SAP’s Drastic Approach to Expand BI Ecosystem
Germany-based business software maker SAP has promised its shareholders that it will double its revenues by 2015 thanks to new cloud, mobile and big data ventures, and the firm is planning to meet that…
VMware Revises Mobile Apps Amidst Virtualization Shift
VMware, EMC’s virtualization subsidiary, is taking virtualization to other fields, such as the mobile enterprise. It unveiled the latest versions of its SlideRocket and Socialcast apps this week, making good on two firms it had…
It’s JRuby’s Time to Shine as Engine Yard Adds Support
By Klint Finley
Today platform-as-a-service provider Engine Yard will announce support for JRuby, an implementation of the Ruby programming language designed to run on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). All existing Engine Yard customers will need to…
The Global Future of Crowdsourcing, According to myGengo
Since Wired journalist Jeff Howe coined the term “crowdsourcing” in 2006, an entire industry (led mostly by startups) has been created, and some players are even getting some attention from VCs. The latest is…
10gen Offers Its MongoDB Monitoring Service Free for All Users
By Klint Finley
10gen, the sponsor of the open source NoSQL database MongoDB, announces today that its MongoDB Monitoring Service (MMS) will now be available for free to all users. During beta the tool, a fully hosted…
Spotify-Facebook Partnership Angers Users
At the recent f8 conference, Mark Zuckerberg announced the integration of Spotify, the online music streaming service, with users’ Facebook account. Though the feature hasn’t rolled out to everyone yet, the Facebook-Spotify partnership already…
Pano Logic Strengthened as VDI Deployments Increase
By Cherr Aira
In this day and age, when enterprises cloud solutions are becoming a great deal and cost savings are what chiefly constitute IT economics policies, a virtualized environment is tantamount to an ideal workplace set-up.…
Yammer – the Search Angle on its $17 Million From a Facebook Backed Fund
Yammer received another round of investment on Tuesday. This time $17 million from a Facebook-backed fund. The fund is led by Social+Capital Partnership, established by former Facebook Vice President Chamath Palihapitiya. Facebook is an investor…
Xobni Socializes, Brings Smartr App to Android and Gmail
By Cherr Aira
There is a reason why its name is “inbox” spelled backwards—Xobni steps out of the box when it comes to how you receive emails and text messages. It allows users to manage contacts, files…
Autodesk Releases Cloud 3D Design Suite
Autodesk, the California-based professional 3D design and engineering software maker, is the latest vendor that has decided to venture into the cloud. It announced Autodesk Cloud today, a web-based version collection of some of…