Xenia von Wedel

From November 4-6, 2009, experts in venture capital and representatives from cutting-edge private technology companies in China, India, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Australia and Vietnam will gather in Shanghai, China to discover an exceptional array of entrepreneurs and executive leaders from innovative technology firms in the Asian marketplace. In addition, Red Herring Asia will present the winners of the Red Herring 100 Asia award, selected by Red Herring editors. The program will offer a platform for a global launch, insights into what investors in Silicon Valley and Asia want and offer the opportunity to meet top entrepreneurial disruptors. By bringing together an elite roster of entrepreneurial and global venture investment firms and top CEOs sharing their winning str... (more)

Umoo Opens Private Beta to Launch Social Gaming Tournaments

Web 2.0 Journal Not many people have the fun job to deal with technology startups and play online gaming during work time. Fortunately, I am one of the few lucky ones. As I was heavily testing the new Umoo Social tournaments I was forced to compete with my entire office. I set up tournaments with my step dad in Germany and even my mother in law who usually only plays Mahjong or Scrabble ... (more)

Open Source CMS: Jahia Launches New Enterprise Edition

Jahia has launched Jahia Enterprise Edition v6 - its latest Web Content Integration Software. The offering hosts an array of new enterprise features on a subscription basis. This enterprise ready product delivers scalability, high availability, and performance, together with support for enterprise stack, server and storage. The Jahia multi-source Web Content Integration strategy and ente... (more)

2009 Is the Year of the Ox and 3-D Movies

Just as the Year of the Ox comes around on a 12-year cycle, 3-D movies seem to return on a somewhat less predictable cycle. Jeffrey Katzenberg of Dreamworks Animation, a huge 3-D advocate, has predicted that over a dozen 3-D feature films will be released in 2010. But, will 3-D save Hollywood? In film, the term 3-D (or 3D) describes any visual presentation system that attempts to maintain... (more)

Fiber Optic Transceiver Prices Slashed with Ubiquitous Spread of High Speed Networks

The arrival of high-speed broadband and ubiquitous computing has resulted in an explosion of demand for switching, transmission, and distribution equipment that utilize optical interfaces. This is leading to new opportunities for innovative companies entering this emerging market. Historically, the deployment of new data communications networks had utilized routers (layer 2 ethernet switc... (more)