Top 8 Blog-related Startups

Blogs have clearly turned the media industry upside down,, with many providing coverage superior to that of newspapers and television. While most of them read poorly, some are excellent, and these are monetizing by quality ad networks with their content and traffic. Here are eight players in the blogosphere worth watching: >>>

British Brothers: Scansafe Founders Roy and Eldar Tuvey (Part 3)

SM: Did you have a SaaS vulnerability assessment tool developed?

RT: There were three things. First, we were running an ASP, so we knew about running services in the cloud. Second, we understood the web protocol through our joint venture and we were used to processing large volumes of web traffic. Finally, we understood the security market because we had developed an email content filtering solution as part of a strategic alliance we had with a company on the email marketing side. >>>

British Brothers: Scansafe Founders Roy and Eldar Tuvey (Part 2)

SM: How did you get the business started? Did you finance it with your own money?

RT: Eldar had been running a business for three and a half years, and I had come directly from a finance background. The entrepreneurial spirit runs in the family. Everyone in the family has some sort of business. It was always what we were going to do. It came earlier than I thought it would for me, but the opportunity presented itself. >>>

How Jagmohan Dalmiya Commercialized Cricket (Part 2)

SM: Can you give me a little bit of business context in terms of Indian cricket?

JD: The Indian cricket business situation was very bad. The Indian government, specifically the Broadcasting Ministry, controlled the cricket telecasts. They did not compensate the BCCI for any rights associated with telecasts. In fact, it was exactly the opposite: they used to charge BCCI five lakhs per match shown on a telecast. >>>

Trusting Untrusted Computers (Part 1)

By Dr. Taher Elgamal, Guest Author

[SM: Readers have read my interview series with Taher earlier. It is my pleasure to welcome this Security industry thought leader to shed some light on the past, present and future of Security.]

It is one of our biggest dilemmas in modern computing: can we trust running our lives on the current suite of computing hardware and software even though it is essentially untrustworthy? >>>

British Brothers: Scansafe Founders Roy and Eldar Tuvey (Part 1)

ScanSafe pioneered web-based Secure Web Gateway, which blocks malware and secure web-based messaging. Founded in 1999 by brothers Roy and Eldar Tuvey, ScanSafe is a company that invented a new market. In 2007 ScanSafe was named one of the top 100 technology startups in the world by Red Herring and was recognized as a technology innovator and visionary company by Gartner.

SM: Where do you come from? What is your background?

RT: I was born in Israel but my family moved to London when I was very young. I spent a lot of time in Israel until I was 13, but I mainly grew up in London. >>>

How Jagmohan Dalmiya Commercialized Cricket (Part 1)

These days, sports like football, baseball, basketball, and soccer are huge commercial ecosystems. In 2006, Nimbus Communications bought digital media rights for Indian cricket for $612 million in a four-year global deal, underscoring cricket’s status gain in the big-money world of sports marketing. Cricket, however, owes its commercial maturity to Jagmohan Dalmiya. Read ‘Cricket Reaches Commercial Maturity’ for more background.

SM: Let’s begin with some of your background in cricket. Where does your passion for cricket come from?

JD: I used to play when I was younger. I played at the university level as well as at the first division club level. I was pursuing my cricket career very seriously and didn’t focus too much on a business career. Unfortunately, I lost my father when I was 19. >>>

Forbes Column 08: Silicon Lazarus

My new Forbes column Silicon Lazarus attempts to shed light on the opportunities in a down market that entrepreneurs ought to look into.