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TOLLY ON TECHNOLOGY
Being based on the East Coast, I don't get out to Silicon Valley as often as I should. At the moment though, I'm nearing the end of a 10-day trip out here. Working and meeting with established IT vendors along with new start-ups - and old start-ups - has provided me with a good look at post-bubble San Jose.
It is clearly not the same place - even (rom the outward signs - and hasn't been for some time now. But in all my varied meetings and interactions, I saw nothing but positive signs: clarity, creativity and confidence.
Clarity. Gone is the babble of years past and market-trend presentations that could win "best fiction" awards. Today's marketing executives have studied their markets and have a strong basis for why their product set will win. They've...