Strata Conference: Making Data Work
The Strata Conference kicked-off this morning with their Jumpstart segment in New York. This portion of the event will be followed by the Strata Summit that will run for two days from September 20-21…
Flash Sales Site Looks for Profit with $40M in Funding
One Kings Lane, a discounts website for furniture announced that it has raises $40 million funding in a round led by Tiger Global management. The financial backing harbingers the intensification of online-shopping to the…
iPhone 5: a Roadmap of Rumors
In order to keep offering latest phones and keep the unlimited data plans, Sprint announced last week that it has decided to chuck out its Premier Program. The carrier allows its loyal users to…
E-Mail Optimization and Archiving Strategies
By Greg Schulz
Email is a popular tool for messaging, calendaring, and managing contacts along with attachments in most organizations. Given the popularity of email and diverse ways that it is used for managing various forms of…
Google Battles Infringement on One Side, Antitrust on the Other
Last week we reported that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Google CEO Larry Page are set to meet in court today to resolve their dispute that could possible end up threatening the reign of the…
Google Wallet Ready for Holiday Rush?
As mobile wallets push for global domination, Google Wallet, the collaboration between Google and Citi MasterCard Worldwide, is rumored to be launching today. Though some deem the release a bit late in the game…
Big Data Gleans Funding, Partnerships and New Products
By Saroj Kar
It has been another busy week for big data providers. We have seen few interesting developments this week focused mainly on funding, acquisitions and new products launches, indicating a growing business inclination around big…
Netflix DVD Service Now Qwikster, CEO Apologizes for Rough Transition
“I messed up. I owe everyone an explanation.” This is the first line Netflix CEO Reed Hastings wrote on his blog post Sunday night to address the growing concern of Netflix subscribers and investors. After…
Survey: Web Developers and Other Tech Workers are Miserable
By Klint Finley
Director of IT took the top spot as the most miserable of jobs, with senior Web developer and technical support analyst also making the top ten, according to a series of articles by Steve…
Is Apple Shopping for a Cloud Synchronization Provider?
By Klint Finley
We noted yesterday that Box rejected an acquisition offer significantly higher than its $550 million valuation. The company making the offer hasn’t been named, but just last week Chip Hazard reported that Dropbox rejected…