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30 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on Industries That Need Technology Innovation The Most

Hearpreneur

Technology advancement has transformed the way we live, work, and communicate. The continuous innovation in technology has led to the development of smarter devices, faster and more reliable networks, and unprecedented levels of connectivity. Better technology means happier patients and less stressed staff.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

John Berger, Director Operations & Impact Solutions, Toniic , observed that this has clear investor benefits: “ The grace period became a feature because it benefits investors in regions like the US where there can be tax differences between short and long term gains. Technology-centric businesses. Technology-centric businesses.

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My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist

Both Sides of the Table

My first company was founded in Ireland, headquartered in England and had country operations in the UK, France & Germany. Equally I had to spend time with the heads of sales & marketing to keep them confident I wasn’t going to undermine their authority in the country operations. We faced it when we were small.

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Benchmarking Cassandra Scalability on AWS - Over a million writes per second

techblog.netflix.com

There was no setup time, no discussions with IT operations about datacenter space and no more cost once the test was over. distribution plus Netflix specific tooling and instrumentation. Takeaway Netflix is using Cassandra on AWS as a key infrastructure component of its globally distributed streaming product. Netflix Brasil.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – April 2012 Edition

VC Cafe

SWX: ORIDN) an Israeli manufacturer of capnography respiratory monitors and modules was bought by Ireland’s Covidienplc.(NYSE: The technology will be unveiled officially at the Drupa Print Media Fair in Dusseldorf in May. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY CENTER TO OPEN IN ISRAEL. COVIDIEN ACQUIRES ORIDION FOR $346M. OridionSytems,Ltd.

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