A new processor for the ultra-mobile market is Intel’s latest move to revolutionize mobility computing, from UMPCs to mobile Internet devices and even notebooks and desktops (er, “netbooks” and “net-tops”). While Atom (née Silverthorne) received its brand-new brand name recently, the family of tiny processors, which relies on 45nm technology just like the Penryn line of Core 2 Duo processors, will debut in devices on display at IDF in Shanghai in early April.
It’s no secret that China has come a long way in a short time — from being a country known for manufacturing cheap products for export to being, potentially, the next great IT superpower. National Science Board figures show that in 1994 there were only seven U.S. companies doing research in China. Ten years later, that number had risen to more than 500. Gartner analysts James Popkin and Partha Iyengar wrote, in their 2007 book I.T. and the East, that the world “will witness the birth of a real IT superpower if government restrictions are loosened and the Chinese instinctive talent for entrepreneurialism continues to be encouraged.”
It’s against this backdrop that the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, April 2 and 3, 2008, takes ...
BricaBox came out of alpha the week before founder and CEO Nate Westheimer headed to Austin for SXSWi. BricaBox lets users create their own social content site (for free), a kind of mashup’s mashup. Speaking at AMD’s BlogHaus with InternetGeekGirl, Nate talks about wiki-life, life ...
Michael Proper is the CEO and entrepreneurial vision for the fast-growing DirectPointe, a provider of managed computing services that make technology simple, manageable and affordable for small and midsize businesses. DirectPointe has established itself by offering great support to organizations who are looking for a partner to manage ...
Intel Capital invests in startup companies all over the world (as in the recent Nascentric announcement, this past summer’s announcement with VMware, or relationships with firms like Bulgarian WiMAX company Nexcom) with the goal of improving technology deployment, entrepeneurship, and tech development (and generally “inspiring the ...
K.B. Chandrasekhar (”Chandra”) is co-founder, CEO and chairman of the board of Jamcracker. His career as a high-technology entrepreneur has spanned Exodus Communications, Fouress Inc., Rolta India, Ltd and Wipro.
He is also the co-founder and chairman of the board of e4e, Inc., a global technology holding company. Serving ...
To be an entrepreneur takes a special kind of person — often, the kind who is driven by a particular vision, even if the path to fulfilling that vision lacks definition. Max Samuels, career coach and TV-personality, speaks with PodTech’s Tina Magnergard Bjers about the inner workings of the entrepreneurial ...
Bill Tai, general partner with Charles River Ventures, is an avid kiteboarder. He talks about the excitement and dangers of the sport and how the sport has evolved from windsurfing. He talks about leaping off the waves skimming across the water and the complete sense of freedom he feels when ...
Bill Tai, general partner at Charles River Ventures, gives an update on the success of CRV Quickstart, a unique financing vehicle that Charles River announced last Fall that attracted a lot of interest in the entrepreneurial community. Bill talks about the trends in VC investing that make smaller, earlier stage ...
Drew Clark is director of strategy at IBM’s Venture Capital Group.
Drew is responsible for driving external innovation into IBM business units and identifying and developing new business opportunities. A 20-year IBM veteran, he has held a variety of key positions in software development and technology, product marketing and emerging-business ...
Forbes Magazine has rated 3 of the top 11 Best Places for Business and Careers in the Rockies. Provo, Utah (#2), Boise, Idaho (#3), and Ogden, Utah (#11). While Provo and Boise have seen lots of press over the last few years, Colin Kelly is impressed ...
Ravi Kumar is a veteran entrepreneur and currently a consultant with The Nadathur S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning. NSRCEL was set up in March 2002 at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) to synergise with the institute’s focus on entrepreneurial studies. The Centre defines the opportunities perceived by aspiring entrepreneurs, evaluates their strengths/weaknesses and helps them with resources to translate their concepts into profitable business ventures.
Jay Pullur is the founder and CEO of Pramati Technologies. Here, he discusses how he set out on his entrepreneurial path with Pramati, and the company’s latest desktop platform product, Dekoh, recently featured on TechCrunch.
As a technolgy and entrepreneurial hub, Bangalore is fast turning out to be the destination of choice — even for entrepreneurs and IT folks outside of India. Ione Binford is a notable example of the growing importance of Bangalore to tech entrepreneurs — now in Bangalore, she co-founded and currently ...
PodTech CEO and Founder John Furrier spotted a real-life legend milling around at DEMO 07. Jean-Louis Gassée has played important roles at Hewlett-Packard and Apple Computer, he’s a blogger (you can test your French), and he confesses here that this is his first podcast, at least this ...
Utah venture capital and angel investment success is not limited to the Salt Lake Valley. Focusing on matching up investors and early-stage entrepreneurs, Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum chairman Steve Grizzell discusses UVEF’s origins and successes. A 20-year veteran in entrepreneurship, finance, innovation and economic development, Grizzell observes while ...
Cleantech Venture Network is a group of venture capitalists dedicated to finding investments in “clean” technologies. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with Cleantech Co-Founder Nick Parker about the organization’s vision in New York.
The Cleantech Forum XII is right around the corner, February 19-22, in San Francisco. The San Francisco ...
John Mayerhofer is co-founder and CEO of VoiceIndigo. In this podcast, he tells the story of how he turned his entrepreneurial idea into a viable enterprise. He speaks with PodVentureZone’s John Ince.
In this Thought Leaders podcast, brought to you by SAVVIS, Andy Schroepfer, president & founder of Tier 1 Research, discusses his view on the hosting industry, including the market forecast and segmentation, future growth areas, and how the buyer — not the supplier — is driving the future of ...
Sports and technology were on display at ESPN’s stage at CES 2007 in Las Vegas. In recent years, the self-proclaimed “Worldwide Leader in Sports” has implemented podcasts, blogs and interactive video on its popular website and in video games created by game developer EA Sports. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke ...
Rajeev Samant of Sula Wines was a featured speaker at the recently-concluded TiE India entrepreneurial conference in Mumbai. He was part of a panel discussion on “Taking the Leap: Starting An Enterprise,” where he talked about how he started his wine company about 10 years ago.
Rajeev, a ...
Dr. Girish Saraph is the founder of Vegayan Systems, a networking start-up company located in IIT, Mumbai.
Vegayan Systems was one of the three winners of the TiE-Canaan Entrepreneurship challenge that was announced at the TiE entrepreneurial conference ( Dec.17-19 , 2006), in Mumbai.
As one of ...
Info Edge (India) was the first Indian Internet company to go public on the Indian stock exchange in November 2006. It owns internet properties Naukri, 99 acres and Jeevansathi.
CEO and co-founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani was a featured speaker at the recently concluded first TiE India entrepreneurial conference ...
The Indus Entrepreneurs, better known by its acronym TiE, has become a central force in nurturing and helping entrepreneurs around the world. Founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley, the organization now has over 40 chapters in various parts of the world.
For the first time a three day Pan ...
Will an Indian clone of an international hit take off in India? That’s what we ask MeraVideo.com’s founder, Kanwaldeep Kalsi whose site is a direct clone of YouTube.com.
MeraVideo was recently in the news for being close to signing up venture funding of $1.5 million. We ask Kanwaldeep about his ...
TiE Delhi’s annual conference, TiEcon 2006, was held on the 26th-28th October. The conference theme was ‘Entrepreneurship: The DNA of Growth’ and the event was a meeting ground for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investors, industry leaders etc. Besides the main conference sessions, the agenda also included networking sessions, interest specific ...
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