The Problem with “Open” Science
One of the tragedies of the modern age is that we have to prepend the word “open” onto science in order to differentiate Open Science from the regular kind — you know, the kind…
Malware Hits the Mobile Web, Targets Android Handsets
Fandroids are plagued with malware left and right. Their device can get infected from downloading apps in Google Play but especially from unofficial third-party app stores. But the worst part is, drive by download…
Evernote Raises $70M Ahead of IPO as Public Fever Heightens
IPOs seem to be the “in” thing these days. But aside from going public, these companies are also busy with other matters to improve their offerings, making investors’ interest worthwhile. Lets take a look…
Jaspersoft Offers Data-Driven Development with Foundry Integration
Many companies are jumping aboard the OpenStack bandwagon, quickening speed as of late, including its Cloud Foundry counterpart as well. The latest vendor to do so is Jaspersoft, which is looking to bring smart…
More Products Dropped to Make Way for Windows 8, Nokia Tablet Expected
According to the latest report from Net Applications, among Microsoft’s line of operating systems, Windows XP is still the most used OS in the end of April, though the software giant already announced that…
Automate Your Virtual Cloud with IBM Systems [Video]
By Saroj Kar
Ed Walsh, VP Portfolio Strategy of IBM, recently sat down with Wikibon founder Dave Vellante to discuss the company’s infrastructure integration approach and its virtualization platform strategy. It’s an important area of implementation for IBM as…
Vinod Khosla VC Firm Invests In Cloud Storage Firm Nirvanix – What SUN would be if around today.
By John Furrier
Legendary investor Vinod Khosla’s VC arm—Khosla Ventures—revealed today that it led a Series C investment in hot enterprise cloud storage startup Nirvanix. Lots of coverage on Techcrunch, Venturebeat, SearchTechTarget, DatacenterKnowledge, and Gigaom. {editors…
Jive’s Big on Data Analytics with a 30-Day Free Trial to Prove It
Jive Software makes cloud-based social enterprise software that’s steering itself further in the right direction thanks to a few new features that add integration and analytics on top of the existing product. This week…
Are You Ready For The Next Galaxy?
Today’s mobile news roundup features more speculation about the Galaxy S3 expected to launch today, Apple and Samsung asked to lower patent dispute, Ericsson gaining traction in South Korea, a cool Mother’s Day surprise…
Dreamhost Founder Leading New Services Firm to Support Ceph – the Popular Open Source Scaling Storage System
The original developers behind the open source scaling storage system known as Ceph have formed Inktank, a professional services firm that will be led by Dreamhost Co-Founder Sage Weil. The company will offer enterprise…