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Tobii Receives Over $20M from Intel Capital, Sees Potential in Mobile, NFC
Simplification is big in the data center, as well as in the consumer devices market. Innovations such as near-field communications are being perfected to stretch some of the boundaries currently limiting the end points in the hands of customers, and in more ways than one. NFC is seeing early adoption in the financial services industry, ...
Zayo Acquires AboveNet in its Biggest Deal Yet
Bandwidth behemoth Zayo has entered into an agreement to acquire AboveNet, another fiber infrastructure company, for a massive $2.2 billion. Zayo is a publicly traded company but its latest investment is not; investors were ecstatic after the news hit and ABVT skyrocketed 13 percent to $83.93. The Wall Street Journal picked up some of the extra ...
CloudBeam Picks HP for Cloud Infrastructure
Data center operator and cloud services provider CloudBeam released a use study today describing the advantages it gained by upgrading its infrastructure to HP 3PAR. CloudBeam ran its hosted CRM, collaboration and storage plans on EMC CLARiiON storage area network before the rip and replace. It wasn’t specified exactly which generation of the now discontinued product ...
SAP May Hold Answer to Oracle’s Fiscal Performance
Database and enterprise solutions giant Oracle will be holding its earnings call on March 20, tomorrow, and the company’s under pressure to show some improvement over the poor results it reported last quarter. Back then the company missed the consensus estimate by 2 cents with a net income of only 52 per share. Analysts expect ...
Broadcom-Emulex Finalizes on Perma Ban
Broadcom filed a lawsuit against competitor Emulex shortly after it declined an acquisition proposal in 2009, over the alleged infringement of two patents registered under the former. The verdict finally arrived in later December last year, when a judge concluded several Emulex products do indeed violate Broadcom IP. Our original coverage can be found here. ...
QLogic Deepens Partnership with Dell, New Switch Options for Force10
Networking equipment maker QLogic announced that its 8200 Series 10Gb Ethernet CNAs and 3200 Series 10GbE network adapters have been certified as being interoperable with Dell’s Force10 S-Series S4810 10/40 GbE switches. The two companies promise that facilities running their gear side-by-side get better management of LAN iSCSI storage and Network File System traffic, in ...
This Week in Big Data: From Cloud Crossroads to Crosswinds
This week in big data was full of commentary, in addition to some notable product updates, which provides a glimpse at the future of this industry-wide movement. Flow’s launch is the first update on our list, which I also discuss in my cloud roundup. The reason for this is that the startup has come up ...
Weekly Tablet Business Apps Roundup: Collaboration on iPad, Analytics on Android
This week we feature iOS and Android apps to help you work more efficiently from your tablet. First on the list is Roambi Viewer, which is specifically optimized for the new iPad’s high quality monitor. We also look at two apps from the revamped Android Market, now known as Google Play. Woopra is the highlight ...
This Week in Cloud: Storage and Big Data Making Moves
This past week in the cloud has seen a string of notable updates, and the four most interesting highlights come from two of the hottest areas in this area: PaaS and big data. First up is Microsoft’s Azure Storage price cut. The company is facing a lot of pressure from competing services, mainly AWS, in ...
Millennial Media Revises IPO Plans, Raises the Stakes
Millennial Media is currently the largest independent mobile ad network; its competitors have long been bought out by Google, Apple and other big fish looking to strengthen their hold on respective mobile ecosystems. That, however, will no longer be the case after the company’s upcoming initial public offering, which looks to surpass all expectations. Reuters ...