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- Silicon Valley
- An area south of San Francisco, California that is noted for its huge number of computer companies. Initially, Silicon Valley was confined to the Santa Clara valley and started...
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- AT&T upgrades 3G in SF Bay Area; forgets Silicon Valley is part of region
- AT&T announces near completion of $65 million 3G upgrade for "Greater San Francisco Bay Area" but leaves out the Silicon Valley, the technology capital of the world. by Sam Diaz
- Tags: Silicon Valley, AT&T Corp., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-11-17
- SnapLogic snaps together different data flows and cuts integration costs
- I recently had a chance to catch up with one of my favorite Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs Gauruv Dhillon. When I first met Mr Dhillon he was CEO of Informatica, one of the top software companies in Silicon Valley. These days he is founder,...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Developer, Consultant, Snap, SnapLogic, Cloud Computing, Web Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- GOOG Chief: Silicon Valley's secret is its weather
- Yes, the secret to Silicon Valley is its remarkable weather. The universities, the venture capital, the innovation are all secondary... by Tom Foremski
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Google Inc., Weather, Secret, Venture Capital, Leadership, Investment, Strategy, Finance, Financing Startups, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- Wither Silicon Valley? IT will be driven by emerging markets
- Gartner is projecting that the "worse year ever" for IT spending---down 6.9 percent in 2009---will be followed up with dead-cat spending bounce in 2010 of a meager 3.3 percent. Does this dead-cat IT spending bounce mean traditional tech power centers---notably Silicon Valley---are no longer in the driver's seat? ...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Information Technology, Gartner Inc., Emerging Market, IT-spending, Application Roster, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Is age-ism rampant in Silicon Valley and beyond?
- I recently blogged about an article focused on Silicon Valley's workforce and how the author, Tamara Carleton, believes that Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials can form a potent team. In the innovation lifecycle, if Boomers serve as advisors and Gen Xers as the entrepreneurs, then the...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Generation X, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials - a potent Silicon Valley workforce
- Where will Silicon Valley get it's workforce for the turnaround? It could be a potent combination of Boomers, Gen X and Millennials... by Tom Foremski
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Generation X, Workforce, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
- Washington finally embraces tech; the benefits will be here soon
- It's fitting that Washington's top IT administrator, U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra, would come out to Silicon Valley to announce one of the federal government's largest technology initiatives - a cloud computing marketplace for government agencies that's designed to reduce red-tape and allow faster deployment of money-saving, energy-efficient cloud-based software. ...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Washington, Benefit, Sergey Brin, Tech Industry, Government, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Federal Government, Internet, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- Watch the BS in Silicon Valley (and don't wear white shoes)
- It's always interesting to meet with outsiders and to hear their view of Silicon Valley, just as it is to leave the valley and notice that there's a whole world outside that doesn't care about the things we get our underwear into a twist about. ...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Public Relations, Blogging, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Internet, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
- Are Silicon Valley VCs killing innovation?
- There is a growing imbalance in terms of the risk/reward ratio between venture capital firms and entrepreneurs. And the current economic situation is making things worse. Very little funding is happening. VC firms do have funds but they are focused on trying to keep portfolio companies alive....
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Entrepreneur, Silicon Valley VC, Venture Capital, Investment, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Financing Startups, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Government is killing Silicon Valley innovation
- I just spoke with Bob Ackerman, founder of Allegis Capital, and he is very concerned about innovation in Silicon Valley, primarily because of the cumulative impact of US government actions and regulations. Here are some notes from our conversation: -...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Venture-capital Company, Darwin, Venture Capital, Government, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Financing Startups, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-08-07
- Could open source have built Silicon Valley?
- In Silicon Valley, innovation is the fertilizer that makes the crops grow. With open source, software is more like topsoil, and those who nurture that soil believe they will prosper longer than those who just throw fertilizer on it. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- Silicon Valley's recession rebound: Optimism or Arrogance?
- The latest unemployment figures are in for Santa Clara County, California - aka Silicon Valley - and it doesn't look good: 11.8 percent in the county is among the highest in the entire San Francisco Bay Area region. Still, reporting from the front lines here, I can...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Optimism, Wired Inc., Recession, Arrogance, Unemployment Figure, Recruitment & Selection, Productivity, Smart Phones, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Silicon Valley VCs proposed a plan to save newspapers in 1996
- At the recent SDForum 2009 Visionary Awards, Vinod Khosla, one of Silicon Valley's top VCs, gave an inspiring and very humble speech. How To Succeed In Silicon Valley By Bumbling And Failing... Afterwards, I...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Business Model, Vinod Khosla, Foremski, Internet, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Visionary 2009: Jim Clark on the importance of Stanford university to Silicon Valley
- Jim Clark, co-founder of Silicon Graphics and Netscape was one of four winners of the SDForum 2009 Visionary Awards. He spoke about his earlier life and how he was trying to get out of Texas, then trying to get out of the navy. He also spoke about the importance...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Stanford University, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Bumbling around and failing every which way . . . lessons for success
- Vinod Khosla is one of Silicon Valley's most successful VCs. I was at the recent SDForum Visionary Awards where Mr Khosla was one of four winners of the 2009 awards. His acceptance speech was short and very good. Excellent advice for entrepreneurs. Also, he talks about failure, which...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Vision, Vinod Khosla, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-06-28
- Where are the French code warriors when it's "Le Weekend?"
- A startup based in Silicon Valley and Lyon, France contacted me on Friday about a new service it had just launched and asked me to check it out. I looked at the service and saw there was a problem with some of the Javascript and told...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Team, Service, Team Management, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-06-06
- Photos: Silicon Valley adopts renewable energy tech
- City and county governments in Silicon Valley are looking toward solar and fuel cell technology to provide cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable energy. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Fuel Cell, Renewable Energy, Photograph, Fuel Cells, Telecom & Utilities, Emerging Technologies, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-05-18
- Poking for holes in Silicon Valley's future
- Every time Silicon Valley goes through a downturn we see stories about how it is losing its lead. Here is the BBC with a long story headlined: "Silicon Valley crown up for grabs. It has one source to make this claim, Tom Siebel, the retired founder of Siebel Systems. ...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Leadership, Strategy, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Management, Hardware, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- The disruptive tectonic forces at the intersection of technology and media
- Last week I didn't have much chance to post because I was on four panels and at two conferences. I spent a lot of time talking about the massive disruptive changes happening the in the media industry. It is my favorite subject and it is one I've...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Media Company, Intersection, Media, Media Industry, Media Technology, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-05-02
- Is the "smart grid" a dumb idea?
- Are utility hackers the new new security threat? Al Qaeda shutting off power to Manhattan in the middle of a tradin day on Wall Street? Some folks are now questioning the ability of any electrical system to withstand hacking. Here's one look at the cut...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Grid, Rewards, Hacking, Network Technology, Security, Networking, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-04-10
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