While attending the FireStarter event at the Microsoft Irvine Office Geoffrey Emery had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Microsoft Developer Evangelist Lynn Langit. Lynn talks to us about Business Intelligence and Data Mining capabilities of SQL Server and gives a glimpse of her enormous charitable and community work. A great talk with…continue reading.

While at W2E we ran into QuickBase, which is a cool web based application we thought you might enjoy.  QuickBase provides one platform from which work groups can easily create unlimited applications to automate business processes and improve communication and collaboration online. QuickBase applications solve critical business problems and help improve productivity and efficiency because…continue reading.

At the W2E, Citrix Systems was showing off there new product called the XenServer.  Citrix XenServer is a member of the Citrix Delivery Center product family.Iit allows you to virtualize servers and deliver dynamic data centers that are responsive to the ever-changing demands of business. Using Citrix XenServer, virtual server software companies can deploy high-performance…continue reading.

By now everyone has heard that Southern California is the next hotbed for Tech Startups. So it’s no surprise that we’ll find companies looking to take advantage of the opportunities when they come up. One company that’s capitalizing on this momentum is a company based in Encino, CA called NeoHire. Neohire was founded about 4…continue reading.

Launched on May 1st 2007, MMOABC.com (a property of New Gen Media, Inc.) is a premier Web 2.0 platform that provides an interactive environment that empowers gamers by letting them capture and share individual gaming experiences, build extensive communities, and stay current on industry news. In addition, MMOABC.com provides game portal hosting services and online…continue reading.

Online gaming is huge. But are there Southern California startups that actually have a presence in the ever so competitive online gaming space? So far the only one that I’ve heard buzz about has been GirlGamer. I’m sure there are more but at last month’s Digital LA Drinks event, we ran into a company called…continue reading.

Talk about doing it up right! On Friday night, Taltopia threw a launch party event that was held at the luxurious Boulevard 3 in west Hollywood. People from all over the entertainment industry flocked to get in on this must attend event. The RSVP list, we were told stood at over 1500 people and did…continue reading.

Online gaming is huge. We all know that but are there Southern California startups that actually has presence in the online gaming space? So far the only one that I’ve heard buzz about has been GirlGamer. At last month’s Digial LA Drinks event, we ran into an MMO company that has really good traction in…continue reading.

    If you have already developed your product but still need help testing it, check out XBOsoft. XBOsoft is a company that we bumped into at last month’s Web 2.0 Expo. As an entrepreneur myself, I know getting quality help testing your product is critical to the success of a product launch. I thought…continue reading.

  While on the exhibit floor at Web 2.0, one of the first useful companies that we ran into was Dixero, a company that provides vocalized feeds technology that is based in Switzerland. Dixero is a tool where you can convert your RSS feeds into audio. With this audio you can conveniently take it anywhere…continue reading.