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Device market finds value in privacy

Medical devices are complex. Their regulatory environment is complex. You want to explain that complexity to mom-and-pop investors? Unless your goal in life is to schmooze Maria Bartiromo or Neal Cavuto, the answer is probably no. Fortunately there's an alternative. Venture capitalists are now...

Tags: Hedge Fund, Medical Device, Privacy, VentureOne, Venture Capital, Investment, Healthcare, Finance, Financing Startups, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-25

Forbes: patent trollers fueled by hedge funds, private equity

Since we are awaiting a Vonage-Verizon patent infringement decision by end of today, this article Ive just read has special relevance. None of the parties in this article are directly tied to Vonage, but I think you might appreciate a broader take on what is going on with all...

Tags: General, Regulatory

Blog posts 2007-04-24

Will East Coast funds create a Bubble 2.0?

I popped into the Web 2.0 Expo and conference Monday afternoon at the cavernous Moscone West in downtown San Francisco. I needed to get to the third floor to get my press credentials. Joining me in the elevator was Matthew, from an East Coast music startup. We started chatting and...

Tags: Venture capital

Blog posts 2007-04-17

Open source for open SOX

SOX is the nickname given the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, under which public companies must archive and make available for search their e-mails among other things.Lighthouse Global of Stamford, Connecticut is taking advantage of the trend with an open source E-Trail Digital Archive tool. By giving customers access to the source code,...

Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, open source, hedge fund

Blog posts 2006-08-08

Asian hedge funds reached $90 bln in 2005

The Asian hedge fund market grew almost 40% to $90 billion in 2005. There is still ample room for compounded growth, as regional hedge funds constitute 7.5% of global numbers against a 15% contribution to world stock market capitalization, IDC Financial Insights says.

Tags: hedge fund

Blog posts 2005-07-12

Swiss Financial Services Group: Hedging Its Bets Against Data Loss

Swiss Financial Services Group is a hedge fund administrator providing accounting and administration services for hedge funds. The company has offices in Naperville, Illinois; Waterford, Ireland; Nassau, Bahamas; and Zurich, Switzerland. Despite the firm's global reach, it is a small company whose IT strategy is focused on strong partnerships with...

Tags: Iron Mountain Inc., Data Loss, Information Technology, Financial Service, Hedge Fund, LiveVault Corp., Swiss Financial Services Group, Disaster Recovery, Financial Services, Investment, Backups, Strategy, Data Management, Finance, Management

Case studies

Major Financial Services Company Integrates Financial Systems to Meet Users' Needs

A major financial services company is a global leader in hedge fund management services, performing a complete range of accounting, administration, shareholder and corporate services to hedge funds and collective investment schemes. Seeking a solution for integrated communications with its clients and partners, the financial services company chose an Enterprise...

Tags: Financial, Financial Services Company, Hedge Fund, Financial System, IBM Corp., Financial Planning, Enterprise Service Bus, Financial Services, Middleware, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software

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Pepsi Bottling makes big green tech recycling commitment

Mammoth beverage manufacturer Pepsi Bottling is turning to Redemtech to develop a strategy in the United States and Canada for handling its e-waste, either through recycling or reuse. Under the deal, Redemtech has been tasked with the following: - Dispose of electronic assets. For perspective,...

Tags: Green Technology, PepsiCo, E-waste, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Government, markets and regulation

Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...

Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Facebook gets serious about app quality

Facebook at its F8 developer powwow had a bevy of announcements that garnered interest, but among the most notable were its efforts to improve the quality of applications on the social networking site. First, the brief recap of Facebook's news (statement, Steve O'Hear's takeaways, Webware and Techmeme...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Another call for Yahoo-Icahn compromise

Carl Icahn's push to get a new slate of directors on board at Yahoo took another hit late Sunday when another shareholder stepped up to call for a compromise. According to Reuters, Eric Jackson, manager of hedge fund Ironfire Capital and leader of shareholder group Yahoo Plan B, will announce...

Tags: Slate, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Rich Internet application startup ideas Y Combinator wants to see

Y Combinator posted a list of a bunch of different startup ideas they'd like to see and fund. It's a sizable list with 30 different thoughts waiting for enthusiastic entrepreneurs to take a shot. But what struck me most about the list was how RIA-heavy it is. I as much...

Tags: Rich Internet Application, Rich Media, Site Builder, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-07-20

U.S. health care not getting better

In its second National Scorecard on Health System Performance the Commonwealth Fund gives the U.S. system 65 points out of 100. The New York Times kindly calls this a "D" but it doesn't read like a passing grade. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: U.S., Health Care, Commonwealth Fund, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Voting For A McCain

SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons So, poor John McCain. At the start of the year, he gets bounced around because he is "not well versed" in economics. In summer, he gets beat up again, because he says he is "illiterate" about technology (and the way he expresses...

Tags: Innovation, Network, John McCain, Obama, Taxes, Free Trade, Internet, Leadership, Financial Planning, Finance, Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'

Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'What is the fascination with bringing up Vista in......just about every blog forum? This blog had nothing to do with Vista yet here you are whining about it. Why?It has to do with eyeballs and marketing.In the search market, Yahoo is number 2...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Icahn

Discussion threads 2008-07-13

EPIC iFAIL

EPIC iFAILhmmm 2.0iPhone software 2.0 can import all your contacts from your SIM card. JUST FYI.RE: EPIC iFAILWell since you have a T-Mobile phone and it also has a SIM card you can copy all your contacts to your SIM card and Then all you have to do is have...

Tags: Flash memory, OK IT, EPIC iFAIL, EPIC, Apple iPhone, lunatic, SIM card, reasonable people

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Where to ditch that old iPhone? Recycling and mobile phones

This story from the Environmental Leader is perfectly timed, considering the overwhelming media din over today's iPhone launch. According to a timed survey released by Nokia, it seems that only three percent of people opting for a new mobile phone actually recycle the old ones when...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Mobile, Recycling, Cell Phone, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-11

A time and need for service innovation, education

The vision behind Service Science is to build a coherent body of knowledge for service innovation, says IBM's Jim Spohrer. Commentary--Services make the world go around. In modern day society, we are all connected to each other by either giving or receiving a service. ...

Tags: services, IBM

News items 2008-07-10

What was that about cutting music?

Every year it's the same story for too many districts. Do we cut music, art, technology, physical education, or some unsavory combination thereof? Obviously we have to teach the core subjects; we don't get dinged on our standardized music test scores and nobody cares if we have students...

Tags: Music, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Attacking phishing at the source

Attacking phishing at the sourceDomainKeys--it's a startNow if mandated changes were in effect 'with teeth' that enforced usage of PGP or GnuPG or S/MIME for signed encrypted email, that would take down the spam to 0%!RE: Attacking phishing at the sourceSince phishing has cost countless pains to so many people,...

Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, inactivism, Attacking phishing, restraint

Discussion threads 2008-07-09