Skype 4.0: New Version, New IP Hack
iOS users got some good news after the weekend cleared with the launch of Skype 4.0, which features a few notable tweaks. First and foremost is the ability to change the location of that…
VMware Teams with Piston to Create BOSH for OpenStack
Earlier this month VMware debuted BOSH, an open-source tool (or tool-chain, in the words of the developer) for deploying Cloud Foundry. It also announced plans to make the solution platform agnostic so that the…
Google Drive’s Biggest Virtue May Be its Ecosystem
Google Drive became one of last week’s most talked out tech updates, and a couple of interesting discussions about the launch sprung up as a result. Our very own Kit Dotson raised the issue…
Fusion-io Boosts Webair’s Cloud
Flash storage provider Fusion-io recently released another one of its case studies, this time outlining how ioMemory helped data center operator Webair address the growing demands of its customers. Webair previously used traditional disk-based…
Big Data Helps Find the Cause for MS
The University of Buffalo leverages technology from Revolution R and IBM Netezza to drastically accelerate their research of the potential factors that may be contributing to Multiple Sclerosis, according to a case study the…
This Week in Big Data: Cloudera and VMware Enter the Frey
This past week in big data has been a pretty exciting one, with some product launches and a milestone acquisition by VMware. First up is Cloudera, which is not exactly new to the big…
This Week in Cloud: Remote Storage Regains Interest
The concept of offering users online hosting that they can use to hold their personal files and data is nothing new. In fact, it has been almost completely milked out in the past couple…
Citrix Boasts Q1 Sales Growth, NetScaler Success
Virtual desktop solutions maker Citrix reported impressive gains for the first quarter of 2012, crediting a great deal of it to the success the company’s NetScaler VDI delivery platform has seen in the same…
Triple Growth for Software Maker Veeam
The privately held Veeam makes software for virtualized environments, including backup and data recovery, as well as monitoring apps and other solutions. And it has been doing something right so far, according to some…
Wiggio Gains 1M Users for Student-Driven Cloud Collaboration
Wiggio is a Boston-based cloud collaboration startup that’s working its way up the same niche market that helped spawn at least one other incredibly fast-growing network – students. And Wiggio is surprisingly similar to…