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Paessler AG Case Study: Accel

Accel is a venture capital company of some 25 years standing. The company's personnel work both in the office and occasionally from home and, as so much work is done by computer, staff notice if things are not running as smoothly as usual - especially if speed is the issue....

Tags: Bandwidth Usage, Paessler, Accel, Venture Capital, Finance, Financing Startups

Case studies 2007-11-09

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Open source loves profit

with M$ on the brink....OSS is the only way to make money from software.nah, socialism doesn't workIt doesn't at national level. It ain't in software industry as well.RE: Open source loves profitThe brink of what?re: aboveDo you even know what socialism is? It's not driven by money it must be...

Tags: European Socialists, socialism, socialist, Microsoft Corp., brink, OSS, open source

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

bizSessions 1.0, FTW or WTF funding models for startups

Hosted by Wildcog, and the creators of geekSessions, tonight was the first bizSessions. Jonathan Abrams, founder of Friendster and now Socializr, was the first to speak. The Lean Startup Low burn rate, the use things that are cheap...

Tags: Start-up, Money, Data Centers, Social Networking, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Churchill Club: 11th annual top 10 tech trends

In this episode of the Churchill Club podcast series a panel of experts debate the top technology trends. This members only event included the following speakers: Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson  Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures  Joe Schoendorf, Partner, Accel...

Tags: Founder, Podcasts, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-21

eBay starts undoing bad acquisitions: Sets StumbleUpon free

StumbleUpon is a startup again as the original founders and a few well-heeled investors bought it back from eBay. The next question: When will Skype leave the eBay fold? In a statement blog, StumbleUpon said its two year run as a subsidiary of eBay is over. StumbleUpon founders...

Tags: Acquisition, Skype Technologies S.A., StumbleUpon, eBay Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Web Technology, Corporate Law, E-business/E-Commerce, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-13

Could Cloudera become the open source Asia?

Those of you old enough to remember the original Apple Macintosh may also remember the "super-group" known as Asia. The group became notorious for its ego battles, forming, breaking up, and reforming until it became something of a joke. (To the right is the present line-up for...

Tags: Apache Hadoop, Blog, Asia, Cloudera, Amr Awadallah, Hammerbacher, Blogging, Entrepreneurship, Open Source, Internet, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-17

Can Cloudera take Hadoop commercial?

Cloudera, a Burlingame, Calif. start-up, on Monday said that it has raised $5 million in venture funding and aims to take Hadoop, the open source software behind Facebook, Google and Facebook, to a data center near you. Hadoop is open source software used to store and process...

Tags: Apache Hadoop, Game Plan, Cloudera Distribution, Data Centers, Storage, Team Management, Open Source, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Elevator Firm Improves Data Transmission, Saves Field Workers Time With Smartphones

Lack of mobile data communication was limiting growth at Accel Lifts. Field engineers lost time transporting paper documents and sales staff faced ongoing e-mail backlogs. Manual data duplication overburdened administrators. With Windows Mobile phones running line-of-business software, communication and data transmission greatly improved. Accel Lift's engineers save more than 150...

Tags: Mobile, Data Transmission, Smartphone, Worker, Accel Lift, Sales Strategy, E-mail, Sales Force Management, Advertising & Promotion, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing

Case studies 2009-03-01

LinkedIn has management shakeup as its moment in recession sun hits

LinkedIn is going through a management shakeup where CEO Dan Nye is handing back the reins to founder Reid Hoffman. The move comes at a curious time since LinkedIn is likely to be countercyclical and get more usage in the downturn as folks look for work. Based...

Tags: Recession, LinkedIn, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-18

News to know: RIM, YouTube, Net plan, iPhone

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: RIM announces all-cash acquisition, takeover bid Andrew Nusca: Need $100K? Make videos for YouTube Richard Koman: White House hates Martin's free Net...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Performance, YouTube Inc., Apple Inc., Performance Management, Microsoft Windows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software, Investment, Finance, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-12

Accel Partners raises more than $1 billion for two VC funds

Accel Partners said Thursday that it has raised more than $1 billon for two new venture funds--Accel Growth Fund and Accel London III--recession be damned. Accel said in a statement Techmeme that the Growth Fund raised $480 million with London III bringing in $525 million. Accel also...

Tags: Venture-capital Fund, Equity, Accel Partner, Venture Capital, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Financing Startups, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-11

Accel Break 1.1 (Mobile)

A breaking game that utilizes the accelerometer to control the paddle or you can opt to use the touch interface by going to the settings. We are working on more levels and more colorful representations.

Tags: Mobile, Paddle, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-08-12

Digidesign CoreAudio Driver 7.4.2 (Mac)

The Digidesign CoreAudio Driver is a multi-client, multichannel sound driver that allows CoreAudio-compatible applications to record and play back through the following Digidesign audio interfaces: Pro Tools|HD Accel Pro Tools|HD Digi 002 Digi 002 Rack Mbox 2 Pro Mbox 2 Mbox 2 Mini Mbox Not Supported with Digidesign CoreAudio Driver...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Driver, DigiDesign, Digidesign CoreAudio Driver, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-07-24

News to know: Adobe; XP era ends; Enterprise 2.0; Apple

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: How to recover GPcode encrypted files? Larry Dignan: Adobe ups outlook; Creative Suite chugs along XP era ends: Will Vista step up? Techmeme eBay: New belle of Microsoft's merger ball? MySpace plays more spam Whac-a-Mole;...

Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Tools & Techniques, Channel Management, Investment, Finance, Management, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-06-17

Churchill Club podcast: Top tech trends

In this installment of the Churchill Club podcast series, a panel of experts outline the top 10 tech trends. The panelists include: Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures Josh Kopelman, Managing Partner, First Round Capital ...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-19

Open source business model reaching tipping point

Over the last several years open source has grown in stature and maturity, becoming more worthy in the eyes of corporate buyers and investors. Everyone could point to Red Hat, which dominates the Linux operating system space, as the poster child for open source but few other "pure" open source...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., F/OSS, Open Source, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-01-23

Accell UltraAV 4-1 HDMI switcher

HDMI connectivity is quickly becoming a must-have connection type for all types of audio/video gadgets. But while the list of components that have an HDMI output is growing, the number of HDMI inputs on HDTVs and AV receivers is limited--you'll need to spend a lot of money before you see...

Tags: HDMI connectivity, switcher, Accell, HDMI

Product reviews 2007-11-14

Facebook announces "fbFund" - grants for developers

In a keynote conversation with Mike Arrington at the TechCrunch40 conference, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will be offering grants to budding Facebook platform developers, through its newly formed "fbFund". Administered and funded ($10 million) by VCs Accel Partners and The Founders...

Tags: Developer, Facebook, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2007-09-18

OnForce raises $6.75 million venture round; Eyes expansion

OnForce, an online marketplace for IT labor, has raised $6.75 million in a Series A1 round of venture financing. The round was led by Accel Partners. The New York-based company said it plans to use the funds to expand internationally in Europe and Canada and into new markets and...

Tags: Expansion, Information Technology, Canada, OnForce, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-18

Facebook investors start $10 million fund for developers

In a chat with Mike Arrington at the TechCrunch 40 event in San Francisco, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that his company wants to make it as easy as possible for developers to get started in building users bases and great user experiences. He announced...

Tags: Developer, Facebook, Community, Investor, FB Fund, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-17