socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Damid Davidovic: What's really exciting is we've launched another concept this year, which is basically a fully blow human resources, software-as-a-service platform. As you know, SuccessFactors was bought by SAP, Taleo was bought by Oracle, and the only independent companies left are Cornerstone OnDemand and Workday. READ MORE>>.

Software Review 243

Software Review SaaS Startup Technical Review 243

Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The goal of the combined entity is to provide a leading data platform. Palo Alto, CA-based Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR ) and Santa Clara, CA-based Hortonworks (NASDAQ: HDP ) said they expect the merger to close during the first quarter of 2019 if it passes an antitrust review. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Platform 93

Platform Software Review Web Pricing 93

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

M&A has shown some spectacular results including Zappos to Amazon for $928million , Sun to Oracle for $7.4 Much like iPhone is the only mobile platform in town, Facebook is the only “closed network” social networking platform in town. billion and Omniture to Adobe for an astounding $1.8

Venture Capital 255

Venture Capital Marketing Startup Social Network 255

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

Immediately after the acquisition we held meetings with all of the integrated CMS vendors and highlighted to them which bits we were going to make our core platform and which bits we weren’t planning to offer ourselves. Often these were things that would make Salesforce more competitive vis-a-vis Oracle and Microsoft.

Acquisition 287

Acquisition Develop Development Conference 287

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

I had long ago ceded the knowledge and responsibility for making the detailed technical recommendations about platforms, databases, hosting solutions, etc. So I would go to lunch with our senior architect and ask 50 questions about the differences between Postgres , MySQL and Oracle databases.

Startup 308

Startup CTO Coach Technical Review CTO Hire 308

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2009

I'd used every CRM tool out there--Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft--you name it, I've used it. We're developing this to also work with Microsoft Dynamics and Oracle in the future. First, it would hurt them in the Force.com space, because the word would get out quickly that they'd copied someone on their platform. Speaking of Force.

Oracle 145

Oracle Sales Startup Screening 145

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Excited about Oracle Open World? I’ve been invited to attend this year by Dun & Bradstreet to learn about how their data solutions power the Oracle Cloud Platform. The post Empowering Oracle OpenWorld with Data from Dun & Bradstreet appeared first on TechZulu. But what is it exactly?

Oracle 40

Oracle Advertising Marketing Study 40

InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

I work for Hubba, a Toronto startup that has built a sharing platform that takes a unique "big data" approach to data management for brands and retailers. We decided to shake things up and take a risk at the biggest data management summit, attended by multi-billion dollar corporations, including IBM, Oracle and Informatica.

Marketing 239

Marketing Conference Startup RSS 239

TechEmpower

MARCH 27, 2013

Preview builds of Java 8, specifically the "Project Lambda" builds, can be downloaded from java.net: Java™ Platform, Standard Edition 8 Early Access with Lambda Support. The Java 8 javadocs are hosted locally for the time being because I don't know of an official, Oracle-hosted location for them. Interface improvements.

Java 560

Java Class Software Review Examples 560

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

When I started my first company in 1999 we spent more than $2 million on technology infrastructure including Sun servers & Solaris operating system, Oracle databases, EMC storage, load balancers, app servers, back-up devices, disk mirrors and on and on. Cloud Data Platform. Okta solves this and more. Business Logic.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

That data can come from an existing business intelligence system, like SAP, Oracle, IBM, or Salesforce.com. Quinton Alsbury: One of the surprising things to us, which is you wouldn't think that launching a new startup, on a very new technology platform at the time, the iPhone, would get you the biggest companies in the world.

Mobile 170

Mobile Oracle Startup Content 170

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

It’s not uncommon for incredibly smart and talented Phd’s or CS majors from Stanford to raise $10 million on an early-stage “platform&# that if it succeeds it will be huge. As a result many funds are OK with big bets. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages.

Companies 290

Companies Company Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

More specifically, we are a real time bidding platform which enables marketplaces to be set up, where an advertiser can bid on consumers who are in the process of buying a particular product. Starting with that vision, we acquired a company that had built the base platform, based in Guatemala. It was a question of build versus buy.

Media 162

Media Advertising Startup Platform 162

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

We've been two years in development, and are excited to provide a revolutionary platform for web sites, blogs, and social sites to create and grow their international business. NativeTung is a cloud-based platform, which includes some software which runs on the web site, which ensures synchronization of the translation at all times.

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

He spent nearly five years at each of Salesforce.com and Oracle and was an Area VP at Salesforce leading sales efforts at some of the largest clients that Salesforce.com has. In all my time investing I have never seen such a senior revenue officer join a company at this stage.

Software 105

Software Mobile Artificial Inteligence Oracle 105

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Mark Douglas, Steelhouse President and CEO, is formerly from Oracle and was the VP of Technology at eHarmony. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Fun Fact: Technology is in their DNA. Incubator: Amplify LA. E-Commerce: Nasty Gal.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

I work for Hubba, a Toronto startup that has built a sharing platform that takes a unique "big data" approach to data management for brands and retailers. We decided to shake things up and take a risk at the biggest data management summit, attended by multi-billion dollar corporations, including IBM, Oracle and Informatica.

Marketing 133

Marketing Conference Startup Oracle 133

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? But who else is going to get out there and close your big biz dev deals with you? Are you going to do all of this? Evidence over the past year would suggest otherwise. You have too much on your plate.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Leftronic is a real-time data visualization platform for startups. All of TriNet’s services are supported by a team of dedicated human capital consultants and experts, and enabled by best-in-class HR technology from Oracle-PeopleSoft. CitySourced is a real time mobile civic engagement platform.

CalTech 91

CalTech Companies Company Idealab 91

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

So we brought in experience hand Mark Woodward who had taken 2 companies public and had a storied sales leadership turned CEO career where he learned in academy-rich Oracle. Jason himself had enjoyed “the art of the start” as I think Guy Kawasaki once coined.

Funding 150

Funding Startup SaaS Venture Capital 150

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

One is the traditional buyer, the Microsofts, Oracles, Googles, and Ciscos of the world, with their cash. Are you looking to build a big platform, or build something for a $100M exit? I think we'll see a big increase in IPOs in 2017, but I think there will be, more dramatically, a big pickup in M&A.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

We provide an event and experiential marketing platform. If you look at the marketing cloud, at companies like Salesforce, Oracle, and Adobe, they are providing the consumer marketing cloud. We're in Santa Monica, and sometime people think we're a venue or rental space for events, but what we are, is a 100 percent software company.

Sales 100

Sales Santa Monica Startup Orange County 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The platform works across messengers, starting with the ubiquitous messenger that exists in 3.2Bn devices: SMS. Started at Oracle as one of its first employees. Early 30s: Got really serious about her career and started her company LaunchBit, an adtech platform for SaaS marketers. Categories: mobile consumer, on-demand, chat.

Fractional VPE 40

Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

All of TriNet’s services are supported by a team of dedicated human capital consultants and experts, and enabled by best-in-class HR technology from Oracle-PeopleSoft. ProjectFresh was founded in 2002 as a platform to launch projects and companies that have a shared set of goals: To galvanize community and to promote cross-pollination.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

While the focus perhaps should instead be on the conversations themselves and integrating them across whatever platforms within which they are taking place, the view today is instead still too much on individual tools and channels. This could also address some of the disconnect between older and newer social media platforms I outlined above.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I would see this many times of the next decade where I learned that nearly every part of the web that involved monetization was immediately gamed and arms races emerged between platforms to combat abuse and people looking for a quick buck. In fact, the platforms weren’t always so quick to crack down as many of them benefitted financially.

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210