Big Data is Where Problem Becomes Opportunity
“Big data is a change of perspective at least in my mind from lots of data as a problem to lots of data as an opportunity,” says EMC Global Marketing CTO Chuck Hollis. “It…
Vchatter Raises Another Angel Round, CEO Will Bunker Discusses Aversion to VCs
vChatter’s been through a lot since the days of “competitor” ChatRoulette’s glory. The video chat app rescued us from the random (and quite frightening) chats on the oddly popular ChatRoulette, rising to prominence thanks…
What Will Come of Yahoo’s Earnings Report Next Week?
As the earnings report date is getting nearer and nearer, Yahoo is feeling the pressure, although its stock has settled at $16.50 after a 52-week period at $12.94. Yahoo has not had any revenue…
IBM Beats Wall Street Profit Estimates
IBM’s quarterly profit exceeded estimates, and consequently shares rose 2.8 percent in extended trading. The company reported its fourth-quarter net income rose 9 percent to $5.3 billion, aligned with $29 billion in Q4 revenue.…
What is Big Data? Two EMC Experts Weigh In
The term “big data” has become all the rage in the storage, database, and analytics industries. But what exactly does it mean. At Monday’s EMC Corp. analyst briefing, which preceded EMC’s U.S. announcements on…
Vidyo Raises $11.5M, Pushes Teleconference Trend
HD video conferencing solutions provider Vidyo had raised $11.5 million in funding, according to an SEC filing, though the company itself hasn’t confirmed the funding yet. Based on the “Related Persons” listed in the…
Microsoft and HP Unveils Data Appliances from their $250M Deal
After a 3-year, $250 million cloud partnership, Microsoft and HP unveiled some the fruits of their joint labor. The first product is the HP Business Decision Appliance which reportedly takes an hour to install…
Verizon Fuels Engine to the Cloud, Adopts VMware’s vCloud compatibility
By Cherr Aira
Communications and networks giant Verizon taps VMware’s vCloud compatibility software as their first-level implementation partner as it ramps out to the cloud industry. Verizon Business is looking at a rapid expansion on it cloud…
EMC Talks of Customer-Centric Goals, Gaining Relevance in the Cloud
By Cherr Aira
The week-long “Breaking Records” event being hosted by EMC, premier provider of information storage and infrastructure services, has introduced 41 new products to the market,–we’ve been covering blow by blow accounts of the affair…
Why Startups Move To Silicon Valley
By Tom Foremski
I’m constantly meeting companies that have moved part of their operations to San Francisco/Silicon Valley. Usually it is the CEO and/or the marketing and sales group that moves home. Loic Le Meur, a serial…