* Ellison-backed Pillar Data readies for debut * Early-stage companies spark interest from investors * Cisco to buy VoIP gear maker Sipura * Microsoft and SAP to link Office with ERP * Today on Layer 8
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison thinks he has found a great idea – and is putting it into play with Pillar Data Systems, a start-up that has received $100 million from his private investment group. What’s the idea? It has to do with storing data in a way that is so unique that many observers are skeptical that it could ever work. Ellison-backed Pillar Data readies for debut http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/042505-pillar.html?net
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison thinks he has found a great idea – and is putting it into play with Pillar Data Systems, a start-up that has received $100 million from his private investment group. What’s the idea? It has to do with storing data in a way that is so unique that many observers are skeptical that it could ever work.
Ellison-backed Pillar Data readies for debut
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/042505-pillar.html?net
Early-stage companies spark interest from investors
There’s plenty of other venture capital going around as well, and technology start-ups that have never received funding got their fair share in the last few months. According to a report released today, 197 tech companies got their first funding ever, for a total of $1.2 billion.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0426moneytree.html?net
Cisco to buy VoIP gear maker Sipura
Cisco Tuesday announced it has agreed to acquire VoIP vendor Sipura Technology for integration into its Linksys Group division.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0426ciscotobu.html?net
Microsoft and SAP to link Office with ERP
SAP and Microsoft Tuesday announced their plan to deliver a jointly developed product later this year that links SAP’s ERP software and Microsoft’s Office products.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0426updat-sap.html?net
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