THE BUSINESS OF TECHNOLOGY
BMC Software agreed to privatize itself in $6.9 billion sale to a group of investors led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital. The deal pays $46.25 per share to the buyer’s group which includes the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation and Insight Venture Partners. That’s a 14 percent premium on BMC’s share price on May 11, 2012, the … [Read more...]
By MATT GALLAGHER, Red Herring Harnessing the power of ammonia, Ductor hopes to revolutionize both garden farming and gas tanks by the end of this summer. The company is developing what it claims to be the world’s first industrial scale ammonia and phosphate production technology based on a 100 percent biological process that actually reduces … [Read more...]
by MATT GALLAGHER, Red Herring Everyone has that little voice inside them that wonders in the middle of the night whether or not the front door is locked. Do you get up to check or stay in bed as the worries seep into bad dreams? When it comes to SSH keys, however, most companies don't even realize that up to 10,000 unlocked back doors may be … [Read more...]
By Matt Gallagher, Red Herring Albeit remotely, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rang the opening bell on NASDAQ as its IPO debuted on the stock exchange. In pure hacker fashion, the world's youngest billionaire punched a remote control NASDAQ button from its offices in Palo Alto, following an all-night hackathon where Facebook employees tinkered on … [Read more...]
By Matt Gallagher, Red Herring As Stem's bare bones website mysteriously states, “Don't turn off the lights.” Recently launched out of stealth mode and landing a Series A investment of $10.2 million, the company takes a green energy approach to energy savings without asking companies to turn off a single switch or modify what they're doing in … [Read more...]
By Matt Gallagher, Red Herring Using Internet and other technology, EveryoneCounts reinvents the cast of the ballot. The company strives to bring elections to any Internet device or phone to make voting as easy as Facebook. And it works. When the State of Oregon used Everyone Counts to make it possible to vote from an iPad, voter participation … [Read more...]
Pennies on the dollar is certainly a disruptive technological concept. For mere pennies, Vidyo provides video conferencing that's as good and perhaps even much better than what the competition charges for by the dollar. Its patented VidyoRouter architecture enables intelligent Adaptive Video Layering technology, optimizing video content … [Read more...]