Forget “information” – CIOs should be chief integration officers, says former CIO
Today’s CIOs can best serve their companies — and their own careers — by focusing on customer needs instead of turf wars, says Charlie Feld.
SK Telecom Americas launches a spin-in accelerator for core technology ideas
This is the age of seed-stage funding and the incubator/accelerator model. But for those trying to invent a new optical interconnect or chip architecture, funding is harder to find than ever. SK Telecom’s new incubator wants to help.
ResolutionTube nets $1.5M for fixing field support with augmented reality
With more people carrying smartphones with high definition cameras and fast connections, ResolutionTube has raised a seed round to turn those handsets into a powerful collaboration tool out in the field.
Marketplaces, data and healthcare shine at Austin’s Techstars Demo Day
Big data, the internet of things, digitizing medicine and even more marketplaces to drive efficiency all were themes at Tuesday’s Techstars Austin demo day.
TechStars launches a connected devices incubator with ad firm
Connected devices startups get their own TechStars accelerator program in NYC thanks to a aprtnership with digital marketing agency R/GA.
Come hang out with GigaOM in London next week
GigaOM is launching our ramp up of the London tech scene with a pub summit next Monday, July 8. Come say hi and have a pint with us!
The TechStars startup empire expands to Austin with new program
TechStars has opened a new startup accelerator program in the capital of Texas, roughly 90 miles up the road from its TechStars Cloud program in San Antonio. With SXSW and Google Fiber, Austin is hot.
TechStars NYC leader David Tisch steps down
David Tisch, the managing director of TechStars New York, is stepping away from his duties to pursue new projects. He will remain active with the accelerator program. His replacement has not been announced yet.
Box will fight Google Drive with ecosystem push
As Google Drive hits the cloud storage market like a gale force wind, Box continues to push itself as the cloud storage supplier for business. Box has refined its API to ease integration with third-party software and allied itself with New York-based incubators.
APIs & data dominate TechStars Cloud demo day
Eleven startups building the “plumbing of the internet” presented today for the TechStars Cloud demo day, and the common thread running through them all was making it easier to build app-like products and services as well as an obsession with data. Plus one cool consumer startup.