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VMware and Intel SAP Platform: A Case Study
A recent case study gives us a closer look at some big name cloud computing vendors, including VMware and Intel. It’s available at Business Solutions details Nashville, Tennessee-based Southwestern /Great American’s utilization of WMware and Intel technology to set-up a platform for SAP ERP deployment. The highlights are detailed below: “By virtualizing, we saved ourselves a ...
iPad Losses Ground in Online Publication
According to a recent report released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, publishers distributing digital issues have seen a significant year-end drop in sales of iPad editions. Vanity Fair sold only 8,700 digital issues in Nov. compared to an average of over 10K in the previous 3 months, Wired fell from 100,000 issues to only ...
GigaSpaces Technologies Partners with Protogen, Taking the Cloud Down Under
Virtualized application platforms developer, GigaSpaces Technologies announced it has added the Australian enterprise management solutions provider Protogen Technologies as a partner. The two have teamed up to deliver Australian clients high-speed processing and scalability using the GigaSpaces eXtreme Application Platform (XAP). “Protogen and GigaSpaces combine to provide our best-of-breed technology to Australian business,” says Adi Paz, ...
Android Market Apps Exceed the 200K Mark, Gains on iTunes App Store
According to third party Android Market tracker AndroLib, the Android Market has surpassed the handsome figure of 200,000 apps. Two months ago an official tweet by Google stated the Android Market had 100,000 apps, which means the number of application has doubled during that period. “Compared to Apple’s App Store, the Android Market is still ...
Groupon to Raise Up to $950M in Funding
According to Bloomberg, coupon crowd-sourcing giant Groupon has been reported to fill out the paperwork to raise a maximum of $950 million in funding, potentially increasing its value to $7.8 billion. The exact amount is expected to be disclosed next week. “Groupon Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mason is shoring up the company as he ponders ...
Teradata Acquires Aprimo for $525M
Atlanta-based data storage company Teradata had recently announced it will buy Aprimo, a web-based marketing software developer, for $525 million. The deal is expected to be closed during Q1, 2011. In addition to assuming $25 million in Aprimo’s cash, Teradata is also adding marketing camp gain analytics to its offerings portfolio by acquiring the Indianapolis-based ...
Mark Hurd Asks to Intervene in Shareholder’s Lawsuit
According to Bloomberg, HP’s former chairman and CEO Mark Hurd today asked Delaware judge Donald Parsons Jr. to allow him to intervene in a shareholder’s lawsuit and add his name to Hewlett-Packard’s books and records. The intervention would allow Hurd to fight to keep a letter from Gloria Allred about his departure confidential. “The letter ...
HP Lands $2.5BN Contract with NASA
Hewlett-Packard has landed a $2.5 billion, 10 year contract with NASA to manage the bulk of the space agency’s IT infrastructure including personal-computing hardware, standardized software, peripherals and, more. According to the Bloomberg article, this will be a powerful windfall for HP as NASA is a hugely recognized fixture of advancing eras. “It’s basically everything that’s ...
WalMart invests in Chinese 360buy.com
China’s e-commerce market has been seeing significant growth lately, which became the motive behind Walmart’s and 5 other investors’ $500 million investment in the e-commerce consumer electronics seller, 360buy.com. The site has a similar business model to that of Amazon, as it’s a direct competitor of Alibaba Group’s Taobao, the leader in the Chinese e-commerce market. ...
The FalconStor Ride: a Year in Review
Data protection solutions provider FalconStor has seen a lot of ups and downs in the past 6 months, ever since it first launched the FalconStor Network Storage Server (NSS) SAN Accelerator for VMware View(TM). The SSD-enhanced storage solution was launched back when FlaconStor was just another hot start-up, and not involved with improper payments associated ...