The Arrival of the Virtual Phone?
The post-PC era has its complications. Love your smart phone? Well, you may work for a company that adopted the Blackberry circa 2008. That creates a problem. It’s often the only mobile device that…
Citrix Opens Up the Cloud for VMware Customers
By Maria Pila
Citrix Systems has acquired cloud.com in a deal which will boost its position in the cloud computing market. The deal also underscores the growing role of open source software in building and deploying cloud…
Forget the Future – the Cloud Has Enough Problems Right Now
John Furrier had finished another interview on #theCube today and we started talking about OpenStack and VMware. There’s all kinds of speculation about how the cloud computing market will transform. But does that matter…
Amazon Tablet Should Supress its Android Roots to Beat iPad
What pops into your mind when you hear the word” tablet?” Without a second thought, iPad is the thing you first thought of, right? Well, this explains why Apple has dominated the US tablet…
What to Expect at Dreamforce 2011: Seesmic Pivots, Platform Wars and More
By Klint Finley
Today TechCrunch reported that Seesmic will announce a new product tomorrow at Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce event: Seesmic CRM, a Salesforce.com client for Android devices, the iPad and eventually Windows Phone 7. Salesforce.com only offers official…
VMworld 2011 News Reel: VDI, Networking & More
It’s day 1 of the VMworld 2011 conference, and we are already seeing a host of vendors and existing partners further aligning themselves with EMC’s virtualization subsidiary. Virsto, a startup that developed software designed…
Hurricane’s Biggest Protection: Connectivity and Data
Mischances call for people to get together and share ideas and information just in case the blow gets bad. This is not the first time there’s been a hurricane hitting the US, but what…
Is VMware after Microsoft or Salesforce? VMworld 2011 Blogger Panel
We had some notable bloggers stop by theCube at VMworld today, all anxious to discuss their perspective on this year’s event, where VMware is headed and what’s going on in the virtualization industry. Gary…
Hurricane Irene Could be the Next Target for Phishers
Spear-phishing has proven to be a far more effective means of breaching a network, whether that of a consumer or an enterprise, than it has been for the past few years. Major events, such…
Smart TVs On The Rise, from Google to Vudu
Television is one form of media that everyone is looking to integrate with the latest upsweep of connected devices. TV is still used by more people compared to computers and mobile devices, and companies…