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How to Make Sure Professional Services Don’t Take Over Your Software Company

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deliver profitable revenue that while on gross margins of 50% vs. software at 85-95% it is still profits to help you cover fixed costs. You don’t want to run the risk that having a PS business that takes your eye of off the ball of growing a large software business. That is the software business. rollout support.

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Intellectual Property – Worthless To A Startup, Priceless To A Big Dumb Company

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Intellectual Property (IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. However, to a Big Dumb Company (BDC), a startup’s IP is a thing of beauty. How can IP be worthless to a startup yet very worthwhile to a BDC? Because IP has intrinsic value, but only in the right hands. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model.

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D2 Technologies Expands Android Support

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Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of embedded IP communications products, said today that it has enhanced its products to support multiple, Android device types. D2's software is used to implement voice and video calls, instant messaging, and other features for smart phone makers. READ MORE>>.

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Verimatrix Sells Silicon IP Business To Rambus

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San Diego-based Verimatrix , which develops security software for set-top box makers and others, has sold one of its business units--its Silicon IP and Secure Protocols business--to Rambus , in a deal worth $65M in cash. According to Verimatrix, the move will help it become a "pure player" in software. READ MORE>>.

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Catalog Collects $1.5M For AI Software For Visual Artists

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Los Angeles-based Catalog , a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, has raised $1.5M The startup--led by Patrick Ip--develops software to automate the creation of custom visual content for brands. in a seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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Annual IP Case Law Review

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Thursday, November 4, 2010 -- CommNexus Presents: Annual IP Case Law Review. Supreme Court which affected whether software and business methods are patentable. Join in a panel discussion of the cases that were decided and that have affected the landscape of patent law this past year.

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Guidance Software Rolls Out Updated Software

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Pasadena-based computer forensics software maker Guidance Software said this morning that it has launched an updated version of its EnCase Endpoint Investigator software. The company said the new software features "off-network" data collection, aimed at helping collect data on mobile devices and endpoints. READ MORE>>.

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