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Finance’s Future: The young guns of venture capital are poised to bring venture back into the limelight

Venture capital is not a new institution. In 1946, Gen. Georges Doroit, considered by most to be the father of the venture capital industry, founded American Research and Development Corp. in Boston and in 1959 dropped $70,000 into a little company known as Digital Equipment Corp. Anyone who has spent more than 20 minutes in the New England Technology community knows how that investment turned out (DEC had a reported market value of $37 million when it went public in 1968). Steady industry growth over Continue reading →

Siemens Launches Ember-enabled Wireless Building Automation System

Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. unveiled the industry’s first wireless commercial building automation system, based on ZigBee™-ready wireless networking technology from Ember Corporation. Siemens teamed with Ember to develop its new APOGEE ® Wireless Field Level Network solution. Through its inherent efficiencies, a building automation system deployed using an APOGEE Wireless Field Level Network can provide facility builders, owners and managers increased occupant comfort, greater flexibility, and more efficient control of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. APOGEE Wireless includes easy-to-install radio transceivers embedded with Continue reading →