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Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Peter Levine: There’s An Enterprise Renaissance Going On

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http://techcrunch.com – Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Peter Levine took the stage at the Defrag conference today and said what has become pretty apparent these days: There’s a renaissance happening in the enterprise and the change it brings will go deep and see the emergence of a new generation of creativity that will change the way we live and work. Ian Glazer of Gartner Research interviewed Levine about similarities of today’s new enterprise disruption. And, Levine said, there is lots of proof that the renaissance is underway — well illustrated in the shift from the personal computer to mo (IT news)

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