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331_  Success Story Inspired by Star Wars and Dad 
Helen Greiner is co-founder and Chairman of the Board of iRobot Corp., maker of the Roomba® Vacuuming Robot (over 2M units sold) and the iRobot PackBot® Tactical Mobile Robot, which  deactivates mines in Iraq and Afghanistan. Inspired by the science fiction movie, Star Wars, and getting enthralled with R2D2, led to the innovative "iRobot" success story.. and yes, credit cards are part of the story. Lucy Sanders, CEO and Founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) asked Helen some revealing questions about the 17-year history of iRobots. There wasn't an iRobot business plan, we didn’t have a clear crisp idea of how the technology would be used. And it was a long haul in the beginning. If I were to do it over again ...listen for more.
Related Links: NCWIT Heroes || iRobot || US News & World Report || NCWIT Blog || CO Coalition for Gender and IT || NCWIT Practice|| Keywords: Helen Greiner, iRobot, NCWIT, Lucy Sanders, Women in IT, National Center for Women & Information Technology NCWIT Heroes > Channels: NCWIT Bytes: 7441243 LISTEN 6/25/07
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325_ Open Source, a pathway to innovation and much, much more
 Imagine you buy a software company. The transaction is completed. There’s a knock on your door. A stranger is here to confirm that you are not in breach of his ‘open source software license’. You call your attorney for help. That’s where Jason Haislmaier, HRO, enters the scene. He is recognized by many as the “Open Source Legal Guru” in Colorado. When we asked how he got into this field? his reply was direct and to the point. "Simply put, I was driven by client need."
Having earned an engineering degree prior to law school, Jason has a natural affinity and appreciation for the technical issues he handles today. "As a software vendor, it's not uncommon to have your software product comprised of software that you've developed in-house, that you would consider proprietary, perhaps third party software that you've licensed in, and from open source software, and it's all working together. It is that co mingling or interaction of the softwares that, from a legal standpoint, creates some of the stickier areas under the open source license. Even if you're not a vendor, if you're a data center, it's the same thing.
"Open source software, at its core, is licensed. Licenses can be breached and that can create liability; and in come the lawyers. And that’s where a lot of the legal aspects of open source come about. It’s very difficult to talk about open source software without talking about the legal aspects of open source software.
Related Links: Holme Roberts & Owen || GPLv3 || It's the Law Interviews || Find It || Keywords: Open Source Software, HRO, Holme Roberts & Owen, Jason Haislmaier, Lucky Vidmar> Channels: Software Bytes: 7984172 LISTEN 6/11/07
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 The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Denver had as their guest,
Sam Addoms, Chairman of Frontier Airlines' Board of Directors. His inspiring story of Frontier Airlines combined intellect, humor and great stories as he shared the ups and downs of growing a business in an industry significantly affected by 9-11, while raising capital along with the real story behind one of the most successful ad campaigns in America. Sam didn’t pull any punches…he called a spade a spade. With all the tough times, including the bout with the BIG gorilla, humor was always part of Sam’s delivery. It’s an extremely interesting story, filled with learning experiences for all of us.
Related Links: ACG Denver || ACG Denver Calendar || Frontier Airline History || Event Photos || Find It || Channels: ACG, News :: Keywords: Sam Addoms, Frontier Airlines, Association for Corporate Growth, ACG Denver> Bytes: 18826870 LISTEN 6/25/07
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333_ From NASA, to the Mir Space Station, to Earth Experience 
NASA Commercialization Center located here on the CU-Boulder campus, it’s called Bio Serves Space Technologies. Richard Stoner, CEO of AgriHouse, Inc. discusses another success story with CU TTO, Boulder Campus. They sponsored us to test our product on the Mir Space Station, to enhance growth and resist disease in enclosed environments on the space station. And since, it has been returned to earth and the experiments worked really well, and we have been promoting 'Beyond' for the last seven years. We have tested the product world wide, and have customers and distributors all over the world. There are many dramatic possibilities, including a radical reduction of pesticide use.
Related Links: AgriHouse || Aeroponics || Mir News || CU Tech Transfer Channel || Keywords: AgriHouse, Aeroponics, Richard Stoner, CUTTO, University of Colorado, Pesticides, Mir, NASA> Channels: CU Tech Transfer > Bytes: 5132855 LISTEN 6/25/07
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CB-26_ Universal Languages - It's All in the Translation
  Beatriz Bonnet is president and CEO of Syntes Language Group, a translation and interpretation firm based in Centennial that last year generated revenues of $1.8 million, a 73 percent jump from the previous year. Bonnet is formally educated in the universal language of music, but her business for the past two decades has been in translating actual words. Predictably, a lot of her firm’s business comes from translating services for companies intent on tapping the huge Hispanic market in the United States. She estimates the U.S. Spanish-speaking market to be about 40 million. Additional languages are commonplace.
Related Links: Complete Story || Colorado BIZ Today || w3w3.com Blog || PodCast Directory || Channel: Colorado Business Magazine, COBIZ, Mike Cote, Culture Changes, Syntes Language Group, Beatriz Bonnet > Read More 6/18/07
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 Revolutionizing IT
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329_ It sounds technical, but what isn’t today? Here’s a technical best-seller, written by 3 key experts:
Evi Nemeth; Garth Snyder; Trent Hein along with 10 key contributors…all experts. This 1000-page book, "LINUX Administration Handbook" (Second Edition),  has a cartoon on the cover (and drawings throughout), easy to understand with readable information and a special section for non IT managers so they understand what is going on and how to be an effective manager in this arena. IT loves this second edition because of the critical contents that are easy to reference and are now getting support from management rather than pushback. It started in 1988. Setting the standard of excellence, translated into 20 languages, and is revolutionizing IT as we know it. Related Links: Applied Trust || Book Press Release || Amazon || Blog || Channels: Software > Keywords: Evi Nemeth; Garth Snyder; Trent Hein, LINUX, IT managers, LINUX Administration Handbook > Bytes: 6199696 LISTEN 6/18/07
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328_ The Trend is Changing for Start-up Entrepreneurs 
Statistics show that better than 50% of new entrepreneurs are female. Many business people are surprised to hear that there is a growing number (contrary to popular belief) of women getting into and making a very productive and rewarding career in Information Technology (IT). As a result, many women of varying ages and interests are taking the entrepreneurial plunge. In walks Lucy Sanders, CEO and Founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), headquartered at CU Boulder. Lucy is a Bell Fellow and points out (proves) there are many female entrepreneur success stories or as she and her team states it, they are “NCWIT Heroes”. If you have any interest in this burgeoning growth phase of Women and IT, check out the first in this series of amazing true-life stories.
Related Links: NCWIT Heroes || Nat. Academies Report || NCWIT Blog || CO Coalition for Gender and IT || NCWIT Practice|| Keywords: NCWIT, Lucy Sanders, Women in IT, National Center for Women & Information Technology NCWIT Heroes > Channels: NCWIT Bytes: 6525913 LISTEN 6/18/07
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330_ Integration of Technology Impacting TV User Experience
 What would you like to ask a top-level executive in a large and growing company? Sue Wyman, Chairman of the Communication Technologies Professionals (CTP) and Larry Nelson went to John Suranyi's office to ask some very pointed questions about his development and where he is heading. John is the President of Sales and Services for Direct TV. Sue asked John to rewind a little and talk about the past and what he went through in his development, the challenges he faced, the turning point in his career as well as a number of other topic areas. Related Links: CTP Channel || Communication Technology Professionals Home || Jivaro Group || Find It || Channels: CTP> Keywords: John Suranyi, Direct TV, Sue Wyman, Communication Technologies Professionals, CTP > Bytes: 5910259 LISTEN 6/181/07
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