3 Ways to Connect Your Home, Bed + Toilet
This week’s SmartHome roundup features a Lego-like device that turns your home into a connected home, a bed for all your entertainment needs, and an advanced toilet that streams music while you handle your…
Ahoy There Netflix, Be You Piratin’ Matey?
What’s one thing you’d never expect to hear from an online content provider such as Netflix? That piracy is helping it drive its business. Before you go spreading the word that Netflix is advocating…
Sprint to Offer Upgrade Plan : One Up from Jump!, Edge + Next
Sprint is said to be gearing up to launch a new upgrade plan that would provide a way for consumers to easily upgrade to new handsets. Dubbed as the “One Up” program, it’s said…
Vultures Circling Over BlackBerry: Patents + OS Most-Valued Assets
There’s been no word yet on the identity of any of the likely bidders that BlackBerry sounded so confident about just a week ago, but one thing seems clear – whatever does happen, BlackBerry…
DataDirect Lands Storage Deal with Starz
With over 600 entertainment customers worldwide, DataDirect Networks (DDN) is a force to be reckoned with in the video infrastructure market. The storage vendor’s latest high-profile media client is Starz Entertainment, a pay TV…
So The NSA “Follow’s The Money”, Who Cares? It’s Not News
This morning we saw yet another leak from the infamous whistleblower/traitor Ed Snowden, with German website Der Spiegal reporting that the NSA is gathering data on millions of financial transactions across the world. This…
CIOs Should Enhance Efficiency with Oracle’s New ZFS Appliances, says Analyst
Oracle recently bolstered its ZFS hybrid storage line with the ZS3-2 and ZS3-4, two new appliances that take advantage of speedy flash drives and next generation software to beat out the competition. In a…
Pentaho Unleashes New Version of Data-Driven BI Platform
Pentaho has announced the general availability of Business Analytics 5.0, the latest version of its flagship BI solution. The platform includes more than 250 new features and an improved user interface that removes barriers…
Pentaho Adds MongoDB Support to Newest Solution
Pentaho’s newly released Business Analytics 5.0 platform introduces over 250 major improvements, including expanded support for MongoDB. The company says that the integration lets customers take advantage of the document database to more easily…
VMware Reshuffles Board of Directors
VMware announced this week that veteran executive Pamela Craig has taken up the newly vacated board seat of Intel’s Renee James. The virtualization giant said that James resigned from the board to focus on…