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VMware Announces Acquisition of Integrien and TriCipher at #VMworld 2010
VMware, made headlines at VM World 2010, as the company announced the acquisition of Integrien and TriCipher in their keynotes presentation. VMware, a well established global company, provides services in the fields of Virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure. Integrien provides performance analytics software for infrastructure and real-time applications, while TriCipher provides security services via a unified ...
HP’s Latest Virtualization Initiative CloudStart
HP, has come up with a new initiative in Cloud Computing. Today, they announced the launch of CloudStart. This comprehensive package, including software, hardware and consultation service, aims at promoting private clouds. Currently, it is available in Japan and Asia Pacific region, this Cloud computing product would be made available to the rest of the ...
SeeqPod Finally Finds an Exit; Intertrust Technologies
SeeqPod has finally found a buyer. Last year, there were rumors about Microsoft acquiring the bankrupt company. But now, the deal has been finalized with InterTrust Technologies. SeeqPod a music search engine, found itself in hot water when mauled by Copyright lawsuits. Their troubles continued as they filed for a bankruptcy last year. Now, InterTrust ...
India gives BlackBerry a 60-day breather; but issues persist
India provides RIM with a 60-day breather, as the company was facing a ban ultimatum in India. BlackBerry manufacturer RIM has been in the news, unfortunately not for great reasons. Outside of the troubles in India, the company has received ban notices from governments in UAE and Saudia Arabia. The reason behind this ban campaign ...
USA Today Shifts Focus to Mobile Devices; HR Restructuring Expected
USA Today plans a major HR restructuring. The purpose of this move is to shift focus from print to mobile devices based news delivery. NewYork Times reports: The makeover outlined to staffers on Thursday will result in about 130 layoffs this fall, the publisher of USA Today, David L. Hunke said, which is about 9 ...
Overwhelming 1 Million Calls Made with New Gmail Phone; Success or New Toy-Syndrome?
The new voice calls via Gmail feature has received an overwhelming response, according to early reports. The first 24 hours were marked with over a million calls, and the feature has yet to launch globally. This feature is basically a mash up between the Google chat and Google voice services. It is very easy to ...
New Apple iPod Touch Rumors Swirl Around Sep 1st Event
Rumors have surfaced of Apple announcing a new iPod Touch at a press conference, on 1st September, in SanFransisco. From implications of the the guitar image on the invitation card to the negotiations with music label, it all seems to generate some buzz. It is said that the big announcement of the press conference might ...
Another Metrics Launch from ShareThis: What’s Your Social Media Impact
ShareThis is a company serving online Publishers and Brands by measuring the social impact of their web content via tools as buttons, widgets and analytics. Today, the company has announced two new features; Audience Indexing and Social Reach. In any business, the mantra for success is “Know your client.” How does this carry on in ...
MySpace Privacy Settings Simplified. A Return to Relevance?
MySpace has simplified managing Privacy for their users. The announcement for this initiative was made earlier this year in the wake of privacy and data security concerns raised by users. Recently, they have updated the privacy setting instruction page. Here is what they have to say: What is What? Your Basic Profile Information consists of ...
Facebook Chat Pulls the Plug on IE6
Facebook Chat is pulling the plug on Internet Explorer 6. We had been hearing about disapproval for IE6 for a while now, but this is a major setback. Facebook has announced that the new and improved version of the chat feature would not support IE 6. They have provided time till 15th September to upgrade. ...
