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Dell Fails to Meet Expectations Admits PC Market Turmoil
Manufacturing giant Dell, alongside competitor HP, has been making efforts to find a workaround for the impact that Apple’s iPad and Android tablets, among other mobile devices, has had on the PC industry. About 70 to 75 percent of Dell’s business still comes from the PC market however, and this was presumably the primary reason ...
SAP Reveals Integration Plans for Success Factors
SAP’s $3.4 billion acquisition of cloud-based HR software provider Success Factors was just finalized a few days ago, and we now have additional details on how the two plan to integrate moving forward. In a joint statement today we have a summary of how the latter’s portfolio will be integrated into the BI giant’s cloud, and more ...
Zettaset Adds Hadoop Security Layer
Zettaset, a Hadoop startup that offers a self-healing data management platform which runs on top of the open-source big data muncher, unveiled its latest solution. SHadoop is a new security layer that will supplement Hadoop Orchestrator by adding several vital elements that are not included in the base code. For one, it leverages Kerberos authentication ...
Juniper Acquires IDS Security Company for $80M
Juniper Networks, one of the biggest providers of networking gear and software behind Cisco, announced it has acquired Mykonos Software for about $80 million in cash. Mykonos offers an Intrusion Deception System designed to protect web-based applications “among the largest unprotected attack surfaces,” according to Juniper research. The technology is rather self-explanatory: hackers that attempt to ...
ScaleXtreme Offers Cloud-based Automation Service
ScaleXtreme, a maker of automation solutions for enterprise deployments, is rolling out its ScaleXtreme Xpress platform to select users, focusing on minimizing the resources that go towards patching servers. The company says that Xpress supports both Windows and Linux, and works in many different environments whether in a remotely-hosted cloud or physical servers. It enables ...
Dell’s Q4: A Positive Shift to High-Margin Biz or a Work-in-Progress?
Dell is prepping for an earnings call for its fourth fiscal quarter and annual performance. A poll that surveyed analysts concluded that the average forecast stands at 51 cents a share on revenue of $15.94 billion, and $2.12 a share on revenue of $62.03 billion for the full year. There is no consensus, however, when ...
vCider 2.0 Rolls Out Hybrid Cloud Security
vCider announced the second version of its Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), a platform that enables enterprise customers to extend their cloud infrastructure to third party providers. The offering supports Amazon EC2 and Rackspace among other services, all of which can be leveraged concurrently in a vCider deployment. The biggest addition to v2.0 is security. Companies ...
Meg Whitman’s Opportunity to Reaffirm HP Investors with Q4 Earnings
Hardware giant Hewlett-Packard will report its earnings in its latest fiscal quarter after the stock market closes Wednesday, and the progress it has made ever since former eBay head Meg Whitman took the rein. She was chosen to lead the company after the two previous CEOs derailed HP, at least in the eyes of its ...
Cloudera, eHarmony Cover the Fundamentals of Data Nerding
Hadoop distribution maker Cloudera has been fleshing out its big data education program for quite some time now – its own contribution to this rapidly growing ecosystem, which is being held back by a serious shortage in the people who can put all the different parts together. In October last year the company’s data scientist ...
Broadcom Closes NetLogic Deal, Sees Opportunity in Wireless Tech
Networking chipmaker Broadcom announced a milestone last week, as it looks to wireless trends after a weak but not disappointing quarter. The company’s $3.4 billion acquisition of NetLogic, a former competitor, has finally been given the green light by regulators and the semiconductor maker’s shareholders, who received a compensation of $50 per share. The news ...