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Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application

TechEmpower

” In our performance consulting work, we often hear variations of the following: “Our web application was running fine with a few hundred users. Web application performance is a broad discipline. In many applications, network effects mean that as usage grows, so does the amount of “hot” data in play. Scales with data size.

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ContentNext Up For Sale

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Guardian News & Media , the firm behind web publisher ContentNext , is in discussions with potential buyers about a possible sale, according to a report from the firm's own site, paidContent. paidContent said that Guardian is working with Coady Diemar Partners on a possible sale. Names of potential buyers were not discussed.

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Buy.com Claims Strong Cyber Monday Sales

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Aliso Viejo-based online retailer Buy.com said today that its had its best sales day in company history on Cyber Monday. Actual financial details of the day were not disclosed, however, the company said that it had been so far seeing around 48 percent higher, year-over-year sales growth on it s site. READ MORE>>.

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3 Sales Tips for Startups – Creating a Burning Platform

Both Sides of the Table

Most start-up entrepreneurs have little or no sales experience. But through nearly a decade of startups I learned that sales comes down to three essential elements: 1. The real test of sales and the topic of my post is “why buy now.” It’s what kills most sales cycles including raising venture capital. I know I didn’t.

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Active Network Teams With Yearbook Photography Firm

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San Diego-based Active Network , which operates a network of sports and community registration sites and offers up other related software products, said today along with school photography firm Lifetouch National School Studios Inc. that they have teamed up to create online stores for school yearbook sales. READ MORE>>.

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Rubicon Project Raises $18M, Buys Fox Audience Network

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Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project said this morning that it has raised $18M in additional funding, and acquired the Fox Audience Network (FAN) from New Corporation. In further details on the FAN deal, Addante also said that it has not acquired the advertising sales team at FAN, saying that it "is not, and will not be, an ad network."

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Curtail, Fresh Off $3.25M Funding, Names VPs

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According to the startup, Deborah Scanlon will serve as vice president of strategic sales, and Nigel Quinnin will take on the role of vice president of development at the company. Curtail is developing a network traffic analysis product, aimed at software and DevOps teams. READ MORE>>.

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