Zoom launches $100M Zoom Apps investment fund Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Ron Miller - April 19, 20210 When Zoom launched Zoom Apps and the Marketplace as a place to sell them last year, it was a big signal that the company wanted to be more than just a popular video conferencing application. It wanted to be a platform, which developers could use to build applications on top
Once VMware is free from Dell, who might fancy buying it? Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Ron Miller - April 18, 20210 TechCrunch has spilled much digital ink tracking the fate of VMware since it was brought to Dell’s orbit thanks to the latter company’s epic purchase of EMC in 2016 for $58 billion. That transaction saddled the well-known Texas tech company with heavy debts. Because the deal left VMware a public
Should Dell have pursued a more aggressive debt-reduction move with VMware? Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Ron Miller - April 15, 20210 When Dell announced it was spinning out VMware yesterday, the move itself wasn’t surprising; there had been public speculation for some time. But Dell could have gone a number of ways in this deal, despite its choice to spin VMware out as a separate company with a constituent dividend instead
Dell is spinning out VMware in a deal expected to generate over $9B for the company Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Ron Miller - April 14, 20210 Dell announced this afternoon that it’s spinning out VMware, a move that has been suspected for some time. Dell, which acquired VMware as part of the massive $58 billion EMC acquisition (announced as $67 billion) in 2015, owns approximately 81% of the stock and the company is expected to receive
5 product lessons to learn before you write a line of code Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Ron Miller - April 14, 20210 Before a startup can achieve product-market fit, founders must first listen to their customers, build what they require and fashion a business plan that makes the whole enterprise worthwhile. The numbers will tell the true story, but when it happens, you’ll feel it in your bones because sales will be
Microsoft goes all in on healthcare with $19.7B Nuance acquisition Cyber Security by Ron Miller - April 12, 20210 When Microsoft announced it was acquiring Nuance Communications this morning for $19.7 billion, you could be excused for doing a Monday morning double take at the hefty price tag. That’s surely a lot of money for a company on a $1.4 billion run rate, but Microsoft, which has already partnered with
Microsoft is acquiring Nuance Communications for $19.7B Cyber Security by Ron Miller - April 12, 20210 Microsoft agreed today to acquire Nuance Communications, a leader in speech to text software, for $19.7 billion. The company is best know for its speech to text products. Bloomberg broke the story over the weekend that the two companies were in talks. Nuance CEO Mark Benjamin will remain with the company
RPA market surges as investors, vendors capitalize on pandemic-driven tech shift Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Ron Miller - April 2, 20210 When UIPath filed its S-1 last week, it was a watershed moment for the robotic process automation (RPA) market. The company, which first appeared on our radar for a $30 million Series A in 2017, has so far raised an astonishing $2 billion while still private. In February, it was
Cloud infrastructure spending passed on-prem data centers in 2020 Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Ron Miller - March 20, 20210 There is a prevailing notion that while the cloud infrastructure market is growing fast, the vast majority of workloads remain on premises. While that could be true, new research from Synergy Research Group found that cloud infrastructure spending surpassed on-prem spending for the first time in 2020 — and did
Snowflake gave up its dual-class shares. Should you? Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Ron Miller - March 19, 20210 Snowflake announced earlier this month that it would give up its dual-class shareholder structure, a corporate governance setup that often gives founders and executives superior voting rights, typically involving 10 times as many votes for their own shares as others receive. The mechanism can enable founders to maintain control despite