By Steven Rosenbaum, Contributor There may be no single person better equipped to view the past, present and future of web video than Hunter Walk. Walk joined Google in December 2003 and was the director of Product Management focused primarily on YouTube.
From: http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenrosenbaum/2013/04/22/why-video-discovery-startups-fail/
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Comcast Cable Announces Promotions in Business Services and Communications & Data Services
PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), a global media and technology company, announced today several employee promotions to Vice President and Senior Vice President positions in Comcast Cable‘s Business Services and Communications & Data Services departments.
Comcast Cable is pleased to recognize the following promotions:
Communications & Data Services:
Business Services:
From: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/04/18/comcast-cable-announces-promotions-in-business-ser/
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Higher One Announces Vice President of Product Management
NEW HAVEN, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Higher One, a leader in providing financial services and data analytics to over 1,300 college and university campuses across the U.S., today announces that Whitney Stewart has joined Higher One as Vice President of Product Management. Stewart, who will be responsible for the product management and strategy across several Higher One product suites, brings more than 15 years of technology and financial services industry experience to the role.
Prior to joining Higher One, Stewart was responsible for SunTrust Bank’s Mass Market Consumer Segment strategy as well as the bank’s value added services product organization which includes debit, prepaid, and other consumer financial products. Prior to joining SunTrust, Stewart was responsible for Discover Network’s Brand and Communications organization for Discover Financial Services. She has also held senior management positions at Carreker, Bank of America, eFunds Corporation, and Deluxe Corporation in various Marketing, Product Management, and Business Strategy roles.
“Whitney is a great asset to our efforts in creating offerings that deepen our engagement with students and institutions and that build upon our principles of consumer value, choice, and transparency,” said Miles Lasater, COO and co-founder of Higher One. “As Higher One strives to meet new needs campus-wide and beyond, Whitney’s significant involvement with collaborative working groups brings valuable industry knowledge and skills to our innovative team.”
Stewart is active in leading industry conversations and has served on the Steering Committee of the U.S. EMV Migration Forum, the MasterCard® Debit Advisory Board, the MasterCard® Point of Interaction Advisory Board, the STAR® Network Advisory Board, the Deluxe Corporation Collaborative, the Consumer Bankers Association Interchange Working Group, and the Financial Services Roundtable Interchange Working Group.
About Higher One
Higher One is a leading company focused on creating cost-saving efficiencies for higher education institutions and providing high-value services to students. Higher One offers a wide array of technological services on campus, ranging from streamlining the institution’s performance analytics and financial aid refund processes to offering students innovative banking services, tuition payment plans, and the basics of financial management. Higher One works closely with colleges and universities to allocate resources more efficiently in order to provide a higher quality of service and education to students.
Founded in 2000 on a college campus by students, Higher One now serves more than half of the higher education market, providing its services to over 1,300 campuses and 10.9 …read more
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Pitney Bowes and GrayHair Software Collaborate on New Suite of Solutions for Presort Mailers
New Technology Expands Pitney Bowes’s Portfolio of Solutions for Intelligent Mail Barcode Application, Savings and Increased Visibility
STAMFORD, Conn. & MT LAUREL, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYS: PBI) and GrayHair Software, Inc., a leader in innovative services for business mailers, announced they are collaborating on a new suite of solutions for Pitney Bowes‘s Presort Services customers. Pitney Bowes will offer GrayHair Software’s new MailTrak with Commingle® solutions for those customers seeking alternative options for Intelligent Mail® barcode (IMb™) application, mail tracking, deeper postal discounts, and greater visibility to their mailings. This new technology expands Pitney Bowes‘s current portfolio of solutions to help with IMb compliance and mail tracking in the U.S.
The MailTrak with Commingle solution will be offered in four variations. The first-tier is designed for mailers who want to add the IMb to meet the USPS’s Full Service requirements. The second tier adds a mail tracking option to assist mailers in moving to Full Service compliance. Tier 3, called Comply, provides the ability to meet Move Update compliance. Finally, Comply Plus extends the solution to include GrayHair’s Universal Address database and provide complete address quality compliance.
In addition to these solutions, the two companies are developing a new service that will allow Pitney Bowes customers to gain increased visibility to their mail pieces during the presorting and delivery process. This new service will be available in Q2 2013.
“Our collaboration with GrayHair will make it easier for Pitney Bowes to meet the customized needs of our Presort Services clients,” said Jim Perkins, Senior Vice President, Pitney Bowes Presort Services. “This new suite of solutions will help our clients with a variety of issues including the upcoming Full Service IMb deadline to increasing the visibility to their mail pieces.”
“As the largest user of the IMb Tracing program with over one billion scans monthly, we are delighted to be teaming up with Pitney Bowes to help provide a suite of solutions that can help their customers solve today’s mailing challenges and put a more definitive and complete collection of mailing data into one easy-to-view report,” said Raymond Chin, GrayHair’s Vice President of Product Management and Marketing. “These solutions will help mailers who are concerned about the 2014 USPS® Full Service IMb requirements, while offering services to support the efficient processing for …read more
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F5 Networks Opens New York International Technology Center
Congressman Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, and other members of Congress to attend opening and discuss cybersecurity solutions proposed by the President and Congress
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, is proud to announce the March 12 grand opening of its New York International Technology Center (ITC). Located at 600 Lexington Avenue in the heart of Manhattan, this new state-of-the-art application delivery competency center will give engineers, network managers, and technology executives from around the world an opportunity to test networking solutions to ensure their systems are highly resilient and secure.
The announcement of this new ITC comes at a time of high interest in cyber threats for both national defense and in the private sector. During his recent State of the Union address, President Obama noted a new Executive Order on cybersecurity and the advancement of cybersecurity legislation.
“F5 has built its strong brand on the ability to help organizations implement disparate technologies across data centers, networks, applications, and the variety of devices being used,” said Kathleen Ferraro, VP of Product Management and Product Marketing at F5 Networks. “The goal of all our International Technology Centers is to help organizations leverage technology and apply it to the real-world challenges and scenarios they face. For example, we can help a customer architect a single, simplified environment that demonstrates the ways their business is better protected by preventing data leakage and thwarting DDoS strikes, DNS threats, and other attacks.”
The New York ITC grand opening, to be held at 9:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 12, will kick off with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and an overview of the center by F5 CEO John McAdam. Following his address, New York City’s Information Technology and Telecommunications Commissioner Rahul Merchant will speak, followed by Congressman Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, and New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney. The speakers will address the President’s directive on cybersecurity, among other topics.
“Clearly, technology has become critical to drive businesses and run governments, and it is integral in our personal lives,” said Congressman Adam Smith. “I am proud that F5, a global company headquartered in the Northwest, is taking a leadership role by investing in facilities like …read more
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First details about Google’s mysterious “X Phone” and “X Tablet” first emerged back in December, revealing a pair of Motorola-developed devices that will serve as flagship products developed with photographic performance and emerging technologies like bendable displays and ceramic casing in mind. Now, a job listing from Motorola has seemingly confirmed the project, making specific mention of the “X Phone,” The Verge reports.
Discovered by Phandroid, a now revised LinkedIn listing for a Senior Director of Product Management at Motorola sought a senior-level manager to help the company bring the device to market, including fostering carrier relationships for its eventual release.
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By TrueBridge Capital, Contributor As a wrap-up to TrueBridge’s series on venture capitalist blogs to follow, we present Mark Suster’s blog, Both Sides of the Table. Mark is an excellent resource on raising angel funds but also gives helpful insights into the early trials of startups, having founded BuildOnline, which he sold to a publicly traded French company, as well as Koral, which Salesforce bought in early 2007. After leaving Salesforce as VP of Product Management, Mark joined GRP Partners in Los Angeles as a General Partner, where he focuses on investing and building early-stage technology companies, including GumGum, Burstly, and Affordit.
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