Amazon Opens More Microsoft Functionality for Free Users
The latest post on the AWS blog reveals an update to the AWS Free Usage Tier, which has been made more attractive for the sake of free users. A Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2…
AppMobi Launches Mobile-Optimized jQuery Alternative
AppMobi, a maker of mobile development solutions, launched its latest project. The jQ.Mobi JavaScript framework rolled out into private beta under an MIT X11 license, and puts a big emphasis on the “other” type…
Weekly Tablet Business Apps Roundup, Sketch Rolls Tops the List
This week Sketch Rolls is the featured app in our business tablet apps list. This iPad application differentiates itself from alternatives by offering a simple yet innovative advantage to its users that add a…
SAP Beats Expectations, Hopes to Spirit Marketing with Open-Minded Exec
Business software maker SAP had a strong fourth quarter, beating analysts’ expectations as well as its own. Revenue grew by 12 percent to 3.72 billion euros or $4.7 million, compared to the average sum…
IGT Buys Double Down in Massive Social Gaming Deal
International Game Technology (IGT) has acquired Double Down Interactive, a creator of social games that’s most commonly known for the DoubleDown Casino title. The Facebook-based app was one of the top four games on…
Splunk’s Big Data IPO “Imminent,” Insiders Say
Splunk, a maker of machine data aggregation and analysis software for the enterprise, is going public. Citing anonymous “people similar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that Splunk hired Morgan Stanley to lead an upcoming…
This Week in Cloud: Storage, PaaS and Smart TVs
This week has been particularly interesting thanks to a handful of very notable updates from all across the industry. The first news flash came from Dell’s direction, which launched its first dedupe offering powered…
Fusion-io Hires New Product Development Head
Storage startup Fusion-io hired IT veteran Woody Hutsell as its new director of product management. Hutsell comes to Fusion-io from data storage firm Vion, where he served as an application acceleration practice director and…
VMware Co-founder Joins Google’s Board
Diane Greene, who helped co-founding virtualization giant VMware in 1998 and served as the company’s CEO for the next decade, has joined Google’s board of directors. Greene has been selected to fill the 10th…
Compellent Co-Founder Phil Soran is Leaving Dell
CEO Phil Soran, co-founder and CEO of storage company Compellent, said in a keynote during the London-based Dell Storage Forum that he will be stepping down from his position on March 31. Soran founded…