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Backupify Backed by $4.5M, Building Clouds for Social Media Marketers
Backupify has raised $4.5 million in Series A funding, co-led by Avalon Ventures and Genral Catalyst. Other participants include Lowercase Capital and First Round Capital. The funding will be used towards product development and expansion of its data management services. As part of the announcement, Backify has also named Rich Levandov, General Partner of Avalon ...
Mark Hurd Could Land on His Feet at Oracle
After Mark Hurd resigned as the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, many wondered who would step in to take his place, and how the changes would affect HP. Hurd, on the other hand, has been seeking out his next gig, and it could be as high profile as his last. Reports are emerging that Hurd is in ...
FCC Needs More Data Before they Regulate Net Neturality
The debate around the FCC’s position in regulating net neutrality has been re-addressed, as the organization is requesting more information on whether or not regulations should even apply. This has been a topic of debate for quite some time, with the FCC’s position coming into question as Google and Verizon bring up the legal issues ...
Dell Tries to Snipe 3PAR, and HP Hunts for the Buy-It-Now Button [$2.4 Billion]
It’s been eighteen days since the bidding war over 3Par began, and we’re wondering if there’s even an end in sight. 3Par released a statement this morning saying that HP raised its bid again, to $33 per share. That’s an increase from its previously announced offer of $30 per share. This “Superior Proposal” aims to ...
UPDATE: 3PAR Bid Deadline Nears: HP and Dell’s Cage Fight at VMworld
The deadline for the 3Par bid is nearing, and speculation is bubbling around whether or not Dell will make a last raise on its bid to acquire the company. HP had started a bidding war for 3Par, when it topped Dell’s initial bid of $18 per share earlier this month. Early predictions have put HP ...
Investment Firm, Management Buy Peak 10
Peak 10, the managed services company and data center host, has entered into a transaction with Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, in which Peak 10’s executive management and Welsh Carson will be acquiring a majority shareholder interest in the company. Those selling their shares include majority owner Seaport Capital and McCarthy Capital, a Nebraska-based private ...
Novell and VMware Deliver the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, at VMworld
Novell’s made a joint announcement with VMware at the VMworld 2010 conference today in San Francisco, delivering SUSE Linux Enterprise Server features to its wide array of clients. Novell stopped by TheCUBE to make the announcement, which was streamed live at SiliconANGLE.tv. This marks the first of several steps the companies will be taking in ...
Apple TV Shrinks, iTunes Gets Social, iPod Touch on FaceTime
Big news coming from Apple’s highly anticipated press event in San Francisco this morning; Steve Jobs unveiled the all new Apple TV, iTunes 10 with a Ping social network, and completely redesigned iPods across all its models. This raises the bar for competitors like Amazon, which made an announcement regarding its own streaming initiatives this ...
Compellent Fluid Data Selected by Heineken Netherlands for Virtualization
Compellent is here at the VMworld 2010 conference, holding a live press conference here at TheCUBE (watch it here). The company is announcing a new virtualized storage system for the VMware-based data center for Heineken Netherlands, providing private cloud computing designed to handle growth, streamlined storage and power usage, and automated data management. The goal ...
Fusion-io Demos Flash-Based Memory Tier, ioMemory, at VMworld 2010
Fuion-io had an impressive demonstration at VMworld 2010 this year, running more than 500 virtual desktops on a single VMware vSphere server. The new, flash-based memory tier is called ioMemory, and it’s bringing new standards to the world of virtualization performance in desktop and server environments. The ioMemory technology was also demoed across a fully ...