Turn out the lights : The data center is over
The last great American data center will be closed by the end of January 2020. How do I know this? Because except for a very few companies, the cost of maintaining a data center…
Garageio + the business possibilities in the Internet of Things (IoT)
By Ryan Cox
This is a guest post from Zach Cochran, CMO Alottazs Labs, LLC. Alottazs Labs created Garageio, a simple and secure way to control and monitor your garage door from anywhere in the world, without…
3 VoIP services for small businesses : Ooma + more
Virtualization has its perks for small businesses, and can save you money when it comes to operating costs. Many of the perks enterprises have availed of for years are now available for small business…
Google Glass Etiquette: Don’t be a #Glasshole
With the recent Glass Explorer kerfuffle, wherein a so-called Glass explorer was wrongly accused of pirating a movie while wearing his Glass to the movies, the issue of whether the device is good or…
Red Hat revamps cloud portfolio : Brings OpenStack closer to enterprise
Red Hat is bringing OpenStack interoperability a step closer to reality with a new version of its server virtualization platform that aims to deliver a consistent management layer across on- and off-premise deployments. For…
Lenovo buying IBM low end server business for $2.3 billion : PC business is back again – It never left
By John Furrier
Today it was announced that Lenovo has agreed to buy IBM low-end server business for $2.3 billion. Not a big surprise to all of us following the industry. My first reaction: finally shake…
Big Data predicts this year’s GRAMMY winners
The GRAMMYs are just a few days away. The music world’s biggest awards show will be held on Sunday, January 26, 2014, in LA. Music lovers will be tuning in on CBS for the…
Apple plans update to fix iOS 7’s ‘white/black screen of death’ issues
When Apple came out with its revamped iOS 7 last year, it was making a big bet on the re-imagination of its flagship product. The changes were slightly controversial – there were a few…
Chartio marks latest funding round with new Big Data capabilities + services
Chartio, the Y Combinator startup that visualizes business information in the cloud, announced on Wednesday that it has bagged another $2.2 million from early-stage investor Avalon Ventures. The funding represents an important milestone for…
Google just might be exploring Bitcoin integration plans
By Kyt Dotson
As the de facto largest search engine and one of the juggernauts of Internet service innovation, when Google speaks everyone tends to listen. And for the Bitcoin community when Google execs and project even…