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Cloud storage solutions provider FalconStor announced it has made some staffing changes, and hired two new VPs. The company has hired former Hewlett-Packard exec Donna Williams to serve as vice president of worldwide technical support, and former Symantec director Abbas Meghjee as …
3PAR Proving its Worth at HP in Entertainment Sector
Hewlett-Packard has been making serious pushes to expand its storage business. Both former CEO Mark Hurd and current chief executive Leo Apotheker put an emphasis on staying competitive in this market via two main approaches: R&D and acquisitions. When looking at HP’s …
SAP Investing in Online Ads, Cloud & Mobility
German business software maker SAP had two significant announcements today, starting with an investment in OpenX. SAP’s venture arm is leading a $20 million funding round in the online exchange and server service. New investors AOL Ventures, Mitsui Global Investment and Presidio …
Dell and HP Crank Up Competition with Memorial Day Deals
Long time competitors Dell and Hewlett-Packard are celebrating Memorial Day 2011 today with a long line-up of discounts. Dell will only offer its discounts today while HP is extending its own to an extra day, and as it seems, competition over consumer’s …
Cisco Reputation, Stock Take Hit while Blade Server Business Expands
Networking giant Cisco is currently a work in progress, going through an internal restructuring led by CEO John Chambers. This road however seems to be a bit bumpy, and an analysis of network scans by Dimension Data for its 2011 Network Barometer Report …
Penultimate Leads Top Business Apps for iPad, Android Tablets
The tablet and app craze are catching up with business – this one of the main topics addressed at this week’s Citrix Synergy 2011 conference. Even though the consumer level is getting t6he most attention, developers are also turning their eye towards …
This Week in the Cloud: Fusion-io, PaaS and Facebook
This past week spurred quite a bit of updates from some of the biggest players in the cloud, including Citrix. The virtualization vendor held its annual Citrix Synergy7 conference this week, where it has announced a partnership with Amazon to optimize some …
Citrix Synergy 2011 Recap: Mobile, Open Cloud & VDI
The Citrix Synergy 2011 this week spurred a lot of developments for Citrix, and focused on three major areas: desktop virtualization (VDI), the company’s core business, as well as mobile and the open cloud – two areas the company’s demonstrated a lot …
The Oracle-Google Saga: a Never-ending Story
The Oracle vs. Google court battle took yet another turn this week when the federal judge overseeing the Java patent litigation said the trial may have to be delayed until authorities finish reexamining some of Oracle’s patents. This process may turn out …
Capgemini Offers Support for SAP Applications on AWS
At the SAP SAPphire Now conference last week, the German software maker with a goal of reaching $28 billion in revenue by 2015 announced that customers will be able to run its BusinessObjects and Rapid Deployment offerings on Amazon’s cloud. The company …