Cloud Meets Big Data Meets…Customer Service?
Tech companies have always needed to provide customer service on their products, but the model used to be simpler: You sold the product and told the customer the best way to contact you if…
EMC: We Want Service Providers Delivering Cloud Services
“EMC is a technology company. We have said we don’t compete, we’re not going to set up our own data centers to offer cloud services – we’re helping our service providers,” said Howard Elias,…
Customers Love EMC Because of its Tight Integration with VMware
A recent Wikibon.org survey of users confirmed that VMware is the most popular storage, backup and recovery, and security infrastructure vendor, says Wikibon.org Co-Founder David Vellante. Even customers who don’t have EMC wish they…
Virtualizing Oracle on VMware Offers Many Benefits, Few Dangers
Virtualizing Oracle applications on VMware offers great value in cost savings, greater flexibility, high availability, and a higher quality, lower cost life cycle, says Nathan Biggs, CEO of House of Brick, the leading consultant…
Skype Acquisition: How Important Was it for Microsoft and Other Upshots
Marking Microsoft’s largest acquisition to date, it finally closed the all-cash deal to purchase internet communications company Skype Global Inc. SA for a whopping $8.5 billion. It is the latest addition to Microsoft’s division…
Google TV Revamp Makes Android More Media-Centric
By Cherr Aira
The two-day annual developer-focused conference, Google I/O, started yesterday, May 10th. Many IT practitioners are expected to join the event that will be held Google at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Breakout sessions…
QLogic’s Competitive Edge: the Business of Data Infrastructure
By Kyt Dotson
As the Senior Director of Product Marketing & Management for QLogic, Satish Lakshmanan knows where the data-center and information infrastructure company wants to take their business. So, when Dave Vellante and John Furrier got…
Android Drops A Few Bombs at Google I/O 2011
The success of Android is remarkable. In retrospect, people barely knew Android two and half years ago, with only one device, in one country, on one carrier. Today, it boasts 100 million activated Android…
Upset Juniper Executive Goes to Competitor Cisco Amidst Restructuring Plan
Along with the promotion of Stefan Dyckerhoff contained in a Juniper internal memo by CEO Kevin Johnson, David Yen was reported to be departing the company effective immediately. According to sources, he will transfer…
Rackspace Hosting 1Q Earnings
By Dave Cahill
Editors note: Information courtesy David Cahill – AL3 Summary. Rackspace Hosting (ticker: RAX) reported Q1 fiscal 2011 results after the close. Total revenue grew 29% over last year, driven by 93% growth in the…