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Skype had a significant update today. The VoIP giant rolled out video chat support for four Android-powered devices, and announced that there are plans in place to extend the new features to more devices “very soon.” Currently, HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson …
Universities Find Research Benefits in HP Big Data Solutions
Hewlett-Packard’s landed another academic partner to utilize its storage and big data solutions. The University of Utah’s Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) selected HP storage technology and servers handle big data processing for its research projects and accelerate information delivery. “Our …
Karmasphere Gets Good Vibes with Latest Hadoop Team-Up
Hadoop-powered big data analytics companies Karmasphere and Think Big Analytic announced today at the Hadoop Summit they’re partnering up to develop and provide joint offerings. These products will be designed for companies that leverage Hadoop to carry out unstructured data analysis. “Our …
Social Enterprise Matters, In Case You Didn’t Know
Social business software maker Jive released a report today suggesting that social enterprise is being considered a strategic priority by more and more execs. The study, called Jive Social Business Index 1H 2011, surveyed 301 executives, 301 working millennials and 300 general …
HP Expands Storage Business Amidst Company Shifts
Hewlett-Packard is making storage a very major aspect of its outlook, especially as it shifts in manufacturing and services strategies to reflect today’s enterprise and consumer markets. The company is currently the largest storage vendor in terms of sales, and is constantly …
Cisco Needs to Offer Value to Investors, One Way or Another
Networking giant Cisco has seen its stock decline drastically throughout the past four quarters; something that, according to Barron’s, means this can be a good time to buy shares of the company. Cisco has reached a low, and buying cheap now may …
The Amazon Experience is Expanding with New Ad Network
Amazon is a very big marketplace in several sectors: retail, e-publishing, music, daily deals and digital content to name a few. Now the web giant is looking to enter yet another business, launching a brand new ad network. In partnership with San …
Personal Cloud Boost Driven by Mobile, Video and Beyond
The personal cloud industry is seeing a lot of updates as countless companies – from startups to some of the biggest players in tech – try to take a shot at monetizing this exploding market. As competition intensifies, increasingly innovative offerings surface …
Tablet Summer Showdown Is a Circus for Mobile OS
The tablet device market is heating up as more and more companies are looking to take a bite out of the iPad’s overwhelming share of the market. Hewlett-Packard is one of them, and we’ve learned it may be prepping to launch yet …
Microsoft Stirs Rumors around Windows 8, Pushes WP7 Forward
Microsoft has been working a lot around its top ventures lately, and today the latest batch of Windows 8 rumors crossed the wire. It was forecasted that the software maker will launch Windows 8 sometime in the second or third quarter of …