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20 years working on the same software product

Successful Software

I released version 1 of my table seating planning software , PerfectTablePlan, in February 2005. It’s success is due to a lot of hard work, and a certain amount of dumb luck. Web-based software was still in its infancy in 2005. 20 years ago this month. It was a different world. A world of Windows, shareware and CDs.

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S3 Ventures, Tacora close on new funds to boost Austin startups

TechCrunch

One is S3 Ventures , a venture capital firm that’s been around since 2005, which raised $250 million for its Fund VII, touting itself as “the largest venture capital fund focused on Texas-based startups.” Tacora has signed some term sheets already, but is going through the regulatory due diligence process, Findley said.

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How Modern Farming (Group) Co., Ltd is revolutionizing dairy farming

CIO

Established in 2005, Modern Farming (Group) Co., Until recently, many acquired groups operated with rudimentary management systems. Ltd faced challenges due to the lack of unified management standards, which resulted in complex accounting efforts, limited visibility, and slower work and response times.

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How to strengthen the security of Oracle applications without relying on OAU

CIO

As security remains high on the priority list for companies and IT leaders, 1 and increasingly so with the rise of cyber-attacks, IT executives are put into a tough position trying to find the funds to keep their systems secure while having enough left to invest in innovation and growth. Addressing the remaining risk.

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Why We Need To Create A Single, Vibrant Pan-European Stock Market

Crunchbase News

The feedback loop of venture funding, entrepreneurial activity, company building, exits and capital return is broken, due to a lack of robust exit opportunities, particularly through initial public offerings, creating a critical bottleneck. ’ three and 16, respectively) create an unsustainable system. The time for action is now.

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Nerdio lands $117M to build management tools on top of Azure Virtual Desktop

TechCrunch

In 2005, three entrepreneurs — Vadim Vladimirskiy, Stuart Gabel and Niall Keegan — co-founded Adar, a Chicago-based company providing “streaming IT” and IT-as-a-service products mainly to small- and medium-sized businesses. Survey data illustrates the dramatic shift.

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The End of Programming as We Know It

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Consumer operating systems were also a big part of the story. That job was effectively encapsulated in the operating system. Big data, web services, and cloud computing established a kind of internet operating system. There were more programmers, not fewer This was far from the end of programming, though.