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ActiveState, the developer of the private PaaS solution Stackato, has joined the Open Virtualization Alliance (OVA). This is a big milestone for the company, which puts a special emphasis on keeping its platform infrastructure-agnostic. Stackato is an implementation of VMware’s open-source Cloud …
Dell Plans for Mobile Workers, an App Ecosystem and Virtualization
Our own Alex Williams attended Dell World 2011, which focused on several things including Dell’s tablet strategy, Windows 8, the developer ecosystem that powers Dell’s technology and virtualization, to name a few. On the mobile side of things, it seems Dell is …
Facebook for iPad Tops Business Tablet Apps of the Week
This week brought several important enterprise updates to the mobile space, especially where Android is concerned. It’s growing support that the enterprise sector is a ready and willing mobile audience, always in need of business-ready apps. There were a couple notable new …
This Week in Cloud: Storage Key for Enterprise and Consumers
The past week in the cloud featured a lot of storage updates, both in the enterprise and consumer segments. The first highlight is a partnership between tech veteran IBM and storage startup Nirvanix to help expand IBM SmartCloud Enterprise storage services. SiliconANGLE founder …
DataDirect Networks Strengthens Market Position with Recent Milestones
Big data storage firm DataDirect Networks is growing its market share by pursing an aggressive strategy that involves expanding their offering portfolio and strengthening the management team. The company’s most recent update is the announcement of Web Object Scaler 2.0, its object-based …
Hadoop Leads Market Trends as Hortonworks gains Traditional Players
Open-source big data engine Hadoop has become one of the fastest growing trends in the IT world, and the number of companies that get involved with this ecosystem – both solution providers and users – consistently contributes to their growth. One of …
Windows 7 Officially More Popular than XP
Microsoft’s Windows XP has been the most popular OS in the world for over 10 years, even long after the next two versions of the operating system release. Vista was hardly a replacement to the far more stable XP when it launched, …
IBM Joins EcoGrid, the EU’s Socially Green Project
IBM and the European Commission released a joint announcement saying that Big Blue is teaming up with an EU-backed consortium to kick off EcoGrid EU, a part-green, part-social experiment that’s meant to increase public awareness of renewable energy using connected devices. The …
Fusion-io Preps for Second Earnings Call After Successful IPO
Flash storage acceleration solutions maker Fusion-io is getting ready for its first earnings call for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012. This is the second time the company will report its earnings since going public back in June, so a lot …
Google Not Planning to Buy Akamai, Debunks Early Rumors
Yesterday Business Insider reported that internet search giant Google may be planning to acquire Akamai, a web acceleration solutions maker. This resulted in a 10 percent rise in the latter’s shares, which have been going downhill in the past year due to …