Boomtown

We're at the beginning of a new tech boom like nothing we've ever seen before. New economic models, the cloud, crowdfunding, and trends that haven't even seen the light of day yet are combining to form a "perfect storm". Hold onto your hats! This blog looks at innovative startups, new ways of thinking and the changes each will create over the coming year.

by Dan Blacharski

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Dan Blacharski has been a professional writer for over 20 years, ever since the corporate world unceremoniously booted him out of his cubicle in 1991. He divides his time between South Bend, Indiana and Bangkok.

Microsoft's Bing Fund takes angel investing to the next level

Posted Jul 26, 2012 - 10:56 am

Microsoft has entered into the startup investment world in a big way with its Bing Fund, an angel investment fund and incubator.
startups
Cisco's Unified Computing system

Posted Mar 20, 2009 - 06:04 pm

Cisco Systems' Unified Computing System, a new data center technology which is made up of Cisco's own blades, chassis, fabric interconnect, management software, fabric extender, and network adapters, may well shake things up a bit.
Cisco, Unified Computing
Vendor financing hard to come by

Posted Feb 12, 2009 - 12:11 pm

The credit market still hasn't turned around, despite the government giving big money to big banks. It would seem that they're hanging onto whatever's left after they've doled out the million-dollar bonuses; credit requirements are so stiff that it's freezing a lot of smaller businesses out.
financing, IBM
Skype on the iPhone

Posted Mar 30, 2009 - 08:59 pm

Skype plans to launch its iPhone software on Tuesday, which will allow users to make free calls via WiFi to other Skype users. Users will also be able to make calls to landline phones at low fees.
iPhone, Skype
Oracle's Sun acquisition is a game-changer

Posted Apr 20, 2009 - 03:48 pm

I can't say that it was totally unexpected, but it did happen rather suddenly. The deal between IBM and Sun collapsed, and Oracle wasted no time in swooping in to pick up the pieces with a deal to acquire Sun for $9.50 a share, or about $7.4 billion. What is surprising is that the deal is really not that much more than what IBM was offering.
Oracle, Sun Microsystems
Google Apps gets a boost

Posted Apr 08, 2009 - 08:40 pm

I've always seen Google Apps as a SOHO sort of tool, but it seems that Google may have designs on larger businesses after all. Google Apps can now be linked with corporate data behind the firewall, through the Google Secure Data Connector.
Google, Google Apps
Social networking and microblogging can be a VAR's best friend

Posted Apr 13, 2009 - 01:17 pm

Or not, depending on how you use it. I'm still amazed that Twitterers still think that sending out a microblog notice to tell everyone what they're eating or watching on TV, or communicating the unfortunate details of their latest hangover, is a useful thing to do.
Twitter

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