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Skype Video Chat Catches Up to Competitive Android Scene
Skype had a significant update today. The VoIP giant rolled out video chat support for four Android-powered devices, and announced that there are plans in place to extend the new features to more devices “very soon.” Currently, HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro and Nexus S holders have access to ...
Universities Find Research Benefits in HP Big Data Solutions
Hewlett-Packard’s landed another academic partner to utilize its storage and big data solutions. The University of Utah’s Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) selected HP storage technology and servers handle big data processing for its research projects and accelerate information delivery. “Our research groups use the CHPC resources to quickly collect and analyze information for ...
Karmasphere Gets Good Vibes with Latest Hadoop Team-Up
Hadoop-powered big data analytics companies Karmasphere and Think Big Analytic announced today at the Hadoop Summit they’re partnering up to develop and provide joint offerings. These products will be designed for companies that leverage Hadoop to carry out unstructured data analysis. “Our partnership with Karmasphere offers technological capabilities that map to our clients’ business objectives,” ...
Social Enterprise Matters, In Case You Didn’t Know
Social business software maker Jive released a report today suggesting that social enterprise is being considered a strategic priority by more and more execs. The study, called Jive Social Business Index 1H 2011, surveyed 301 executives, 301 working millennials and 300 general knowledge workers. “Social Business is increasingly becoming a strategic initiative for enterprises, especially ...
HP Expands Storage Business Amidst Company Shifts
Hewlett-Packard is making storage a very major aspect of its outlook, especially as it shifts in manufacturing and services strategies to reflect today’s enterprise and consumer markets. The company is currently the largest storage vendor in terms of sales, and is constantly working on further growing its market share. HP has recently reached an agreement ...
Cisco Needs to Offer Value to Investors, One Way or Another
Networking giant Cisco has seen its stock decline drastically throughout the past four quarters; something that, according to Barron’s, means this can be a good time to buy shares of the company. Cisco has reached a low, and buying cheap now may prove to be a good choice if the company will manage to regain ...
The Amazon Experience is Expanding with New Ad Network
Amazon is a very big marketplace in several sectors: retail, e-publishing, music, daily deals and digital content to name a few. Now the web giant is looking to enter yet another business, launching a brand new ad network. In partnership with San Francisco-based ad company Triggit, Amazon will take a big-data approach to monetize ads ...
Personal Cloud Boost Driven by Mobile, Video and Beyond
The personal cloud industry is seeing a lot of updates as countless companies – from startups to some of the biggest players in tech – try to take a shot at monetizing this exploding market. As competition intensifies, increasingly innovative offerings surface and grow their market share – just like some of the more recent ...
Tablet Summer Showdown Is a Circus for Mobile OS
The tablet device market is heating up as more and more companies are looking to take a bite out of the iPad’s overwhelming share of the market. Hewlett-Packard is one of them, and we’ve learned it may be prepping to launch yet another tablet after launch of the 9.7-inch webOS-powered TouchPad. A story in the ...
Microsoft Stirs Rumors around Windows 8, Pushes WP7 Forward
Microsoft has been working a lot around its top ventures lately, and today the latest batch of Windows 8 rumors crossed the wire. It was forecasted that the software maker will launch Windows 8 sometime in the second or third quarter of 2012, but there may be a different time-table we can expect. ZDNet’s Mary ...