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DataXu Raises $27M for Programmatic Marketing
DataXu just raised $27 million in a third round of funding led by Thomvest Ventures, the private VC of Thomson Reuters partner Peter Thomson. Current backers Atlas Venture, Flybridge Capital Partners and Menlo Ventures chipped in as well. DataXu is a Boston-based firm that specializes in “programmatic marketing,” a way of reacting to consumer behavior ...
EMC + Capgemini Launch Joint Cloud Ops: Curbing Amazon’s Efforts in Enterprise?
This morning EMC and Capgemini released a joint announcement, revealing details on their extended partnership with a new cloud initiative in Brazil. The consultancy is opening up a dedicated business that will collaborate with EMC to deliver as-a-service solutions “designed for specific vertical market segments” to local businesses. The portfolio will include storage-, archive- and ...
China vs. Anonymous: Different Motives behind Latest Government Breaches
Two major government agencies were hacked in recent weeks, for two very different reasons. The first victim was the Department of Energy, which revealed on Monday that its network was compromised by foreign hackers in mid-January. The perpetrators managed to steal personal information from several hundred employees and contractors, but no classified data was compromised. “As ...
Samsung Strategically Invests in Cloud Services as Mobile Wars Heat Up
Cloudant announced that it has received a strategic investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, the VC arm of the Korean handset manufacturer. The Massachusetts-based firm said it will spend the money on research and development, but did not disclose the size of the contribution. Cloudant, the brainchild of MIT particle physicists, provides a globally distributed ...
Druva Launches Four-in-One Device Management Solution for the Enterprise
Endpoint software maker Druva just announced a private cloud edition of its flagship inSync platform. The solution is targeted at large enterprises that need full control over their technology infrastructure in order to maintain compliance and enforce security policies. “Larger enterprises with thousands of devices and users have been asking for a private cloud alternative ...
Better Late than Never: Instagram Web Feed Now Available
After two years, Instagram finally launched a web service that allows you to browse your picture from any connected device. Kevin Systrom, the co-founder of the popular mobile photo service, blogged the news a couple hours ago. “Your Instagram Feed on the web functions much like it does on your mobile phone. You can browse ...
HP Unveils Two New Cloud Development Services
Just as Dell confirms its buyout amidst a necessary transition to the Services market, Hewlett-Packard announced two SaaS solutions that aim to streamline application development in the enterprise. The first service, HP Agile Manager, is a full-blown platform for companies that apply agile development methodologies in their projects. The cloud-based solution features advanced task management capabilities, ...
How IBM’s Watson Helped Make Big Data More Affordable
Great publicity is not the only return that IBM realized on Watson, the famed AI that showed us humans just how smart a machine can be. The IT vendor has incorporated technologies originally developed for the superhuman into entry level servers designed to make analytics much more practical for SMBs. Big Blue’s new Power Express ...
Piston Cloud Bags $8M, Attracts Cisco with OpenStack Software
Today, OpenStack distributor Piston Cloud announced that it has raised eight million bucks in a second round of funding. Cisco, Data Collective and Swisscom Ventures join Divergent Ventures, Hummer Winblad and True Ventures as principal investors. Piston Cloud has raised $13 million in capital to date. That’s the sum of this latest $8 million financing, ...
We Know All About Your Love Life. It’s In the Cloud
Yesterday morning McAfee released its “Love, Relationships and Technology” report, a compilation of results from a survey that examined the file sharing habits of American couples. According to the study, 35 percent of Americans plan to send racy photos to their partner via email, text, or social media on Valentine’s Day. What McAfee found more ...