According to the letter from UCITA's Ring, the following software industry organizations are supporting the draft -- industry antipiracy body the Business Software Alliance (14 members, among those Microsoft Corp, Lotus Development Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc.), the Software Information Industry Association, Silicon Valley Software Industry Coalition and the Computer Software Industry Association.
For the past 30 years, the coolest places to hang your hat if you're a scientist, engineer or wild duck have been in private industry--Silicon Valley kinds of companies, especially.
The epicenter of the security industry is moving from Silicon Valley, Atlanta, and Tel Aviv, to DC, London, Canberra, and Berlin.
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Leeds is impressed by Quora, but sees a lot of questions there go unanswered, which is likely a function of Quora being a narrow community so far: a group of smart, tech-industry types hovering around Silicon Valley topics like the startup racket and programming.
In 1972, Valentine launched Sequoia Capital and pioneered the Silicon Valley venture capital industry.
But not all the pressures facing the industry are external, especially in Silicon Valley.
The promise of the Ion Torrent PGM is that it is based entirely on the kind of silicon chips the microprocessor industry has used for decades.
Challenges create opportunities in the chip industry, which is why the French silicon maker Soitec is flourishing.
But the boom lasted only till the mid-1980s, when Silicon Valley's chip industry found itself outclassed by Japanese competitors.
Not surprisingly, four out of the ten companies on the list specialize in semiconductors, the industry that gave Northern California's Silicon Valley its name.
On the greener side of things, Ceradyne opens a factory this month in China to produce gear used in the production of polycrystalline silicon for the solar power industry.
Intel has made a series of recent and successful software acquisitions to pursue a deliberate strategy focused on leading companies in their industry delivering software that takes advantage of silicon.
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Gerald Brady, a managing director at Silicon Valley Bank in charge of outreach to corporate venture groups, said he had seen "a very noticeable pickup across almost every industry center" as corporations turn to Silicon Valley to get a handle on innovation.
Shinozuka calls his revival plan "Phoenix 21" and has set up a new Silicon Valley office to tap into industry buzz.
It is why the technology industry in New York may now be giving Silicon Valley a run for its money, as technology firms, both big and startup, rush to get closer to other industries, to their users, and to the talent and experience of the city, as they create new ideas for products and services.
Britain does not have a technology-focused venture-capital industry anything like as bounteous as that which serves Silicon Valley.
Industry watchers say such deals often spur others as Silicon Valley firms follow their peers in a race for assets.
Consolidation in the wireless industry risks shifting the balance of power away from Silicon Valley toward the much less innovative wireless carriers.
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For the tech luminaries on board, this industry shows the same kind of limitless promise that Silicon Valley did a few years ago.
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It is how the far mightier Silicon Valley emerged, with a big defence industry spinning off start-up firms.
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In the semiconductor industry, identity has an importance that transcends the value of silicon chips.
Porter gives several (non-silicon) examples, including the wine-growing industry in northern California and the flower-growing business in the Netherlands.
These are the 1% of us, the rare giants of industry, commerce and finance who occupy Wall Street suites, Silicon Valley campuses, and all great cities in between.
Log on to any of the chat sites where Java software developers meet to discuss their industry, and you will find a virtual version of the conversations in Silicon Valley's bars.
One of the world's most conspicuously successful centres of enterprise lies in that bit of California known as Silicon Valley: computing is today's knowledge-based industry par excellence (see survey) The new jobs in tomorrow's industries, in manufacturing and services alike, will call for more than button-pressing automatons.
When folks graduate, they move where their specific industry is dominant: This might be Los Angeles for film and television, Silicon Valley for technology and New York for media.
Only in Silicon Valley are new technology ventures cultivated from the perfect mix of academic, industry and venture capital resources.
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Like Silicon Valley and Boston, Austin is already a technology hub for the computer industry, and is home to Dell and Freescale.
In fact, incredible pricing pressure has kept the industry's overall revenues stagnant for five years, even though companies are selling more silicon than ever.
In my role as an economic developer, I have been given the incredible chance to work across sectors and regions to translate the entrepreneurial ecosystem present in Silicon Valley into a living network of government advocacy, research collaboration, and industry investment.
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