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Adam Fuchs, the co-creator of Accumulo and the founding CTO of Sqrrl, gave an exclusive whiteboard explanation of his company’s technology on SiliconANGLE’s theCube. Accumulo is a highly secure, disk-based key-value store that combines Google’s BigTable storage system with innovations Fuchs and …
SAP Completes Acquisition of Cloud Ecommerce Specialist Hybris
SAP has finally completed the acquisition of hybris, a Switzerland-based provider of cross-platform commerce and transaction management solutions. Terms of the deal, which was originally announced in June, were not disclosed. “SAP and hybris will deliver the next-generation customer experience for businesses …
EMC Marketing CTO Joins VMware as Chief Strategist
Chuck Hollis, an alumnus of theCube who earned a reputation as an expert on all things storage during his 18 year stint with EMC, quit his post as global marketing CTO to join VMware. Hollis will serve as the chief strategist for …
Weekly Internet of Things Recap: The Ubuntu Superphone
The Internet of Things keeps on growing. This week Canonical’s Victor Palau leaked new details about his company’s upcoming Ubuntu device, MIT researchers pulled the curtains back on a 3-D printer that can produce food, and Nvidia’s long anticipated SHIELD console finally …
Weekly Security Review: Apple Partially Restores Dev Center, User Trust Plummets
The cybersecurity space saw a lot of action this past week. Apple has (mostly) bounced back from the recent attack on its developer portal, CSA found that PRISM eroded relations between vendors and enterprise users, and word came out that Lenovo has …
Weekly Cloud Review: Video Streaming & Xbox Trolls
This past week featured a number of newsworthy cloud updates. Intel revealed that it’s entering the on demand media market, Qwilt raised funding for its online video streaming solution, and Microsoft made a splash with a new reputation algorithm for its next …
Weekly Big Data Review: Converged Analytics, Mobile Metrics Dominate Headlines
Several notable Big Data developments cropped up this week. GridGain raised funding for its in-memory analytics solution, Cisco and NetApp expanded their FlexPod portfolio with two Hadoop systems, and App Annie released the latest version of its application performance tracking tool. IBM …
Kofax Picks Up Kapow to Bolster Enterprise Portfolio
Kofax, a leading provider of enterprise process automation and content management solutions, has acquired Kapow Software for $47.5 million in cash. The data integration firm will continue to operate independently under the leadership of John Yapaola. Kapow’s flagship solution is Katalyst, a …
A Deeper Look into Data-Driven Advertising: If you can’t Beat ‘em, Join ‘em
Traditional advertising agencies are fighting an uphill battle against Google and Facebook. Publicis Groupe and Omnicom Group, two of the largest ad agencies in the world, recently announced that they will merge in a move that analysts view as an attempt to …
Bottlenose Nets $3.6 Million in First Round of Funding
Bottlenose announced this week that it has closed a $3.6 million Series A financing round led by ff Venture Capital. Existing backers Lerer Ventures, Transmedia, Advancit, Stage One Capital and Social Starts also contributed to the funding. Bottlenose operates a social media …