Investors flock to tiny device that promises online anonymity
A new gadget with the potential to strike terror into the hearts of online marketers has just set off a crowdfunding frenzy on Kickstarter. The Anonabox is a tiny, 2.4 inch by 1.6 inch…
Windows 10 is idiot-proof, but is it enterprise-ready?
Microsoft Corp. is in something of a celebratory mood, having announced over a million downloads of its Windows 10 Technical Preview. “This is going to be a different Windows,” wrote Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore in…
Linux Foundation launches drone initiative
As interest in drones for everything from truck driver training to search and rescue grows, groups are coming together to build standards for what promises to be a messy adoption and regulatory approval process. The…
EMC buys into OpenStack with Cloudscaling acquisition
It might be struggling to keep its federation together, but that hasn’t stopped EMC Corp. from furthering its expansion efforts elsewhere. This time round it’s just bought into OpenStack with the acquisition of The…
Salesforce.com’s crashes Big Data analytics party with Wave platform
Big Data is such a booming business that it was only a matter of time before Salesforce.com Inc. entered the market, and it is doing so with a splash. Salesforce.com’s new product, called Wave,…
GE enlists Cisco, Intel and Verizon in push to unify Internet of Things
General Electric Corp. (GE) would like to to own the Internet of Things, and it moved a step closer to that goal with an important new partnership with Intel Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., and…
SAP buddies up with Birst to bring data analytics to HANA cloud
When it comes to IT, timing is everything, which is why on the eve of an expected announcement from Salesforce.com about its analytics cloud, Germany-based SAP SE has launched a pre-emptive strike. SAP said…
Symantec does the splits: One for security, another for storage
Another day, another Silicon Valley giant does the splits. This time it’s the turn of Symantec Corp., which has just confirmed it’s planning to split itself into two distinct brands: one focused on security,…
Cisco denies it’s planning to bail out on VCE
Cisco Systems Inc., has been denying reports that it’s about to limit its involvement with the Virtual Computing Environment Company (VCE), but the direction its various backers are moving in does suggest there’s more…
Teredata loops into Cloudera’s Hadoop
Data warehouse firm Teredata Corp. is jumping into Hadoop again, only this time round it’s teaming up with Cloudera Inc. at the same time as it launches its new Hadoop cloud service. The biggest…