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Bain Capital acquires security and networking solutions provider Blue Coat for $2.4 billion

By Duncan Riley Mar 11, 2015

Security and networking solutions provider Blue Coat Systems Inc., has been acquired by Bain Capital in a deal reported to be $2.4 billion including debt. Based in Sunnyvale, CA, Blue Coat offers a range…

Is Minecraft too violent? Somehow Turkey thinks so

By Eric David Mar 10, 2015

In a list of games that people might expect to be banned for being too violent, Minecraft falls somewhere between Angry Birds and Tetris. Blocky zombies and obnoxious spiders might not seem like enough cause to ban the ultra-popular…

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SugarCRM buys sales rep productivity tech with Stitch acquisition

By Paul Gillin Mar 10, 2015

In a talent grab that also takes a dig at rival CRM software provider Salesforce.com, Inc. SugarCRM, Inc. has snatched up the intellectual property and other assets of Hothouse Labs, Inc. the San Francisco-based maker of the Stitch…

Mysterious Bitcoin startup 21 Inc. comes out of stealth with $116 million in investment

By Kyt Dotson Mar 10, 2015

21 Inc., an otherwise yet unknown Bitcoin industry company, just emerged from stealth to announce $116 million in venture capital funding. Although it has stopped being so secretive and it has a lot of…

Apple Watch vs other luxury smartwatches

By Mellisa Tolentino Mar 10, 2015

Apple has finally revealed the pre-order date for the long awaited Apple Watch, starting April 10, while retail availability starts on April 24. You can’t deny that the Apple Watch looks good. Even the…

What you missed in the Smart World: Drone infiltration, issues with sleep trackers

By Mellisa Tolentino Mar 10, 2015

This week’s Smart World Series features drones infiltrating the enterprise, a connected smart lamp, the problem with using sleep trackers, billion in smart city investment, new smartwatches launched at MWC and new development tools…

With another startup buy, SugarCRM CEO shares integration philosophy

By Kristen Nicole Mar 10, 2015

CRM solutions company SugarCRM Inc. has acquired Stitch, a personal assistant app for salespeople that “helps them work smarter.” Stitch offers technologies that increase individual productivity by making personalized recommendations to users based on…

Where the mainframe meets Big Data: How Syncsort optimizes Hadoop | #BigDataSV

By Saroj Kar Mar 10, 2015

Syncsort continues its quest for the Big Data market. At the recently concluded BigDataSV event, Tendu Yogurtcu, Big Data GM for Syncsort, spoke with theCUBE co-hosts John Furrier and Jeff Kelly about development around Hadoop…

The Texas film industry is tired of sharing tax incentives with video games

By Eric David Mar 10, 2015

Many states offer tax incentives to movie makers in order to draw a small piece of the film industry away from Hollywood, along with the prestige and economy boost that come with it. This was…

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Wikibon: Hadoop needs comprehensive security to succeed in enterprise markets

By Bert Latamore Mar 10, 2015

Hadoop security is fragmented and immature, and until this changes few Hadoop-based projects will move into production, writes Wikibon Big Data Analyst Jeff Kelly. Wikibon’s Big Data Analytics Adoption Survey, 2014-2015, found that security…

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Is Minecraft too violent? Somehow Turkey thinks so

SugarCRM buys sales rep productivity tech with Stitch acquisition

Mysterious Bitcoin startup 21 Inc. comes out of stealth with $116 million in investment

Apple Watch vs other luxury smartwatches

What you missed in the Smart World: Drone infiltration, issues with sleep trackers

With another startup buy, SugarCRM CEO shares integration philosophy

Where the mainframe meets Big Data: How Syncsort optimizes Hadoop | #BigDataSV

The Texas film industry is tired of sharing tax incentives with video games

Wikibon: Hadoop needs comprehensive security to succeed in enterprise markets

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