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What is LEED?

"Going green" is becoming commonplace in the corporate world. Paul Holland, general partner at Foundation Capital, explains LEED, the metrics used to certify the "green-ness" of a construction project.

Tags: Construction, Metrics, Green Technology, clean technology, Adam Grosser, Foundation Capital, LEED

Whiteboards 2008-03-31

Green Tech 101

Adam Grosser, general partner of Foundation Capital, describes the different categories of green technology and the challenges they face.

Tags: Green Technology, clean technology, Adam Grosser, Foundation Capital

Sponsored whiteboards 2007-11-21

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Smart People: Paul Holland, General Partner, Foundation Capital

What will smart homes look like in the future? Venture capitalist Paul Holland and his wife Linda Yates are in the throes of construction on the greenest home in the United States. They're using environmentally regenerative materials such as FSC certified woods and recycled steel for the structure. And the...

Tags: Home, Venture Capital, Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Hearing the Call: A Promethean Encounter in Copenhagen?

[caption id="attachment_634" align="aligncenter" width="396" caption="Cate Blanchett: A Promethean Encounter with CEOs in Copenhagen?"][/caption] The great and the good of global business got together in Copenhagen last week to try to reach consensus on what the private sector message should be to the UN...

Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Copenhagen, Climate, Deforestation, Intellectual Property, Research & Development, Business Operations, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Microsoft Office still owns the desktop, future of StarOffice unclear

Microsoft Office still owns the desktop, future of StarOffice unclearMakes you wonderStarOffice/OpenOffice is so far behind MS Office that it isn't even funny. They are lagging in performance, usability, innovation, features, programmability. It looks like Office 97. featurewise and quite literally.It is the cheapo free/cheap alternative you only accept because...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, desktop, StarOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

How IT can help save the global financial system

The ongoing global economic downturn, or "Great Recession" as it has been billed, exposed weaknesses in the U.S. financial system and the widespread interdependence of global financial markets. But what about the weaknesses in the information technology infrastructure that makes the global financial system what it is...

Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Data, Financial System, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-26

Donate to Anti-RIAA expert witness fund

The Free Software Foundation's Expert Witness Defense Fund, created in conjunction with Recording Industry v The People, is in dire need of additional funds. Ray Beckerman says the fund has provided critical expert reports in both UMG v Lindor and Capital v Thomas. ...

Tags: Fund, Ray Beckerman, Internet, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-24

Obama rolls out help for green tech

President Barack Obama put $1.2 billion where his mouth has been on green technology. At a Monday morning event at the White House Obama announced the availability of $1.2 billion in basic research dollars at Energy Department labs, News.com's Martin LaMonica reported. That money will fund research...

Tags: Green Technology, Barack Obama, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Research & Development, Financial Planning, Finance, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-23

All that Jive: Putting the 'social' into business software

Jive Software announced the latest iteration of their Clearspace product today, and it has expanded significantly in size and scope. From origins as a forums and instant messenger vendor, Jive in 2006 launched 'Clearspace', a single application with wikis, blogs, discussions, instant messaging,...

Tags: Software, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Collaboration, Business Software, SBS 3.0, Jive SBS 3.0, Tools & Techniques, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-03-09

Green crusaders to cross Pacific in a plastic bottle

Well, not just a single plastic bottle, thousands of plastic bottles. Filled with dry ice to keep them afloat. And the crew thinks they're going to make it all the way to Australia? I know that plastic trash is indestructible, but.... Funded by a...

Tags: Bottle, Beverage, Crew, Pacific, Atlantic, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-03

Is the call center finally coming onshore?

Is the call center finally coming onshore?Excellent articleI hate talking to people overseas when I have a problem or need a loan. I would pay extra to talk to an American. We definitely need to stop all our jobs from going overseas. Buy American people - put someone back to...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Call centers, job, E-Verify, call-center

Discussion threads 2009-02-28

Greentechies smiling a little brighter today

Courtesy: Foundation Capital. One immediate effects of the Obama Administration's economic plans: it has stimulated optimism among greentech firms and investors. I spoke yesterday with Steve Vassallo, principal at Foundation Capital. They have a range of greentech investments in their VC portfolio. Steve walked...

Tags: Window, Grid, Ozone, EnerNOC, Vassallo, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Calculating Risk: Panning for gold in Goldman's 'gut'

All five investment banks that existed a year ago are gone. These are firms which put their own capital and the capital of big institutional and individual investors at risk, to merge or acquire companies. And were supposed to be experts at...

Tags: Capital Structures, Finance, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Management, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Mortgages, Strategy, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-02-09

Verizon's quarter holds up; Metrics mixed; Mum on Storm units

Updated: Verizon on Tuesday delivered a mixed bag for the quarter. FiOS TV additions were stronger-than-expected and wireless subscriber additions were on the light side. Meanwhile, the company didn't break out how many BlackBerry Storms it moved in the quarter. The telecom giant reported fourth quarter earnings...

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Customer, Verizon Wireless, Wireless, Smart Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-27

Green-battery maker Boston-Power snags $55 million in funding

For every icky piece of financial news, there is a counter. Today's example comes from Boston-Power, the next-generation Lithium-ion battery company, which has snagged $55 million in Series D funding. In total, the company has raised $125 million since its start in 2005. Boston-Power's initial battery, called...

Tags: Financial, Battery, Boston-Power, Engineering, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-01-14

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Part Tree, er...Three

To Recap We're heading into the homestretch.  Which is why the Giants need to beat the Panthers....last night.  Oh, snap. This isn't my NFL blog. I don't have one. This is the final episode in that hilarious sitcom, Greenberg's Fools Gold.  For those of you who missed the previous...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, CRM, Greenberg, Connectbeam Management, Zuora, LucidEra, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-22

Obama: good news for Sun

Obama: good news for SunThey'll switch to laptopsMy feeling is, given the mentality in most IT environments, customers will merely swap out desktop PCs for low-power-consumption laptops rather than use Sun Rays. I know from a security perspective this doesn't make sense, but when have "security measures" made sense in...

Tags: RSS, Desktops, Sun Microsystems Inc., Obama

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Remote buffer overflow bug bites Linux Kernel

Remote buffer overflow bug bites Linux KernelSo it ISN'T a kernel bugit's a kernel DRIVER bug. That's akin to a bad video driver in Windows.This is not a Linux problem, it's an NDISWRAPPER problem.You should correct the first line of this article, which reads: "A remote buffer overflow vulnerability...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, LOL!!, Linux, Linux kernel, buffer-overflow bug, buffer-overflow

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

Enterprise readiness of Cloud ratcheting up

It may just be time for enterprise customers to take a serious look at cloud computing. Major announcements in the past few days from Microsoft and Amazon have certainly signaled that the on-demand Internet computing model has staying power. And with a long recession looming there may be no better...

Tags: Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, James Staten

Blog posts 2008-10-28

Earned Value’s Ascendancy in PPM

EVM & PPM earning new respect In the last few weeks, several vendors have made material announcements involving Earned Value EV. Earned Value or Earned Value Management EVM is a key concept in project management. The roots of this date back to the 1960s in...

Tags: NetSuite Inc., Computer Associates International Inc., PPM, Individual Step, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Software As A Service (SaaS), Government, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Emerging Technologies, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-23