Capitalism 2.0: Is Integrity Implicit?

As we explore capitalism as a philosophy and a system of thought, I feel that one of the biggest fallacies in our assumption so far has been to expect that integrity is implicit. It is not. >>>

Capitalism 2.0: The Need For Regulation

Never have I spent so much of my thinking energy on trying to understand, question, assess, debug, and dissect a value system that I had, for years, accepted as a fundamental principle of my life.

This series, I hope, will provide a forum for many of us experiencing the same period of questioning, an opportunity to discuss. >>>

Green Grants To Xunlight: CEO Xunming Deng (Part 3)

SM: Awareness of alternative and renewable energy before 2003 was much lower than it is today. It started picking up on a global scale in 2003-2004. Getting grants instead of venture funding seems like a good route to have gone in that particular timeframe.

XD: It was good, although it was pretty tough to get those awards. We had to demonstrate continued, solid progress in the lab. >>>

Forbes Column 2009: The Smart-Grid Dilemma

Zero-In this week highlights the disconnect between capitalism, market forces and the need for a smarter, cleaner energy world. Read The Smart-Grid Dilemma.

Coming from a pure capitalist at heart, this is one of a series of columns you will be reading on the limitations of capitalism to do the right thing.

Green Grants To Xunlight: CEO Xunming Deng (Part 2)

SM: When you went to the university, you essentially went to carry on type of work you had been doing at ECD?

XD: I learned business and operations savvy at ECD. As soon as I arrived at the university I quickly built my team and developed the ability to make high efficiency solar cells. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: Medsphere

Medsphere offers open source solutions for healthcare IT. In an industry that has been inundated with proprietary vendors who charge high prices for electronic health records, Medsphere aims to stand out by offering an affordable and proven electronic health records system. >>>

Green Grants To Xunlight: CEO Xunming Deng (Part 1)

SM: Tell me where your journey begins. Where are you from and how did you end up at the University of Toledo?

XD: I was born in Nanchang, China in 1963. I grew up there and went to college at the University of Science and Technology of China. In China we have a nationwide college entrance exam that you must take in order to attend university. I happened to be lucky enough to be ranked first out of 100,000 students in my province, which allowed me to get into a prestigious college. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: MuleSource

We continue our focus on enterprise open source in the context of service-oriented architecture (SOA) with San Francisco-based MuleSource. Founded in 2006 by Ross Mason, MuleSource is the leading open source SOA vendor. The company’s roots are in the Mule project, which Mason started in 2003 in response to his frustration with integration “donkey work” as an IT architect/practitioner at major financial institutions. He decided to create a platform that emphasized ease of development and re-use of components. MuleSource Inc. was created to support and enable the rapidly growing community using the project’s enterprise applications. >>>