MapR Launches Hadoop Ops in EMEA
MapR has opened a new office in London to serve as its European headquarters. The Hadoop distributor says that the outlet will provide more direct technical support and sales assistance to clients in the…
Breaking Analysis: Is the Facebook Fad Over and the MySpace Fad Resurging?
According to new data from social media monitoring company SocialBakers, the number of Americans using Facebook dropped by nearly 1.4 million in early December. What could be the cause of this fall off?…
Husband of Aaron Swartz Prosecutor Defends Her Actions on Twitter
The death of Internet prodigy Aaron Swartz has triggered a massive, viral protest that is still in full swing today. Mike Wheatly provided an elaborate breakdown of the circumstances that led up to Swartz’ apparent suicide…
In the IaaS market, Caveat Emptor Applies
Ed. note: This is the third in a three-part series drawn from a major report on Amazon AWS by Wikibon Co-Founder and Chief Analyst David Vellante. The first examined Amazon’s formidable AWS strategy. The second…
Get Ready to See More Adverts on Your Xbox Live
By Isha Suri
If you own an Xbox Live, get ready to see some more advertisements as Microsoft has recently announced that it is going to make significant investment, following the huge success of its first wave…
Breaking Analysis: Juniper Jumpstarts SDN Strategy by Reinventing Software Stack
At their Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas yesterday, Juniper unveiled their new SDN strategy. Juniper CEO Kevin Johnson and Bob Muglia, EVP Software Solutions Division, laid out their long overdue SDN plans. Wikibon…
Is the iPhone Really Slipping?
I’m curious what the community thinks – Earlier in the week, I reported on the news that iPhone component orders were cut in half. As it turns out, the news had apparently been out…
Services Angle News Briefs for January 16, 2013
EMC VSPEX Cuts SharePoint Tuning Time by 80% EMC has announced an enhanced VPEX Private Cloud solution that it says will reduce the time customers spend on tuning virtualized Microsoft SharePoint environments by 80%,…
GitHub Memorial for Aaron Swartz Open to All
By Kyt Dotson
As a pioneer in freedom of speech, Internet openness, government transparency, and the availability of human thought, it seems fitting that a memorial built atop the fundamental nature of GitHub. Anyone with an installation…
Tech is Bigger in Texas
They say everything is bigger in Texas. Austin is one spot on that map that is making that a reality in technology. Austin continues to flourish as the Silicon Valley alternative in the south. …