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Flash-based storage acceleration solutions maker Fusion-io has been growing steadily for some time now, and this is true for most of the segments it operates in. That includes the public sector and government agencies using its offerings to boost their existing IT …
Cloud Security Proves its Necessity
Security in the cloud is a big deal for both customers and enterprises, and solution providers have started to take note. Microsoft is one of them, now that it said that Windows 8 will be shipping with some features of Security Essentials …
Cisco’s To Do List: Cut Revenue Forecasts, Bash Competition
Networking giant Cisco is still the number one player in the industry, but its investors have not been all that optimistic as of late. This is due to declining earnings, and Cisco caused more reason for concern, having just cut its revenue …
WalMart Acquires OneRiot, Beefs Up Digital Strategy
Wal-Mart, the retail giant that also happens to be the number one employer in the world, has taken a slight turn with its strategy and has begun to focus on expanding its digital product portfolio. Its latest move is the acquisition of …
SAP Acquires Hemisphere, Expands Mobile Growth Strategy
German business software giant SAP acquired Right Hemisphere for an undisclosed amount; Right Hemisphere is a company that develops 3D visualization tools for enterprise users. the company’s goal is to simplify employees’ workflows and overall efficiency adding another elemental to usual collaboration and …
ServiceMesh the Latest to Support OpenStack
Enterprise cloud solutions provider ServiceMesh announced that it has extended its ServiceMesh Agility platform to support OpenStack, the open-source cloud OS initiative first kicked off by Rackspace and NASA, along with several others. ServiceMesh Agility allows customers to setup OpenStack clouds, as well as …
Pano Logic Scales Down VDI for SMBs
Virtual desktop infrastructure vendor Pano Logic debuted two new offerings today, Pano Express SMB and Pano Express HA. Express SMB and HA are scaled versions of Pano’s VDI in a box solution, designed specifically for small to medium-sized businesses. A single deployment …
Opera Solutions Lands Industry First with $84M for Big Data Innovation
Opera Solutions, a big data software maker (contrary to Opera Software, the developer of the web browser), just announced one of the biggest funding rounds in the history of this industry. The company secured $84 million in a first round of funding …
Fusion-io Grows Partnerbase as Flash Storage Gains Traction
Solid-state SAN storage provider Kaminario has teamed up with Fusion-io, a company that sells flash-based storage acceleration solutions, to develop what it calls the Kaminario K2 storage, one of the industry’s first all solid-state SAN products. The company promises that this new technology …
Nirvanix Investor Lands Farah Giga, Grows Hardware Interest
IT VC firm Valhalla Ventures announced that it hired of Farah Giga, previously a strategy and business development manager at Hewlett-Packard. She will serve as a principal, focusing on enterprise hardware investments. At 28 Giga has quite a resume, which is what …