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IBM gets start-ups onboard early

To those that have, have some more

IBM is reaching out to venture capitalists by offering technology and go-to-market help for software start-ups they back.

According to IBM, use of its software, servers and consulting from staff in 30 Innovation Centers worldwide will help young companies get to market quickly and reduce development costs of advanced and emerging technologies in Web 2.0, software as a service (SaaS), security, virtualization and wireless. All services will be provided free of charge.
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It’s important for platform providers to get in early with start-ups, as limited R&D budgets mean their products will generally use just one vendor’s database or middleware stack. Only as their business increases can companies port to others platforms.

By Gavin Clarke in San Francisc

Full Story: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/22/ibm_vc_startup_funding/

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