The third-generation Gobi modem chipsets also have an integrated application processor and hardware accelerators with a feature rich, Linux-based application development environment and optional mobile access point software stack.

ENGADGET: Qualcomm's Gobi modem chipsets combine 84Mbps HSPA+, LTE-Advanced

When paired with the Qualcomm Atheros AR6003 or AR6004 chipsets, the mobile access point software stack enables customers to design high performance, low power portable and fixed 802.11n routers.

ENGADGET: Qualcomm's Gobi modem chipsets combine 84Mbps HSPA+, LTE-Advanced

Plus550 has funded seven companies so far, according to Clay Andrus who has been working with the group since its beginning: Chargeback Guardian, CloudVu, Contact Point, Drop Ship, Marketecture, Right Intel and Salt Stack.

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Of course, we cannot be sure whether the 53% of deals which destroyed value were among organisations which would have lost value against competition if they had not merged but one of the sure-fire ways to stack the odds against yourself is to look at your target or partner from a business point of view only.

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