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US Government Big Data Democratization Programs Getting Their Budgets Axed
The latest version of the federal budget to materialize from Congressional negotiations in an attempt to prevent rescue the United States government from an impending shutdown may cut data transparency programs by 75%. In an increasingly desperate plea, the Sunlight Foundation, a government transparency watchdog organization, is reporting that the proposed $35 million for the ...
Joe Tucci: Petabyte Scale is Real and Here Today.
In every trade, companies, much like people, learn by doing and EMC Corporation is no exception. In today’s cloud, learning by doing means reaching into the fringes and pushing the envelope and it’s obvious to everyone that we’re looking at a petabyte scale world. EMC is perhaps most well known amongst consumers for running Mozy, ...
Nokia’s Ovi Store’s Success Shines for Symbian but can it Translate to WP7?
Today the newswires are all-a-flutter with the brilliant success of Nokia’s Ovi Store and the proliferation of apps that have flooded to the struggling mobile giant. With a jump to 5 million downloads a day from last years 1 million downloads a day, they’re seeing a huge leap in acceleration with user adoption. Much of ...
Creative Suite 5.5 Brings Adobe Mobile Apps and Subscription Services
Adobe’s most recent foray into the graphics world, Creative Suite 5.5, includes some very interesting changes to their business model—CS5.5, in addition to the traditionally-priced version, will also have a subscription-based model. While the software suite can end up reaching $1,299 to $2,599, extremely discouraging prices for individual freelancers; the subscription model is looking at ...
Google Rounds Out Future Music Services and Gobbles Up Music Sync Company PushLife
Google has acquired the Canadian music synchronization service, PushLife, as of this Monday. A move that should help round out the apps and services the search giant is preparing to wrap up as they move into the Internet music market. According to an article at PCWorld, this acquisition centers around Google’s Android mobile OS and ...
Cisco Looking at a Rough Ride, John Chambers Telegraphs “Targeted Moves” Further into the Cloud
If someone were wondering what Cisco wants the world to think of them, they’d only need to look at how they’re cultivating their identity with advertisements. “Switching, Routing, and Network Security,” reads the fader as it spells out everyone’s favorite mega-networking company’s corporate identity. They’ve been part of supplying routing for everything from the deepest ...
iTunes Gains 12 Petabytes of Storage from Isilon Systems
This story is still developing, but it looks like Apple has ordered over 12 petabytes of data from Isilon Systems—the newest acquired division of EMC—for their iTunes service. It’s suspected that the gigantic amount of storage is going to be allocated for video storage for their customers. This news via StorageNewsletter.com speaking from an inside ...
Andy Rubin Shoots Back over Accusations of Google “Bullying” Phone Makers
So, Google’s been accused of throwing its weight around by hectoring handset manufacturers and keeping their OS out of the open-source community. Andy Rubin—VP of Engineering at Google—recently came around to denying the above accusations from Bloomberg Businessweek in a recent blog post. It took him a week, he suggests, because he didn’t feel like ...
Sony Announces PlayStation Portable “NGP” Delayed by Japan Quake
The earthquake in Japan may have done a lot more than move the islands 8ft; it’s also shifted anticipation for Sony PSP fans and enthusiasts everywhere by delaying the release of their next-generation handheld console. Sony spokespeople have come out to manage expectations for the new NGP gaming system, as Bloomberg reports, it may not ...
Dish Makes it a Blockbuster Night with $228M as Netflix Finds a Home for ‘Mad Men’
The streaming multimedia floodgates have opened up with the dawn this morning as news of Blockbuster’s imminent demise via bankruptcy has been redirected by Dish Networks swooping in and winning the auction. The satellite TV company bid $320M on the failing movie rental store chain; but they will likely only pay about $228M for the ...