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Data is what You Need to Change Consumers’ Minds
This week’s DEMO Fall 2011 conference has really brought some innovative attention back to the social enterprise space. A lot of companies showcased here, and some – like Hewlett-Packard – discovered some interesting statistics that may help marketers optimize their campaigns. A study conducted by HP Labs using Rankr, a web-based mobile polling app developed ...
Fusion-io Gets DOD Support, and the Navy Too
Flash-based storage acceleration solutions maker Fusion-io has been growing steadily for some time now, and this is true for most of the segments it operates in. That includes the public sector and government agencies using its offerings to boost their existing IT infrastructure. The latest development? Fusion announced its technology has been tested and found ...
Cloud Security Proves its Necessity
Security in the cloud is a big deal for both customers and enterprises, and solution providers have started to take note. Microsoft is one of them, now that it said that Windows 8 will be shipping with some features of Security Essentials built in. To be more specific, malware detection (including the kind delivered via ...
Cisco’s To Do List: Cut Revenue Forecasts, Bash Competition
Networking giant Cisco is still the number one player in the industry, but its investors have not been all that optimistic as of late. This is due to declining earnings, and Cisco caused more reason for concern, having just cut its revenue forecast for the next three years. CFO Frank Calderon said that his company ...
WalMart Acquires OneRiot, Beefs Up Digital Strategy
Wal-Mart, the retail giant that also happens to be the number one employer in the world, has taken a slight turn with its strategy and has begun to focus on expanding its digital product portfolio. Its latest move is the acquisition of OneRiot, a startup that helps companies to better target their social media and ...
SAP Acquires Hemisphere, Expands Mobile Growth Strategy
German business software giant SAP acquired Right Hemisphere for an undisclosed amount; Right Hemisphere is a company that develops 3D visualization tools for enterprise users. the company’s goal is to simplify employees’ workflows and overall efficiency adding another elemental to usual collaboration and communication. “Employees will be able to make process and procedural adjustments on the ...
ServiceMesh the Latest to Support OpenStack
Enterprise cloud solutions provider ServiceMesh announced that it has extended its ServiceMesh Agility platform to support OpenStack, the open-source cloud OS initiative first kicked off by Rackspace and NASA, along with several others. ServiceMesh Agility allows customers to setup OpenStack clouds, as well as well deployments based on other popular offerings by VMware and Amazon Web Services. ...
Pano Logic Scales Down VDI for SMBs
Virtual desktop infrastructure vendor Pano Logic debuted two new offerings today, Pano Express SMB and Pano Express HA. Express SMB and HA are scaled versions of Pano’s VDI in a box solution, designed specifically for small to medium-sized businesses. A single deployment can support up to 60 ‘power users,’ according to the company. John Kish, ...
Opera Solutions Lands Industry First with $84M for Big Data Innovation
Opera Solutions, a big data software maker (contrary to Opera Software, the developer of the web browser), just announced one of the biggest funding rounds in the history of this industry. The company secured $84 million in a first round of funding led by Silver Lake Sumeru, with participation from Accel-KKR, Invus Financial Advisors, JGE ...
Fusion-io Grows Partnerbase as Flash Storage Gains Traction
Solid-state SAN storage provider Kaminario has teamed up with Fusion-io, a company that sells flash-based storage acceleration solutions, to develop what it calls the Kaminario K2 storage, one of the industry’s first all solid-state SAN products. The company promises that this new technology is built to optimize the performance of heavy business applications. “The Kaminario K2 ...