Comments on: IBM invests in EnterpriseDB http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/03/25/ibm-invests-in-enterprisedb/ A blog for the enterprise open source community Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:16:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: The Cheeky Careerist » Postgres Rocks http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/03/25/ibm-invests-in-enterprisedb/#comment-215789 The Cheeky Careerist » Postgres Rocks Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:26:52 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/03/25/ibm-invests-in-enterprisedb/#comment-215789 [...] I am pleased to report that three month’s worth of work has finally paid off, and the employees at my company can relax a bit (or at least not work 70 hours a week).  Tuesday was the day of the big launch; we announced three major pieces of news, which were quickly picked up by a number of major sources including, but by no means limited to, the New York Times, CNN Money, and The 451 Group. [...] [...] I am pleased to report that three month’s worth of work has finally paid off, and the employees at my company can relax a bit (or at least not work 70 hours a week).  Tuesday was the day of the big launch; we announced three major pieces of news, which were quickly picked up by a number of major sources including, but by no means limited to, the New York Times, CNN Money, and The 451 Group. [...]

]]> By: Matthew Aslett http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/03/25/ibm-invests-in-enterprisedb/#comment-215177 Matthew Aslett Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:33:05 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/03/25/ibm-invests-in-enterprisedb/#comment-215177 Thanks for the comment. Appreciate the clarification. Thanks for the comment. Appreciate the clarification.

]]> By: John Willis http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/03/25/ibm-invests-in-enterprisedb/#comment-215147 John Willis Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:50:19 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/03/25/ibm-invests-in-enterprisedb/#comment-215147 Opps .. looks like I should have read further before jumping the gun. You are right a "C" round investment is odd for IBM. Sorry John Opps .. looks like I should have read further before jumping the gun. You are right a “C” round investment is odd for IBM.

Sorry
John

]]> By: John Willis http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/03/25/ibm-invests-in-enterprisedb/#comment-215136 John Willis Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:06:08 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/03/25/ibm-invests-in-enterprisedb/#comment-215136 "IBM’s investment in EnterpriseDB is particularly fascinating given how rare it is for the company to make venture capital-style investments" What? Dude Google IBM Venture Capital Group IBM will typically seed a company it might be interested in buying down the road. A good example of this was Cyanea. IBM was an early investor in Cyanea and later purchased the company outright. Now Cyanea is one of their top Tivoli product brands (ITCAM). There are other similar examples to this. johnmwillis.com “IBM’s investment in EnterpriseDB is particularly fascinating given how rare it is for the company to make venture capital-style investments”

What? Dude Google IBM Venture Capital Group

IBM will typically seed a company it might be interested in buying down the road. A good example of this was Cyanea. IBM was an early investor in Cyanea and later purchased the company outright. Now Cyanea is one of their top Tivoli product brands (ITCAM). There are other similar examples to this.

johnmwillis.com

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