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GM’s $130M Data Center Takes After Facebook, Runs Hadoop

By Maria Deutscher May 15, 2013

General Motors has abandoned its multi-billion dollar outsourcing agreements with HP and other providers in favor of an internal hyperscale environment that runs Hadoop on low-cost x86 servers. This week the carmaker launched its…

LIVE: Is Google Launching Competing Music Subscription Services at I/O 2013?

By Kristen Nicole May 15, 2013

On today’s SiliconANGLE Live NewsDesk Show, (see embed feed below or visit youtube.com/siliconangle to watch on-demand), we’ll be discussing Google’s latest deals with top music companies, providing the licensing needed to launch a proper subscription service to…

Why BlackBerry’s Bringing BBM to Android and iOS

By Mellisa Tolentino May 15, 2013

BlackBerry’s just announced that come summertime its BlackBerry Messenger service will be available as a downloadable app for iOS and Android devices. Very soon, texts, photo messages and group sharing functions will be available…

No More Whoring: LinkedIn Bans Professional Escorts

By Mike Wheatley May 15, 2013

LinkedIn claims to connect the world’s professionals and help them to further their career success, but for those with one particular type of skill set, there’ll be no more naughty business taking place within…

Have We Been Properly Introduced? Dispelling Misconceptions About SAP HANA

By Adrien Vielder May 15, 2013

John Appleby, Global Head of SAP Hana at Bluefin, and Christoph Roman Streubert, Senior SAP Infrastructure Architect at EMC, visited theCube during Sapphire Now 2013 to share their perspectives on SAP HANA with host…

Big Data Must Be More Consumable : Overhype Drives Workers to Take Matters Into their Own Hands

By Maria Deutscher May 15, 2013

Big Data’s been overhyped and is destined to become a buzz kill of a buzz word, largely because the promise of Big Data has left a huge gap between potential and actual application. Setting…

Nokia Lumia 925 vs. the iPhone 5 + Galaxy S4

By Mellisa Tolentino May 15, 2013

Nokia just announced its flagship Windows Phone 8 handset, the Lumia 925. Though it’s not that different from the previous Lumia 920 and 928, it should be noted that it was improved, mostly for…

Google CEO Vows to Improve Rare Vocal Cord Paralysis, Overall “Feeling Very Lucky”

By Kristen Nicole May 14, 2013

An encouragingly positive blog post from Larry Page reveals the Google CEO has vocal cord paralysis, a rare condition affecting not one, but both of his vocal cords. Page still has his voice, and…

It’s Not Just the Squeaky Wheel that Gets Fixed in IT Anymore, says Marc Talluto

By Ryan Cox May 14, 2013

Marc Talluto, CEO of Fruition Partners, stopped by theCUBE on day one of ServiceNow Knowledge 2013 to drop some knowledge about Fruition and how it works with ServiceNow. Hosts Dave Vellante and Jeff Frick…

Accelerate Time to Value + Increase Value for Customers : ServiceNow’s Recipe for Success

By Alina Popescu May 14, 2013

James Fitzgerald, Global Vice President of Services at ServiceNow, talked service strategy, business value measurement and stimulating the growth of the company’s ecosystem with theCube co-hosts Jeff Frick and Dave Vellante, live at ServiceNow…