SAP’s Balancing Act
LAS VEGAS – SAP is at an inflection point not unlike it found itself 25 years ago. Back then, SAP put all its money on R3. This time SAP is betting the house on…
WeVideo Enters to the Cloud with Social Editing Platform
By Saroj Kar
Cloud-based collaboration tools are a jewel in the crown for lots of enterprises, including start-up ventures. WeVideo, which is making its debut at the DEMO fall 2011 conference this week, is one such example,…
Nirvanix Investor Lands Farah Giga, Grows Hardware Interest
IT VC firm Valhalla Ventures announced that it hired of Farah Giga, previously a strategy and business development manager at Hewlett-Packard. She will serve as a principal, focusing on enterprise hardware investments. At 28…
Wil Wheaton on How to Turn Off a Kindle
By Wil Wheaton
I realize that there isn’t a whole lot of overlap between common sense and air travel these days, but can we please stop pretending that a Kindle is an electronic device that has to…
Cloud Security Forges Partnerships as Industry Bubbles with Opportunity
European end-point cybersecurity provider BullGuard turns to security firm Commtouch in a partnership designed to integrate the latter technology with BullGuard’s offerings. Specifically, Commtouch’s Anti-Spam and GlobalViewURL Filtering products will be included in BullGuard’s Internet Security 12,…
Dell Taking Advantage of Shaky PC Market
Personal computer companies suffered from low sales as mobile devices gained traction, and it seems like server makers are soon to follow, as companies like Facebook and Google are leading the DIY server trends,…
Gluster Invests in Partnership Strategy, Teams with NAS Provider
Open-source storage software developer Gluster is growing, and expanding its partnerbase has proven to be a very effective strategy so far. The latest announcement from the company says it partnered up with Savage IO,…
HP PC Dilema Sheds Light on Consumer, Enterprise Cloud Dynamic
HP may have taken some confusing swerves in the past few weeks, appearing uncertain about the future of PCs or where it fits into that market. The newest CEO Leo Apotheker comes from a…
NBC’s Twitter Account Hacked, Announces False Terrorism Strikes
NBC’s Twitter account was hacked Friday evening and released a string of false Ground Zero terrorist attack tweets. The account was breached just days before the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with the hackers tweeting…
After Competing in Jeopardy IBM Watson Becomes a Medical Consultant
By Cherr Aira
Perhaps one of the most relatable issues in the cloud is healthcare IT. The dawn of this era signals the mounting interest of the sector to automate their database and capitalize on high level…