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Rackspace Gets Smart with CloudU Education Program
Today Rackspace announced CloudU, a new Education Program and Webinar series starting today. The first webinar, “Revolution Not Evolution: How Cloud Computing Differs from Traditional IT and Why it Matters”, will be held today at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. Panelists include John Engates, Rackspace CTO; Ben Kepes from Diversity Limited and InformationWeek editor-at-large Charles ...
Lockerz Acquires Plixi, Joins the Photo Sharing Club
Social commerce site Lockerz announced it has acquired mobile and web photo sharing service Plixi for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition integrates the 1 billion monthly photos-worth Plixi with Lockerz Photos, and members of the social site will be able to utilize the service via Lockerz’ “friends-fwbs;)”. “Lockerz Photos plans to continue providing the same ...
VMware Sees Growing Healthcare Adoption of the Cloud
VMware’s out to tackle every market in the cloud, and one tough battle ground right now is the healthcare industry. With sensitive data, time-managed accounts and empathetic security concerns, this industry has been a big one to crack, with many cloud services seeking effective means of addressing the widening sea of client needs. Making its ...
HP’s New Board Members Pledge Allegance to Apotheker?
Hewlett-Packard recently announced it is replacing 4 members and adding an additional member to the board, but certain corporate governance experts are somewhat doubtful regarding some of the directors’ ability to act independently. At least one director sits on a board in Europe with current CEO Leo Apotheker, while at least 3 others were SAP ...
Michael Dell Talks Austerity, Inflation and 3Par
Michael Dell has some commentary on the cloud industry and market, as well as the 3Par bidding war, which was won by Hewlett-Packard. Dell told the Wall Street Journal that the era of austerity could benefit his company, since the obvious answer to the need of increased and efficiency is technology. “Mr. Dell reckons it ...
Bill Wise Bulks Up Clearspring’s Executive Team as Growth Efforts Intensify
Today online content distributor Clearspring announced industry veteran Bill Wise is joining its Board of Directors. Wise joins Clearspring from MediaBank where he served as CEO. The move comes shortly after a major network update for Clearspring, and is the latest in a string of strategic “hires,” bulking up the company’s executive team. “On Clearspring’s ...
NudgeMail gCal Update Brings Personal Management to Google Apps
NudgeMail is launching a new integration tool for Gmail, in particular for Google Calendar and gCal. Nudgemail enables users to add events to Google Calendar by simply sending an e-mail with a relevant title (e.g. “Feb 12:Call mom”, “Next week: Follow up call with Adam”). “The NudgeMail to Google Calendar integration takes the amazing simplicity ...
Facebook Ramping Up Security, Hammers Privacy
Facebook today announced in a blog post that it’s ramping up security, and adding a few very neat features to keep users safe. The first feature is a completely HTTPS-enabled browsing option (not including 3rd apps yet) which will be rolled out within the next few weeks, slightly overshooting the Firesheep buzz. Other features include ...
Scary Security Stats on the Rise (though Malware Attacks are Actually Declining)
It seems security is the talk of the town, no thanks to rapid cloud expansion, a mobile frontier waiting to be broken in, and Wikileaks scandals bringing the topic front and center. The headlines make great fodder for security companies sniffing out an opportunity for self-promotion, spouting stats addressing these rising security issues. The latest ...
Say What? Google Acquires SayNow, Updates Google Voice
Today voice messaging company SayNow announced in a blog post it has been acquired by Google. SayNow didn’t disclose much detailed information about the acquisition, but the 2005-founded start-up is expected to announce more details within the near future. “With an eye to the future, SayNow built a hosted, standards-based platform and a series of ...