1Mby1M Deal Radar: Virsto, Sunnyvale, CA

As the world of storage virtualization continues to change, old problems need new solutions. Quite a few companies have tried to answer the old questions in new ways; some have succeeded. Virsto Software provides innovative storage virtualization solutions to address the growing need for cost-effective and efficient storage for virtual servers and desktops. It delivers the

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Celebrating MIT’s 150th Anniversary: Alumni Ian Clemens, Founder Of IDV Solutions (Part 5)

Sramana: Did you feel secure with the amount of debt you took on when you compared it to your service contract revenues? Ian Clemens: Yes we did. We had to hire a development staff early on and started making those hires in February. We have always charged a fair rate for our work and hired

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Business Incubator Series: Diane Dimeff, eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship, Boulder, Colorado (Part 2)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Vandana Upadhyay Irina: What would be an ideal company that could benefit from your incubation? Diane: It might be one to four people who have just earned what is called an SBIR grant [Small Business Innovation Research]. They may have earned a Phase I SBIR or NASA [National Aeronautics

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Outsourcing: Ankur Prakash, Vice President And COO, TCS Latin America (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Aditya Modi Sramana: And how big a factor is language in your work in Latin America? Ankur: For global customers, all the people whom we recruit are bilingual, so more than 90% of the people are bilingual. We ensure that all these employees are continuously in touch with the

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Celebrating MIT’s 150th Anniversary: Alumni Ian Clemens, Founder Of IDV Solutions (Part 4)

Sramana: How did you meet and get to know Mark Morrison, your co-founder? Ian Clemens: We were introduced by a mutual acquaintance who was an employee of Mark’s at his previous company. This person had talked with me and understood what my vision and goal was. Mark had been a serial entrepreneur, so the two

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Outsourcing: Ankur Prakash, Vice President And COO, TCS Latin America (Part 2)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Aditya Modi Sramana Mitra: So, in terms of the evolution of outsourcing in Latin America, how do you manage the situation? How do you manage a region that is maturing late compared to India. The number of people with five or 10 years of experience is a lot fewer,

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Business Incubator Series: Diane Dimeff, eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship, Boulder, Colorado (Part 1)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Vandana Upadhyay I am talking to Diane Dimeff, who is the executive director of eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship in Boulder, Colorado. The center’s mission is threefold: 1) to help aerospace entrepreneurs to start new companies, 2) to develops commercial applications from the innovative technologies created within these

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