS, AND DATA….

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Middle Market Investment Banking. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). Startups Made Simple. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Technology.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JULY 29, 2020

million, according to a Ponemon Institute and IBM Security 2019 Cost of a Data Breach report 1. Cyber attacks are extremely expensive and cost organizations significant amounts of money in lost data and customer trust. The average data breach costs $3.92 On average, it takes 279 days to identify and contain a breach.

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Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

But as Xconomy reported, details about the reorganization were scant, leaving open questions whether drug regulation actually needs to move faster. —Buzzfeed ran a lengthy report Wednesday on the sexual harassment charges against University of Washington vaccine researcher Michael Katze.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , 2014 was a strong year with IPOs actually outperforming other indices by 10 percent. Public companies of any size must comply immediately with the full reporting requirements of the SEC. With thousands of shareholders, dealing with critics is an onerous challenge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

According to a recent social media industry report , 92 percent said that social media is important to their businesses, and more than half report it helped them improve sales. None should be considered competitive mutually exclusive to any other. Social media as a marketing tool is here to stay, and is now widely accepted.

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