The [Too] Brief History of Aaron Swartz, Robin Hood of Data
The new year is supposed to be an opportunity to start anew, but that doesn’t seem to be the case in the tech world. In 2012, Megaupload was taken down by the feds and…
Actian Buys Pervasive to Round Out Portfolio, Sifts Big Data from Hype – Breaking Analysis
Actian, formerly known as Ingres, is set to acquire Pervasive Software, a vendor of cloud-based and on-premises software for data management and analysis. Wikibon Analyst Jeff Kelly described these two companies and what they’re…
DataGravity Raises $30M to Make Magic of NetApp, EMC + EqualLogic Smarts
DataGravity is a stealth startup that’s trying to make it easier for users to extract the best insight from raw data. The company is keeping a tight lid on the project, but it’s clearly…
Sony Fined £250K for 2011 Hack, Weak Security Core Complaint
In 2011, Sony’s PlayStation Network was hacked and compromised 77 million accounts exposing customer names, addresses, dates of birth, passwords as well as payment details. The breach wasn’t quickly identified and it took longer…
WikiLeaks Probe Exposes Secret Gov’t Searches – Breaking Analysis
While federal investigation continues on WikiLeaks, their tactics for obtaining information from people’s private communications encountered a stumbling block from Twitter. SiliconANGLE Contributing Editor John Casaretto gave some background information, saying that the WikiLeaks…
Exclusive: FalconStor Reportedly Up for Grabs – But Who’s Buying?
A rumor is circling Wall Street that FalconStor is pursuing opportunities to get acquired, according to our sources. But there is no word on who may be represented on the other side of the…
10gen Promotes Max Schireson to CEO to Scale the Hell Out of 10Gen
By John Furrier
SiliconANGLE theCUBE alum Max Schireson was promoted to CEO of 10gen from President according to the company. Co-founder and former CEO Dwight Merriman will continue to serve as Chairman in a full-time capacity. 10Gen…
Oracle Reinforces Its Commitment to the Cloud
Oracle gave a detailed outline of its plans for the year ahead yesterday, with President Mark Hurd reiterating the company’s broad cloud strategy across PaaS, IaaS and SaaS. There’s quite a few moves worth…
ServicesAngle News Briefs for January 29, 2013
EMC Reports Record Q4 Revenue, Profit EMC Corp. has reported 8 percent year-over-year revenue growth for Q4 and 9 percent revenue growth for the full year as well as record Q4 and full year…
Office 365 Available Now on Pay-As-You-Go Subscription
If there’s one thing that you can rely on Microsoft for, it’s the timely updates to its most essential software products. Last year we saw the release of its groundbreaking, touch-enabled Windows 8 operating…