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Constant Contact’s Cloud Adoption Sees Clear Skies with Puppet Labs Technology
Constant Contact is one of those companies you usually see in the background, most likely as a logo at the bottom of an email newsletter. You can imagine the reach a company like this has, even as digital marketing is still in its infancy. Constant Contact is growing alongside social media marketing trends, extending its ...
Plaxo Shakes Off Social Media Stink, Returns to Address Book Glory
Remember Plaxo? The address book that auto-synced your contacts in Outlook? Well after surviving the web 2.0 era, a Comcast acquisition and the rise of social networking, Plaxo is returning to its roots. This includes a segue out of social networking and a refocus on the address book, unveiling Plaxo Personal Assistant. It’s a completely ...
Xeround Extends Ruby Support with Heroku Add-On
Cloud database company Xeround is expanding its MySQL offerings with a new add-on, with support for the Heroku cloud platform, a popular PaaS for Ruby developers. This is the latest in a string of updates from Xeround, which is building out its service offerings towards the simplification of cloud management. The add-on is a one-click ...
Zenoss’ New Datacenter Insight Offers Real-Time Cloud Analysis in Turnkey Solution
Zenoss, provider of management software for physical, virtual and cloud-based IT environments, is revealing a new product today, centered around analytics for data warehouses, which are still a major part of the cloud. Called Zenoss Datacenter Insight, the new service delivers analysis tools for dynamic cloud-based infrastructures, reporting on a plethora of items in real ...
Hurricane Party for Japan, Tonight at SXSW
It’s Sunday at SXSW, which really doesn’t mean much for your party schedule. If you’re looking for a good cause to party for, however, head to Kenchi (419 Colorado St) for the Hurricane Party for Japan Relief Efforts. The event is raising funds for the Red Cross efforts in Japan, and will feature a live ...
Google Circles Brings Privacy Full-Circle: Launch at SXSW?
Google’s supposed to launch (or perhaps preview) a new social network at SXSW tonight, at an event co-hosted by the ACLU. The organization, focused on privacy, indicates that Google’s revealing Circles, offering a social networking experience that puts privacy in its place. According to ReadWriteWeb, the concept around Circles pulls contributions from a number of ...
Brian Solis Rounds Out Power Team at Altimeter Group, Bringing Sexy Back to Social Media
I’ve been blogging for a few years now, and one thing I’ve learned is that there’s an art to the digital news cycle–something to be balanced between your relationships with companies, and your gut instinct. The public relations industry has been a big part of that balance, and no one understands that more than Brian ...
Bizzy Gets Busy with Check “Outs” for Fresh Sentiment
It wasn’t too long ago I sat down with Bizzy to hear about their new restaurant recommendation Android app, which was aimed at optimizing the mobile experience for what it was. Not surprisingly, Bizzy’s quickly updated its mobile apps, tweaking it for even better performance. Also not surprising is the new feature, which is a ...
LiquidSpace Repurposes SXSW for the Modern Mobile Workforce
If you’ve ever been to SXSW then you know a few things: stay hydrated, never put down your cell phone, and prepare for at least one week of recovery time. Equally as important, you’ll also find yourself longing for work space. Seriously. It’s one of those things you don’t appreciate until you’re surrounded by chatty ...
Buddy Media Aims for “200 Employees” This Year, Scaling the Social Cloud
Social media management has become an undeniable part of the growing cloud service sector, with a myriad of web and mobile apps requiring some level of unified communication tool. Buddy Media saw an early opportunity in social media management, taking a big bet on Facebook’s platform success. A few years later, Facebook’s platform is a ...