How Nest’s Control Freaks Reinvented the Thermostat
02.19.2013 - MIT Technology Review
Two men who created the iPod and iPhone founded Nest and injected new technology into the humble thermostat. Now they have their sights on the rest of your house.
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MuleSoft Powers StackMob’s Enterprise Marketplace for Enterprise Mobile Applications
02.19.2013 - Mulesoft
Enables Seamless Integration with Hundreds of Enterprise and SaaS Applications through StackMob’s New Marketplace
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – February 19, 2013 – MuleSoft, provider of the world’s most widely used integration platform, today announced a partnership with StackMob, the leading cloud-based mobile platform provider. With this partnership, MuleSoft is providing connectivity to enterprise applications such as SAP, Salesforce.com, ADP and Workday for StackMob’s new Enterprise Marketplace, a complete set of enterprise-class products combined with professional services to support enterprise mobility and connected services. Through the StackMob Enterprise Marketplace powered by MuleSoft’s integration platform, larger organizations in need of enterprise mobility solutions will now be able to easily integrate enterprise and SaaS applications into the BaaS (Backend as a Service) industry’s most open and flexible mobile marketplace.
Executing on its vision for connecting the New Enterprise, MuleSoft delivers the next generation integration platform by connecting and automating business processes across applications, APIs, and data sources, on-premise and in the cloud. MuleSoft’s trusted integration platform enables enterprises and developers to take advantage of the explosion of applications and data by empowering them to generate a new wave of business opportunity through the on-demand connectivity of those endpoints.
“With the growing adoption of open APIs, mobile devices, SaaS and Big Data applications, there has been a massive explosion of endpoints and a resulting fragmentation of the enterprise. Companies can no longer compete by building mobile applications and managing IT within their four walls, but rather need to embrace the fragmentation and compete by connecting and orchestrating their information assets wherever they are. We call this the New Enterprise,” said Chris Purpura, VP and GM of Cloud Integration at MuleSoft. “We are thrilled to be working with leading mobile players like StackMob to deliver an integrated mobile experience to the New Enterprise and look forward to our joint success.”
“MuleSoft recognizes the importance of working with a platform that understands the complexities of enterprise mobile strategies. They understand the constraints around security, interoperability and complexity that enterprise app development presents,” said Ty Amell, CEO of StackMob. “The collaboration with industry leaders like MuleSoft will help provide a solid ecosystem for businesses to deploy apps within their organization.”
The StackMob Enterprise Marketplace is designed to support larger enterprise-level organizations that need a quick and effective way of building and deploying full-featured mobile applications. Leveraging pre-built integration solutions from MuleSoft, StackMob’s customers can now easily build enterprise mobile applications on top of popular applications such as Salesforce.com, SAP, NetSuite, Workday, and ADP. StackMob’s experts in scalable, distributed systems work closely with the IT team throughout the entire lifecycle of mobile enterprise apps. StackMob’s platform, combined with out-of-the-box application connectivity from MuleSoft, ensures that mobile enterprise app strategies are aligned with the more complex business structures and processes within the organization.
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MuleSoft Survey Reveals 90 Percent of SaaS Vendors Consider Integration Critical to Driving Top Line Revenue
02.19.2013 - MarketWire
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – February 19, 2013 – MuleSoft, provider of the world’s most widely used integration platform, today announced the results of its second annual SaaS Integration Survey, which found that integration continues to have an outsized impact on the success of SaaS and cloud providers. The survey findings revealed that integration is playing a significant role in increasing sales and reducing churn – 90% of respondents consider integration to be important in winning new customers.
Personalis Introduces Genome Services for Research
02.15.2013 - Personalis Press Release
Personalis Introduces Genome Services for Research –
High Accuracy Sequencing and Interpretation of Human Genomes
Services for researchers engaging in case-control, family-based, or proband-only genome studies of disease, pharmacogenomics, and cancer
Menlo Park, CA – Personalis, Inc. today announced availability of its Genome Services for Research, focusing on accuracy in sequencing, analysis, and interpretation of human genomes. Personalis believes that accuracy is crucial in medicine, both in research and ultimately in clinical use. We support researchers engaging in case-control, family-based, or proband-only genome studies of disease, pharmacogenomics and cancer. Personalis today also released a major revision to its web site () describing in detail the new services offered, the applications served, the technological innovations, and the team behind it all.
Personalis ACE (Accuracy and Content Enhanced) Technology™ augments exome and whole genome sequencing by targeted capture of regions that are difficult to sequence. Optimized sample prep and library construction methods are then used to address each of those challenges and, after sequencing, all of the data is combined. ACE Exomes™ are also augmented by targeted capture of thousands of regions, each with medically interpretable content, located outside the exons. ACE™ provides higher accuracy and more content than can be achieved by standard sequencing and bioinformatic analysis alone, because we specifically generate the raw reads required to achieve this goal as a foundation. To confirm our accuracy, we have compared data from four different platforms and conducted deep genome sequencing studies on large multi-generation pedigrees.
Personalis also offers alignment and variant calling relative to an improved version of the human reference sequence. At over a million loci, bases now known to be minor alleles have been replaced with the corresponding major alleles. Thousands of these loci have published associations with disease. When the conventional reference sequence is used, an individual homozygous for one of these minor alleles is not reported as “variant”. In a typical human genome, this loss occurs at over 50,000 loci. With the Personalis reference sequence, such minor alleles are detected.
Clinical quality genome interpretation requires accurate and comprehensive databases of genetic variation. Personalis has the largest and most comprehensive manually-curated database in the world linking genetic variation with disease. We have also signed an exclusive license for commercialization of PharmGKB®, the premier database linking genetic variation with drug metabolism and adverse events. Personalis also annotates genomes with information from over 30 databases.
Personalis CEO John West said “Based on feedback from our first customers, we are increasingly convinced that our emphasis on accuracy, both in sequencing and interpretation, is essential for medical applications. Personalis’ approach to this challenge is unique and we look forward to working with customers worldwide.”
Personalis offers Genome Services for Research to institutionally-based researchers. We do not offer any services direct to consumers. Although Personalis’ lab is CLIA certified, our Genome Services for Research are for research use only.
About Personalis
Personalis provides researchers and clinicians accurate DNA sequencing and interpretation of human genomes. Our ACE (Accuracy and Content Enhanced) Technology™ can supplement a standard exome or genome, substantially increasing its medically-relevant coverage and accuracy. Personalis builds on that with innovative algorithms and proprietary databases for alignment, variant calling, annotation, and analysis. With this combination, we provide genomic data and interpretation of the highest accuracy.
Personalis has an exceptional team of scientific, medical, and industry experts. Our R&D team brings directly relevant commercial experience from seven different DNA sequencing companies and scientific & medical expertise from the top universities in the world. This group has been deeply involved in many of the advances of recent years, and has a long track record of peer reviewed publications. We see enormous potential in human genome sequencing’s next big step: accurate interpretation.
How Spiceworks is Enabling SMB IT Innovation
02.15.2013 - Pertino Blog
Craig Elliot, Pertino Co-Founder & CEO: “When I went out to raise its first round of funding for Pertino a year ago, investors loved the story right up to the point where we said “and we believe the right market for our revolutionary new way to network is small and medium businesses”. Investors understand the well-worn path of launching new technology into large enterprises, but SMBs are more of a mystery to them. Luckily, I found two top-tier, forward-thinking investors in Norwest Venture Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners who recognized the huge potential of the SMB market and trusted that my team would find an effective way to reach it.”
SideCar Acquires Austin-Based Ride-Sharing Startup Heyride, Will Soon Launch In 7 New Markets
02.14.2013 - Tech Crunch
Ride-sharing startup SideCar is getting serious about expanding into new cities throughout the U.S. The company just acquired Austin, Texas-based Heyride to help it improve its product and introduce service in that market, and is announcing plans to roll out ride-sharing in Los Angeles and Philadelphia this weekend as well.
Infinio Secures $10 Million in Series A Funding From Highland Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners
02.13.2013 - PE Hub
Startup formerly named SilverLining Systems is fully funded for launch, hiring
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 12, 2013 – Infinio (formerly known as SilverLining Systems) today announced it has closed a $10 million Series A investment from Highland Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing total funding to date to $12 million. The firms join earlier investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Cambridge’s Founder Collective, the NYC Seed Fund, and a group of angel investors. As part of the financing, Highland’s Sean Dalton and Bessemer’s Felda Hardymon have joined the company’s board of directors.
Infinio is developing software solutions to address the most expensive bottleneck in virtual environments: storage performance. The new funding will support additional hiring, product development, and marketing groundwork in preparation for a product launch later this year. Those interested in joining the team should email jobs@infinio.com.
The company was formed in 2011 when Columbia computer science professor Vishal Misra and his fellow researchers saw the potential for their work to solve real-world problems. Misra enlisted co-founders including Endeca veteran Arun Agarwal.
“The majority of performance problems in virtual environments are storage-related,” Agarwal, Infinio CEO, said. “Storage systems represent a huge portion of IT budgets, and too often, data center managers find themselves buying more hardware in an effort to improve performance, even when they have plenty of storage space. We’re building a software product that will help solve that problem.”
About Infinio
Infinio Systems, Inc. is building solutions that improve the data storage performance of virtualized environments. Based in Cambridge, Mass., with offices in New York, the company enjoys strong financial backing from tier-one venture capitalists including Highland Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Infinio is an Elite-level member of the VMware Technology Alliance Partner program. More information is available at www.infinio.com.
Pertino Offers A Cloud-Based Network, No Hardware Required
02.12.2013 - Tech Crunch
Pertino today launched a service enabling any small business to go online and create a network that runs entirely in the cloud.
Snapchat: A Growing App Lets You See It, Then You Don’t
02.11.2013 - New York Times
The ephemeral now has value, at least for users of cellphones. More than 60 million photos or messages are sent each day through an app called Snapchat and then, after they are viewed for a few seconds, the missives vanish. That disappearing act — and a volume that is over a tenth of the well-established Facebook’s — has made the tiny start-up a technology hit, amassing millions of users…
Panasonic P2 Cam Integrates With LiveU Uplink
02.07.2013 - TV News Check
A new software upgrade for Panasonic’s P2 cam AG-HPX600 integrates LiveU’s live video uplink technology, delivering the first available integrated live camera solution. As a result, videographers can now start and stop the uplink straight from the camera and monitor the LiveU unit’s status in the camera’s viewfinder.
