2011 CFO Hiring Trends Survey August 30th, 2011Employment The Intersect Group has released the results of the company’s CFO Hiring Survey. The survey was distributed to 541 Atlanta-based CFOs with 58 respondents. The survey yielded positive results for the future of the finance and accounting function. The survey found that: – 47.4 percent of respondents plan to add staff in the finance and accounting function. – More than 72 percent of jobs being staffed are being staffed by permanent hire employees. – More than 50 percent of respondents indicated that they would hire between one and five employees, while 20 percent said they planned to hire more than 25. Read More Hostile and Unsolicited Merger Bids Up in 2011 August 26th, 2011M & A Deal makers have been more likely to engage in adverse merger bids in 2011 than last year. There have been 58 hostile bids in 2011, up from 55 in 2010. Read article. contributor: Alex Meier Read More PART 2: Sig Mosley Interview – Lessons from an Atlanta Technology Leader August 24th, 2011Industry Spotlight, MMM Tech Perspectives Interviews: Atlanta Technology Leaders, MMM Videos The name Sig Mosley has long been synonymous with technology investment in Atlanta. From his early days with Management Science America to his current role at Imlay Investments, Sig has been a tech leader in our community. The MMM team recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Sig to discuss the highlights of his 40+ years in the community, as well as his thoughts on the present and future of technology and investing in Atlanta. We hope you enjoy Part 2 of the interview. Watch Part 1 Watch other interviews from the Tech Atlanta History series Read More Florida Bioenergy Project Closes $75M Loan August 23rd, 2011Clean Tech/Green Energy INEOS New Planet BioEnergy’s Indian River BioEnergy Center is now the first large-scale advanced biorefinery facility in U.S. to close financing in latest round of USDA backed financing. The company announced last week that it has closed $75 million in private financing utilizing the USDA loan guarantee program. The program will use feedstock-flexible BioEnergy technology, which turns various waste materials into biofuels and renewable energy by using a combination of gasification and fermentation technology. As part of the government’s goal to replicate the technology, INEOS Bio plans to enter licensing agreements with third parties to build similar commercial bioenergy plants around the Read More Sig Mosley Interview: Part 1 August 18th, 2011Industry Spotlight, MMM Tech Perspectives Interviews: Atlanta Technology Leaders The name Sig Mosley has long been synonymous with technology investment in Atlanta. From his early days with Management Science America to his current role at Imlay Investments, Sig has been a tech leader in our community. The MMM team recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Sig to discuss the highlights of his 40+ years in the community, as well as his thoughts on the present and future of technology and investing in Atlanta. We hope you enjoy Part 1 of the interview. Watch Part 2 Click here for more videos from our Atlanta Tech Leadership series Read More Why Tech Companies are Leaving California August 16th, 2011Entrepreneurial Info One entrepreneur explains why California’s start-up climate is less than desirable for some. Read article. Read More 2011 Data Breach Report Reveals More Vulnerable Targets, But Eases Cloud Security Fears August 12th, 2011Data Centers Data Centers, Privacy/Security by Vaughn Morrison Verizon’s RISK Unit worked with the U.S. Secret Service and the Dutch High Tech Crime Unit to prepare their annual Data Breach Investigation Report. The findings are summarized below. Less Theft, But More Painful? – According to the study, the total number of records compromised through data breach decreased significantly compared to last year’s numbers. Unfortunately, this decrease is allegedly attributable in large part to a shift in target victims: fewer big companies, which yield larger results but are more difficult Read More PART 3: Bill Goodhew Interview – Atlanta Tech Community: Yesterday vs. Today August 11th, 2011Industry Spotlight, MMM Tech Perspectives Interviews: Atlanta Technology Leaders Bill Goodhew, one of Atlanta’s technology leaders and former CEO of Peachtree Software, is a proud Georgia Tech graduate and has been instrumental in the growth of the software community in Atlanta for decades. In part 3 of our interview, Bill discusses the Atlanta technology community yesterday vs. today. View Part 2 View Part 1 View more videos from the Atlanta Tech Leadership interview series. Read More Tech Atlanta History: Bill Goodhew Interview – Part 2 August 9th, 2011Industry Spotlight, MMM Tech Perspectives Interviews: Atlanta Technology Leaders Bill Goodhew, one of Atlanta’s technology leaders and former CEO of Peachtree Software, is a proud Georgia Tech graduate and has been instrumental in the growth of the software community in Atlanta for decades. In part 2 of our interview, Bill highlights the the development of the Peachtree Software brand. Watch Part 1 of the Interview Watch Part 3 of the Interview View more videos from our Atlanta Tech Leadership series. Read More Federal Circuit Upholds Sanctions Against Patent Holding Company for Manner of Extracting Settlements August 5th, 2011Patents/IP Case Has Potential to Curb Patent Infringement Case Settlement Strategies by “Patent Trolls” by: John R. Harris The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) recently upheld significant sanctions imposed by a district court against a patent holding company and its attorneys. The CAFC believed this was an exceptional case of behavior in extracting patent litigation settlements that warranted punitive action. The case is Eon-Net LP, and Zimmerman & Levi, L.L.P. and Jean-Marc Zimmerman v. Flagstar Bancorp, Case No. 2009-1308 (Fed. Cir. July 29, 2011). The case can Read More Previous 76 77 78 79 Next
Hostile and Unsolicited Merger Bids Up in 2011 August 26th, 2011M & A Deal makers have been more likely to engage in adverse merger bids in 2011 than last year. There have been 58 hostile bids in 2011, up from 55 in 2010. Read article. contributor: Alex Meier Read More
PART 2: Sig Mosley Interview – Lessons from an Atlanta Technology Leader August 24th, 2011Industry Spotlight, MMM Tech Perspectives Interviews: Atlanta Technology Leaders, MMM Videos The name Sig Mosley has long been synonymous with technology investment in Atlanta. From his early days with Management Science America to his current role at Imlay Investments, Sig has been a tech leader in our community. The MMM team recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Sig to discuss the highlights of his 40+ years in the community, as well as his thoughts on the present and future of technology and investing in Atlanta. We hope you enjoy Part 2 of the interview. Watch Part 1 Watch other interviews from the Tech Atlanta History series Read More
Florida Bioenergy Project Closes $75M Loan August 23rd, 2011Clean Tech/Green Energy INEOS New Planet BioEnergy’s Indian River BioEnergy Center is now the first large-scale advanced biorefinery facility in U.S. to close financing in latest round of USDA backed financing. The company announced last week that it has closed $75 million in private financing utilizing the USDA loan guarantee program. The program will use feedstock-flexible BioEnergy technology, which turns various waste materials into biofuels and renewable energy by using a combination of gasification and fermentation technology. As part of the government’s goal to replicate the technology, INEOS Bio plans to enter licensing agreements with third parties to build similar commercial bioenergy plants around the Read More
Sig Mosley Interview: Part 1 August 18th, 2011Industry Spotlight, MMM Tech Perspectives Interviews: Atlanta Technology Leaders The name Sig Mosley has long been synonymous with technology investment in Atlanta. From his early days with Management Science America to his current role at Imlay Investments, Sig has been a tech leader in our community. The MMM team recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Sig to discuss the highlights of his 40+ years in the community, as well as his thoughts on the present and future of technology and investing in Atlanta. We hope you enjoy Part 1 of the interview. Watch Part 2 Click here for more videos from our Atlanta Tech Leadership series Read More
Why Tech Companies are Leaving California August 16th, 2011Entrepreneurial Info One entrepreneur explains why California’s start-up climate is less than desirable for some. Read article. Read More
2011 Data Breach Report Reveals More Vulnerable Targets, But Eases Cloud Security Fears August 12th, 2011Data Centers Data Centers, Privacy/Security by Vaughn Morrison Verizon’s RISK Unit worked with the U.S. Secret Service and the Dutch High Tech Crime Unit to prepare their annual Data Breach Investigation Report. The findings are summarized below. Less Theft, But More Painful? – According to the study, the total number of records compromised through data breach decreased significantly compared to last year’s numbers. Unfortunately, this decrease is allegedly attributable in large part to a shift in target victims: fewer big companies, which yield larger results but are more difficult Read More
PART 3: Bill Goodhew Interview – Atlanta Tech Community: Yesterday vs. Today August 11th, 2011Industry Spotlight, MMM Tech Perspectives Interviews: Atlanta Technology Leaders Bill Goodhew, one of Atlanta’s technology leaders and former CEO of Peachtree Software, is a proud Georgia Tech graduate and has been instrumental in the growth of the software community in Atlanta for decades. In part 3 of our interview, Bill discusses the Atlanta technology community yesterday vs. today. View Part 2 View Part 1 View more videos from the Atlanta Tech Leadership interview series. Read More
Tech Atlanta History: Bill Goodhew Interview – Part 2 August 9th, 2011Industry Spotlight, MMM Tech Perspectives Interviews: Atlanta Technology Leaders Bill Goodhew, one of Atlanta’s technology leaders and former CEO of Peachtree Software, is a proud Georgia Tech graduate and has been instrumental in the growth of the software community in Atlanta for decades. In part 2 of our interview, Bill highlights the the development of the Peachtree Software brand. Watch Part 1 of the Interview Watch Part 3 of the Interview View more videos from our Atlanta Tech Leadership series. Read More
Federal Circuit Upholds Sanctions Against Patent Holding Company for Manner of Extracting Settlements August 5th, 2011Patents/IP Case Has Potential to Curb Patent Infringement Case Settlement Strategies by “Patent Trolls” by: John R. Harris The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) recently upheld significant sanctions imposed by a district court against a patent holding company and its attorneys. The CAFC believed this was an exceptional case of behavior in extracting patent litigation settlements that warranted punitive action. The case is Eon-Net LP, and Zimmerman & Levi, L.L.P. and Jean-Marc Zimmerman v. Flagstar Bancorp, Case No. 2009-1308 (Fed. Cir. July 29, 2011). The case can Read More