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VMware is advancing deeper into Citrix territory with the acquisition of AirWatch, a privately-held developer of mobile device management (MDM) software based in Atlanta. The deal is valued at approximately $1.54 billion (mostly in cash) and is expected to close later this …
ServiceNow and Fruition Partners strengthen cloud ecosystem
ServiceNow, a provider of cloud-based IT automation solutions, is taking a page out of Amazon’s book and investing in the ecosystem to fuel growth. Cloud service management firm Fruition Partners recently achieved “ServiceNow Master Services Partner” status in the latest sign that ServiceNow’s efforts are paying …
CA Technologies puts unique twist on enterprise cloud governance
CA Technologies is applying the core principles of BYOD to the cloud in a bid to help organizations tame the use of unauthorized apps, without hindering employee productivity. The software giant last week announced CA Service Management, a platform-independent service hub that addresses …
Hortonworks launches HDP 2.0 for Windows
Hortonworks, the buzzed-about Big Data startup that spun out of Yahoo in 2011, announced today the availability of its latest Hadoop distribution for Windows. The Linux edition of Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) 2.0 hit the market a little less than three months …
Fusion-io beats out competition with ultra-fast hybrid arrays
Fusion-io, the company that single-handedly put server-side flash on the CIO’s radar, is now making a splash in the hybrid storage market with its ioControl array for small and medium enterprises. Unveiled just three months ago, the system is based on technology …
GE picks up API Healthcare to round out Industrial Internet vision
GE is is investing heavily to lay down the foundations for Industrial Internet, its vision for a global network of “smart” machines that will provide a constant stream of real-time sensory data for minute-by-minute visibility into operations. But there’s more to analytics …
Accenture gobbles up Germany’s ClientHouse for a seat on the Salesforce bandwagon
Top IT vendors have been cozying up to Salesforce lately in a bid to catch up on the industry-wide shift to the cloud, but Accenture is having none of it. The consultancy is reasserting its dominance in the CRM giant’s partner ecosystem …
SolidFire vying for ecosystem prominence as OpenStack matures
OpenStack is at a crossroads. Already in its fourth year, the project is hailed by supporters as a private cloud alternative to AWS without the lock-in, but there remain significant gaps between vision and reality. In particular, the lack of coherent leadership …
QLogic and Brocade team up for SAN + Gen 6 FC
Modular appliances that collapse compute and storage into a single resource tier are taking the enterprise data center by storm, but QLogic doesn’t see hyperconvergence vendors like the recently funded Nutanix disrupting its traditional revenue streams any time soon. The network equipment …
HP gives up on Windows 8 in latest push to regain relevance
Hewlett-Packard is not doing things the Microsoft way anymore. In a move that directly undermines the software giant’s efforts to rekindle demand for Windows 8, HP has shifted its marketing focus back to Windows 7. As part of a new promotion bearing …