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Forbes Column 08: Kill The Business Trip

Fri, Jun 27, 2008

As much as I love to travel for pleasure, adventure and discovery, I profoundly hate business travel. Especially gratuitous travel that requires a long trip for just one meeting … here’s my new column, Kill the Business Trip.

Infineon: Wireline Communications Business

Fri, Jun 27, 2008

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author We have, so far in this series, reviewed Infineon’s financials, Qimonda and the industrial and automotive businesses. As we continue to dissect Infineon in our valuation analysis, we will now take a look at its wireline business.

Building A Vertical Ad Network Powerhouse: Glam Media CEO Samir Arora (Part 4)

Thu, Jun 26, 2008

SM: Glam was a pioneering startup. How did you assemble your management team? SA: Our seven key founders are all serial entrepreneurs and pioneers in Silicon Valley and Internet Technology.

Deal Radar 2008: Revver

Thu, Jun 26, 2008

Revver is a video sharing site that hosts user generated content. It was founded by Steven Starr, Ian Clarke and Oliver Luckett in 2004 and went live in 2005. Clarke and Luckett left the company in a management shakeup in 2006.

Teradyne: Strong Results, But No Design-Test Bridge

Thu, Jun 26, 2008

Continuing my coverage of the ATE industry, in this post I discuss Teradyne, the leading supplier of Automatic Test Equipment. Teradyne (TER) is a global leader in electronics testing and inspection solutions and is the world’s largest supplier of semiconductor test equipment for logic, RF, analog, power, mixed-signal, and memory technologies.

Building A Vertical Ad Network Powerhouse: Glam Media CEO Samir Arora (Part 3)

Wed, Jun 25, 2008

SM: What is the story behind Glam? Where did the idea come from? SA: Glam was interesting from the first concept. It started as a jewel of an idea in 2001 and developed in 2002 at the bottom of the downturn.

Deal Radar 2008: Brightcove

Wed, Jun 25, 2008

Brightcove is an online video publishing company that lets users—both established media networks and independent content makers—monetize their content through ad revenues. It was founded in 2004 by Jeremy Allaire, who is now CEO.

Verigy Recognizes Design-Test Integration Needs

Wed, Jun 25, 2008

Yesterday I talked about the trend of the design and test sides of the semiconductor industry coming together. The industry is moving towards inserting “testers” into chips, thereby eliminating/reducing the need for high-end testers in most cases. In the next few years, we will see tighter integration between design and testing, and potentially more conversations [...]