SM: What do your IP licensing structures look like? PK: My favorite is to go to someone who is losing a ton of money. We only get paid if we solve their problem. Customers like that because it is a no-risk proposition for them and they clearly know what their problem is.
SM: You can gage a key from power consumption? PK: Yes. This is one of our biggest business areas. At the lowest level you have transistors, which are just voltage-controlled gates.
I have written extensively about eliminating unnecessary business travel and using technology such as conference calls and web conferencing to meet with colleagues in other cities or countries. LifeSize, Telenetix and Dimdim are three Deal Radar companies working to encourage the use of such collaboration technology. One of today’s covered companies, Revolabs, offers plug-and-play systems [...]
My most recent Forbes column challenged entrepreneurs to develop technologies to enable the delivery of educational materials to all learners, even those whose only platform is an inexpensive handset. Today’s Deal Radar post looks at technology in education from another angle: in communities where the use of rich media for learning purposes has already gained [...]
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) reported its Q209 results on December 18. Revenue was up 6% to $5.6 billion, missing analyst estimates of $5.84 billion. However, as the company cut costs aggressively across the board, non-GAAP EPS of $0.34 met analyst estimates for earnings. Operating margin improved 166 basis points to 35% versus 34% last year. GAAP net income [...]
An IDC report released last week said that the mobile phone market will slow down in 2009, with mobile phone volumes expected to decline 1.9% due to the global economic crisis. However, the converged device market is still expected to grow, although at a slower pace of 8.9% in 2009. IDC expects the handset market to [...]
SM: What kinds of people come to you, and how do they find you? PK: Hiring is our most difficult problem. If I were to pick the thing that most limits us in doing the things we want, it would be finding people who simultaneously meet our three criteria: we want people who are technically [...]
The hearth is a concept that has become lost or at best fractured as microwave ovens and Trader Joe’s frozen section have replaced cooking homemade meals in the kitchen. Some claim that as ready-made foods continue to increase in quality and decrease in price, home cooking will eventually become obsolete.
