5 Notable Startups at #SXSW 2013 [and a Troll]
Startups know that one of the best places to catch the attention of consumers, investors, and possible partners, is at South by Southwest. SXSW has become an official startup haven, now that there’s a…
6 Best Alternatives to the Dying Google Reader
Seven years is quite a long time in Internet years, but not long enough for Google Reader. One of our favorite tools for RSS management, Google Reader is being sunset by its parent company,…
Repressive Surveillance Software FinSpy Used By At Least 25 Countries
The controversial surveillance software FinSpy has been deployed by more that 25 countries around the world, lumping together “democracies” like the US, Canada, the UK and Germany with some of the world’s most repressive and…
EMC + VMware: Turn Losing Assets into Golden Geese with Pivotal Spinoff
EMC and VMware invited industry analysts to New York this week in order to go over their reworked roadmap for the Pivotal Initiative, an upcoming joint venture between that two companies that was first…
BYOD Is “Most Significant” Influence On Cloud Adoption
We’ve suspected a link between BYOD and cloud service adoption for some time, and this theory has all but been confirmed by the latest Cloud Trends report from IT provider CDW. One of the…
Google Reader to Close Up and Blow Away in July
By Kyt Dotson
With a popup and a smile, Google has announced that it’s extinguishing Google Reader–arguably the world’s most popular RSS feed reader in existence–on July 1st, 2013. After seven years of operation, the search giant…
How Businesses Should Approach Big Data
At last week’s O’Reilly Strata Conference, The Cube hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante had the opportunity to talk with Ron Bodkin, founder and CEO of Think Big Analytics, about the company’s recent growth…
Tokutek’s Lawrence Schwartz Discusses MySQL Scalability
Last week’s O’Reilly Strata Conference brought many of the big names in big data together to build relationships and exchange ideas. The Cube host Jeff Kelly had the chance to sit down and discuss…
EMC Does Right by XtremIO Buy : Analyst Calls It “Solid”
The datacenter is an ever-changing thing, striving for efficiency. One notable shift is now taking place in flash, where innovative startups like Fusion-io are at risk of losing their lead now that industry giants…
Google’s Bevy of Personal Data Compromises Results in More “Awareness” Tools
This Tuesday Google settled a lawsuit that accused it of scooping data from unprotected WiFi networks as a part of its Street View mapping initiative, which was banned in Germany and a few other countries…