News Analysis: SnapLogic Snaps Up $20M In Series C Funding For Cloud Integration

News Analysis: SnapLogic Snaps Up $20M In Series C Funding For Cloud Integration

News Analysis: SnapLogic Snaps Up $20M In Series C Funding For Cloud Integration

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 07:18 PM PDT

Ignition Partners Injects $20M in Series C For Hot Cloud Integration Market On September 19th,2012,  SnapLogic closed its Series C funding round.  The latest funding round: Strengthens product offerings. SnapLogic offers an integration platform, integration server, integration design tool, and integration market place designed for the cloud world. With almost 100 Snaps [...]


Analysis: Chavez win means more of the same for Venezuela oil

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 10:45 PM PDT

Venezuelan worker from state oil company PDVSA takes part in a protest against U.S. sanctions against the company in CaracasCARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez's re-election on Sunday means Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA will remain highly politicized and will continue its discount supply deals with his socialist allies. Chavez, 58, won a new six-year term with more than 54 percent of the vote against opposition rival Henrique Capriles, a young state governor who sought to end his 14-year, self-styled revolution. ...

Analysis: Chavez win means more of the same for Venezuela oil

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 11:05 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez's re-election on Sunday means Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA will remain highly politicized and will continue its discount supply deals with his socialist allies.

Rio de Janeiro mayor wins re-election bid

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 07:37 PM PDT

Eduardo Paes' victory means he will remain at city's helm during 2016 Summer Olympics.


Turkey fires artillery into Syria after shelling

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 10:07 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish forces fired across the frontier into Syria on Sunday after a shell launched from Syria landed in Turkey's border town of Akcakale, underlining Ankara's warning that it will respond with force to any violence spilling over into its territory.

U.S. Congress Flags China's Huawei, ZTE As Security Threats

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 05:37 PM PDT

In early 2011, Chinese telecom-equipment giant Huawei made an unusual request to the U.S. Congress. In an open letter, it asked lawmakers who had raised questions about Huawei's strategic mission to consider a full investigation into the company's U.S. operations. The letter's author, deputy chairman Ken Hu quoted Abraham Lincoln [...]


Getting To The Bottom Of What Clients Think Of Agencies

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 05:34 PM PDT

A new online survey among 1,900 business leaders in marketing, media, and procurement by my firm, Avidan Strategies, a marketing consulting and agency search and compensation firm, reveals that their view of agencies' performance is dim. Clients are being asked to deliver more with less and are seeking a "better, faster, cheaper" attitude from agencies.


Chavez wins third re-election in tightest race yet

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 10:02 PM PDT

Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez celebrate at the Miraflores presidential palace late Sunday Oct. 7, 2012. Venezuela's electoral council said late Sunday President Hugo Chavez has won re-election, defeating challenger Henrique Capriles. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)President Hugo Chavez won re-election and a new endorsement of his socialist project Sunday, surviving his closest race yet after a bitter campaign in which the opposition accused him of unfairly using Venezuela's oil wealth and his near total control of state institutions to his advantage.

Silicon Valley: Work-Life Balance Is For Losers, Not Closers

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 05:20 PM PDT

In Silicon Valley, is the pursuit of work-life balance a sign of weakness or lack of serious commitment?


Program Access Reform at the FCC: Are Exclusive Programming Deals a Good Thing?

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 04:27 PM PDT

Last week, the FCC decided not to extend certain provisions of the "program access" protections of the 1992 Cable Act. Reading the popular press gives one the false impression that the entire program-access regime was taken apart. In reality, the ban on exclusive distribution arrangements between cable operators and cable networks will [...]


Derecho Power Outages in Perspective

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 04:26 PM PDT

On June 29, 2012, a severe storm system, known as a Derecho, barreled through the Ohio Valley and the Mid-Atlantic region, leaving 4.2 million customers without electric power across 11 states and the District of Columbia.  In many instances, customers remained without electric power for a week or longer. Given the severity [...]


Chavez wins re-election, electoral council says

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 08:15 PM PDT

Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez cheer after polling stations closed and before any results were made available in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Venezuela's electoral council says Chavez has won re-election, defeating challenger Henrique Capriles. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)President Hugo Chavez won re-election Sunday, defeating challenger Henrique Capriles and gaining six more years to cement his legacy and press ahead with his crusade for socialism in Venezuela.

SpaceX Cargo Launch To ISS Is Successful

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 04:19 PM PDT

The SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched the Dragon space capsule on Sunday. This marks the first commercial cargo mission to the Station.


Girl Talk's Gregg Gillis On Copyright, Curation and Making Mashups Rhyme

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 04:06 PM PDT

Gregg Gillis, the brains and body behind the electronic mashup project called Girl Talk, is the hardest-working man in show business. That his music is almost wholly composed of samples of other pop musicians, makes his work relevant to the over-shared and under-curated electronic world we experience online.


Venezuela's Hugo Chavez wins re-election

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 11:06 PM PDT

Chavez wins his fourth term in office after defeating opposition challenger Henrique Capriles, electoral office says.


Grace Hopper Celebration Boasts Technical (And Non-Technical) Female Founders Of Startups Who Have Celebrated Startup Acquisitions And IPOs

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 03:55 PM PDT

Celebrating GHC attendees and women entrepreneurs who exit! Last week, Women 2.0 attended the Grace Hopper Celebration in Baltimore, Maryland alongside literally thousands of women engineers, ranging from college students and academics to working professionals. Amidst the throngs of tech-savvy women, we spied a few notable women, including Robin Chase who [...]


Hacker Attack 'Kills' Thousands In World Of Warcraft

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 03:54 PM PDT

VideoA still from the game Sunday showing the corpses and skeletons of suddenly-dead players. World of Warcraft just got hit with the gaming world's version of World War III. Some thousands of players' avatars suddenly dropped dead across the massive multiplayer game's virtual cities Sunday morning as a result of what the [...]


Movie Review: Why Atlas Shrugged, Part II Is a Must See Film

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 02:53 PM PDT

Atlas Shrugged, Part II, shows the horrifying end result of weak-kneed governmental efforts meant to make society more equal. We've been warned.


Terry, Messi, Ronaldo, MLS Handicappping, Managing A Dangerous Profession And Rangers Snagged By The Binos

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 02:45 PM PDT

1. Why John Terry is like an earthquake A week after the FA found Chelsea centre half and captain John Terry guilty of racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand a 63-page report was released. It outlined the reasons for the guilty verdict and detailed how the regulatory commission that heard the [...]


With ‘sabotage’ charge, Iran takes hostile tone with U.N. watchdog

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 06:22 PM PDT

VIENNA — Iran is ratcheting up pressure on the U.N. agency responsible for overseeing the country's nuclear program, accusing its inspectors of engaging in spying and sabotage and threatening to restrict U.N. access to Iranian nuclear facilities.

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