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Startups April 30, 2014 Editor of this Newsletter Conner Forrest | Staff Writer | @connerforrest Conner Forrest covers startups and Google for TechRepublic and is passionate about the convergence of technology and culture. The rise of crowdfunding: 10 things to know Crowdfunding platforms are changing the way we finance projects and services, but the laws surrounding them are still ambiguous. Here are 10 facts to get you up to speed. Resource of the day Dramatic IT Innovation: The Converged Infrastructure IT leaders are inundated by the challenges of consolidation, virtualization, and the cloud. Jim Ganthier is VP of Marketing & Operations and GM of the Mainstream business unit of HP's Servers & Software division. Read what he has to say about today's server technology. Additional TechRepublic resources How Kimono Labs can turn any website into an API Maya Penn: Artist. Coder. CEO. Philanthropist. Ninth-grader. How the 5 hottest tech jobs are changing IT Comparison: The 8 best music streaming services to use at work Business as a force for good: How benefit corps are rewriting the rules of the corporate world Featured multimedia Photos: Crowdfunded tech projects that are changing the world Today's recommended downloads Dramatic IT Innovation: The Converged Infrastructure (HP & Intel® Xeon® Processor) Beyond the Next Generation - Putting Advanced Network Security to Work (IBM) The Benefits of a Unified Endpoint Management Approach (IBM) Overcoming the Biggest Data Challenges for Small Business - Streaming Google Hangout (HP & Intel® Xeon® Processor) Free Download: Intel Advisor XE 2013 (Intel Software) Connect with TechRepublic A Special Feature from TechRepublic and ZDNet Microservers: A Data Center Revolution? The rise of cloud computing has put new and different demands on data center capacity. Powered by smaller chips like the ones in mobile devices, microservers have emerged to help meet the needs of 'scaling out' and to produce servers that are lower cost and lower power. Learn more in this microservers special feature. TechRepublic newsletters Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Developer The Mobile Revolution Apple in the Enterprise Visit the Subscription Center to get other free newsletters, manage your account settings or to be removed from TechRepublic communications. The e-mail address for your subscription is habib2best@gmail.com. Unsubscribe | Send Feedback | FAQ | Advertise | Privacy Policy Copyright 2014 CBS Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. TechRepublic is a registered service mark of CBS Interactive, Inc. TechRepublic 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A.