Box seeks to raise $250M in IPO
It’s no secret that Box, the cloud storage service, was seeking to debut publicly. And now Box’s S-1 filing is finally out, with the company reportedly looking to raise $250 million in its IPO. The amount…
Actifio lands a cool $100M for data virtualization
Actifio announced on Monday that it has closed an oversubscribed $100 million financing round led by Tiger Global Management, a well-established private equity and venture capital firm notable for its investments in Zynga and…
Obama vows to crack down on NSA spying
Well here’s a surprise. According to a report in the New York Times, it seems that President Obama is none to happy about the NSA’s bulk collection of US citizen’s phone records, and is…
ATMs look to Linux as Windows XP enters its death throes
In a move that will surprise few people, it’s been revealed that banks and ATM operators are finally considering switching to Linux-based operating systems as a replacement for the dying Windows XP that currently…
Apple’s top patents for smart home tech : Siri + beyond
Apple has yet to reveal any dedicated smart home solutions, though fanboys do get to enjoy streaming media from their iDevice to an Apple TV. But this may soon change, as Apple has been…
Embarcadero Appmethod: a new cross-platform IDE for Android, iOS, Windows and OS X
By Saroj Kar
Embarcadero Technologies is best known for its software development tools and database, even if the company also offers solutions for system modeling. With a new integrated development environment (IDE), the company hoping to capture…
Plenty of room for growth in cloud locker space
The explosion of connected devices is fueling exponential growth in global data traffic, with the volume of information crossing the Internet every second already exceeding the total amount stored online 20 years ago, according…
Dell jumpstarts advanced analytics strategy with StatSoft buy
Dell has had its foot in the door of the Big market for a few years now. The hardware maker became one of the first major enterprise vendors to partner with Cloudera in August…
What you missed in Big Data : VCs flock to Hadoop while cloud analytics gain traction
It was been a big week for Big Data, with Cloudera raising another $160 million in financing to fuel its aggressive growth strategy. The round was led by T. Rowe Price, which has proven track…
Google is shaping AngularJS 2.0 as a future framework for mobile apps
By Saroj Kar
The next version of AngularJS is currently in a design and prototype phase. Nevertheless, Google has announced where the journey is going. As per Google, AngularJS 2.0 is a framework for mobile apps. The…