Gartner: Enterprises to hold off on PC purchases; higher prices to blame
The PC market has been feeling the pinch for a few years, and things are likely to get tougher as vendors are forced to raise their prices by as much as 10 percent this…
Oracle distances itself from Salesforce acquisition rumors
Salesforce.com, Inc. might be up for sale, but Oracle yesterday played down speculation that it is the mystery suitor, as most analysts initially suspected. The comments came directly from Oracle CEO Safra Catz, who…
Adatao brings its Big Data machine learning tools to the masses
Big Data startup Adatao Inc. is aiming to make business intelligence accessible to everyone with the release of its first products, after it raised $13 million in venture capital late last year. The company’s…
Microsoft hopes to have Windows 10 on ONE BILLION devices in just 3 years
Microsoft’s Terry Myerson, head of the company’s Operating Systems Group, has gone out on a limb and predicted that Windows 10 will be running on one billion devices within the next two to three…
Mesosphere’s DCOS now available on AWS & Microsoft Azure
Mesosphere Inc. has taken another step towards its goal of data center domination, launching a public beta of its Datacenter Operating System (DCOS) on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
IBM claims key breakthroughs in quantum computing
Quantum computing is still in its infancy, but IBM today announced a major breakthrough with regards to error detection and a scalable design. If, as Moore’s Law states, the number of transistors on a…
Uber’s poised to muscle in on the delivery business
Not satisfied with upsetting every single cab driver on the face of the planet, Uber Inc. is setting out to do the same thing with delivery guys, with a new service to ship products…
Amazon shows it means business with new online marketplace
Businesses will no longer have to go scouring through big-box stores looking for their office supplies, providing Amazon’s latest venture catches on. The online retail giant has just announced a new marketplace strictly for…
Declining Windows sales likely to erode Microsoft’s bottom line
Microsoft will face a tough challenge to maintain its revenues in the face of declining Windows license sales, which dropped by 22 percent in its most recent earnings report, analysts believe. The company was…
Maritime data startup Windward lands a $10.8M windfall
Windward, an Israeli-based maritime data analytics startup has just raised $10.8 million funding in a Series B round led by Horizons Ventures, with participation from Series A investor Aleph and others. The company says…