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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Nirvanix Investor Lands Farah Giga, Grows Hardware Interest
IT VC firm Valhalla Ventures announced that it hired of Farah Giga, previously a strategy and business development manager at Hewlett-Packard. She will serve as a principal, focusing on enterprise hardware investments. At 28…
Cloud Security Forges Partnerships as Industry Bubbles with Opportunity
European end-point cybersecurity provider BullGuard turns to security firm Commtouch in a partnership designed to integrate the latter technology with BullGuard’s offerings. Specifically, Commtouch’s Anti-Spam and GlobalViewURL Filtering products will be included in BullGuard’s Internet Security 12,…