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Can ‘laser air waveguides’ replace fiber-optics?
The Internet is delivered to your home, place of work or favorite coffee shop by fiber-optic cables. Lying just underneath our feet, these cables carry data that travels as fast as the speed of light. But those fiber-optic cables can be a bit of a nuisance for those who actually have to lay them, especially ...
Octoblu emerges from stealth to ‘translate’ the Internet of Things
While all the big companies seem to be going about the Internet of Things in their own way, little ol’ Octoblu is bidding to become the translator between the various protocols that connect all of those smart little ‘things’. Octoblu emerged from the shadows yesterday, with a play that seems to be targeted at the ...
VeloCloud launches virtualized WAN-as-a-service offering
Fresh off a $21 million investor funding round, networking startup VeloCloud is officially open for business, unveiling general availability of its cloud-based wide area network. The company said it’s reinventing the enterprise WAN by delivering branch infrastructure as a service, via the cloud, rather than requiring organizations to deploy traditional hardware-based appliances. VeloCloud CEO Sanjay ...
Teradata swoops on Hadapt & Revelytix: Eyes fixed on Hadoop
Teradata has swooped to make a double acquisition in yet another sign of impending consolidation in the Big Data market. The company has snapped up the assets of two firms – Hadapt and Revelytix – according to an announcement today. Hadapt is a four-year-old startup that offers an “all-in-one” analytics environment capable of handling analysis ...
Cisco rolls out another developer program: “Same same” but different
Cisco has taken another shot at attracting third-party coders into its embrace with the relaunch of a rebranded developer program. Keen followers will remember this isn’t the first time Cisco has tried to encourage others to write apps and functions for its platforms. It’s also not the first time its chosen to name its program ...
Microsoft cuts continue: Less IT conferences, limits on contractors
Microsoft is to introduce a couple of new policies limiting the number of contracted workers and corporate conventions, according to reports. In an email sent to partner firms that was first obtained by GeekWire, the company said that an 18-month limit would be imposed on the tenure of all contractors. After which, affected contractors will ...
4 top cloud storage services for managing files
Convenience is the most often-cited benefit of the cloud, and for good reason. Few things are easier than syncing files and accessing them on multiple devices, be it a PC, smartphone or tablet device. But what about the problem of file management? Are some clouds better than others when it comes to organizing your files, ...
Ed Snowden discusses his plans to work on privacy tech
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden isn’t sitting idle during his self-imposed Russian exile. Rather, he’s planning to get to work building new technology designed to preserve data privacy. Speaking via Google Hangouts at the Hackers on Planet Earth Conference in New York last week, the ex-contractor repeated a call for more security and privacy measures to ...
Battery problems on your Windows laptop? Blame Google Chrome
If you’re using a Windows laptop and have been scratching your head wondering why the battery life is so lousy, it turns out there could be a reason for it – and it has nothing to do with Microsoft or the company that made your computer. As it turns out, there’s a long-standing bug in ...
VMware server backup Nakivo bursts into view
A new startup called Nakivo has burst onto the scene as a potential challenger to Veeam for VMware server backup. To date, it claims some 3,000 customers and growth rate that’s well into triple digits. Nakivo’s main product is called Nakivo Backup & Replication, and provides VMware server backup plus replication with disaster recovery and ...