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Nuance lands IBM partnership; $175 million capital infusion

Nuance Communications, which makes speech recognition software for companies, consumers and telecom carriers, said Thursday that it has inked a licensing and technology pact with IBM. Separately, Warburg Pincus bought $175 million worth of Nuance stock. Under the IBM deal, Nuance and IBM will collaborate on speech...

Tags: Partnership, Nuance, Warburg Pincus, IBM Corp., Business Structures, Speech Recognition, Mergers & Acquisitions, Call Centers, Telecommunications, Finance, Emerging Technologies, Investment, It Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-15

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Failure in Silicon Valley and the guild of entrepreneurs

Here is the second part of my conversation with Silicon Valley veteran Bill Coleman. The first part is here: How will the recession affect Silicon Valley? Mr Coleman is optimistic about Silicon Valley's long term prospects but he is pessimistic about the current situation. "These days...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-03-05

Does private equity mean a boon for offshore outsourcing?

Patni Computer Systems, an Indian outsourcing company, plans to aim its services at private equity firms in a move that makes a lot of sense given the acquisition barrage in the U.S. To wit: On Monday, TPG and Goldman Sachs bought Alltel for $25 billion. Last week Cerberus Capital Management...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, Outsourcing, Offshore outsourcing, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure

Blog posts 2007-05-21

ETech 2007 themes: Happy users and pulling resources

Im picking up a couple of themes at ETech this year--neither of which directly tie into the stated theme of advanced technology being indistinguishable from magic. The first theme Im hearing loud and clear is "user experience, games, and fun." Yesterday, Jane McGonigal,...

Tags: Instant messaging, Games, S3 Inc., Amazons, game

Blog posts 2007-03-28

The future of the enterprise and grids

Remember all the talk about outsourcing and offshoring, building virtual corporations in the same way Hollywood assembles disparate groups to make a movie? That’s become passé now, or at least more of a background to the larger issue of globalization. Enterprises are shifting their focus to have footprints around...

Tags: Larry Smarr

Blog posts 2005-05-25

VCs have $70 bln in cash ready for investments

VCs have plenty of money to play with - up to $70 billion in committed, but not yet invested, capital.While some dealmakers were in retreat and teeing off at Pebble Beach, these VCs were earning their management fees. The most active investors in the first nine months of 2003: IN...

Tags: New Enterprise Associates, Austin Ventures

Blog posts 2004-02-02