Jul 6th, 2010 by newsroom
magnify.net, a social video site that lets website publishers create video channels, has expanded their video ad offering - which was covered by techcrunch.
This video advertising product, named elastic inventory, allows publishers who use magnify to insert their own pre-roll ads in the embedded videos.
Additional information can be found in the Magnify techcrunch article.
Jul 5th, 2010 by David Baum
As one of the original seed investors in Carbonite (www.carbonite.com), the leading online backup service provider, I often worry about data backup. As we move toward a nearly 100% digital life with digital documents, contacts, calendars, to do lists, music, photos, financial statements, etc it becomes extremely important that we backup our digital data, because the digital data has become our lives.
As we move toward cloud computing, backup becomes more nebulous. Certainly the online providers are backing up our data in mass to protect themselves from major data center disasters, but in a multi-tenant environment, what happens to the individual when they lose their cloud data?
Carbonite, a leading provider of online backup, announced CEO and Co-Founder David Friend has been named winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 Award in New England. Friend received the honor at a special gala event on June 24 at the Boston Renaissance Waterfront Hotel. As a result of this accomplishment, he now is competing for the national Entrepreneur of the Year award, which will be announced in November.
"I’m humbled that my friends and colleagues who nominated me, and the distinguished E&Y judges who selected me, deem me worthy of this prestigious recognition," said Friend. "Carbonite is my sixth startup since college and each has been more fun than the last. Frankly, the rewards of being an entrepreneur for 40 years have been enough to make me a very happy man. So being selected as E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year is really frosting on the cake."
Congratulations, Dave. Additional information can be found in the Carbonite Blog .
Jul 1st, 2010 by newsroom
InnerPass, a premium Skype application, is leading the charge to improve online education by enhancing distance learning. OAK horizons, a provider of medical training programs, is the latest client to utilize InnerPass technology.
By deploying InnerPass, OAK Horizons is able to implement a system that could facilitate real-time collaboration, content sharing and tutorials between teachers and students. In case the student puts in a request for extra time with an instructor, the instructor can easily set up small-group tutorials and invite the students to a participate in a live session.
Additional information can be found in the InnerPass / Reuters Press Release, with additional coverage in allbusiness.com and TMCNet.