Some of his bombs: Crescenda Wireless, a developer of software for handheld computers, which dissolved, and Encryptics, a Stamps.com ticket-printing spinoff that went nowhere.
Earlier this month, Cisco completed deals for Procket Networks , which sold high-end, high-bandwidth routers and had a solid customer base, and Parc Technologies , a developer of software to streamline network traffic.
For a more dramatic example, consider the following: An investment in Riverbed Technology (RVBD), a developer of software to accelerate application performance and data transmission speeds on WANs, would have generated a 6x return, versus an investment in Clearwire (CLWR), a provider of portable high-speed wireless broadband services, which would have generated a 0.3x return.
Surprising but true: Adobe Systems (ADBE) is one of the more ignored technology stocks these days, with Wall Street just kind of so-so on the developer of computer software products, including multi-media content on the creation, distribution and management of information.
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Nimble Technology, a developer of Web software for data integration, is also a recent Madrona bet.
Puppet Labs is the developer of Puppet, software that applies declarative programming to the task of system administration of compute, network, and storage infrastructure in traditional data centers or in the cloud.
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Despite the fact that the only affiliation this company may have with Angry Birds is my suspicion a few employees are partial to the game, this developer of digital entertainment software used by consumers to update the entertainment data on their media libraries is still a stock I am holding for this attractive breakout.
Alvin Estevez is president, co-founder, and managing director of Enigma Software Group USA, a developer of PC and Internet security systems, including the SpyHunter anti-malware software diagnosis and removal utility.
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Companies like Salesforce.com, a leading developer of customer relationship management software, are using Google Maps.
Companies like Salesforce.com (nyse: CRM - news - people ), a leading developer of customer relationship management software, are using Google Maps.
That event, however, will likely detail the widely anticipated release of a software developer's kit for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch.
The latest example is a steaming heap of linkbait from software developer and entrepreneur Patrick Dobson entitled Facebook Should Fire Sheryl Sandberg.
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Asking a developer to create a stellar piece of software that runs through the Web is somewhat like asking a composer to write a symphony on a smartphone.
The software developer and proprietor of digital distribution store Steam has a plan to sell custom PC gaming machines to geared toward competing with next-generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft.
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Obviously, an outright ban might not sit well with USPTO officials, so the agency is instead taking a different tack: it's hosting two roundtable events with the developer community to discuss the future of software patents.
Clyde Adams III, a software developer and the administrator of System Management Interface Forum Inc.
This would enable us to differentiate between the merely rapacious in business but abiding by tax law Wall Street Raider who might become Sir John, and the multi-deca billionaire software developer who becomes Duke of Redmond for example.
For example, a game developer's software could improve the realism of a military simulation system.
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At the time of that article, Lederer was a software developer at Morgan Stanley.
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He has at least 20 years of experience in the software industry as a developer, investor, and entrepreneur.
He reportedly told them he was motivated not by greed, but rather a love of computers and an ambition to be a software developer.
On February 26, Babycastles, along with open-source software developer Ivan Safrin, is turning the roof of the Planetarium into a live video game, called Space Cruiser.
In corporate news, Apple (AAPL) announced two major management changes John Browett, head of retail, and Scott Forstall, mobile software developer, will be leaving the company early next year.
"Motorola is committed to providing rich location services for our customers and developer partners, " said Christy Wyatt, corporate vice president of software and services product management for Motorola Mobile Devices.
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The hottest PC game of the moment, Doom 3, has sold 1 million copies in just two months, to players eager to blast their way through 27 levels of demons, says its Mesquite, Texas developer, Id Software.
His first job was a Microsoft (MSFT) software developer where he co-authored the first version of Excel.
APIs are connections, written in software code, that let one developer harness the power of what another developer has created.
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The hottest PC game of the moment, Doom 3 has sold 1 million copies in just two months, to players eager to blast their way through 27 levels of demons, says its Mesquite, Tex. developer, Id Software.
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