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Check Out These Business Apps for iPad, Android Tablet
The invasion of tablets into the workspace has been going on for quite some time now, and its gaining momentum by the day. This is represented by all the ever-more powerful and handy apps, as well as the first product to enter this week’s list. The Enterprise App Store by Partnerpedia While it falls in ...
Growing Support for VMware’s Open Initiative Cloud Foundry
VMware’s Cloud Foundry, the first of open PaaS offerings, is currently in beta but having quite a start. We’ve heard of quite a bit of developments related to the offering in the past few weeks in particular, and now, the support for Cloud Foundry is beginning to accelerate. The Register reports that ActiveState, the company ...
WiFi Hotspots Prove Mobile Ad Gold Mine, JiWire Raises $20M
JiWire, a provider of mobile and location-based marketing solutions, announced it has raised $20 million in a third round of funding. The round was led by Palo Alto, Calif.-based Trident Capital, and existing investors Comcast Interactive Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Norwest Venture Partners and Panorama Capital also participated in the financing. “As part of its ...
Does Skype Need Another Daddy?
Reuters broke the news last night that social networking titan Facebook may just be buying Skype. A source reportedly said that CEO Mark Zuckerberg is amidst deep talks about buying Skype. This multi-billion deal would be valued at $3 billion to $4 billion, but, it’s important that Skype’s IPO is still scheduled for the second ...
The Cloud M&A Scene Too Hot to Handle?
The cloud industry represents a constantly maturing and expanding trend, and it seems that every spark of innovation can trigger quite a bit of interest from some of the biggest players in IT. This phenomenon is the main driver behind the exceptional amount of activity we’ve seen in the cloud mergers and acquisition scene lately. ...
Oracle vs. Google: Judge Removes Vast Majority of Claims
Oracle and Google have been clashing in court over alleged Android and Java-related infringements on seven of Oracle’s patents. And now, it turns out that Google won the latest battle. The California judge handling the case, Hon. William Alsup, has released an order which details how much each side must cut back its claims. The ...
Cisco Overhauling Management In light of Skidding Market Share
Cisco’s stock skidded by roughly 34 percent in the past year or so, and after four very weak quarters, CEO John Chambers is carrying out his intentions, which he outlined in a memo he sent out a few weeks ago. Chambers has established a council-based management structure back in 2005, which was designed to enhance ...
Failed Phone Authentication Costs Companies Money: ClickFox Report
Analytics company ClickFox released its latest Customer Experience Analytics Insights report, which focuses on customer service phone systems. It turns out that 10 percent of all customers are transferred to an agent due a failed authentication attempt by the system. Assuming that each such call would cost a company $5, the firm reckons that closing ...
Cisco Introduces its First Datacenter Container
Today Cisco made a serious push in the datacenter hardware market, introducing its first ‘datacenter in a shipping container’ offering. This move represents a huge leap for the networking giant, who has now intensified its competition with one-stop-shop datacenter providers HP, Dell, and IBM. Cisco’s offering supports 16 racks with up to 25kW of power ...
EMC, VMware Step it Up a Notch
There have been quite a bit of product launches going on in every segment of the cloud lately, and EMC and VMware are the latest ones to join that list. Storage giant EMC announced a lineup of new tools and products designed for virtualized Windows environments. The company introduced 3 new offerings including EMC Storage Integrator, which ...
