The Perfect Geek Gift for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is fast approaching and many of us struggle with ideas for what to give the woman who birthed and raised us. There’s always flowers, gift certificates, jewelry, dinner or the simple pleasures…
Is Encryption the Answer to Data Security in the Cloud?
The near simultaneous advent of cloud, true mobile, and big data technologies has hugely complicated data security, a problem that many companies are only beginning to understand, says Securosis Analyst and President Mike Rothman. This growing realization…
Cisco Gets Deeper into Data Analytics with Truviso Buy
Networking solutions maker Cisco announced that it will be acquiring a firm called Truviso for a sum that has not be disclosed; the deal is expected to finalize sometime in the fourth quarter. The…
The Samsung Galaxy SIII – Full Specs and Early Reactions
Samsung finally unveiled the Samsung Galaxy SIII in their Unpacked event at London’s Earl’s Court last night. So for those of you missed the launch, here’s an overview of what the new Galaxy offers.…
Google’s Android Lost Revenue In 2010
Today’s mobile roundup features the new Samsung Galaxy SIII, Android losing money in 2010, the latest information on dropped calls experienced by mobile subscribers and more. Samsung Galaxy SIII Samsung finally unveiled the Samsung…
Kanban Hackers Extend Rally ALM Tool at Hackathon
By Klint Finley
This week agile application lifecycle management vendor Rally held a hackathon in Boulder, CO to celebrate the new version of the company’s App SDK, which gives developers full access to all artifacts and can…
#Antisec Mastermind Anarchaos Indicted in Lulzsec Cases
Jeremy “Anarchaos” Hammond has been indicted in the revised Anonymous/Lulzsec case, as charged by a federal grand jury. The case includes the attacks against Stratfor and the Arizona Department of Public Safety. While Hammond…
Ross Mayfield Sells 2 Companies in One Week: SocialText and SlideShare
By Klint Finley
Ross Mayfield, founder of the enterprise social network platform Socialtext and VP of business development of SlideShare had both of his companies acquired this week: Socialtext to Bedford Funding and SlideShare to LinkedIn. Mayfield,…
Big Data Might Be Destroying The Data Center, And That’s a Good Thing
In an editorial for Bloomberg Businessweek, IBM supercomputer development chief Dave Turek explains how current data center density models and the explosion of big data are going to combine and completely destroy any IT organization’s…
Open Compute Project’s Open Rack Spec Aimed At Modernizing The Server Rack
The Open Compute Project, the Facebook-helmed community initiative with the self-appointed mission of promoting more efficient, environmentally-friendly data center designs and architectures, used this week’s Open Compute Summit in San Antonio to launch the…