With the recent introduction of the iPad 2, Motorola Xoom, RIM PlayBook, and new versions of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, tablet mania is taking the enterprise by storm. A major research fim estimates that 69.8 million media tablets will be shipped in 2011, and analysts and forward-thinking tech managers say it’s time for IT execs […]
Posted on April 30th, 2011 by admin
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With the recent introduction of the iPad 2, Motorola Xoom, RIM PlayBook, and new versions of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, tablet mania is taking the enterprise by storm. A major research fim estimates that 69.8 million media tablets will be shipped in 2011, and analysts and forward-thinking tech managers say it’s time for IT execs […]
Posted on April 29th, 2011 by admin
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BMC Software this morning announced that it has acquired Coradiant, a privately-held provider of web application performance monitoring solutions. BMC pitches the purchase as a way to enhance its ability to offer businesses a 360-degree view of service performance (‘from end-user experience and behavior to infrastructure’). The company says an ‘aggressive product integration plan’ is […]
Posted on April 28th, 2011 by admin
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CenturyLink this morning announced that it will acquire all outstanding shares of Savvis common stock in a cash and stock merger valued at $40 per share, or a total of approximately $2.5 billion, plus net debt of approximately $0.7 billion which will be assumed or refinanced at close. CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company […]
Posted on April 27th, 2011 by admin
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Lawson Software, a global provider of enterprise software, this morning announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by GGC Software Holdings, an affiliate of private equity investment firm Golden Gate Capital and Infor. The transaction has a total value of approximately $2 billion. Lawson Software provides business application software, maintenance and […]
Posted on April 26th, 2011 by admin
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Exclusive – Big Switch Networks, a fledgling company building a platform for virtualizing enterprise networks based on the OpenFlow standard, has raised $13.75 million in Series A financing in a round led by Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures. The startup also announced that it has joined the newly formed Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a non-profit […]
Posted on April 22nd, 2011 by admin
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Following strong fourth quarter 2010 results, IBM released first quarter earnings today, reporting $24.6 billion in revenue for the quarter which is up 8 percent (or up 5 percent adjusting for currency). Diluted earnings came in at $2.31 per share, compared with diluted earnings of $1.97 per share in the first quarter of 2010, an […]
Posted on April 20th, 2011 by admin
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Anti-piracy software maker Metaforic, based in Glasgow, California and Tokyo, has raised $8 million in a round led by Scottish Equity Partners. Existing backers Pentech Ventures and the Scottish Investment Bank’s Scottish Venture Fund participated in the round. Founded in 2006, Metaforic offers two main products: MetaFortress, which helps software developers protect their applications against […]
Posted on April 18th, 2011 by admin
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Almost half (48 per cent) of all organisations in the UK are already using some form of cloud service, with larger companies more likely to use them, according to the findings of the most comprehensive survey undertaken into trends by the Cloud Industry Forum. The research, conducted in the first two months of 2011, polled […]
Posted on April 16th, 2011 by admin
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Cloudera, the startup that commercially distributes and services Apache Hadoop based data management software and services, is announcing the general availability of Cloudera’s enterpirse data management software. Hadoop is a Java software framework born out of an open-source implementation of Google’s published computing infrastructure which is fostered within the Apache Software Foundation. Hadoop supports distributed […]
Posted on April 12th, 2011 by admin
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