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Demand for computer displays has predictably been dragged down further by the slowing PC market, but an encouraging third quarter sales uplift indicates it’s not time to jump ship just yet. The latest market report from IDC reveals that while monitor shipments …
Alibaba expands overseas as part of Cloud push against AWS
Alibaba Group, China’s top e-commerce firm, is expected to overtake Amazon by 2015 to become the world’s largest online retailer. Unsatisfied, the Hangzhou-based company is now opening a new front against its American rival with an ambitious plan to secure a foothold …
Google revamps billing to make the Cloud more transparent
Following the example of Amazon, Google is making it easier for developers to keep tabs on their cloud deployments with a new feature that offers visibility into the resource utilization of applications running on its infrastructure. Currently in preview, Billing Export is …
Watch out Accumulo: IBM wins patent for fully homomorphic encryption
Decision makers are breaking down information silos to gain a better view of their companies and customers, but successfully implementing analytics at an organizational level is much easier said than done. In a world of tight budgets, CIOs seeking to tap into …
Dell, HP receive top customer satisfaction ratings in the enterprise
While traditional retailers are struggling to match their online rivals in providing positive shopping experiences (a trend that IBM says will be reversed in the next five years,) some big name enterprise vendors are already dominating customer satisfaction rankings. The latest survey …
Tech giants boost OpenStack ecosystem with new software
OpenStack has come long way since its release in July 2010. Originally developed by Rackspace and NASA, the project is now managed by an industry-backed foundation comprised of representatives from a wide range of companies. Red Hat and IBM, two of the …
HP Big Data execs go in-depth on analytics | #HPDiscover
HP Autonomy global lead Brian Weiss and Shilpa Lawande, HP Vertica’s vice president of engineering, appeared on theCUBE at Discover 2013 for an in-depth discussion of the technology titan’s Big Data value proposition. Vertica 7, the latest version of the analytic database, …
Oracle goes after Salesforce with $1.5 billion Responsys buy
The long-standing rivarly between Oracle and cloud CRM kingpin Salesforce.com turned up a notch last Friday with the database maker’s acquisition of online marketing specialist Responsys. The deal is valued at $27 per share, a 38 percent premium over the firm’s closing …
HP marketing VPs talk customer engagement | #HPDiscover
Big Data is changing the way marketers identify and target their audiences, enabling brands to gain greater insight into competitive dynamics and realize higher returns on their customer acquisition investments. HP Vertica vice president of marketing Chris Selland and his Autonomy counterpart …
Weekly security review: NSA spying, RATs and a 40M Black Friday sting
It’s been another action-packed week in the world of cybersecurity, with the NSA stoking more controversy over its global intelligence gathering practices. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon found that the spy agency’s telephone data surveillance program is illegal, and likely …