Freelancer.com, the job outsourcing and freelance IT worker marketplace, has made another acquisition: it has bought vWorker, a job site for freelance coders and other tech professionals. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed but TechCrunch has heard from a source that it is in the region of millions of dollars. vWorker was formerly […]
Posted on November 25th, 2012 by admin
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Editor’s note: Ray Sobol is founder and CEO of EvidencePix, an enterprise-grade secure MDM service. Ray has more than 25 years experience in launching high-tech ventures and disruptive technologies. No one likes to pay for things they don’t use. If you’ve ever grappled with the fact that you’re paying for 500 channels on your monthly cable […]
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Social analytics firm Socialbakers – the social media monitoring startup that counts Fortune 500 companies like McDonald’s, Nestle, LVMH and Vodafone as clients — has raised $6 million to continue building out its business. The Series B round was led by Index Ventures, and also included participation from existing investor Earlybird Venture Capital. Funding for Czech-based Socialbakers, […]
Posted on November 24th, 2012 by admin
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Some consolidation is afoot in the world of enterprise cloud services in Europe: Claranet, a managed service provider, is paying $88 million (£55 million) to acquire Star, a provider of cloud-based managed technology services. The move is a sign of how, while enterprise cloud services continue to grow in popularity, there is an increasing move […]
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Business continuity planning is one of the most crucial factors that all businesses today must take into account in order to duck out from any uncalled for or disastrous chain of events without experiencing too many cuts and bruises. In simple, the benefits of business continuity planning determines an organizations ability to shrug off even […]
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Some consolidation is afoot in the world of enterprise cloud services in Europe: Claranet, a managed service provider, is paying $88 million (£55 million) to acquire Star, a provider of cloud-based managed technology services. The move is a sign of how, while enterprise cloud services continue to grow in popularity, there is increasing consolidation as […]
Posted on November 23rd, 2012 by admin
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The era of connected data services continues to unfold with the advent of emerging platforms such as Presentz, an open-source slide show offering for people to mashup videos, images and other media from YouTube, Vimeo, SlideShare and other providers. The service syncs video with a slide deck so people can follow a recorded conference talk […]
Posted on November 23rd, 2012 by admin
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Lattice Engines has raised $20 million in a round led by New Enterprise Associates for its predictive analytics platform that gives salespeople the information to sell their products. According to The San Francisco Business Times, the company, founded in 2006, has raised $36.5 million, including a $15 million investment in 2011 from Sequoia. The service is […]
Posted on November 22nd, 2012 by admin
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Just in time for the holiday shopping blitz, it looks like Amazon is opening a new chapter in its role as an online marketplace for third-parties to sell their goods. The company is quietly pushing a service called Amazon Pages, which lets companies set up their own pages on Amazon.com as “custom destinations,” complete with […]
Posted on November 22nd, 2012 by admin
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Crossbar has raised $20.5 million from undisclosed investors for its memory storage technology that could be a possible successor to flash. According to a Form D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Crossbar has an intent to raise $21 million. Crossbar has previous investments from Correlation Ventures, with additional funding from Artiman Ventures, Kleiner […]
Posted on November 22nd, 2012 by admin
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