Patent Wars Ablaze: Google’s Outrage, Verizon’s Loss
Google has been caught in a web of lawsuits for a period of time now, and last Tuesday, it just got worse as they have been slapped with nine new lawsuits by European Union–another…
CIOs Still Need a Lot to Learn About the Cloud
By Robert Manto
A recent study revealed that the majority of CIOs still lack adequate skills and understanding about the cloud. The study, originally developed by EquaTerra in 2004 and currently performed by KPMG Sourcing Advisory, provides…
Galaxy Tab Update Follows TouchPad, Battles iPad Worldwide
After being blocked by Apple in their Australian release of their Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung pushed for their New Zealand release. The company believes that the injunction filed against them in Australia has no…
Intel Labs’ New Open Cloud Research Centers, Grows Investment
Intel, being the largest player in the semiconductor market by sales, has a lot to gain from the accelerating cloud computing adoption in the enterprise, and the subsequent increased demand for servers powered by…
Cloudera and Dell Align To Offer End-To-End, Open-Source Hadoop Cluster
Cloudera and Dell are announcing today an end-to-end, open-source Hadoop cluster. The offering integrates Cloudera’s Hadoop distribution with Dell’s servers. Is there anything hotter than Hadoop? Yahoo spun out its Hadoop group to form…
The Cultural and Economic Impact of Banned Mobile Apps
While Apple and Android may not be exactly the best of friends, both companies have their reasons why they have been on application ban spree for what seemed like forever. After all, business is…
VMware Adjusts vSphere 5 Licensing – Launch Saved?
The July 12 VMware launch for vSphere 5 was comprehensive in its scope. But much of what it offered was overshadowed by changes to its vRam licensing model that aligned costs with the benefits of…
How to Get Around Apple’s Anti In-App Rules: HTML5
Wikibon’s financial commentator Gerald Hallaren has posted a short piece outlining how publishers can use HTML-5 to get around Apple’s requirement that e-book and other e-publishing apps use the App Store to sell publications,…
Spain Unwraps HP-Fueled Anticompetitive Inquiry against Oracle
By Saroj Kar
Fueled by HP, the Spanish National Competition Authority (CNC) has started looking into possible anticompetitive practices by Oracle from its decision to stop supporting the Itanium platform. Subsequently, the CNC has opened an investigation…
EU Antitrust Complaints Against IBM Dropped By 3 Firms
Big Blue’s monopoly in the mainframe market has been subject to some scrutiny from the EU lately, mainly after three smaller firms trying to compete in this market filled antitrust complaints against IBM. TurboHercules ,…