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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 …
Syncsort Officially on the Prowl for Big Data Partners
Syncsort is pushing into the channel with a new partner program for regional systems integrators (RSIs). The Woodcliff Lake, NJ.-based data integration specialist is looking to team up with RSIs that specialize in analytics. “As companies tackle Big Data challenges, the common …
10 Ways to Safeguard your Network During Hurricane Season
Axcient, a provider of cloud-based backup solutions, closed out the second month of this year’s relatively quiet hurricane season with a 10-step guide for enterprise disaster preparedness. “When Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast last Fall, it resulted in $62 billion in …
IBM CTO Talks Flash
John Borkenhagen, the chief technology officer for IBM’s System X and Bladecenter group, stopped by theCube at Edge 2013 to discuss the hottest trends in storage. He shared his insights into flash memory and explained why the density of HP’s Moonshot server …
QLogic Quits ASIC Switch Market in Latest Push to Cut Costs
QLogic has discontinued the development of its ASIC switch solutions in an effort to boost long term profitability. Interim CEO and chief financial officer Jean Hu announced the move during the company’s first quarter earnings call. She assured shareholders that QLogic’s existing …
Big Data Putting the Heat on Ad Agencies to Scale
The Paris-based Publicis Groupe and New York’s Omnicom Group recently announced a multi-billion dollar merger of equals that will create the world’s largest advertising agency. Wikibon Principal Research Contributor Jeff Kelly appeared on NewsDesk this morning to share his insights into the …
Retailers Struggle with Conversation Rates as Online Shopping Rides the Mobile Wave
The online shopping industry has experienced a tremendous amount of growth in recent years, but retailers are not taking full advantage of this increased demand. These were the findings of IBM’s sixth annual Online Retail Holiday Readiness Report, a 22-page paper detailing …
Tresata Enters Milestone Partnership with AVAC
Tresata has teamed up with a research firm called Advanced Valuation Analytics Corporation (AVAC) to develop Big Data applications for the financial services sector. As the name implies, AVAC offers valuation and predictive modeling services for companies that operate in data-driven industries. …
Qwilt Secures $16 Million in New Capital for Online Video Streaming
With video content accounting for well over half of global internet traffic, cable companies are finding themselves under increased pressure to scale up their infrastructure and improve user experience. The problem is that keeping up with viewer demand without breaking the budget …