Legendary Entrepreneur and Author Judy Estrin (Part 1)

Estrin has been named three times to Fortune Magazine’s list of the 50 most powerful women in American business. She sits on the boards of directors of The Walt Disney Company and FedEx Corporation as well as two private company boards – Packet Design, Inc. and Arch Rock. For more background review her bio. SM:

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Deal Radar 2008: Telanetix

Telanetix is a communications service provider which offers telepresence and VoIP services to businesses. The company was founded by Thomas A. Szabo, Rob Arnold, and Bob Alford in 2001 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. The trio had previously worked together on digital distribution provider Digital on Demand and multimedia solution provider RedDotNet (both of

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SAP Looks Strong

SAP released their second quarter earnings last Tuesday. The company’s revenue surged 18%, beating Wall Street expectations and causing the stock to close up nearly 10%. Since the results were released, the stock has been trading in the same price band, which is near its seven-month high. The stock closed at $57.86 yesterday, just two

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3Com Beats Estimates

On June 24, 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) reported its financial results for Q4 and FY 2008, beating analyst estimates. The vision of new CEO Robert Mao, who has been around for just two months, seems to be driving this welcome change in 3Com’s fortunes. He has three simple objectives: more top line revenue, better worldwide

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Engaging Your Global Team – New Technology Solutions

By Mike Kanazawa, Guest Author One of the new and unsolved leadership challenges of today is how to keep a global team focused, aligned and engaged on a common strategic direction and set of priorities. There are many innovations and new approaches to meet this challenge. We’ve captured a few examples of what leading companies

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Deal Radar 2008: Comcast Buys Plaxo

Just as I said Comcast has not been doing anything to beef up its internet portfolio, they announced the acquisition of Plaxo for an estimated $150 Million.

Catching Up on Readings: Hydro Alchemy

Since the last catching up list on April 26, you may have accumulated more backlog. What’s with the Yahoo-Microsoft frenzy? Here’s a quick cache of the articles since then that you may want to make sure you read:

This Week’s Highlights

In case you have missed them, here are the must-read pieces from this week: * Is Google Scared? * Facebook Woes Coming? * Qualcomm and Nokia Both Show Headroom * The Microsoft-Yahoo! Battle Plan (Forbes) * Vertical Travel Ad Network CEO Cree Lawson (Interview) * Microsoft, Masterful Maneuverings * Cadence Crashes. Now What? * Interdigital:

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