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Going Green Is The Next Black

YoungUpstarts

According to a recent report , there was a 59-percent jump last year in the number of businesses that have gone green. This is great for the environment, plus nine out of ten of those businesses experienced cost savings by going green. Outsource Your IT and Reach for the Cloud.

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Cloud Computing Demystified For Small Businesses

YoungUpstarts

Cloud technology has become a huge topic in the IT industry, and even more so for small businesses who may are working to stay on top of technological advances while often not having an in-house, dedicated IT staff. Cloud computing offers specific advantages and disadvantages over traditional site-based server rooms. by Lewis Robinson.

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3 Major Product Fails, And How To Avoid Their Mistakes

YoungUpstarts

Green ketchup, bottled water for pets, airport security “action figures”, yogurt shampoo – there have been some pretty epic product failures over the years. It eliminated the desktop component to take users directly into the cloud. By Malcolm Stewart, CEO of YouEye. The product was known as a “thin client” and had no hard drive.

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As investor activity enjoys a resurgence, here are 10 breakthrough trends and companies to watch in 2025

The Startup Magazine

The rise of cloud architectures, microservices, citizen developers and GenAI add a number of moving parts to the mix that productivity across the entire development cycle is increasingly hard to control. There is a tangible, real-world impact that AI has the ability to deliver on.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 4: Customer Hypotheses

Steve Blank

Agora Cloud Services. The Agora team started the week wondering whether they were 1) a true marketplace for cloud computing, where they provide both matching and exchange capabilities for real-time trading. Which value added services do public clouds want to attract customers for? Is this a hobby or a business?

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30 Money Saving Tips For Your Business

Up and Running

You’ve heard it before and it’s still true: going green saves green. For more information on greening your spaces, check out Energy Star, a program run by the U.S. Use Open Source and Cloud Computing. For most things you need to do, you can find an open source and/or cloud version of it.

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Amsterdam-based Rockstart Accelerator’s first graduates head to Silicon Valley

The Next Web

If you’re going to the Demo Day in Silicon Valley, these are the startups you’ll be hearing from: Peerby : Peerby enables people to rent goods in their neighborhood and just won over 100,000 euros at the Green Challenge. Wercker : a continuous deployment solution for software developers, hosted in the cloud.