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Bubble Talk is Cheap, Few Deterrents for SocNets Going Public
The social media realm had its fair share of IPO headlines this year, and the latest name to join the list of companies planning on going public is CafePress. The online vendor founded in 1999 offers printing services for just about everything from t-shirts to mugs, and seeks to raise $80 million in a public ...
EMC to Invest $3 Billion in Acquisitions This Year
Storage giant EMC is going to continue its growth-via-acquisitions strategy this year; one which may turn out to be a pretty pricey one, according to President and Chief Operating Officer Pat Gelsinger. He said in an interview that EMC will leverage acquisitions to further branch out beyond storage and into big data, and continued to ...
Stay Smart Anywhere with Stay’s Latest iPhone App Version
Norwegian startup Stay.com announced the third and latest version of its popular mobile app, that lets users use travel guides using their mobile devices. The app currently features some researching, social sharing and printing functionalities, and the release of version 3 aims to further add to those by introducing more support and integration. “On top ...
Busting IPO Expectations, Fusion-io Follows LinkedIn’s Lead
There have been 36 IPOs in the past two months. Not all proven to live up to expectations, but some managed to go as far as surpass them – as in the case of LinkedIn, Russian search engine Yandex, and most recently Fusion-io. Fusion-io sells flash-based server accelerators that offer up to 10x performance with ...
Oracle Sees Courtroom Backlash, Boosts Sun Strategy
It seems that Oracle’s got some bad karma on its hands. After suing SAP and most recently demanding a bigger chunk of Android in its case against Google, Hewlett-Packard has said it intends to sue Oracle should the IT giant not reverse its decision to stop software development for Intel’s Itanium chips. Oracle claims that ...
Pano Logic Welcomes Zonics to Partner Network
VDI solutions provider Pano Logic announced that Zonics, a full service IT firm, has joined its partner network. The company has over 250 partners worldwide on which it relies to deliver its VDI product to customers, and Zonics has become the latest reseller to join a very long list. “Zonic cloud strategies leverage the Pano ...
EnterpriseDB Gains InMobi’s Trust: Database Solution for Ad Network
EnterpriseDB, a maker of PostgreSQL solutions, announced that InMobi has selected its EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus Advanced Server database offerings to power its ad network. InMobi is a mobile advertisement startup founded in 2007 that serves about 32 million ad impressions a month, and needed an affordable database backend solution, according to the company. Another emphasis ...
Oracle Bullies Google, SAP in Court, Settles with Sybase Investors
The court system has been jam packed with tech patent infringement suits lately, and two of the most recent and more significant updates crossed the wire, starting with the Oracle vs. Google case. Oracle has filed a lawsuit against Google claiming that its Android mobile platform has several infringements on the Java programming language last ...
Hewlett-Packard Invests $2 Billion in Hybrid Cloud
Under chief executive Leo Apotheker, HP is doing some serious pushes to expand its share of the software and cloud markets – and the company is willing to invest a lot in order to achieve this goal. HP Financial Services, the leasing and asset management subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard, announced it is making $2 billion available ...
IPO Season in Full Swing – Fusion-io Valuation Goes Even Higher
Flash memory solutions provider Fusion-io has its IPO lurking just around the corner, and is getting a lot of attention from investors already. The most recent proof of that is that the company has increased the pricing of its shares for the second time, from $16 to $18 per share. This brings Fusion-io’s valuation to ...