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Top iPad, Android Tablet Apps for Business Users
The tablet space is heating up as manufacturers and platform makers are becoming more and more competitive with their offerings. As a consequence, the market is evolving, and tablets are gradually invading the office – not to mention the apps. So this week we’ve looked into and rounded up five of some of the most ...
The Past Week in the Cloud: SAPphire 2011, Partnerships and Privacy
This past in the cloud featured some very significant updates, and one of the main highlights was the SAP SAPphire 2011 conference. The conference’s focus was mainly on the cloud and big data, and a lot of the companies who attended took the opportunity to announce their new developments and quite notably, partnerships. Among these ...
Fujitsu, Microsoft for the Private Cloud
The SAP SAPphire 2011 week has been rich in partnerships focused on developing integrated cloud offerings, and now Fujitsu and Microsoft (yet again) made it to the list. The two companies have introduced the preconfigured Microsoft Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track program, which basically offers customers a pre-integrated, immediately-deployable offering. This is the same approach NetApp ...
Virtustream, VMware Partner on SAP Apps
Cloud platform developer Virtustream unveiled a fresh partnership with virtualization giant VMware, meant to introduce a new and optimized integrated offering. SAP customers can apply to this new pilot program offered by Virtustream, which is free for the first 90 days. These selected customers will be able to run SAP applications in Virtustream’s cloud platform, ...
Fusion-io Integrates ioMemory into Dell Storage Offering
Fusion-io announced that it has entered an agreement with Dell to integrate its ioMemory technology with the latter’s In-Memory solutions. Dell, who will now resell Fusion-io technology, is purposing the integrated product for large scale, near real-time analytics. “Providing the power to analyze business operations based on large volumes of detailed information, the Fusion Powered ...
GigaSpaces Boosts Global Expansion in Eastern Europe
Gigaspaces, an emerging developer of cloud scaling platforms, is making partners in an effort to expand its market share. This part of its strategy is a very significant one, its most recent partner being the Poland-based Comarch. The latter offers system integration services, and announced it will leverage GigaSpaces’ flagship eXtreme Application Platform (XAP) offering ...
Amidst Decline, Cisco Does Damage Control
Cisco’s stock has been sliding quite a bit in the past four quarters, and CEO John Chambers decided to take action recently. It’s interesting to look at a timeline of how Cisco’s troubles started, and how they – as well as more positive strides – developed. Focus.com outlined the journey in this infographic (see below). ...
NetApp Finds Strength in Partnerships, Bets on Flash Storage
Patrick Rogers, NetApp Vice President of Alliances, sat down at The Cube in the heart of the SAPphire 2011 conference with John Furrier and Dave Vellante. Rogers began by discussing the current market demand from his company’s view point, and highlighted three main elements. These include cutting IT infrastructure costs, increase the efficiency of the ...
Cisco Strengthens Tie with Microsoft by Expanding Support Portfolio
Cisco announced new data center solutions for customers who want to run Microsoft enterprise applications on Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS.) This launch is a part of the networking giant’s recovery and reshaped focus on its core businesses, and comes the same day NetApp announced a similar offering also powered by Microsoft components. Cisco launched ...
HP Lands New Storage Client, Builds Up Cloud Services
Hardware and aspiring software giant Hewlett-Packard broke the news that it has landed a major storage customer, a company which apparently benefited quite a bit from the transition, according to an official release. The new client is Knight Frank LLP, among the world’s largest privately owned global property agency and consultancy. The London-based company has ...
