Track News & React
Here's all the news and commentary about DEMO alumni companies and emerging technology trends written by DEMO writers and analysts. Please comment on stories of interest to you.
Dark Economy Spawns Bright Innovation
By Chris Shipley•10/07/2008
With each day’s headlines bringing more grim economic news, it’s no wonder that the most-often asked question in my circles these days is about the impact of a shaky economy on the innovation ecosystems in Silicon Valley and around the world. Read more
OpenACircle.com Wins 'Best in Show' Contest
By DEMO Conference Team•09/22/2008
With more than 10,000 votes cast over the past 10 days, OpenACircle.com came out on top of the DEMOfall 08 'Best in Show' contest capturing more than one quarter of the total with 2,611 online votes. Read more
Online HDTV - hype, not reality TV yet
By Jeanette Borzo•09/17/2008
To hear the operators of content-delivery networks — and their investors — tell it, you’d think that high-definition TV (HDTV) and video ruled the Internet. While they may in a few years, only those who survive a coming market shakeout will benefit. For consumers, meanwhile, online high definition video is more science fiction than reality television. Read more
Six Apart introduces virtual version of Movable Type blogging software
By Mary A. C. Fallon•09/17/2008
Blog pioneer Six Apart Ltd. (DEMOfall 05 and DEMO 04) today announced a "virtual" version of its popular Movable Type blogging software powered by a JumpBox virtual appliance to simplify developing and producing blogs by eliminating what can be elaborate set-up and configuring procedures of installing Movable Type on a Web server. Read more
Plastic Logic opens first plastic electronics factory
By Mary A. C. Fallon•09/17/2008
A week after introducing its concept for skinny, light digital reader for business, Plastic Logic Ltd. (DEMOfall 08) today opened in Dresden, Germany the world's first commercial-scale, fully-automated plastic electronics factory. Plastic Logic's first reader is expected to be available early next year. A few hundred people attended the opening ceremony this morning. Read more
MindTouch and SnapLogic augment CRM with collaboration tools
By Mary A. C. Fallon•09/16/2008
Open-source enterprise collaboration platform provider MindTouch of San Diego, CA (DEMOfall 06) and data integrator SnapLogic, Inc. of San Mateo, CA have partnered to add collaboration tools to customer relationship management applications SugarCRM and salesforce.com. Read more
Education.com syndicates popular SchoolFinder as widget and API
By Mary A. C. Fallon•09/15/2008
SailPoint's new Identity IQ 3.0 bridges gap between business and IT users
By Mary A. C. Fallon•09/15/2008
SailPoint Technologies, Inc. of Austin, TX (DEMO 07) later this month will make available the newest version of its Read more
application - Identity IQ 3.0 - (formerly known as ComplianceIQ), which controls and manages user access to sensitive data and applications inside a firewall using analytics and advanced data mining. Pricing starts at $150,000.
matchmine adds OpenID and portability functions
By Mary A. C. Fallon•09/15/2008
matchmine (DEMOfall 07) of Needham, MA, a media discovery network, today announced three major enhancements to improve users' experience and support open source and portability. Read more
