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Data: Silicon Valley Startup Scene Getting Squeezed at the Series A Level Says Fenwick & West Law Firm
Fenwick and West, a Silicon Valley law firm, put out data from 2012 that describes the state of the seed financing landscape. This is the firm’s third survey and it is mainly focused on Internet, software, and media startups. Read : Seed Financing Survey 2012 Of the companies funded in 2011, 27 percent had ...
Apple Security Hole Exposes Users – Apple Adds Two Step Verification or Two Factor Authentication
A new security vulnerability affects Apple users that allows anyone who has your email address and date of birth (DOB) to reset your password. While Apple was adding two-factor authentication, it saw a vulnerability that opens a huge security hole if you don’t upgrade. In an apparent good deed gone sideways Apple opened up a security hole while trying to add ...
Jeff Hammerbacher Chief Data Scientist Wants To Change the World – Charlie Rose Interview
At SiliconANGLE we coined a term “tech athlete” a person who consistently demonstrates excellence at all levels. Jeff Hammerbacher is a “tech athlete”. In real life he was a real athlete going to Harvard to play baseball and then on to be the founder of Facebook’s data science operation. Today, Jeff Hammerbacher, is the Cloudera ...
Breaking Analysis : Oracle Earnings #Fail + Stock Drop – Sales Under Assault from Open Source
Oracle announced a rather poor quarter yesterday, blaming poor sales tactics for a really bad third-quarter software sales. And things are only going to get worse, with Oracle saying it will lose more ground this quarter. Investors were left wondering, while its stock has dropped since the trade floor opened this morning. According to a report ...
Breaking Analysis: HP Increases Dividend – Showing Wall Street Confidence
Hewlett-Packard today announced that the HP board of directors has authorized a 10 percent increase in the amount of its regular quarterly dividend, to $0.1452 per share. The increase in the amount of the dividend will be effective when the HP board of directors declares HP’s next dividend, which is expected to occur in May. ...
Breaking Analysis: HP Shareholder Fireworks – Former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch Sends Another Open Letter
Last fall, Hewlett-Packard surprised the world when it told Wall Street that it was posting a $8 .8 billion write off charge from the overpriced Autonomy deal. SiliconANGLE was the first to report the accounting issue, which quickly became a huge firestorm. Now Autonomy drama is back, with former CEO Mike Lynch sending another open letter to ...
Why Andy Rubin is Quiting Android
Last week Google revealed Android chief was stepping down. At that time, I posted the following on my Facebook Silicon Valley Network site: “Google Puts Android and Chrome Under One Boss – Focuses on Operating System of the Future.” Andy Rubin was the senior vice president in charge of Android, Google’s mobile operating system. He ...
No More White Boards: Smart Board Innovated White Boards Now Introduces Smart Rooms for Business
SMART Technologies, makers of the innovative SMART Board system which made white boards interactive, announces the SMART Room System. The SMART Room was introduced today at Enterprise Connect. I talked with Mike Piha the founder and CEO of In2Change, Silicon Valley’s leading enterprise office designer about the innovation from SMART. “This is a “Game-Changer” in the ...
Oracle Acquires Nimbula – Now Part of OpenStack ?
Oracle announced it has agreed to acquire Nimbula, a provider of private cloud infrastructure management software. When megatrends heat up Oracle has no problem stepping up to the plate and buying their way into the market. Here public and enterprise grade clouds are what the customers want. With Nimbula’s technology Oracle can offer managed infrastructure ...
Breaking Analysis: EMC VMware Lays out the Pivotal Initiative – EMC’s Silver Lining Playbook: EMC Owns 69% – VMware Transfers 500 Employees
There is an old saying “there is a silver lining in everything.” Well Joe Tucci and team found it, with the Pivotal Intiative spin out. One thing about Joe Tucci that I’ve come to admire in my interactions with him is his competitiveness. Joe Tucci is a competitor. EMC is a company that keeps on ...
