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Dell Gobbles Up Enstratius As It Chases Software-Defined Future
It might not have sorted out the question of its ownership just yet, but that hasn’t stopped Dell from gobbling up smaller companies as it looks to retool its core businesses. In its latest acquisition, Dell has just snapped up enterprise cloud management solution provider Enstratius, a move that should give it a serious boot ...
Israel’s Pissed At Google’s Support For Palestine
Google can be quite opinionated when it comes to sensitive matters to do with international politics. Last year it took a lot of heat in Cambodia due to its controversial border demarcations with its neighbor Thailand, while it has a long track record of conflict the Chinese government. Last week though, Google pushed the boat ...
Malaysia’s Web Heavily Censored Before Controversial Elections
In the wake of highly controversial elections that were narrowly won by Malaysia’s ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, evidence is emerging that the government there employed tried and tested internet ‘bullying’ tactics in a bid to silence the opposition and manipulate the vote. Sunday’s election was billed as the most hotly contested vote in Malaysia’s ...
YouTube Subscriptions On The Way As Google Fights Netflix
Google is reportedly getting ready to announce a new subscription service for some of the specialized channels on YouTube, a move that will allow it to finance a much wider range of content and add a second source of revenue to the world’s No.1 video website. The Financial Times is reporting that Google may announce ...
SAP Unveils Rapid Deployment Tools For The Enterprise
SAP has announced the availability of new rapid-deployment applications designed to speed up and simplify scoping, configuring and implementation in enterprise technology. The new online tools will allow companies to speed up deployments through collaborative designs of their systems, before SAP supplies them as complete packages. Once set up, companies will be able to deploy ...
Twitter IPO Talk Heats Up As Ex-Banker Cynthia Gaylor Joins The Ranks
Twitter has just gone and hired an ex-banker with leaps and bounds of experience in IPOs, acquisitions and mergers, ostensibly to head up its corporate development team. Nevertheless, the move immediately sparked rumors that the microblogging site could be about to make its market debut. Talk of a Twitter IPO has been doing the rounds ...
Barnes & Noble Sells Its Soul, Brings Google Play To The Nook
Barnes & Noble has given up the ghost at long last, abandoning its Amazon-style, Lone Ranger strategy by finally welcoming Google Play and the thousands of apps it brings to its line of Nook tablets. “We’re offering customers even more great entertainment on our award-winning tablets,” said Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch. “Now, with ...
US Military Contractor Hacked: Secrets Served Up On A Platter
A key US Military contractor’s confidential research data was exposed to hackers sponsored by the Chinese military for more than three years, in what is just the latest in a string of high-profile cyberespionage scandals. The claims, reported by Bloomberg yesterday, revealed that the hackers gained unrestricted access to hundreds of classified and highly-sensitive military ...
Bring Your Own Device, or You’re Fired!
Sick and tired of lugging around that boring old, work-issued laptop day after day? Well, if you are, don’t sweat it, for the chances are that you won’t be required to do so for much longer, not if Gartner’s latest prediction comes true anyhow. According to a new global survey of CIOs by the industry ...
Lenovo & IBM Are Done Talking as x86 Server Negotiations Break Down
Negotiations between IBM and Lenovo over the sale of the former’s x86 server business have apparently come to an abrupt halt, with reports suggesting that the two parties have failed to agree on a price. The Wall Street Journal reports that talks have broken down due to “valuation concerns”, though it states that the two ...