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.…
VDI Movement is Growing in both Private and Public Venues: VMware 2011
In the middle of the first day of VMworld 2011, three VDI experts gathered in the Cube to discuss the state of desktop virtualization and agreed in a discussion webcast live on SiliconAngle.tv that…
Evolution of the CIO Role [Infographic]
By Klint Finley
Salesforce.com has published an infographic that charts the cost of computing power along with the history of the role of the CIO. Some interesting tidbits: The term “chief information officer” was coined in 1980.…
Spotlight VMworld Panel: How the Cloud Affects Backup
Dave Vellante held a backup panel at VMworld 2011 with three industry insiders, Brad Maltz, CTO at ICI Drew Kramer, VP of technical operations for VMware; and Jerome Wendt, founder and lead analyst at…
HP 3PAR, StoreOnce Experience “Triple-Digit Growth,” says Scott
While investors and the media focused much of its attention on HP’s decision to get out of the PC and mobile computing business, the company’s storage division is “going great guns,” according to one…
Cloud Foundry Developed on a Vision of Unlimited App Development
Cloud Foundry and its related tool set are designed to support the needs of the new generation of application developers, who want to use whatever development language best suits the needs of their project…
Pakistan Bars Use of VPNs: A Pseudo Solution to A Real Problem?
By Cherr Aira
What would you feel if someone or something sees all your private conversations with friends and relatives every single day? Scared is all that I will be. And the amount of stress and carefulness…
Fraudulent Google Certificate Put Iranian Users At Risk for Two Months
By Kyt Dotson
Recently, an Iranian user uncovered a man-in-the-middle attack occurring with some of Google’s own security certificates for domains such as *.google.com. As it appears, some Iranian ISP may be involved in silently intercepting communications…
Salesforce.com Reportedly Acquires Assistly and Navajo Systems
By Klint Finley
eWeek reports that Salesforce.com has acquired both security vendor Navajo Systems and hosted help desk vendor Assistly. The Navajo Systems website confirms that the company has been acquired by Salesforce.com, but the two companies…