Tag Archives: Startups
Startups pass on Silicon Valley to find their fortunes in New York
Though Silicon Valley has lured away plenty of start-ups, (cough: Facebook), New York is becoming a magnet of its own, attracting companies that want to build their businesses amid the bright lights of the big city. In the last couple … Continue reading
While Amazon courts enterprises, Microsoft eyes startups
Microsoft announced a partnership with TechStars today that will allow it access to more than 400 startups around the world so it can sell its Azure cloud platform. The deal will provide a year of hosting on Microsoft’s Azure platform … Continue reading
TechStars and Microsoft BizSpark Team Up to Offer Startups $60,000 in Cloud Services on Windows Azure
TechStars taps Microsoft BizSpark Plus to give startups a head start. Microsoft PressPass, Information for Journalists – Press Releases
5 low-profile startups that could change the face of big data
Big data is hot, but infrastructure-level platforms such as Hadoop, which focus on storage and processing, still need help to take them into the mainstream. They need a killer app or two that will let companies analyze, visualize and act … Continue reading
Analytics startups sweep the field in IBM contest
Nine out of the nine finalists for IBM’s Global Entrepreneur of the Year title are analytics startups. That’s either an anomaly or proof that analytics is hot, hot, hot. Analytics, or business intelligence, helps businesses make sense,even visualize their data … Continue reading