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The Attachmate Group finalized its $2.2 billion buyout of network industry pioneer Novell a few days ago. The latter will be separated into two separate business units, one focused on the Novell brand and the other on the SUSE Linux brand. Now, …
mBlast Data Giveaway Takes Cue from Open Cloud Trends
Today we’ve learned that mBlast, a developer of cloud-based marketing applications, launched the free version of its mPact solution. mPact is a product which aggregates big data from Facebook, Twitter, blogs and other websites to determine the top influencers and voices for …
Location Creates its Own Hot Market in Mobile, More Acquisitions
Location-based search engine Local.com has acquired Krillion for $3.5 million to strengthen its position in the market. Krillion too operates a location-based search engine, which aggregates data about products from local stores and put them in a searchable database. It’s the latest …
The Cloud Executive Shuffle: Nirvanix, Twitter and AppSense
The tech space has seen a lot of hires and fires lately, and three big names in cloud, virtualization and social media just joined the club. The first one is Nirvanix, an enterprise cloud storage company which just hired a new VP. …
RIM’s Shopping Spree Flags Mobile Security Efforts
RIM announced today its latest acquisition – a smartphone security software developer company called Ubitexx. Unitexx raised over $4 million in funding, and its flagship offering is its mobile security software, ubi-Suite, which is what RIM is really interested in. Terms of …
Twitter’s Champion Weekend: Royal Wedding, bin Laden’s Death, 200 M Users
Twitter has just reached an extremely significant milestone in the past week, and it’s been exemplified with the roaring buzz over Osama bin Laden’s death, confirmed in a statement from President Barack Obama late last night. A representative of the social network …
Lawsuit Lunch: Google, Twitter Join Apple in Court
Earlier this week, Apple got sued by two of its customers, Vikram Ajjampur and William Devito, for allegedly tracking the location of their devices without their content. Now, Google’s Android and Twitter have joined that club with two fresh lawsuits filed over …
This Week in the Cloud: Workspace Computing in the Spotlight
The past week has seen a lot of updates from a lot of companies spread across every corner of the cloud, but one segment in particular took the spotlight with a number of significant developments – the workspace cloud. Collaboration is taking …
Tablet Business Apps for Android, iPad: This Week’s Best
Tablets seem to be invading workplaces everywhere, biting out bigger and bigger chunks of the netbook and PC markets. The office and virtual office is no exception, and app developers are making serious strides to monetize this trend. In consequence, users can …
SAP Revenues Soar, Yet Profit Disappoints Investors
Stock prices for German business software maker SAP fell by over 6 percent yesterday, following the company’s earnings call that morning. That equals a $4.34 slide to $63.97 on the New York Stock Exchange, and is attributed to investor concerns regarding Q1, …