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Nigel Beighton
CIO Profile From there, he went on to set up his own venture capital consultancy and advisor business with two partners in the midst of the internet bubble, and joined lastminute.com as CTO, up to its sale to Sabre/Travelocity. [11 Jun 2008]
SMS snitch pilot targets knife crime in schools
News If successful, the plan is for the service to be rolled out to schools across the Capital and potentially even nationwide. The system is a joint venture between mobile transaction network mBlox and Anderson Software, LLC, which makes software apps... [03 Jun 2008]
Where will the Silicon Dragon swoop next?
Comment The country has the fastest growing venture capital market in the world and is rapidly growing into a tech titan to rival the established hotspots. China has already made its presence felt on the world technology stage. [03 Jun 2008]
Nationwide WiMax in next two years?
News There will be WiMax coverage across the UK within the next two years, the managing director of Intel Capital EMEA has claimed. On Wednesday, a joint venture in the US was announced, involving Sprint Nextel and Clearwire, with $1bn in funding from... [09 May 2008]
Yahoo! - Microsoft walks away
News Todd Dagres, general partner at venture capital fund Spark Capital, said: "This is going to play out over the next several months and there is still a chance Microsoft will buy the company for somewhere around $33 a share. [06 May 2008]
The Naked CIO: IT staff disloyalty
Comment Grassroots innovation, venture capital and new ideas stemming from the creative minds of young talent is the key to the success of UK technology in years to come. Gone are the days when loyalty to your employer counted for something. [31 Mar 2008]
Understanding and Preventing Spyware in the Enterprise
White Paper Online advertising fueled by venture capital funding, and with the large amount of users spending more time surfing the Internet will continue to increase. Spyware continues to evolve and expand across the Internet. [08 Mar 2008]
T-Mobile injects cash into femtocells
News T-Mobile Venture Fund - part of the operator's venture-capital wing - has announced it too would be putting an unspecified amount of money into Ubiquisys. Axel Kolb, a fund manager at T-Mobile Venture Fund, said: "Femtocells are fundamental to the... [04 Mar 2008]
'Clean-tech' grabbing a slice of venture capital
News IT venture capitalists are investing in clean-tech and internet-specific businesses, according to results of the 2007 MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. [21 Jan 2008]
Cisco places faith in remote access
News Previous investors Intel Capital and Clearstone Venture Partners were also involved in the investment round. Cisco has invested in SoonR, a company that offers mobile-phone users remote access to their desktops. [14 Jan 2008]
Revealed: The hottest tech to invest in
News The five technologies have been highlighted by Intel Capital, the venture investment arm of the microprocessor giant. Intel Capital scouts for promising technology companies and invests in them either as acquisitions or to exit when they end up... [18 Dec 2007]
Post Office COO moves on
News He said: "It will be about playing in the venture capital space. The Post Office director of operations Ric Francis is leaving the organisation to embark on a career in independent consultancy. A Post Office spokesman confirmed Francis is leaving... [05 Nov 2007]
Will Apple's iPhone drive citywide wi-fi?
News Bill Gurley, a general partner at the venture capital firm Benchmark Capital, told conference attendees that the wi-fi enabled iPhone, along with RIM's newly announced Blackberry 8820 and other wi-fi enabled handsets will help drive the need for... [24 Oct 2007]
Vinod Khosla
AS Profile Indian-born Khosla is another big figure in the venture capital world and has been picked out by the Agenda Setters panel for his significant influence on the direction of technology investment. He then moved to venture capital group Kleiner... [12 Oct 2007]
Michael Moritz
AS Profile The leading venture capitalist on the 2007 list, Moritz has been involved in technology investment and was influential when Sequoia Capital invested in Yahoo way back in 1995, before the potential of the internet was fully appreciated. [12 Oct 2007]
