How businesses and brands deal with social media has become one of the defining issues of the recent web era. Today a pretty big leap is taking place which may define the next phase. Two of the biggest players have come together to create certainly one of the slickest and most seamless integrations I’ve yet [...]
Posted on September 8th, 2010 by admin
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As Salesforce’s foray into social collaboration, Salesforce Chatter, gains traction amongst enterprise users, it makes sense for the company to launch complimentary mobile apps to the platform. And as the enterprise increasingly relies upon mobile devices for connectivity; there is a strong demand for native mobile use of Chatter. Today, Salesforce is taking Chatter to [...]
Posted on September 8th, 2010 by admin
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While full-time tech jobs might not be making a roaring comeback, freelance and part-time work seems to be picking up the slack. One data point just came out today illustrating the shift to freelance and online work. Online outsourcer oDesk passed one million hours of work on its system for the first time [...]
Posted on September 7th, 2010 by admin
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Apptio, a Bellevue, Washington-based provider of SaaS-delivered Technology Business Management solutions this morning announced that it has closed a $16.5 million Series C round – the company has now raised up to $37.5 million in venture capital.
The financing round, which the company says was oversubscribed, was led by Shasta Ventures, with participation from all [...]
Posted on September 5th, 2010 by admin
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Cisco this morning announced its intent to acquire privately-held Arch Rock, which specializes in IP-based wireless sensor network technology with a focus on energy and environmental monitoring and Smart Grid applications.
Financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.
Based in San Francisco, Arch Rock will help Cisco accelerate the company’s ability to facilitate the [...]
Posted on September 4th, 2010 by admin
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Vidyo, a company that specializes in high-quality video conferencing technology for the enterprise, is betting big on bringing video conferencing to mobile devices, including tablets and smartphones. Similar to Skype, Vidyo offers a technology that allows people to connect with each other over the web via video conferencing. However, the company says that Vidyo system [...]
Posted on September 4th, 2010 by admin
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It looks like we’re back to square one again. Dell has matched HP’s $2 billion offer to buy 3PAR, and HP upped the ante today with an offer worth $33 per share or $2.4 billion. 3PAR has accepted HP’s bid.
Dell had previously signed an agreement to acquire 3PAR for $18 per share or $1.13 billion, [...]
Posted on September 3rd, 2010 by admin
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It’s officially over. After Dell pulled out of the running this morning, HP has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire data storage company 3PAR, for $33 per share in cash, or a value of $2.35 billion. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies.
This morning, [...]
Posted on September 3rd, 2010 by admin
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Panduit, IT and network solutions provider and the global leader in Unified Physical Infrastructure (UPI) solutions, has opened a new Customer Briefing Centre (CBC) at 6 Broad Street Place in London. The firm is a world-class developer and provider of leading-edge IT and network solutions that help customers optimize the physical infrastructure through simplification, agility [...]
Posted on September 3rd, 2010 by admin
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