Senior executives from 3 of Andreessen Horowitz's portfolio companies (Cumulus Networks, Coho Data and Mesosphere) presented their game-changing innovations in networking, storage and server management.
The discussion was led by Quinn Bottum, Founder of Product at Swoop Search. He focused on Graphical Vectorized Weighted Search, and its application towards information retrieval and analytics in big data.
Joshua Blake from OpenKinect, shared his experiences with designing NUIs and gestural interfaces, and demonstrated how Kinect can be used to create a variety of experiences from touchless interaction to 3D scanning.
Nolan Wright of Appcelerator discussed adapting app development to diverse devices and data sources, emphasizing the importance of compelling user experiences for success in the evolving "experience economy."
Mike Afergan of Akamai discussed the shift from websites to interactive web experiences driven by mobile usage and the adoption of gesture and voice interfaces.
