Saturday April 27, 2024

Security infrastructure definition key to productivity

Complex security policies can be difficult for employees to follow, it is unrealistic to leave security in the hands of mobile employees. An effective enterprise security plan should provide for simple, automated, scalable, and comprehensive ways to protect IT investments and maintain worker productivity. Organizations must approach security from a comprehensive perspective that ranges from […]

Imaginatik Updates Idea Management Software With Activity Monitor And More

Imaginatik, the developer of an idea management software for enterprises, has released a new version of its offering, Called Idea Central, the software aims to provide a collaborative environment to share, evaluate and curate ideas within an organization. Idea Central has added an activity monitor to give users a realtime visibility into activity within a […]

Imaginitik Updates Idea Management Software With Activity Monitor And More

Imaginatik, the developer of an idea management software for enterprises, has released a new version of its offering, Called Idea Central, the software aims to provide a collaborative environment to share, evaluate and curate ideas within an organization. Idea Central has added an activity monitor to give users a realtime visibility into activity within a […]

Adobe Buys Swiss Company Day Software For $240 Million

Adobe is strengthening its product portfolio with its intention to acquire Swiss firm Day Software, which makes Web content management systems aimed at marketers. Adobe announced an all-cash tender offer for Day’s shares. The purchase price is approximately $240 million. Many of Adobe’s products, such as Illustrator and Photoshop, are used already to create marketing […]

Enterprise Software Is Sexy Again

This guest post was written by Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of Box.net. Box.net was founded in 2005 with the goal of helping people and businesses easily access and share information from anywhere. Box.net is now used by millions of individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 500 enterprises worldwide. When we think of sexy technologies, enterprise […]

Google: City Of Los Angeles Apps Delay Is Overblown

Google has long been touting the deployment of its productivity suite and Microsoft Office-killer Google Apps to the City of Los Angeles. The City planned to equip its 34,000 employees with Google Apps, replacing Novell’s GroupWise system, the e-mail technology provider that LA had previously been using. But unfortunately, the process of transitioning the government […]

Government employees continue to breach privacy of individuals

According to Gazette.net, a Maryland Department of Human Resources employee has been fired for posting about 3,000 names, Social Security numbers and other personal information on his personal website. The information, which belonged to department clients who use food stamps, housing programs and other social services provided by the state, had been posted on the […]

PiCloud Launches Serverless Computing Platform To The Public

Startup PiCloud is launching its platform to the public that allows for batch processing, high performance computing and scientific computing applications. PiCloud, which was incubated at Lightspeed Ventures, claims to “obviates servers,” and enables developers, scientists and engineers to set up applications on the cloud easily. The PiCloud platform aims to simplify cloud computing through […]

Readying For An IPO, Jive Software Raises $30 Million From Kleiner Perkins And Sequoia

Jive Software, the maker of an all-in-one social enterprise software, has just raised $30 million in Series C funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers with existing investor Sequoia Capital participating in the round. This brings Jive’s total funding to a whopping $57 million. Jive’s CEO Tony Zingale declined to reveal the valuation of […]

Data Management Virtualization Startup Actifio Raises $8 Million

Actifio, a company that specializes in data management virtualization solutions, this morning announced that it has raised $8 million in Series A funding in a round led by North Bridge Venture Partners and Greylock Partners. With the funds, Actifio intends to ramp up sales and marketing efforts. Actifio isn’t giving much detail on how its […]