US Gov Roadblocks AT&T, T-Mobile Deal
AT&T is in trouble. The major hitch this time is neither a rival company nor a bunch of picketing employees—it’s the U.S. DOJ itself. According to Bloomberg, the US Department of Justice has filed…
Live Blog: Dreamforce 2011
By Klint Finley
I’m live blogging Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce 2011 event – watch this space for updates.
Wikileaks Breached as US Retaliates
Wikileaks crashed in what appears to be a cyberattack following the release of State Department cables. An hour later, the site is back up but cable posts were taken down. Wikileaks instructed its followers…
Salesforce.com Issues a Sprawling Set of Announcements at Dreamforce
By Klint Finley
Today before its Dreamforce event Salesforce.com issued an announcement containing a sprawling set of updates, including new Chatter features, the company’s plans for Data.com (the domain name Salesforce.com bought for at least $1.5 million.…
Location Gets Private for Photos with Geofences and More
By Maria Pila
Facebook wants to know “what’s on your mind?” Twitter asks “what’s happening?” But that’s getting old already. The burning question for the next wave of social networking is “where are you?” Services like Foursquare,…
Intel on a Federal Mission for Cloud Computing
By Cherr Aira
As the PC business grows relatively weaker due to the sickly economic state and the rise of cloud computing, Intel hopes to avoid a downfall of its own by beefing up its portfolio. The…
HP Data Thrust is Delivering Performance in the Cloud, says HP Exec
“The mission of HP storage in a sentence is assisting customers to make the transition from enterprise to cloud,” says HP CTO for Storage and former Cloud Advisor Milan Shetti in an interview with…
Java Creator Bids Google Farewell, Looks to the Data of the Sea
James Gosling, the father of Java programming language, is leaving Google just after five months of joining the company, as stated in his blog post. “I’ve surprised myself and made another career change. I…
EMC’s Pat Gelsinger Talks Flash Catch Up in Storage Array
A regular on theCube, EMC President and COO Pat Gelsinger stopped by to discuss the changing culture of his company, and what it’s going to take to catch up to Flash storage trends (full…
Rick Jackson at VMworld 2011: Bringing Confidence and Empowerment into Cloud IT
By Kyt Dotson
Today in theCube, Dave Vellante and John Furrier spoke with Rick Jackson, VMware’s Chief Marketing Officer, about the direction VMware is going with their products and the nature and theme of VMworld 2011 itself.…