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The Rise Of Cloud Computing

YoungUpstarts

This translates to cost savings and companies move away from the traditional fixed capacity infrastructure that may exceed or be insufficient to meet their needs. With the cloud, users may have significant cost savings as they shift their data and applications to the cloud. Governments adopting the use of the Cloud.

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[Asia] Getting Cloud Computing Right The First Time

YoungUpstarts

Cloud adoption among the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) segment will be one of the fastest in the regions, as these enterprises are attracted by the relatively low set-up cost involved, helping them build their companies quickly. How will you change your infrastructure and policies to adopt the Cloud?

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[Malaysia] [Event] InfoSecurity World 2012 – Combating The Rapid Rise In Cyber Threats

YoungUpstarts

Multiple high-profile attacks on organizations and governments around the world, including Malaysia, have grabbed international headlines due to their well-coordinated nature and the scale of the data breach. Governments, companies and individuals are increasingly more willing to spend to safeguard their information.

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When A Startup Chooses IPO Most Founders Are Out

Startup Professionals Musings

They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 128 in 2012 (compared to 675 in 1996). After a record low of 39 U.S.

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Episode 50: Video Content and Profitability with Seth David

Mike Michalowicz

Seth graduated from Pace University in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting. Seth also worked as an Auditor for United Government Services, a division of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Wisconsin auditing Medicare cost reports under contract with HCFA (Health Care Financing Administration) from 1996 to 1998.

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Favorite Longreads of 2012

abovethecrowd.com

This is an amazing lesson in how everyone can get it wrong for decades – the scientists, the government, and the doctors. This one will cost you money, but the subject matter is interesting and the money goes to a great cause. Everything You Need to Know About Finance and Investing in Under an Hour by William Ackman.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

And, as the industrial revolution showed us, there are some real costs to scale. The implication is that blitzscaling ignores things like “business model innovations that were rooted in a future that the competition didn’t yet understand” in favor of “spending to acquire customers below cost.”. The third is high gross margins.