Posts Tagged ‘Red Hat’
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
 Patent for using a laser pointer to play with a cat. Some silly things get patented, such as the method patent issued for using a laser pointer to play with your cat. But in recent years, questions have been raised as to whether companies should be able to patent software and certain technological methods of doing things.
The whole open source software movement, which brought us Linux and spawned Red Hat, among many other firms, has been one result of questioning the value of software patents.
Patent trolls, firms that create nothing but buy patents solely to seek license fees from other companies are also a growing problem.
On the other hand, obtaining patent protection for innovations is one way both start-up companies and established ones build value.
Frugal Dad, a web site that offers insights on money, careers and coupons, created this infographic to highlight the “Problem with Patents.”
Source: http://frugaldad.com
Tags: Frugal Dad, infringement lawsuits, intellectual property, Linux, patent trolls, Red Hat, technology patents
Posted in infographic, Internet/New Media, IT, Legal | Comments Off
Friday, November 11th, 2011
 Gary Vaynerchuk keynotes the 2011 Internet Summit in Raleigh next week, which is nearly sold-out. Fewer than 50 seats remain for next week’s Internet Summit, which is bringing hundreds of digital media and marketing thought-leaders to the Raleigh, NC Convention Center Nov. 15-16.
The event, which attracts a capacity crowd, offers take-away insight into social media marketing, search engine optimization, ecommerce trends, email marketing, we and mobile analytics, big data, cloud computing, startup fund-raising and much more.
You’ll have access to visionary thought leaders who will share their insight and experience with you. Hear from the founders of companies like Twitpic, TheLadders & HowStuffWorks! Not enough? How about a Keynote from Top rated SXSW keynote and ‘Social Media King’ Gary Vaynerchuk?
That’s just a sampling of the more than 120 speakers and presenters that will be on hand.
We interviewed just a handful of the many presenters. For a preview of what thought-leaders will be presenting at the event see:
The Internet Summit’s Talented Speakers & Presenters include:
- Gary Vaynerchuk, Co-Founder, VaynerMedia
- Marc Cendella, Founder & CEO, TheLadders
- Marshall Brain, Founder, HowStuffWorks
- David Payne, Chief Digital Officer, Gannett
- Noah Everett, Founder, TwitPic and Heello
- Ro Choy, COO, Formspring
- Liz Strauss, Co-founder, SOBcon & LizStrauss.com
- Brian Hitney, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft
- David Perry, Business Development Executive, Google
- Jack Krawczyk, Sr Product Marketing Mgr, StumbleUpon
- Traug Keller, Sr VP of Production, ESPN
- Catherine Cook, Co-Founder, myYearbook
- Eric Ranta, SVP of Value Engineering, SAP
- Micahel Cristinziano, VP Strategic Development, Citrix
- Doug Smith, Dir Product Management, Taleo
- Malin Huffman, Head of Product Development, NetSuite
- Jerry Cuomo, CTO WebSphere, IBM
- Lee Congdon, CIO, RedHat
- Jeff Ragovin, Chief Revenue Officer, Buddy Media
- Peggy Fry, Chief Revenue Officer, Clearspring Technologies
- Mike Relm, Founder, Relmvision
- Bob Young, Founder & CEO, Lulu.com
- Donna DeMarco, Co-Founder & VP, Viddler
- Emily Keye, Marketing Strategist, Bronto
- Tammy Gordon, Dir Social Communications & Strategy, AARP
- Markus, Renstrom, Head of SEO, Yahoo!
- Dr. Manuel Aparicio, CEO & Co-Founder, Saffon Technologies
- Julianna DeLua, Enterprise Solutions Evangelist, Informatica
- Tony Haile, General Manager, Chartbeat
- Ryan Mannion, Chief Technology Officer, Politico
- David Giambruno, SVP and CIO, Revlon
- Gaurav Howard, Sr. Dir Product Marketing, Marketo
- Michael Lubek, CIO, GE Global Applications
- Angela Connor, Social Media Manager, Capstrat
- Ryan Allis, CEO, iContact
- Prerna Gupta, CEO, Khush
- Kevin Dando, Dir Digital & Education Communication, PBS
- Clint Smith, Co-Founder & CEO, Emma
- Matt Crenshaw, VP of Marketing, Discovery Communications
- Scott Gunter, VP of User Experience, Usability Sciences
- Lindsay Wassell, Partner & Consultant, KeyphraSEOlogy
- Steve Ashley, VP Internet Marketing, Market America
- Dennis Gullitto, APM Product Marketing Manager, Compuware
- Scott Baker, Sr. Mgr Virtualization & Cloud Engineering, NetApp
- Jeramiah Dooley, vArchitect, VCE/Cisco Virtualization
- Gerard Bush, Chief Creative Dir, The brpr Group
- Ted McDonald, Analyst, Verisign
- Rob Ousbey, VP Operations Seattle, Distilled
- David Gudai, VP of Marketing, Storkie
- Glenn Mersereau, Dir of Internet Marketing, PHE
- Jim Tobin, President, Ignite Social Media
- Kevin Pomplun, CEO, SkyGrid
- Sherry Bastion, Web Creative Director, Lenovo
- John Lovett, Sr Partner, Web Analytics Demystified
- Drew Diskin, Dir of Interactive & Web Strategy, Penn Medicine
- Lynette Montgomery, VP Ecommerce, Burt’s Bees
- Noah Dinkin, Co-Founder & President, FanBridge
- Jessica Bowman, SEOinhouse.com
- Todd Moy, Sr User Experience Designer, Viget Labs
- Donna Bedford, Global SEO Lead, Lenovo
- Francis Shepherd, Media Evangelist
- Dallas Lawrence, Chief Digital Strategist, Burson-Marsteller
- Karen Albritton, President, Capstrat
- Thuy LeDihn, Senior Marketing Manager, .ORG
- Adam Covati, Co-founder & CTO, Argyle Social
- Kyle Scott Richardson, Social Media, NC National Guard
- Cara Rousseau, Social Media Manager, Duke University
- Loren Baker, VP of Marketing, Blueglass
- Matthew Muñoz, Partner & Chief Design Officer, New Kind
- Jill Whalen, CEO, HighRankings
- Jason Caplain, General Partner, Southern Capitol Ventures
- David Heaney, Senior Associate, TomorrowVentures
- John Lawrence, Partner & CFO, Longworth Venture Partners
- Brooks Raiford, CEO, NCTA
- Roger Krakoff, Managing Partner, Cloud Capital Partners
- Charles Nicholls, Chief Strategy Officer, SeeWhy
- Jeff Campbell, VP & Co-Founder, Resolution Media
- Gary Storr, Business Architect & Solutions, Nortel
- Jeff Spivey, VP Board of Directors, ISACA
- Doug Hanna, CEO, A Small Orange
- Lisa, Braziel, Strategy Director, Ignite Social Media
- William Blackmon, CEO, LinkMein
- Chris Condayan, Public Outreach, Am Society for Microbiology
- Kyle Scott Richardson, Dir of Social Media, NC National Guard
- Jill Carlson, Marketing Manager, Argyle Social
- John Lane, VP Strategy & Creative, Centerline Digital
- Michael , Gowan, Associate Dir of Web Strategy, Duke Medicine
- Dana Kirchman, SVP Head of Client Operations, Lumi Mobile
Internet Summit is an outstanding learning experience mixed with prime networking opportunities and entertaining keynotes.
There’s even 5 additional hours of intense session digging deep into Social Media, SEO & Search, User Experience & Design and Analytics when you add the pre-conference to your registration.
Tags: AARP, Buddy Media, Capstrat, chartbeat, Clearspring Technologie, cloud computing, David Payne, David Perry, ecommerce trends, email marketing, ESPN, Gannett, Gary Vaynerchuk, Google, Howstuffworks, Internet Summit, Khush, Marshall Brain, measuring social, Microsoft, mobile presence, myYearbook, NC, NetSuite, Noah Everett, online advertising, paid search, Politico, Raleigh, Red Hat, reputation management, SAP, SEO, social media marketing, startup strategies, TheLadders, Twitpic, usability, web & mobile analytics, Yahoo
Posted in Amazon, Apple, best practices, Business advice, Carolinas, Cisco, Cloud, Education, entrepreneurship, Events, Facebook, games, Government/Defense, Internet/New Media, IT, Legal, LinkedIn, Marketing, Microsoft, Mobile, mobile games, North Carolina, smartphones, social media, Studies, surveys, reports, Tech Culture, TechLife, Telecommunications, video, Viewpoint | Comments Off
Monday, April 25th, 2011
 When a federal jury ruled against Google last week, awarding Bedrock Computer Technologies Inc. $5 million for infringement of a Linux kernel patent, it stirred up fears that the decision could have implications for other Linux users and Google’s much-sued Android mobile device operating system.
While Bedrock got no where near the $180 million it asked for in its suit against Google in the Eastern District of Texas federal court, it is cause for worry to other Linux users. Bedrock has also sued Amazon, MySpace, PayPal, Yahoo, AOL, and others, while Raleigh-based Red Hat, a Linux distributor, is suing Bedrock in an attempt to invalidate its patent. The Linux kernel is at the heart of Google servers and its Android OS is also built on Linux.
The patent in suit is: U.S. Patent No. 5,893,120, on “methods and apparatus for information storage and retrival using a hashing technique with external chaining and on-the-fly removal of expired data.”
In a statement, Google responded to the court decision, saying, “”Google will continue to defend against attacks like this one on the open source community. The recent explosion in patent litigation is turning the world’s information highway into a toll road, forcing companies to spend millions and millions of dollars defending old, questionable patent claims.”
Google’s Linux-based Andoid OS faces 14 other patent suits even as it has rapidly become the leading smartphone operating system.
This case and others – such as Apple Inc.’s against Samsung Electronics that claims Samsung copied iPad and iPhone designs – point up the need for some sort of patent reform when it comes to software.
Following the verdict in the Texas case, some analysts suggest others being sued may elect to pay fees rather than go to court.
TechJournal South is a TechMedia company. TechMedia presents the annual conferences:
SoutheastVentureConference: www.seventure.org
Internet Summit: www.internetsummit.com
Digital East: www.digitaleast.com
Digital Summit: www.digitalsummit.com
Tags: Amazon, Android OS, AOL, Bedrock Computer Technologies, East Texas District Court, Google loses Linux patent suit, Legal, Linux kernel, MySpace, PayPal, Red Hat, smartphones, Yahoo
Posted in Google, Internet/New Media, IT, Legal, smartphones | Comments Off
Monday, January 10th, 2011
 RALEIGH, NC – Red Hat, the major seller of Linux open source software, says it will keep its headquarters in Wake County and add more than 500 jobs over the next five years. The company currently employs about 700 people at its headquarters at North Carolina’s Centennial Campus.
North Carolina awarded Red Hat nearly $15 million in incentives for its two-tiered expansion.
The company will invedst $109 million in new headquarters in Wake County of 300,000 to 4000,000 square feet and add 540 jobs – 240 in the next four years and 300 in 2015 as it introduces new products.
Companies have to meet hiring goals to receive the full amounts of Job Development Investment Grants from the state.
Red Hat has not yet selected the site for its expansion, but said it will be in Wake County.
The company has acknowledged considering sites in Austin, Texas, Atlanta, Boston, and in nearby Durham, NC.
Tags: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Durham, Economic Development, jobs, NC, open source sofware, Raleigh, Red Hat, TX
Posted in Carolinas, Economic Development, IT, North Carolina, TechJobs | Comments Off
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
DURHAM, NC – Rumors about the possibility of Raleigh-based Red Hat (NYSE:RHT) moving its headquarters have persisted throughout 2010 and may be resolved next year, if talk on the street is correct.
Talk of moving the Linux software developer to the West Coast has been one rumor that former executives confirmed earlier this year never ceased to be discussed within the company.
Now, while the company has made no secret of needing larger digs than its current space at North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus in Raleigh, rumors suggest the company may be considering a move to Durham.
Much of the Research Triangle Park itself is in Durham, but a space there would be isolated from amenities just as the Centennial Campus is. Many RTP firms decry the lack of choice in restaurants or even a place to drop off dry cleaning and have for years. Still, the company could probably find the increased room it needs there and address remains prestigious.
Durham, on the other hand, has a flourishing tech community centered around the American Tobacco Campus that includes the recently opened American Underground, now home to CED and a number of start-ups, as well as some larger tech tenants.
Of course, Red Hat would want a much larger space – as much as 300,000 square feet, some say – but even being near the ATC would add to the collegial atmosphere of a more tightly knit tech community.
That seems to be the new paradigm for many technology centered parks these days, which are as likely to spring up in a downtown area of a city as in some dedicated industrial site.
The Piedmont Triad Research Park in Winston Salem, NC, and the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, NC, both life sciences oriented, were built on that new model of a community, not just an industrial park.
Rick Smith over at WRAL’s Local Tech Wire, has suggested the possibility of a Red Hat move to Durham. Capitol Broadcasting Co., owner of WRAL, is also an owner of The American Tobacco Campus.
Email TJS Editor Allan Maurer: Allan at TechJournalSouth dot com.
Tags: American Tobacco Campus, Centennial Campus, Durham, NCSU, Raleigh, Red Hat, rumor of Red Hat HQ move
Posted in Carolinas, IT, North Carolina, Tech Space | Comments Off
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
RALEIGH, NC – Raleigh-based Red Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT), a provider of open source solutions, has acquired Makara, a developer of deployment and management solutions for applications in the cloud. Makara’s technologies will accelerate the development of Red Hat’s comprehensive Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution as part of its Cloud Foundations portfolio. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Based in Redwood City, CA, Makara provides solutions to enable organizations to deploy, manage, monitor and scale their applications on both private or public clouds. Customers facing issues in moving applications to the cloud and managing them efficiently can benefit from Makara’s solutions for scaling, rightsizing, rollback and monitoring.
By integrating the JBoss Enterprise Middleware infrastructure with Makara’s Cloud Application Platform, Red Hat can offer a more comprehensive PaaS solution that allows organizations to quickly transition their applications to both public and private clouds with minimal modifications.
“PaaS is becoming another market for software vendors looking to deliver compelling enterprise solutions in the cloud,” said Rachel Chalmers, research director at the 451 Group. “By acquiring the cloud technologies developed by Makara, Red Hat is now in a position to address this market by creating solutions for enterprises looking for deployment, management and auto-scaling capabilities to be baked into the core platform.”
Tags: Acquisitions, CA, cloud technology, Makara, NC, open source software, Raleigh, Red Hat, Redwood City
Posted in Acquisitions, Carolinas, IT, North Carolina | Comments Off
Friday, November 12th, 2010
 RALEIGH, NC – With only a few days until the event, the Internet Summit 2010 is nearing capacity and says fewer than 40 seats remain available. The event expects record crowd for one of the nations largest web conferences, which brings more than 100 digital thought-leaders to the Raleigh Convention Center November 17-18th in Raleigh, NC.
Speakers represent top Internet, Media and Information Technology brands such as Microsoft, Google, SAS, Salesforce.com, Yahoo!, ABCNews.com, the Discovery Channel, Yelp, IBM, Cisco, Red Hat, Playboy, StumbleUpon, Autotrader.com, Mashable, ChannelAdvisor, ShopLocal, SkyMall and Lenovo among others.
They’ll be discussing topics such as social media, mobile marketing, search, analytics, cloud computing, big data, geolocation, usability, design and online advertising among many others – attendees walk away from the Internet Summit armed with the latest knowledge in Internet Marketing and business development best practices.
In addition, with numerous networking opportunities at the conference, attendees will develop instant relationships with key industry resources.
Tags: ABCNews.com, autotrader.com, ChannelAdvisor, Cisco, Google, IBM, Internet Summit, Mashable, Microsoft, NC, Playboy, Raleigh, Red Hat, Salesforce.com, SAS, ShopLocal, SkyMall and Lenovo, StumbleUpon, the Discovery Channel, Yahoo, Yelp
Posted in Carolinas, Events, Internet/New Media, North Carolina | Comments Off
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
RESEARCH TRIANGLE, NC – Tech Media’s 2010 Internet Summit, set for the Raleigh, NC Convention Center Nov. 17-18, has named the participants for its Demo Showcase, a display of top early-stage Web-centric firms.
In addition, the 2010 Internet Summit will feature over 100 industry expert speakers from such companies as Google, Cisco, Salesforce.com, Go Daddy, Microsoft, Autotrader.com, Yahoo!, Red Hat, Mashable, StumbleUpon, Playboy, Lulu, SkyMall, Discovery Channel and many more.
Internet Summit Demo Showcase companies are emerging high-growth firms from across the country that best represent the future of the Web. Participants include:
In addition to these firms, several additional Demo Showcase participants will be added before the event. Companies will exhibit and present to 1500+ Internet executives, online marketers, business strategists, entrepreneurs and investors.
Tags: autotrader.com, Cisco, demo showcase companies, Discovery Channel, Go Daddy, Google, Internet Summit 2010, Lulu, Mashable, Microsoft, NC, Playboy, Raleigh, Red Hat, Salesforce.com, SkyMall, StumbleUpon, Yahoo
Posted in Carolinas, Florida, Internet/New Media, IT, North Carolina | Comments Off
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
 RALEIGH, NC – North Carolina State University, in partnership with Southern Capitol Ventures, a North Carolina-based early-stage venture capital firm, is expanding a program launched three years ago to showcase some of Research Triangle Park’s biggest technology success stories to students in NC State’s Entrepreneurship Initiative .
The expanded program will now include students from other regional universities including Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The goal is to have students benefit from the exposure to all the companies they meet and begin to collaborate on their own ventures.
The next event will be held on October 22, 2010, with approximately 20 students from three universities participating.
Triangle Start-up Tour
The Triangle Start-Up Tour has experienced outstanding participation over the last three years with the participation of following companies:
Argyle Social, Bandwidth.com, Bluestripe Software, Bronto Software, Burt’s Bees, Canvas On Demand, Capitol Broadcasting, ChannelAdvisor, Cisco, Cree, Digitalsmiths, eTix, Global Value Commerce, Hosted Solutions, iContact, Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Pocketgear, Preation, Red Hat, ReverbNation, SAS, SciQuest, SchoolDude, SchoolHouse, ShareFile, Spoonflower, Square 1 Bank, StatSheet, StrikeIron, The Venue Network, Therasim and Zift Solutions.
This program is similar in many ways to the NC State Entrepreneurship Initiative’s annual Spring Break field trip to Silicon Valley, where students have toured companies like Facebook, Apple, Google and Kleiner Perkins.
Usually, a founder or senior-level executive talks about the history of the company, what they are doing today and answers questions from students. Dr. Tom Miller, the EI’s executive director and vice provost for Distance Education and Learning Technology, has led that Silicon Valley trip for the last eight years.
Better known in Silicon Valley than our own backyard
“Several years ago, Bill Campbell, the chairman of Intuit, heard we were coming to town and changed his schedule so that he could meet with our students. I realized then that we were better known in Silicon Valley than in our own backyard, and that we should be giving our students the opportunity to interact with the entrepreneurial companies and thought leaders in our state,” said Dr. Tom Miller.
“Three years ago, we launched this program to build greater awareness so that students are exposed to some of the great technology development happening here in North Carolina,” said Jason Caplain, general partner at Southern Capitol Ventures.
“We continue to be impressed with the caliber of the students that are graduating from universities in North Carolina, and we hope this added network helps retain more students here in the region.”
Tags: Argyle Social, Bandwidth.com, Bluestripe Software, Bronto Software, Burt’s Bees, Canvas On Demand, Capitol Broadcasting, ChannelAdvisor, Cisco, Cree, Digitalsmiths, Duke University, eTix, Global Value Commerce, hosted solutions, icontact, Inspire Pharmaceuticals, NCSU, PocketGear, Preation, Red Hat, ReverbNation, SAS, SchoolDude, SchoolHouse, SciQuest, ShareFile, Southern Capitol Ventures, Spoonflower, Square 1 Bank, StatSheet, StrikeIron, The Venue Network, Therasim, Triangle Startup Tour expanding, UNC Chapel Hill, Zift Solutions
Posted in Carolinas, Events, North Carolina | Comments Off
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
 DURHAM, NC – Zift Solutions, a ca SaaS company that increases channel sales by enabling channel partners to create and execute measurably better marketing campaigns, has extended its A round to $1.5 million. The company added Kinetic Ventures as an investor in addition to Southern Capitol Ventures, which invested $500,000 in June.
Jake Tarr, Kinetic Ventures managing director, joins the Zift board.
The company has also moved its headquarters from Raleigh to Durham, NC.
Founded in 2006, Zift provides a SaaS solution that allows clients to cost effectively deliver branded multi-channel marketing that includes online advertising, content syndication, SEO optimization, event management and e-mail marketing to channel partners.
The content can be created once and used by all channel partners on demand. The channel partners are provided easy access to the marketing programs, which are customized to reflect their unique branding. All partners can view their dashboard which measures each marketing campaign’s effectiveness and provide other key metrics.
“Companies like Red Hat use them to allow their partners to log in and customize Red Hat content, add their own contact information and logo and send it out,” explains Caplain.
“We look forward to working with the seasoned management team at Zift Solutions,” said Caplain. “As a repeat team, their technology and operational expertise has helped them scale the company quickly and surge ahead of their competitors.”
The Zift team has experience in delivering web-based enterprise marketing solutions to American Express, Target, National Geographic, AOL, Novartis, and to top agencies like Leo Burnett and Carmichael Lynch.
At the time of the initial funding, Jason Caplain, general partner of Southern Capitol Ventures told us, “Companies like Red Hat use them to allow their partners to log in and customize Red Hat content, add their own contact information and logo and send it out.”
He also said he thinks the firm has “One of the best management teams in the Triangle.”
We profiled Zift shortly after its initial funding. See:
Zift Solutions: take the money and run to stay ahead of the pack
Tags: Durham, financing, Jason Caplain, Kinetic Ventures, NC, Raleigh, Red Hat, SaaS, Southern Capitol Solutions, Zift Solutions
Posted in Carolinas, Internet/New Media, IT, Marketing, North Carolina | Comments Off
|
|
|
