HP Acquires 3Com For $2.7 Billion

There were several options for HP to combat Cisco in the networking arena, including Brocade and Polycom. It looks as though they have chosen to go after Cisco front and center by acquiring 3Com. The latter has done a marvelous turnaround in the past three years. The stock has moved steadily up, and now HP

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Deal Radar 2009: Sheet Music Plus

I have talked at length about the potential for Web 3.0. Today, we will look at a company that is doing well as a web 1.0 company, but can take its business a great deal further if it applied web 3.0 principles. SheetMusicPlus.com, located in Emeryville, CA, is the world’s largest online retailer of sheet

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Broadcom, Qualcomm, Legal Battles

The two leading chipmakers, Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCM) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) have recently reported their results. While Qualcomm is enjoying a more stable legal environment after ending its disputes with Nokia and Broadcom and extending its patent deal with Samsung, Broadcom is getting involved in a legal tug-of-war with Emulex. Let’s take a closer look.

Window Into Web 3.0: Blinds.com CEO Jay Steinfeld (Part 7)

SM: How are you able to increase gross margins when prices and demand are going down? JS: In a bad economy, if you are strong and well financed, you have an opportunity to talk to manufacturers who are hurting from decreased demand. We offer to pay them very quickly if they give us better prompt

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Deal Radar 2009: Eloqua

Eloqua, a provider of SaaS marketing automation platforms, was founded in 1999. Eloqua integrates direct marketing, interactive marketing, lead generation, and sales force automation to turn customer acquisition into a measurable process. There are now many companies in this space, but industry experts estimate that only 10% of B2B marketers use marketing automation systems, leaving

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Clean Water Need Grows Ever More Urgent

Fortune magazine estimates the water desalination industry to be worth $30 billion and expects this figure to double by 2016. Another publication, Global Water Intelligence, suggests that we will need to triple global desalination capacity to meet the growing demand of potable water. Today, nearly 20% of the global population, or approximately 1.3 billion people,

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Window Into Web 3.0: Blinds.com CEO Jay Steinfeld (Part 6)

SM: What were your revenue levels when you starting bringing in your executive team? JS: That was in 2005 and at that point we were doing $15 million. We acquired a company that was doing $18 million, which brought us to $33 million. With that acquisition I got a COO from the other company. That is

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Marty Nemko Career Show Recording

Here’s the Marty Nemko show recording. There’s extensive discussion on internships, personal branding strategies, and of course, entrepreneurship – some interesting business ideas, including web 3.0 businesses. Basically, navigating through these horrendous times. Worth a listen!