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Russian Innovators Don't Trust Russian VCs: I met with a Russian delegation to Silicon Valley recently, which was seeking to copy some of our best practices. [Please see: Turning Oil Into Innovation: Russian Delegation Seeks Silicon Valley's Lessons An interesting issue emerged during our conversation. The Russian government is helping to establish several...; Tags: Venture-capital Fund, Idea, Government, Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2007-11-24
NASA launches venture fund for Mars technology: NASA has created a nonprofit venture capital firm to invest government money in promising but underfinanced companies, The Washington Post reports. Red Planet Capital is the government's first foray into VC world for civilian technology, although the CIA and Defense Dept. have run funds for military...; Tags: NASA; Blog posts 2006-10-31
A new VC fund to help develop the next-stage internet technologies: I'm not yet ready to announce this, I'm still waiting on a couple of call backs, but...I would love to launch the BBC venture capital fund--to focus on investments in startups developing telemetry solutions. I believe that these are the types of technologies that will be essential in this...; Tags: Venture capital, venture-capital fund, Internet; Blog posts 2006-01-24
$5.39 bln of venture capital funds raised in Q3 2005: Investments in US venture capital firms jumped 62% in Q1-Q3 2005 over Q1-Q3 2004. VCs raised some $17.3 bln, surpassing the total for all of 2004 in just three quarters. In Q3 2005 45 firms raised investment funds worth $5.39 bln, up 11.6% from the $4.83 bln that 54 firms...; Tags: venture capital, venture-capital fund; Blog posts 2005-10-18
$6.1 bln invested in venture funds in Q2 2005: VC firms in Q2 2005 raised a total of more than $6.1 bln vs. $2.3 bln in Q2 2004, a 165% jump, according to VentureOne. It was the most lucrative quarter for VC since the Q4 2001.; Tags: Q2 2005; Blog posts 2005-08-23

PayPal founders launch $50 million VC fund: PayPal founders launch $50 million VC fundInternetnamebank.comI own http://www.internetnamebank.com and am looking for VC partners to fund start up portals.This is great news as we are also looking for investors to fund start ups and hope the market heats up for entry level start up ventures.; Tags: Venture capital, Investment, venture-capital fund, PayPal; Discussion threads 2005-07-17

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HP's bid for EDS: Opportunity costs loom: The debate around Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Electronic Data Systems follows three primary questions. Is the EDS acquisition another Compaq--a deal that will take years to pay off? Is EDS the right acquisition for HP? Are there other places where HP should spend its money? HP on Tuesday...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Dennis, Tools & Techniques, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
THE SUN FIRE X4600 M2 SERVER AND PROVEN VIRTUALISATION SCALABILITY: Nearly every Information Technology organisation is using consolidation, or is considering using consolidation, as a way to reduce both capital and operating costs. IT organisations with a number of applications running on older, inefficient, and under-utilised servers can consolidate them onto a smaller number of high-performance, energy-efficient servers that can...; Tags: Virtualization, Information Technology, Consolidation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Fire, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2008-05-13
Sprint's inferno: Churn baby churn: Sprint Nextel said Monday that it has lost more than 1 million customers in the last year. Sprint, which has been busy of late with a WiMax joint venture with Clearwire and alleged takeover overtures from Deutsche Telekom, provided a healthy dose of its financial reality with...; Tags: Financial, Sprint Communications, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Powerset shows semantic search solution: Beating the rush of press releases likely to flood inboxes during next week's Semantic Technology Conference, Powerset today announced the public availability of a service that adds a whole new dimension to searching for information from Wikipedia. Whilst much of the functionality unveiled today has been visible...; Tags: Natural Language Processing, Team, Xerox PARC, Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-12
More on RIM's moat: Launches BlackBerry Bold; App developer fund: Business people can be hip too. That appears to be the message from Research in Motion and its motives behind its new BlackBerry Bold smartphone. There's definitely a hint of some iPhone envy here, but the device isn't a direct competitor. From the statement (Matthew Miller's take,...; Tags: Developer, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Partners Fund, Smart Phones, B2C, Handhelds, B2B, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
News to know: Facebook; OpenOffice; Firefox; RIM: Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Firefox 3 RC1 code complete, due in late May Joe McKendrick: Is anyone ready to process a trillion events per day? Tom Foremski: Informatica is on the block say senior sources Michael Krigsman: Hosted...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, OpenOffice, Research In Motion Ltd., Mozilla Firefox, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Microsoft Windows XP, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
RIM officially announces the BlackBerry Bold and a $150 million development fund: There have been rumors of a new BlackBerry design, often labeled the BlackBerry 9000 series, and today RIM posted the official announcement of the BlackBerry Bold smartphone that will be coming this Summer to a carrier near you. RIM also announced a US$150 million mobile applications and services development fund...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Display, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?: Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?.mobi is UsefulI like developed .mobi sites, and have a blog and showcase of .mobi sites at http://mobienthusiast.mobi. It's true that there are many mobile optimized .com sites, but I like the simplicity of being able to type in...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, DotMobi, mobi site, mobi, mobile, mobi domain, dotMobi, Visit BofA.mobi, domain; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Why MSFT must make an acquisition in online media: Businessweek's cover story is: "Inside Microsoft's War Against Google - With Yahoo off the table, Microsoft plans to challenge Google's online-ad juggernaut alone. A behind-the-scenes look at its provocative strategy." This behind the scenes look isn't very deep. It mostly centers on MSFT's "top U.S. salesman for...; Tags: Acquisition, Advertisement, Online Media, Microsoft Corp., Online Advertising, MSFT, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Health care debate is a neverending story: Health care debate is a neverending storySupply and demandOf course there's a way to balance the two. It's called the Market. Get third-party pay out of the equation, and demand and supply laws will come into effect.The reason demand is so high is because prices are artificially low. Whenever you...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Wall Street: Too much sway over the tech sector?: Every technology company has three main constituencies: Employees, customers and shareholders. Does that last category overwhelm the first two? Should it? These questions are worth asking--at least when it comes to putting technology companies in context. Vinnie Mirchandani and I had this back and forth about Wall...; Tags: Shareholder, Technology Company, Wall, Vinnie, Construction, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-09
SaaSplaza opens European SaaS marketplace: Europe's first pureplay SaaS hosting venture opened its doors last month with a roster of 50 vendors and integration partners on board and an estimated 1 million end user subscribers. Based in the Netherlands but with a Europe-wide reach, SaaSplaza projects its platform will generate more than €100 million (around...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Microsoft Corp., SaaSplaza, Siennax, SaaSplaza Venture, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-05-08
AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?: AMD has revamped its server processor roadmap with plans to jump to six and then 12 cores in the first half of 2010, but the larger question is whether the company can actually deliver. Given that AMD has had a hard time delivering its quad-core chips and...; Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Asset Management, Manufacturing, Processors, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-08
News to know: AMD; Oil and telecommuting; Verizon's EV-DO modem; Linux: Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: Review: Verizon UM150 USB EV-DO modem Gallery (right). Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from Sun News.com: AMD revises server road map Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: How long can AMD...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Oil, Telecommuting, Sun Microsystems Inc., EVDO, Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Modems, WiMAX, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Federal Government, 64-Bit, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components, Wireless, Government, Processors, Semiconductors; Blog posts 2008-05-08