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Secure cloud-based messaging platform Symphony Communication Services LLC has announced a fresh funding round worth over $100 million, led by Google Inc. along with a clutch of other investors. The Wall Street Journal actually reported Google’s investment in Symphony late last week, …
Dell & VMware target sales bonanza: Will customers buy it?
In the wake of yesterday’s mega merger between Dell Inc. and EMC Corp., Pat Gelsinger, CEO of EMC’s VMware Inc. beamed that he “could not be more excited about today’s announcement”, adding that the deal is a “very positive” one for all …
Dell tried to sell its PC business before buying EMC
One of the more interesting rumors emerging in the wake of yesterday’s massive Dell Inc./EMC Corp. merger is the revelation that Dell apparently tried to offload its PC business in the weeks running up to the deal. According to Re/Code, Dell’s main …
Wikibon analysts praise Dell-EMC deal but note devil is in the details
Dell Inc’s $67 billion acquisition of EMC Corp. will create the world’s largest “privately-controlled, integrated technology company,” the two tech giants said upon announcing the deal this morning. No doubt that’s music to the ears of the bankers financing the deal, but …
Alibaba’s AliCloud launches second U.S. data center
AliCloud, the cloud computing arm of China’s Alibaba Group Holding Limited, has announced the opening of a second data center facility in Silicon Valley, and is inviting potential customers to sign up for its new services when it launches later today. Alibaba …
IBM POWERS up new Linux servers for Big Data workloads
Technologies like Apache Spark and Hadoop have already delivered on their promise to help enterprises extract insights from their Big Data. Now, organizations are hungry for advanced IT infrastructure systems to get the most out of these tools, with more choice, greater …
Microsoft brings data-blending benefits to Power BI with Alteryx
Microsoft has formed a partnership with data blending and analytics firm Alteryx Inc. to bolster its Power BI applications. Alteryx’s solution is capable of accommodating many different kinds of data via a simple drag-and-drop workflow. The platform is designed to cleanse, transform …
Dell negotiating $40 billion in loans to acquire EMC & VMware
Yet more details have emerged regarding Dell Inc.’s possible takeover of EMC Corp. The latest leak from “people with knowledge of the matter” says Dell has approached a number of banks to try and put together the $40 billion it would need …
Dell looking to buy part of EMC’s storage business, not the entire company
Further details have emerged about Dell Inc.’s reported bid to takeover EMC Corp., with Re/Code claiming the former is only offering to buy part of the latter’s data storage business, rather than the entire company lock, stock and barrel. That differs from …
AWS re:Invent 2015 news roundup | #reinvent
Amazon Web Services’ Senior Vice President Andy Jassy took to the stage at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas yesterday to announce a whole raft of new services during his keynote. In just two hours, AWS lifted the lid on Snowball, QuickSight, Kinesis …