Productivity Booster! Free Tools for IT [Infographic]
A recent infographic posted on WhatsUpGold is something most of the companies we cover don’t want you to know – you can get some of the stuff for free. This applies to productivity tools…
Facebook to Chrome and Safari Users: “You Are Using a Browser We Do Not Support”
Facebook has a message on its site for people who use Google Chrome or the Apple Safari browser: You’re using a web browser we don’t support. Try one of these options to have a…
Salesforce Hops on Latest Cloud Marketing Trend with Buddy Media Buy
According to sources, cloud CRM provider Salesforce.com has entered into an agreement to acquire social media services provider Buddy Media for $800 million. The company helps enterprise clients optimize their online presence on Facebook…
University of Nebraska Student Records Breach Exposes 650,000 Individuals
By Kyt Dotson
The University of Nebraska is investigating a breach of their student information database discovered late Wednesday night last week. The security intrusion affected the Nebraska Student Information System, the University said in a statement…
BumeBox CEO on the Impact of Real-Time Data for Social Marketing [Q&A Series]
Real-time interaction is something that can be applied to just about any industry, creating a hub of connected activity that works for sporting events, fashion shows and even movie premiers. In fact, if you’ve…
Beyond Translation: Siri-Like Apps and Others that Speak Spanish
As technology is gaining traction in the everyday lives of billions of people worldwide, the globe is quickly shrinking. With people travelling further and further away and others moving to entirely new countries for…
Is VMware Turning a Corner in VDI? Wikibon’s Scott Lowe Thinks So
When VMware finalizes its purchase of Wanova, it will actually have four technologies taking three different approaches to desktop virtualization on today’s increasingly diverse population of end-user computing devices, writes consultant Scott Lowe on…
Panorama9 and Zendesk Couple IT with Support
Cloud IT firm Panorama9 is joining forces with customer support SaaS provider Zendesk to capitalize on an opportunity that the two have identified: that small to medium enterprises could use integration between these two…
Big Data, Fat Brains, Social Impact
Since his Data Kind (formerly Data Without Borders) proposal last year, Jake Porway continues to pair fat brains with big data to effect positive social change. Gina Rudan of Genuine Insights considers fat brains…
Dell’s New Copper ARM Server is Meant for Hyperscale
Google and Facebook are two of the largest web companies out there, and as such they discovered that they can be much more efficient with the way they manage their data centers. A very…