10 posts and columns on Scott Denne

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Explosion of Text-Message Spam Creates Space for Cloudmark

in News on May 12 at 1:15 pm PT

Spam is still a nuisance, but controlling unwanted email messages represents one of the few success stories in the security industry these days. A more sophisticated form of that threat has been gaining ground on mobile phones, however.

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Is Flash Memory the Way to Go for Storage Start-Ups?

in News on August 24, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

There’s near universal agreement that flash will replace hard disk drives in enterprise storage, but it’s not clear if it’s a new feature for established vendors or a disruptive opportunity to build a new, lasting company.

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Kaminario Gives Data Storage A DRAMatic Speed Boost

in News on March 8, 2011 at 2:30 pm PT

Many start-ups are developing technology to give data storage a speed boost, mostly by using flash memory, the kind of chip found in mobile devices like smartphones and digital cameras.

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Start-Up Uses "Virtualization" to Defend Against Cyber Attacks

in News on December 14, 2010 at 4:01 pm PT

Invincea Inc. is using virtualization to help companies plug holes in their cyber-security defenses and fend off threats before they become well known.

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Easing The Transition To Cloud Storage

in News on August 16, 2010 at 1:26 pm PT

Outsourcing data storage wasn’t successful the first time around, but venture capitalists are optimistic about the second attempt. In 1999, Paul Flanagan became one of the early employees at StorageNetworks Inc., a company that rented and managed data storage equipment so its customers wouldn’t have to buy their own. The company was an immediate hit, reaching $123 million in annual sales in its third year of business.

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New TV Tech Could Be Boon for Venture-Backed Chip Companies

in News on July 26, 2010 at 8:21 am PT

The move to new display technologies and demand for new applications are turning televisions into the next growth segment for chip companies, and venture-backed companies could benefit. Annual sales of semiconductors into televisions will grow by $2.9 billion this year to $12.2 billion, according to a new report from iSuppli, a semiconductor research firm that expects that pace of growth to continue on through next year.

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Philip Eliot of Paladin Capital: Cyber Security Is Not Going Away

in News on February 9, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

As high-profile cyber attacks, like the one that recently hit Google Inc., become more common, Internet security is getting more attention at commercial organizations and especially in the government.

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VC-Backed Companies Could Be Next On H-P's Shopping List

in News on November 12, 2009 at 4:58 pm PT

When Hewlett-Packard Co. announced the $2.7 billion purchase of 3Com Corp., it let the world know that H-P intends to compete fully with Cisco Systems Inc. in the corporate data center. With its strength in Ethernet, 3Com gives HP a major piece of the pie, but it still needs a few more slices if it wants to be a one-stop-shop for data centers.

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Venture Firms Making Bets on Forex Start-Ups

in News on October 9, 2009 at 3:00 pm PT

Foreign exchange trading has grown rapidly in popularity among individual investors in this last decade, and that opportunity has not been lost on venture capitalists who have put their money behind the trend.