Startup Teaches Kids How To Write, Invites Teachers and Students To Join

Most kids use technology for games and music. What about using technology to learn to write, an essential skill to master early in life?

With Cubert’s Cube, entrepreneur Melanie Kusmik is attempting to do just that – teaching kids how to write by harnessing the power of the social web. Years of experience in software development and product management at companies like Quantum, 3Com, Nortel Networks has helped Melanie learn to transform a concept into a business. >>>

1M/1M: Online Education Module Of The Curriculum Is Ready

Readers, we have just released the online education module of the 1M/1M premium curriculum. In it, you will find a synthesis of the various trends and opportunities that I see at this point, along with case studies and video lectures. The opportunity is clearly huge in multiple dimensions, and I am convinced that many businesses can and will be built in this segment over this decade.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Paul Wilcox, CIO of HMH Publishing (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini

SM: Well, sounds like it makes perfect financial sense that a private cloud is going to be more cost effective than an environment where there is a lot of duplication, no virtualization, and all of that. I know the financial answer to this question, but the question remains. There is also this public cloud available. You chose to go directly from an on-premise, owned and operated environment with lots of wasted infrastructure to a private cloud which is virtualized and efficient. Now, that is saving a lot of money. Did you not consider the interim step of going to a public cloud? >>>