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HP’s Michael Callahan Walks Us Through Security in the Cloud
Michael Callahan, the head of marketing for HP’s security business, stopped by theCube at HP Discover 2012 to discuss how enterprises should secure their environments in the age of cloud apps, mobile devices and big data. He starts out by emphasizing that it’s not only enterprise IT that got more complicated in the past few ...
The Cloud Review: VMware’s App Play, Adobe’s Cloud Games and Nirvanix
The past week was a busy one for us and the crew of the theCube in particular, who traveled all the way to Frankfurt in order to bring us the latest from HP Discover 2012. You can find all the interviews and product announcements from the conference at SiliconAngle’s YouTube channel. Discover may have been ...
Citrix Buys Zenprise to Boost Mobile Portfolio
Citrix sent out word this week that it’s buying Zenprise, a firm known for its enterprise BYOD solutions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but we can speculate it was substantial transaction: Zenprise raised $64.5 million in venture capital prior to the acquisition. Sumit Dhawan, the head of mobile for Citrix, explained the reasoning ...
Dell Replaces Storage Chief After Consistent Revenue Decline
Darren Thomas, the man who ran Dell’s enterprise storage business for the last decade, has left the company to pursue new opportunities, according to a company spokeswoman. And the newly vacated position already has two contenders: “Darren Thomas has decided to pursue a new opportunity outside of Dell. … Alan Atkinson, vice president and general ...
MapR Sets Up Shop in Europe, Can’t Afford To Be Anything But Aggressive with Global Growth
MapR is opening up a new outlet in London, England to serve as its European headquarters. The expansion is designed to give the Hadoop distributor a strong foothold in a region where many of its customers and partners reside. The latter category includes not only system integrators but also EMC, Cisco and other big name ...
Nuance Exec Loves Hadoop: Discusses Data Science Behind Voice Recognition
Frederic Van Haren is the senior director of research for Nuance Communications, a technology provider that specializes in image recognition and speech technology. His company makes extensive use of HP solutions to power its 10-petabyte storage environment, a case study that he discussed during a session with John Furrier and Dave Vellante at HP Discover ...
HP Discover Day 2 Recap: HP Still Figuring Out Its Cloud Strategy
John Furrier and Dave Vellante recapped the second day of HP Discover 2012, held this week in Frankfurt, Germany, in their latest Cube session (full video below). Day one was all about cloud, security and big data, and day two was not all that different. But while the emphasis on cloud remained, Hewlett-Packard also launched new ...
Nirvanix Appoints Chief Strategy Officer as New CEO
Cloud startup Nirvanix appointed Dru Borden as its new chief executive officer, six months after he took on the role of the company’s chief strategy officer. He’s replacing outgoing CEO Scott Genereux, who apparently got an offer from Oracle he couldn’t refuse. Genereux joined Nirvanix from QLogic, where he served as senior vice president of worldwide sales. ...
Softcat’s Sam Routledge Gives the Service Provider Some Cloud Perspective
Sam Routledge, the solutions director for a UK-based IT solutions provider called Softcat, sat down with SiliconAngle founder John Furrier and Wikibon’s Dave Vellante at HP Discover 2012 to talk cloud, services and everything in between (full video below). Routledge pegs his company as a reseller turned service provider that hasn’t forgotten its roots. Softcat’s services ...
EMC, VMware Spinning Off 1.4K Workers to Create New Application Venture
EMC and VMware are funneling the bulk of their cloud development and Big Data assets into Pivotal Initiative, a new joint venture that will be led by Paul Maritz, VMware’s former CEO and current head of strategy. Communications VP Terry Anderson posted the update yesterday on the company’s official blog. She specified the second quarter ...