Fusio-io Continues to Lead with Flash-based ioDrive
Fusion-io once again attained a performance metrics that has never been achieved before by any solid-state or traditional disk-based technology.
EMC, Isilon, and the Rebirth of Storage
By Ben Golub
Yesterday’s storage industry news is certainly exciting. EMC has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Isilon Systems. This comes on the heels of HP’s acquisition of 3Par. With these two acquisitions, three broad themes…
Aro Adds Context to Android Contacts and Beyond, Making Smartphones Smarter
Aro is a new organization tool for Android phones, combining a bit of semantic search, contextually-aware email and actionable contact management for an intelligent use of your smartphone. Launching at the Web 2.0 Summit…
Marketo wins first Up-Start Cloud Award for “Fastest Growing Cloud Computing Company”
By Jasmin Young
With over 750 customers in 2 years and average revenue of about $30k per transaction, Marketo (a SaaS-based lead management, sales insight and revenue performance management (RPM) company) has won the coveted inaugural UP 2010 Cloud Award…
Facebook Gets More Microsoft Integration with Office Web Apps
Alongside the new Facebook Mail, the social network has synchronized with Microsoft’s Office Web Apps so that Facebook users will be able to view Word, Excel and Powerpoint attachments without having to leave the…
Facebook Mail, Hadoop and EMC’s Isilon: EMC is Positioned to Win.
Today’s big story in the enterprise and infrastructure sector is, of course, the $2.5 billion acquisition by EMC of storage solution Isilon. The announcement had no sooner hit the wires when the long awaited…
Tungle Releases Initial Premium Features
Tungle Corp. today introduced the first of its line-up of premium features called Personalization. It allows powerful branding and provides personalization options.
Brocade Introduces Ethernet Fabric Solutions
San Jose-based networking solutions developer Brocade today announced the introduction of the “first true Ethernet fabric switching solutions…” The new Brocade VDX(TM) 6720 Data Center Switches deliver Brocade VCS™ technology and were especially developed for…
Kinect modified to capture true 3D video
By George Ou
University of California Davis researcher Oliver Kreylos has produced one of the most amazing demonstrations of true 3D video I’ve ever seen using an off-the-shelf Microsoft Kinect (a Microsoft Xbox360 accessory). This is not…
Net Neutrality – It’s just the old question of “Who Pays”
By Steve Effros
Should the government ban the “free” shipping service offered through “Amazon Prime?” What about Wal-Mart’s announcement last week that they would provide free shipping through Christmas on thousands of different items in response to…