Silicon Valley looks to Europe for brighter outlook
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LONDON -- You know Silicon Valley companies have endured some stormy weather over the past several years when they show up in London looking for brighter skies. But that was the mood when a host of California's IT companies gathered with potential European investors and partners at the ninth annual Cal-IT Europe Forum on Monday.
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Good news has been in short supply for Europe&#39;s traditional industrial economies like Germany and France. Growth remains weak, unemployment high, labor markets are still rigid and the euro is soaring, pricing their exports out of the market.
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Last Sunday Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off this week&#39;s European tour by sitting down with a small group* of British journalists and dispensing pearls of wisdom, notably on the future of Apple in home networking (it has none, natch, says Steve).
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By Jennifer Robinson, Las Vegas Review-Journal  Feb. 17--A focus on underserved small and rural markets is providing  major growth opportunities for a local technology company.
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AMD is looking to Barcelona to improve its overall financial outlook; stock prices already on the upswing.
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More round-the-clock centers to provide service and support for business customers are planned for Europe and Japan.
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Great Britain will become the first foreign market for Apple's popular cell phone-media player. The rest of Europe is expected to line up pretty quickly.
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The chipmaker is upbeat about growth prospects in Asia, but is also watching the economic developments in the U.S.
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Europe remains a vibrant centre for web technology development, a conference in Paris is hearing.
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Apple has been showing off in Paris what we can expect from the company in the coming months.
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InfoWorld - An ambitious plan to equip Silicon Valley with wireless public broadband services is proceeding with great hopes but many challenges.
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The company's latest silicon chip development could open up exciting new markets.
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BRUSSELS : Europeans accustomed to sneering at China as a producer of cheap shoddy goods must realise the world&#39;s most populous country is taking a great leap forward in the technology stakes, according to a new report that urges the EU to innovate or
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- As Apple Computer shares trade near their highest levels in a year, industry analysts are assessing the chances for significant company announcements at the company&#39;s European trade show in Paris next week.
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Bosses around the world are highly optimistic about their firms' prospects, except in continental Europe, where they fear over-regulation.
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How investment in technology firms can help the UK recreate Silicon Valley.
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(InfoWorld) - IBM launched its European Venture Capital Center in Dublin, the first such center outside of the company's corporate offices in Menlo Park, California. The center will be a place where IBM helps unite European startup companies with venture-capital firms and also where IBM can share some of its experiences with startups. Often small companies have found investors but lack the expertise to globalize and scale their offerings, said Nick Donofrio, IBM's executive vice president for innovation and technology, speaking during a press conference in Dublin. "We have those skills," he said. IBM will share such expertise with startups that participate in the center through events including subject-specific round tables or large conferences, such as one that IBM held in New York last week. Encouraging the success of emerging businesses ensures that IBM has strong partners to add to its ecosystem into the future, he said. IBM does not intend to invest in any of the participating companies directly but could in rare cases consider buying a company that might be developing technology fundamental to IBM's business, Donofrio said. IBM chose to place the center in Ireland in part due to its 50 year history in the country but also because of other factors that make it an ideal location. Ireland has a strong academic environment, government support for emerging technology companies, a culture of entrepreneurship and a presence of many global companies, said Deborah Magid, director of strategic alliances, software strategy for IBM Venture Capital Group. She couldn't say how many people the new center might employ but added that existing IBM staff would likely contribute to the center's efforts. IBM is alsoÂ opening an Innovation CenterÂ in Dublin, aimed at helping local software developers test and build products. In July,Â IBM said it was investingÂ â¬46 million ($59 million) and hiring 300 workers in Dublin. The new Venture Capital Center and Innovation Center are part of that ongoing investment. Â ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.