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Gilles Samoun
Gilles Samoun (born in 1965) is a French investor, tech serial entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley and France, pioneer and strong advocate of software as a service (SaaS) since he founded Qualys in early 1999, the cybersecurity leader which subsequently went public, listed on NASDAQ, in 2012. He is the founder and CEO of Salesmachine, a Customer Success Management platform which helps SaaS companies increase conversion and adoption anprevent churn The Salesmachine platform connects with SaaS products and provideproduct-led teamswith the necessary insights and tools to engage with the right product at the right time with the right context. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Paris. In 2001, he was honored with the position of Entrepreneur in Residence at Benchmark Capital, now Balderton, one oEurope’s leading technology venture firms Committed to the Algolia.html" ;"title="French Tech, Gilles Samoun has notably invest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965
Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 30 – The Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoism, Lysenkoist theories are now treated as pseudoscience. * February 12 ** The African and Malagasy Republic, Malagasy Common Organization ('; OCA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Tech
French Tech is an accreditation awarded to French cities recognized for their startup ecosystem. It is also a name used by technologically innovative French businesses throughout the world. Convinced by the necessity to promote the emergence of successful start-ups in France to generate economic value and jobs, the French Government created the French Tech Initiative at the end of 2013. Its philosophy: build on member initiatives of the French Tech themselves, highlight what already exists, and create a snowball effect. It is a shared ambition, propelled by the State but carried and built with all the actors of the French tech company and start-up scene. The French Tech initiative also has a transversal objective: to enhance the coherence of public actions in favour of startups. It does not create a new organization or a new public tool, but is carried by a small team, Mission French Tech, which works closely with the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fotopedia
Fotopedia was a photo encyclopedia that, as of August 2011, had generated more than 51,000 pages and linked to over 755,000 photos. Fotopedia was launched in June 2009 by five former Apple employees: Jean-Marie Hullot, Bertrand Guiheneuf, Manuel Colom, Sébastien Maury and Olivier Gutknecht. Members could create photo-driven articles which include Wikipedia and Google Maps information. They were able to add a limited number of photos per day resulting in a high quality selection of photos. The range of topics varied widely from precise locations, music bands or species to countries and famous people. As well as taking part in the encyclopedia, professional and amateur photographers on Fotopedia could create albums to display their works, use Wikipedia articles to add context and to advertise popular albums. Fotopedia also had several social networking features, such as a profile page and ability to interact with other users and content. Fotopedia supported Creative Commons lice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criteo
Criteo is an advertising company that provides online display advertisements. The company was founded and is headquartered in Paris, France. History Criteo was founded in Paris, France, in 2005 by Jean-Baptiste Rudelle, Franck Le Ouay and Romain Niccoli. Criteo spent the first four years focused on R&D, and launched its first product in April 2008. In 2010, Criteo opened an office in Silicon Valley. In 2012, Criteo opened its new headquarters in Paris, France. On April 7, 2011, Criteo announced that it hired Greg Coleman as president. Previously, Coleman served as president and chief revenue officer of The Huffington Post and executive vice president of global sales for Yahoo!. In October 2013, the firm completed an initial public offering (IPO), raising US$251 million. On 1 January 2016, Rudelle became the executive chairman, while Eric Eichmann, who was the president and chief operating officer (COO), was promoted to be the chief executive officer. In June 2016, Criteo alleged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abiquo
Abiquo Hybrid Cloud Management Platform is a web-based cloud computing software platform developed by Abiquo. Written entirely in Java, it is used to build, integrate and manage public and private clouds in homogeneous environments. Users can deploy and manage servers, storage system and network and virtual devices. It also supports LDAP integration. Hypervisors Abiquo supports five hypervisor systems. * VMware ESXi * Microsoft Hyper-V * Citrix XenServer * Oracle VM Server for x86 * KVM From version 3.1, it also supports multiple public cloud providers: * Amazon AWS * Rackspace * Google Compute Engine * HP Cloud * ElasticHosts * DigitalOcean Abiquo version 3.2 added: * Microsoft Azure Abiquo version 3.4 added: * Support for Docker hosts, adding multi-tenant networking, storage management and private registry management for Docker * SoftLayer * CloudSigma Later versions continued to add features including autoscaling on any cloud, integration to VMware NSX and Ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolicloud
Joli OS was an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution created by Tariq Krim and Romain Huet co-founders of the French company Jolicloud (also the name of the operating system until version 1.2). Joli OS is now an open source project, with source code hosted on GitHub. On 22 November 2013, Tariq Krim decided to discontinue Joli OS, but keep the source code open. Jolicloud was discontinued on April 1, 2016. History The project was launched in 2008 by Netvibes founder Tariq Krim and Romain Huet. Krim originally wanted to build a laptop using environmentally friendly manufacturing methods, but the two co-founders refocused the effort on building an operating system. After purchasing a few netbooks and renewing their acquaintance with Linux, they rented office space in the Montorgueil area of Paris and were later joined by another developer, Tristan Groléat. Venture capital firms Atomico Ventures and Mangrove Capital Partners have provided $4.2 million in funding. Version 1.0 was rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CipherCloud
CipherCloud is an American software company providing cloud security to businesses. The company was established in 2010 and is based out of San Jose, California. History CipherCloud was founded in 2010 by Pravin Kothari, who previously co-founded ArcSight. The company launched in February 2011 and initially worked in Salesforce.com environments. It added Amazon Web Services integration in 2011. CipherCloud released its Gmail security service in June 2012. By September 2012, CipherCloud's platform could secure Force.com, Chatter, Microsoft Office 365. It also launched Connect AnyApp, which allowed users to specify Web pages of an application to be secured. CipherCloud closed a $30 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures in December 2012. Deutsche Telekom also participated in the funding round through T-Ventures, the telecommunications company's venture capital arm. John M. Jack, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz and former CEO of Fortify Software ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Board Member
A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organization, or a government agency. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulations (including the jurisdiction's corporate law) and the organization's own constitution and by-laws. These authorities may specify the number of members of the board, how they are to be chosen, and how often they are to meet. In an organization with voting members, the board is accountable to, and may be subordinate to, the organization's full membership, which usually elect the members of the board. In a stock corporation, non-executive directors are elected by the shareholders, and the board has ultimate responsibility for the management of the corporation. In nations with codetermination (such as Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sifted
Sifted (a merger between Sifted and VeriShip) is a logistics company headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ..., having been previously headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. History * VeriShip was founded in 2005 * In 2015, the company announced a move to Overland Park, Kansas. * In July 2015, VeriShip launched a cloud-based parcel tracking platform. * In December 2019, VeriShip acquired Valence, an Utah-based company that tracks packages shipped by Amazon. * In October 2020, VeriShip merged with Sifted and adopted the name Sifted. References Technology companies of the United States {{Logistics-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shine (bank)
Shine may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Shine'' (film), a 1996 Australian film based on the life of David Helfgott, a pianist * Shine, a fictional character in the American animated TV series '' Shimmer and Shine'' Literature * ''Shine'' (Myracle novel), a 2011 novel by Lauren Myracle * ''Shine'', a 2013 novel by Candy Gourlay * ''Shine'' (Jung novel), a 2020 novel by Jessica Jung Music * Shine!, a musical based on the works of Horatio Alger Bands * Shine (Hong Kong group), a Hong Kong Cantopop duo * Shine (Scottish band), folk trio of Alyth McCormack, Corinna Hewat and Mary Macmaster Albums * ''Shine'' (Trey Anastasio album), 2005 * ''Shine'', by Average White Band, 1980 * ''Shine'', by Sarah Bettens, 2007 * ''Shine'' (Mary Black album), 1997 * ''Shine'' (Bond album), 2002 * ''Shine'' (Meredith Brooks album), 2004 * ''Shine'' (compilation series), released by Polygram from 1995 to 1998 * ''Shine'' (Crime & the City Solution album), 1988 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
