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People Don’t Think of Dell in Networking, but They Should, says Analyst
Dell announced a number of products at the Day of Dell Enterprise Forum event in San Jose, CA this week. Some of products include Version 6.4 of Compellent Storage Center, which introduces an ‘intelligent data placement’ engine that distinguishes high-performance flash from lower quality variants and SC280, an ultra-dense rack enclosure that can store up ...
Softlayer Platform is a “Real Growth Engine” for IBM Cloud Services, says Analyst
IBM has confirmed its intent to acquire SoftLayer, a cloud computing infrastructure provider, for approximately $2 billion. The acquisition looks to aid IBM in its public cloud offerings, as well as compete with other public cloud service providers like Amazon. This acquisition would bolster IBM’s cloud computing efforts by creating a new cloud services division ...
What Will It Take to Bury All the Cell Phones in America? Better Data Plans
According to Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project there are now more smartphone owners in the US, with 56 percent of adults in the US owning one of these beloved gadgets. This is a significant finding, as it means that for the first time in American history, more people are seeing the value ...
What to Expect at #IBM Edge2013 : How Will SoftLayer Buy Fit Into OpenStack Party?
Just days before IBM’s Edge event kicks off, Big Blue’s been busy building a cloud services portfolio that’s aggressively taking on the public cloud space with the recent acquisition of SoftLayer. IBM’s had quite a strategy with mergers and acquisitions these last few years, and it’s all coming together to provide a full offering of ...
Symantec Warns Bitcoin Users of Fake Mt.Gox Sites
Mt.Gox, the largest Bitcoin exchange market, once again seems to be the prime target of cybercriminals who’re ever eager to look for ways to exploit the cryptocurrency. According to a new report from Symantec, while Trojans that steal BTCs and install BTC miners onto people’s PCs continue to proliferate, some cybercriminals have reverted to the ...
SmartHome Review: Connecting the Tangible, Helping Veterans
In this week’s SmartWorld roundup, we’ll be highlighting some of the advancements that are making their way into people’s homes, such as the fusion between virtual and real world objects, AT&T’s Digital Life home expanding to more homes, and smarthomes benefiting amputee veterans. Smarter Objects MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces Group ...
Big Data Goes to the Dogs with Smart “Whistle” Collars
Many of us have loveable furry friends in our lives, and in most cases consider them to be a huge part of the family. Some treat their dogs and cats like their best friend, like a lifetime companion, and we all want them to live long and happy lives. Sadly, our pets ultimately have far ...
What to Expect from #HP Discover 2013 : Flash, 3PAR + More
Hewlett-Packard has had an interesting year so far, facing the mounting challenges of a rapidly changing marketplace and working to justify its string of acquisitions in recent years. At HP Discover 2013, which kicks off next week at the Venetian|Palazzo meeting center and Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas from June 11-13, 2013, we hope to hear ...
GE & The Rise of the Industrial Internet
The Internet of Things (IoT) and the Industrial Internet that underlies it are two of the hottest topics in the tech world at the moment. Some argue that the two terms pertain to similar things, while others state that the two are about different things that coincide. As SiliconANGLE’s Mike Wheatley pointed out in his ...
Google’s Mobile Backend Starter: Android, Cloud, App Engine, DevOps
Google has released a new tool that would allow developers to reap the benefits of using a cloud backend for their apps without having to deal with the headaches of running their own servers, and it’s being leveraged particularly for mobile developers. The Google Mobile Backend Starter is a one-click deployable, complete mobile backend that ...