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Samsung Expands Into Healthcare with Latest Buy
Electronics giant Samsung acquired ITC Nexus Holding Co Nexus for an undisclosed amount as a part of a wider-scale effort to expand into the healthcare industry. Nexus, based in San Diego, makes cardiac monitoring systems and will continue to operate out of its current headquarters once the takeover is complete. “This partnership will play a ...
Millennial Media Debuts mmStudio, Furthers Ecosystem
Mobile ad network operator Millennial Media announced its latest product, the mmStudio ad creation platform. Via integration with 10 rich media vendors including Celtra, Crisp and others marketers can use the mmStudio tools, as well as a number of wireframes that are provided by Millennial, to design their own ads. “Both consumers and advertisers have ...
Dell Sees Slow Growth, Expands Portfolio
Electronics maker Dell reported earnings for its third fiscal quarter, missing analysts’ expectations and lowering its own forecast. Dell’s revenue has seen no growth at $15.4 billion, and the company lowered its expectation for this fiscal year. “Dell said that given the uncertain macroeconomic environment and complexity in working through the industry-wide hard drive issue ...
SolidFire Hires Former Xiotech Exec as New Head of Sales
SSD storage systems maker SolidFire announced it has appointed Mark Glasgow as its new Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Glasgow has served in executive sales and maangment positions for 20 years, and joins the company from Xiotech where he worked as vice president of sales for the past six years. During his tenure Xiotech (now Xio), ...
Informatica Cozies Up for Cloud Winter 2012
Data integration software maker revealed Informatica Cloud Winter 2012, the latest version of its offering which will become generally available in 2012. It features several significant improvements, notably extended support and several additions to the solution. Cloud Winter 2012 features integration enhancements, including speedier outbound messaging and bulk API support for Salesforce CRM and Force.com. ...
Mark Himelstein Joins Hortonworks as VP of Engineering
Hortonworks, a Hadoop startup that was spun off from Yahoo, has hired Mark Himelstein as its new vice president of engineering. Hortonworks is amidst some rapid expansion thanks to a couple of recent initiatives, which is why this latest addition to its management team is particularly significant. “We believe that Mark’s presence will further accelerate Hortonworks’ ...
DDN Storage Fusion Gets Boost from IBM, New Offerings
Data-aware storage systems maker DataDirect Networks has expanded its big data appliance strategy with a new team-up with IBM. The Big Blue is consolidating its clustering solutions under a new name, the IBM Intelligent Cluster portfolio. Alongside the addition of new Ethernet switches, IBM is also offering DataDirect’s SFA 10K Storage Platform. “Often deployed in ...
New Relic Gets $15M for Performance Monitoring App
Software-as-service provider New Relic announced it has closed a $15 million round of funding led by DAG Ventures and Four Rivers Group. Investors Allen & Company, Benchmark Capital, Tenaya Capital, and Trinity Ventures also participated in the round. The company says it will use the capital to meet “overwhelming demand” from companies that are using ...
Apache Hadoop Update Marks Milestone for Ecosystem
This week, Hadoop received its first update in more than a year. Apache 0.23.0 features a number of new and extended functionalities including HDFS federation, which improves the data analytics engine’s ability to scale; and the rewritten MapReduce 2 that allows parallel apps to run on Hadoop while reducing bottlenecks associated with scaling. This is ...
Jaspersoft’s New Scholar Program Bridges Analytics Skill-Gap
BI software maker Jaspersoft has a new initiative: the Jaspersoft Scholars Program, which provides higher education institutions an opportunity to apply for a free license of the company’s commercial BI suite. In addition, training and other online resources are also provided to better educate students in their use of the software. “Eighty percent of students specialize in ...