By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Amit: Let’s take Apalya Technologies. The first time they came to Mumbai Angels, we didn’t shortlist them at all. We told them to take three or four months and come back with a prototype in place with customers, a few service providers signed up, and television channel
Cloud based vendor selection criteria, Capex to Opex switch benefits with the cloud, ROI, integration with other cloud based services and on-premise solutions are some of the topics covered in this part of the interview with Dennis Hodges, CIO Inteva.
By Sramana Mitra and guest author Saurabh Mallik MW: And here’s what happens next. I am standing up in my office, because I am so excited: The first step in any potentially disruptive technology is that people think about the technology and how to do it better and faster. I think for the most part what
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By guest author Bhuvnesh Bhambhani Norton Scientific Inc. (NSI) has developed a protein aggregation monitor (PAM) which is used in drug discovery research by crystallographers to learn more about proteins and how they crystallize and interact with other proteins or inhibitors. The monitor, called the NS4910, measures the efficiency of therapies targeted at treating a
SM: What did you find? What were you looking for? TM: I found a wild, crazy entrepreneur who needed help here in the Bay Area. The company was called Intelligent Choice Refreshment Company. He wanted to create a healthy cola.
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you require that the entrepreneurs you invest in have previous business experience? Amit: In terms of running a venture of their own, no. In terms of having some experience of at least being in that sector, understanding the nitty-gritty details of what they are getting
In this interview with Dennis Hodges, CIO for Inteva Products, Sramana uncovers several cloud computing trends. One of them is the case of early adopters pushing on to cloud vendors for addressing the issue of integration between on-premise and cloud services. Once there is significant adoption, this may not be a scalable proposition and eventually we expect several new players and innovation by third parties and entrepreneurs to help the cloud providers and cloud adopters work out integration issues.