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There have been several interesting update this week from the cloud computing industry, and open-source innovation was one of the biggest highlights in the last few days. HP, Gluster and Dell all had an OpenStack announcement, representing a milestone for the companies …
Hewlett-Packard vs. Dell in the Open Cloud
A couple days after Dell launched an infrastructure offering based on OpenStack, an open cloud OS initiative started by Rackspace and NASA, Hewlett-Packard announced it too has joined the community. The electronics giant, hoping to further expand beyond hardware into the cloud and …
AntiSec Calls Users to Close their PayPal Accounts
AntiSec, the hacker movement that emerged out of the now disbanded Lulz Security and bolstered by Anonymous, is too following tradition by going after PayPal for withholding funds from WikiLeaks. However this time they took an uncharacteristic course of action–a “DBoS” or Distributed Boycott …
InQuira Marks Oracle’s Third Buy Since June
Oracle seems to be on a shopping spree, making its third acquisition in a month and half. This time the company acquired InQuira, a provider of customer support solutions which it dubs “service knowledge management software.” InQuira’s web-based platform supports both self …
SAP Beating Oracle with Stellar Growth
Business software maker SAP is taking a victory lap now that its organic license growth rate outpaced long time competitor Oracle for the first time in seven quarters, reports Matrix Research’s Rajeev Bahl. The company reported 35 percent growth throughout each of …
Get High on Open Source Clouds, from Dell to Microsoft
There have been a lot of open-source cloud updates this week, both from large players such as Dell and Microsoft, to smaller startups that just emerged out of funding rounds. The first highlight comes from the electronics giant, with the launch of …
HP Head’s Push May be what the Company Needs, Though Investors Remain Doubtful
Hewlett-Packard chairman and venture capitalist Ray Lane sat down for an interview with Reuters, and discussed how chief executive Leo Apotheker’s push into the cloud may be just what’s needed to “return the former Silicon Valley icon to stability.” Lane said that …
On-Going Hacking Campaign against Defense Contractors Uncovered
Researchers from Invincea Labs and ThreatGrid discovered what seems like a cyber espionage campaign against some 163 key executives, including presidents and CEOs of key defense contractors, who attended a recent Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity event. The whole thing was picked up thanks to an …
Amazon Comfortably Passes Wall Street Expectations, More Steady Growth
Following eBay, retail and cloud giant Amazon has reported financial results for the second quarter. Amazon’s Q2 net-income was $191 million or 41 cents a share compared with $207 million or 45 cents in the same time last year. While this figure …
Citrix the Latest to Make Management Changes: 3 New VPs
Virtualization solutions maker Citrix is the latest company to make significant staffing changes this week, introducing three new execs: Erin Hintz, Shankar Iyer and Bob Schultz. Hintz joins Citrix from Symantec, where she led global marketing for the Norton antivirus. “Hintz will lead …