1999, Open Source and Technology

Hiring A Web Developer: 11 Questions You Must Ask Ahead Of Time

YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2011

Do you work predominantly with proprietary or open source software? One of the main benefits of open source software is being able to pick up where others left off. Uri Foox is the founder of Pixafy , a NYC-based web development and technology firm.

Web Development

Web Development Web Developer Open Source

The next phase of innovation

Start Up Blog

AUGUST 1, 2019

Technology firms now make up seven of the ten biggest companies in the world. Only one of which, was on the list in 1999 – that being Microsoft. The second unarticulated need is for major Government funded technology driven projects – NASA level projects – real moonshots.

Technical Review

Technical Review Software Review Government Algorithm

How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. The same spreadsheet also predicted we’d see a music downloading service in 1999 or 2000. Napster arrived in June, 1999. Smaller equals faster in processor technology.).

Artificial Inteligence

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Waves of technology platforms

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 Waves of technology platforms I still remember the first time I switched to LAMP. I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right. That startup didnt turn out so well, but not for lack of technology. My guess is many millions more than we spent.

San Francisco

San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean

Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. We think it’s a matter of products, but history shows us it takes more than just products and technology to create the sweeping changes. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

Startup

Startup Forecast Angel Investor Software

Fighting an Asymmetrical Cyber War– Why We Need to Take A Different Approach

Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

” Turning to solutions, the authors make a compelling case for an open-source approach to creating an immunization system for U.S. Washington would be better off following a more ‘open-source’ approach to information sharing. is following. “ WESLEY K. government. Share and Enjoy:

United States

United States Offshore Stealth Open Source

It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities.

Venture Capital

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile

Economic Moats: Who Has Them? And How Do You Get One?

ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

The concept of “economic moats” came from a 1999 Fortune article by Warren Buffett: The key to investing is [.] When told of Musk’s comment’s, Buffett acknowledged that technological change has made moats more vulnerable but not irrelevant. Technological change, however, has created opportunities for new kinds of moats.

Non-Compete

Non-Compete United States Networking Acquisition

The Future of Startups 2013-2017

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Marc Andreessen: So the computer industry started in 1950 and basically ran for 50 years with the same model, which was a model where all of the new computers, all the new technology, all the new software started out being sold for the highest prices to the biggest organizations. So originally the customer was the Department of Defense.

Software Review

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock

Viola Private Equity Pumps $7 Million into Zend

VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2011

V iola Private Equity , an Israeli PE fund with $164 million under management for technology buyouts, has announced a $7 million investment in Zend , the leading provider of open-source and commercial solutions based on PHP web applications. According to Linkedin , Zend has a headcount of 130.

Private Equity

Private Equity Equity PHP

Fixing Tech – A Manifesto from a Raving Capitalist

Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

I’m a self confessed lover of technology and how empowering it can be. I make my career from evangelising the benefits of technology and I wrote my first lines of code on a 16k RAM-only computer, way before any of this was trendy. After the Dot Com crash of 1999, most yet-to-be-disrupted big firms got back to business.

Government

Government Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Social Media

Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

Cloud

Cloud Technical Review Database Semantic

Boom and Bust and What Comes Next

Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

Each circle represents one of the fifty largest technology companies in the city, the size of each circle determined by the number of the company’s employees. They begin on the eastern edge of the city near the Ferry Building and spread westward along Market Street. First Street and Market Street by Leo vanMunching.