BlackBerry had another high-profile executive departure today, as Executive Vice President of BBM Andrew Bocking has left the smartphone and enterprise software maker. Bocking’s exit was first reported by BGR, but BlackBerry confirmed the move to TechCrunch in an emailed statement, and explained that BBM’s new home will be in its Global Enterprise Solutions under […]
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This week, Engrade put the finishing touches on an emblematic story in the world of education startups. High school student Bri Holt heard enough complaining from classmates (and teachers) about the fact that there were no good tools to let them view their grades online. So, having taught himself some web development skills, he decided […]
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No doubt you’ve read and/or heard several of the thousands of analyses of Satya Nadella’s appointment as the new CEO of Microsoft, replacing Steve Ballmer, and John Thompson’s ascension to chairman of the board, replacing Bill Gates. Tweet This Post
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AtTask, a company that vends a collaboration and workflow service for enterprise-level customers, has raised a fresh $38 million in capital, led by JMI Equity. The fund did see participation from prior investor Greenspring Associates in the round. The influx of capital rivals the firm’s prior raises. According to CrunchBase, AtTask had previously raised a total […]
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Microsoft has made official what we all pretty much expected: Its new CEO, replacing Steve Ballmer, is Satya Nadella. Nadella has spent 22 years at Microsoft, and was previously Microsoft’s Executive Vice President of Cloud and Enterprise. Nadella also takes a position on Microsoft’s Board of Directors, and founder Bill Gates will increase his involvement […]
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Two items on BI (business intelligence) customers’ wish lists have long been ease of use and a lower burden on IT. A startup called ThoughtSpot says its new BI appliance can tackle both. ThoughtSpot has developed an in-memory database for the appliance. This allows information to be held in RAM for faster processing of queries, […]
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Along with the news today that Satya Nadella will be the next CEO of Microsoft, another big change in the executive ranks: Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, is leaving his role as chairman of the board and is taking a new role as “Founder and Technology Advisor”. Microsoft terms the change as a “step up” from […]
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In this week’s episode of Ask A VC, Storm Ventures’ managing director Jason Lemkin joined us in the studio to talk about enterprise, sales models and more. Lemkin, who sold his e-signature company EchoSign to Adobe in 2011, talked about inbound sales vs. outbound sales in an enterprise company, and which types of sales model […]
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As content marketing becomes an increasingly significant part of the digital marketing arsenal, it it brings with it new opportunities, both allowing marketers to expand beyond traditional approaches to advertising and tap into new revenue channels. However, it also comes with a downside, as digital marketers are becoming increasingly overwhelmed by the number of channels […]
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