September 2007 Blog Posts (18)

HP Labs to narrow research focus

The new HP Labs' director, 46 y.o. Prith Banerjee, wants to narrow research focus and making big bets.

"Let's identify some really big themes, some really big bets, and let's throw a lot of resources at it"

Full article on siliconvalley.com.… Continue

Added by Nicolò Borghi on September 24, 2007 at 6:30am — No Comments

Meet Silicon Valley italian managers in Italy!

Download aizoon Vs Usa.ppt Since 2006 Aizoon www.aizoon.it organize " li incontri in Silicon Valley", meetings in different italian towns with italian managers and entrepreneurs associated to SVIEC, SiliconValley Italian Executive Council. Read more about AizoonVsUSA actions.

Added by paolo marenco on September 23, 2007 at 9:47pm — No Comments

Larry Page+Sergey Brin= $37 billion

When you have a T-Rex skeleton just outside your office, it really means you have some many to spend (uh, and when you have created the best search engine ever too). In this yeas Forbes Richest Americans too, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both 34, have the 5th position, with an estimated wealth of about $18.5 billion. Each.…

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Added by Nicolò Borghi on September 23, 2007 at 2:30am — No Comments

Again on PikiWiki

The Web is really appreciating Tony Zuccarino's PikiWiki. Here's a quicki video.

Added by Nicolò Borghi on September 22, 2007 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

PRESS: Sette universitari nella valle più innovativa del mondo

Download Articolo Io Lavoro Liguria Nov.2006.pdf

Added by Anna Chiara Fisichella on September 21, 2007 at 12:45am — No Comments

PRESS: Dalla Val di Vara alla Silicon Valley - Gemellaggio Hi-Tech

Download La Nazione 14-11-06.pdf

Added by Anna Chiara Fisichella on September 21, 2007 at 12:42am — No Comments

Esperienza in Silicon Valley: Tecnologia, imprenditori e mercato. Perché non qui da noi?

I tempi sono cambiati, il mondo è in repentina globalizzazione, ma chi ancora tra i giovani europei non ha mai pensato agli Stati Uniti come ad un riferimento ed ad una terra ricca di

opportunità?

Grazie all’accordo tra l’associazione culturale La Storia nel Futuro®…

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Added by Anna Chiara Fisichella on September 21, 2007 at 12:35am — No Comments

Why the Silicon Valley is so unique and its future challenges

Here are the two books suggested by Stanford Professor William Miller during the Study Tour'07 first day.

They explain the Silicon Valley's evolution and its uniqueness and the Asia emerging power in the IT sector.

The first book is "The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for… Continue

Added by Nicolò Borghi on September 20, 2007 at 11:30pm — No Comments

GOOGLE and HANS ROSLING

When we visited Google they showed us a display with a new revolutionary animation software. The software is called Trendalyzer and Google recently bought it from the Gapminder Foundation.

The creator, Hans Rosling, made a fantastic demo at TED 2007...…

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Added by Nicolò Borghi on September 19, 2007 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

VIDEO INTERVIEW with ALBERTO SAVOIA

Agitar's CEO Alberto Savoia talks about AgitarOne. A fresh interview posted yesterday on dailymotion.

Painless Unit Testing: TheServerSide Tech Brief

Caricato da…

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Added by Nicolò Borghi on September 19, 2007 at 2:55am — No Comments

Cisco meetings in Politecnico di Torino and Genova Engineering Dep.nt: September 24th and 25th

Download Torino-Bonomi-Cisco.pdf Download Genova-Baldini-Cisco.pdf Two important meetings next week in Torino and Genova. CISCO Head of research centre in San Josè Headquarters Flavio Bonomi, is the speaker in Torino, I3p, Incubator of Politecnico di Torino, September, 24th 5.30 pm .… Continue

Added by paolo marenco on September 18, 2007 at 6:37am — 3 Comments

WHAT DOES SEQUOIA CAPITAL REALLY LOOK FOR

Some of the companies we visited had Sequoia Capital as their major investor in their early years. Sequoia is the VC behind the success of companies like Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Apple, PayPal and many others. But what does they really look for in a company? Find it just clicking on this very useful…

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Added by Nicolò Borghi on September 18, 2007 at 3:30am — No Comments

Article of Carlo Alberto Pratesi ( la Repubblica)

Download repubblica170907talentiPratesi.pdf

Added by paolo marenco on September 17, 2007 at 1:13pm — No Comments

Second article today of Carlo Alberto Pratesi ( La Repubblica)

Download repubblica170907virtualePratesi.pdf

Added by paolo marenco on September 17, 2007 at 1:03pm — No Comments

Creative Commons and The future of Ideas

To anyone interested in Creative Commons I strongly suggest the reading of "The future of ideas" by Lawrence Lessing.

You can also find in bookstores the Italian edition. …

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Added by Nicolò Borghi on September 16, 2007 at 5:11pm — 1 Comment

PikiWiki and Techcrunch

Hi guys,

for those of you who doesn't know it, TechCrunch.com is THE blog about technology and the Web. A review on Techcrunch means a lot and brings a lot of traffic for every start-up.

TODAY, they got a (great) review for pikiwiki.com the company founded by Tony Zuccarino!

Check it out by clicking… Continue

Added by Nicolò Borghi on September 12, 2007 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Report Silicon Valley

LA SILICON VALLEY SI CONFERMA LA PRIMA REGIONE AL MONDO PER L'INNOVAZIONE TECNOLOGICA. SOFTWARE, BIOMEDICALE E TECNOLOGIE PULITE SONO I SETTORI PIÙ RILEVANTI.

Assegnazioni:

DGAM-OO, DGAM-Ol, DGPC-OO, DGPC-05, DGCE-OO, DGCE-03

AMBWASH, RETE CONSOLARE USA…

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Added by Nicolò Borghi on September 11, 2007 at 6:54pm — No Comments

sul confine

Ciao ragazzi, finito il tour e partiti tutti, io e jari al momento siamo sul lago tahoe a circa 4 ore da san francisco. Il posto è veramente rilassante ed è assurdo percheè si trova esattamente sul confine con il nevada... quindi basta attraversare la strada per trovarsi in mezzo ai casinò.

detto ciò ci manca la vostra compagnia, le allegre cene da whole foods, e ovviamente il fantastico mondo di Apu!!… Continue

Added by Nicolò Borghi on September 10, 2007 at 12:30am — 2 Comments