In 2009, after a doodler read an article about the 25th anniversary of videogame Tetris, Google contacted Honolulu-based Blue Planet Software Inc.
Now, as moviegoer you may not be familiar with some of Feeney's contributions like software implementation of ultimate blue screen composting technology, but it made a big splash in the film "Terminator 2, " creating a new believability and wow factor for audiences.
The changes at IBM, which are extraordinary for such a large company, have boosted profit margins, making Big Blue look more and more like a software company.
According to its own study, Big Blue left 29% of its critical software flaws from the last six months without a fix, more than any of the other nine companies it measured.
"We're not celebrities, the characters of the Blue Men are, " Goldman, a former software programmer, happily admits.
However, the main perceived hurdle that has kept large, blue-chip companies like GM away from cloud-software is security.
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"It's not like Big Blue is watching you, " says Rebecca Swanick, a marketing director at IBM's Rational software division, who uses the technology at trade shows.
Software firm Autonomy and logistics group Exel are to drop out of the FTSE-100 following the blue-chip index's quarterly reshuffle.
Big Blue is this week hosting a worldwide customer meeting in Orlando, at which it will show its latest social software for mobile business.
Blue Coat Systems shares are trading sharply lower this morning after the Web security and wide-area network optimization software company reduced its earnings outlook and disclosed a management shake-up.
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He cofounded the new firm with John Leach (also of Blue Martini as well as founder of Incite Retail) and Gene Davis ( worked at NASA, Blue Martini, ClioMusic, SeeSaw Networks, PeopleSoft and Red Pepper, all previous Zweben ventures, plus Fogbreak Software and Tealeaf technologies).
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