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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest. So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. So if you are outside the U.S.

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[Asia] Getting Cloud Computing Right The First Time

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However, it is interesting to note that Cloud Computing in Asia will not evolve in the same way as the Western market due to the eagerness of Asia’s CIOs and business leaders to take the lead in adopting the latest IT innovations.

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15 Mobile Security Best Practices For SMBs (Or Anyone Else For That Matter)

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Use an access code/password/or pattern sequence to lock/unlock the device when it is not in use. The preferred method is to set a pin number as the unlock code. However, the Android platform is more open and allows device owners to install their own software or other software that they download from the Internet.

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The Rise Of Cloud Computing

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Cloud solutions come in three key different flavors, being IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), and Saas (Software as a Service). With cloud, it is less necessary to own your IT infrastructure, much less your own software. Services can be deployed from the cloud as and when it is needed, like a utility.

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

I’m a huge fan of William and his writing as you can see from my review of his book Avogadro Corp. There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. By day he works on web and social media for HP. Take a look – and take your time.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

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To dig deeper, let’s first review the influence of technology on the core components. Compliance is being disrupted as algorithms and other software driven programs can be written to detect and report anomalies much more efficiently than human compliance officers. However each component will change dramatically. Research and Trading.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea.