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64% Of Organizations Have Invested In Or Plan To Invest In Big Data Tech, But Only 8% Have Started Using It, Says Gartner

Businesses are eager to spend money on big data, but few have a clear cut plan for what they plan to do with the technology, according to a new Gartner report. 64% of organizations surveyed have already purchased or are planning to invest in big data solutions in 2013, compared with 58% in 2012. Of […]

APPLE answers Android with downmarket iPhone — MICROSOFT hands devs Win8.1 — HP DROPPED from Dow — BUSINESS INSIDER’s bigot CTO outs self

September 10, 2013 06:00 PDT | 09:00 EDT | 13:00 UTC **Sponsored by Citrix** Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post

With 700 Customers And 1.5B Uniques, Gigya Lands $25M To Help Businesses Manage Consumer Data

It’s no secret: With Facebook, Twitter and other social platforms now woven into the very fabric of the Web, the Share-pocalypse is well underway. Of course, while it’s easy to recognize that “Social” is here to stay, many businesses still struggle with how to best navigate the rising social and mobile tides. Gigya launched in […]

DotCloud Pivots And Wins Big With Docker, The Cloud Service Now Part Of Red Hat OpenShift

DotCloud is a great example of a startup with a pivot that worked. The proof of that is in a new partnership that marries its Docker open-source app portability project with Red Hat and its OpenShift platform-as-a-service (PaaS). Docker is a lightweight Linux app container that DotCloud originally developed for its multiple-language PaaS.In March, DotCloud […]

New iPHONE, same old Wall St. blues — New WINDOWS, same old mess –- FEDS use travel alerts to seize devices — BUSINESS INSIDER cans bigot CTO

September 11, 2013 06:00 PDT | 09:00 EDT | 13:00 UTC **Sponsored by Citrix** Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post

FireEye Shares Jump $16 In First Day Of Public Trading As Interest Soars For Security Companies

FireEye made a debut on the public markets that any investor would be pleased to witness. In trading Friday, shares jumped $16 for the security company. In total it raised nearly $304 million, giving it a market cap of $2.3 billion. The company debuted at $20 per share and closed at $36 on the NASDAQ […]

FireEye Shares Jump 16 Points In First Day Of Public Trading As Interest Soars For Security Companies

FireEye made a debut on the public markets that any investor would be pleased to witness. In trading Friday, shares jumped 16 points for the security company. In total it raised early $304 million, giving it a market cap of $2.3 billion. The company debuted at $20 per share and closed at $36 on the […]

BALLMER bets on PC as ‘device of choice,’ REGRETS missing the phone — New iPHONE hits street with barn door wide open — iOS7′s enterprise strategy — AllThingsD bolts Dow Jones

September 20, 2013 06:00 PDT | 09:00 EDT | 13:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post

Illumio, The Stealthy Security Startup For The Anywhere App Universe

Illumio, the startup backed by a who’s who of A-list venture capitalists and charismatic CEOs, tells a story about what we can expect to be a constant stream of companies with one thing in common: They are saving us from malware hell fire and the devil’s phishing. But like any preacher show, most of these security […]

15Five, The Employee-Manager Feedback Network, Launches 2.0 With Like Buttons, Private Messaging And More

15Five, a startup backed by the likes of 500 Startups and Yammer’s David Sacks that provides a platform to help the working world communicate better with its managers, has had a dose of its own medicine. Taking feedback collected from its users since its exit from beta in August 2012, the company is today rolling […]