In 1941, renowned Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges published a short story entitled “The Library of Babel.” The story tells the tale of a universe c…
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What Washing Dishes, Driving a Truck, and Working in a Cemetery Taught Me About the Power of “Blue-Collar” Software
These days, I work as a venture capitalist in a glass-walled office and wear dress shirts to work. But it wasn’t so long ago that I wore an orange neo…
Forget the Firewall: Better Application Security Could Have Prevented the Equifax Breach
Security breaches at big companies and government agencies, including the recent disaster at Equifax, continue to dominate the headlines. One importan…
The Haves And Have-Nots In Cybersecurity: How Your Company Can Level The Playing Field
We all know about the income-inequality debate in America, and the controversy about too much wealth being held by the “one percent”. But did you know…
Getting Around “Moore’s Wall”: Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi Strives to Make AI More Accessible to the Fortune 2000
Today Databricks*, a high-profile provider of technology fueling artificial-intelligence and data-analysis breakthroughs at big companies, announced i…
Back to the Future–Putting the Silicon Back in Silicon Valley
It may be true that software is “eating the world”, and every company on the planet is going digital. But in many ways, hardware is now moving back in…
Way More Than Cybersecurity: An Up-Close Look at the Startup Nation
Eight years ago, a book called “Start-up Nation” opened the world’s eyes to the breathtaking pace of startup activity in Israel. Today, an Israel-base…
How Open Source Ate Samsung, and Lessons for Smaller Companies
Powered by Battery recently sat down with Ibrahim Haddad, a vice president of R&D and head of the Open Source Group at technology giant Samsung. I…
The BOSS Index: Tracking the Explosive Growth of Open-Source Software
Many of today’s hottest new enterprise technologies are centered around free, “open-source” technology. As a result, many big companies—from financial…
Blue-Collar Revenge: The Rise Of AI Will Hit the Professional Class, Too
New, more-modern manufacturing processes, including the use of robots, have gutted the number of high-paying factory jobs in the U.S. and caused econo…