VR’s killer app: business services
Enterprise adoption is trumping entertainment uses and will spring VR and AR into the mainstream. Read More Continue reading VR’s killer app: business services
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Tracking the explosive growth of open-source software
Many hot new enterprise technologies are centered around free, “open-source” technology. But how can corporate customers, and investors, evaluate all these new open-source offerings? These questions are especially tough to answer because most open-source companies are still private. That’s why we created a detailed index to track popular open-source software projects. Read More Continue reading Tracking the explosive growth of open-source software
Creating A PCB In Everything: Upverter
For the last five months, I’ve been writing a series of posts describing how to build a PCB in every piece of software out there. Every post in this series takes a reference schematic and board, and recreates all the elements in a completely new PCB tool.
There are three reasons why this sort of review is valuable. First, each post in this series is effectively a review of a particular tool. Already we’ve done Fritzing (thumbs down), KiCad (thumbs up), Eagle (thumbs up), and Protel Autotrax (interesting from a historical perspective). Secondly, each post in this series is a …read more
How viral open-source startups can build themselves into enterprise-IT powerhouses
Hordes of new enterprise-IT upstarts have popped up in Silicon Valley, with some drawing lofty valuations from investors. They’re driven by new, more-advanced technologies in areas such as databases, software development, networking and cloud computing. And many are taking aim at incumbents like Dell, EMC, Oracle and IBM. But will these new companies ever be as valuable as those big names? Read More Continue reading How viral open-source startups can build themselves into enterprise-IT powerhouses
Software is due for a bundling event
We are approaching a new phase of enterprise software, where every niche of Software-as-a-Service has been filled and cloud companies are being consolidated into larger companies. Markets have a tendency to cycle from bundling to unbundling, and … Continue reading Software is due for a bundling event
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Is Dead, and That’s Good for Internet Freedom
US lawmakers from both parties rejected the 12-country deal, including every leading presidential candidate. Continue reading The Trans-Pacific Partnership Is Dead, and That’s Good for Internet Freedom
How to estimate a company’s health without really trying
Within the past few months, NetSuite, Marketo, LinkedIn, FleetMatics and LogMeIn have each been acquired or merged for a combined value of more than $50 billion. At this rate, public SaaS companies may become an endangered species. Clearly, PE in… Continue reading How to estimate a company’s health without really trying
Mobile and enterprise are the keys to VR/AR scale
Though PC and console VR are the sexier formats we’re all excited about, is mobile where VR will really scale in the near term? This is a question I’ve been posing to investors and innovators. Read More Continue reading Mobile and enterprise are the keys to VR/AR scale
How data science and rocket science will get humans to Mars
President Obama recently re-affirmed America’s commitment to sending a manned mission to Mars. Think your data science challenges are complicated? Imagine the difficulties involved in mining data to understand the health impacts of a trip to Mars. When sending humans “where no one has gone before,” there are a multitude of variables to consider, and NASA is hard at work… Read More Continue reading How data science and rocket science will get humans to Mars
How drones will reshape the enterprise
Most people associate drones with troops and mad scientists tinkering around in their backyards. Thanks to technological breakthroughs — including longer and safer flights — and new federal guidelines enacted this year, drone use is expanding beyond military and consumer markets and is seeping into the enterprise. Read More Continue reading How drones will reshape the enterprise