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EMC + VMware: Turn Losing Assets into Golden Geese with Pivotal Spinoff
EMC and VMware invited industry analysts to New York this week in order to go over their reworked roadmap for the Pivotal Initiative, an upcoming joint venture between that two companies that was first announced in December last year. At the time of the announcement, a spokesperson said that Pivotal will be responsible for managing ...
EMC Does Right by XtremIO Buy : Analyst Calls It “Solid”
The datacenter is an ever-changing thing, striving for efficiency. One notable shift is now taking place in flash, where innovative startups like Fusion-io are at risk of losing their lead now that industry giants like EMC have validated flash with viable solutions of their own. Dubbed the Flash Wars, what do these developments mean for ...
Google’s Bevy of Personal Data Compromises Results in More “Awareness” Tools
This Tuesday Google settled a lawsuit that accused it of scooping data from unprotected WiFi networks as a part of its Street View mapping initiative, which was banned in Germany and a few other countries for fear that it would violate the privacy of citizens. The case was brought by 38 states after it became public ...
PaaS Boosts Developer Productivity, Infrastructure Utilization at Chase Bank
PaaS has taken another step towards establishing itself in the enterprise sector, where complex system deployments are often difficult to outsource. But recent improvements in PaaS technology has earned a big win with one of the finance industry’s biggest forces. Apprenda recently released a case study that outlines how over the course of two years, ...
Daily Roundup: Mozilla Shuns iOS, Pinterest Traffic Analytics and More
Today’s most notable consumer tech updates include the launch of a new Pinterest feature for site owners, a bold revelation from Mozilla at SxSW, and the introduction of apps for Google Glass at the same event. SiliconAngle’s Kristin Feledy provided a full summary of the news on this morning’s NewsDesk segment (full video below). Pinterest Analytics ...
Here’s How HP Can Speed Up Its 5 Year Plan to Restructure
At Hewlett-Packard’s recent analyst gathering in Boston, the company’s top brass shared their plan to get the technology vendor back on the saddle. Wikibon co-founder Dave Vellante was among the insiders who got an invite to the meeting. Vellante discussed his observations from the event with Kristin Feledy on this morning’s NewsDesk segment (full video below). ...
IBM’s CEO Says Big Data is Like Oil, Enterprises Need Help Extracting the Value
IBM chief executive officer Ginni Rometty regards analytics as a new source of competitive advantage for her company’s enterprise clientele. “I want you to think about data as the next natural resource,” Rometty told an audience of business leaders and lawmakers during a recent speech in front of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. ...
Gartner Predicts Analytics Growth to Drop Significantly in 2013
In one of its latest reports, research firm Gartner projects that the global market for analytics and business intelligence will only grow 7 percent this year. That’s a significant drop from the 16 percent that Gartner reported for 2011, when big data wasn’t creating nearly as much buzz as it does now. Gartner expects that ...
Amazon Slashes Rates, Microsoft Shows Off Xbox 720 : Cloud Review
This week had a few very newsworthy highlights, including the latest from Amazon and VMware, a massive cloud funding round, and a major update about the much-expected Xbox 720. Amazon lowered the rates for its Reserved Instance service by 28 percent in response to a similar announcement from Rackspace, a competing public cloud provider, just ...
Breaking Analysis: Rick Jackson a “Great CMO” for VMware, Steps Down. We Look Back on His Vision
According to our sources VMware’s Rick Jackson is stepping down from his current position as chief marketing officer. He will continue to serve as the virtualization giant’s CMO until a replacement is found. An earlier report from TechCrunch stated that VMware’s Jackson will continue to work for the company as senior vice president of global ...