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10 Ways to Safeguard your Network During Hurricane Season
Axcient, a provider of cloud-based backup solutions, closed out the second month of this year’s relatively quiet hurricane season with a 10-step guide for enterprise disaster preparedness. “When Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast last Fall, it resulted in $62 billion in damages and economic losses from businesses that were not able to operate because ...
IBM CTO Talks Flash
John Borkenhagen, the chief technology officer for IBM’s System X and Bladecenter group, stopped by theCube at Edge 2013 to discuss the hottest trends in storage. He shared his insights into flash memory and explained why the density of HP’s Moonshot server causes diminishing returns. TheCube host Dave Vellante kicks off the interview by highlighting ...
QLogic Quits ASIC Switch Market in Latest Push to Cut Costs
QLogic has discontinued the development of its ASIC switch solutions in an effort to boost long term profitability. Interim CEO and chief financial officer Jean Hu announced the move during the company’s first quarter earnings call. She assured shareholders that QLogic’s existing ASIC solutions will remain on the market for foreseeable future, and stated that ...
Big Data Putting the Heat on Ad Agencies to Scale
The Paris-based Publicis Groupe and New York’s Omnicom Group recently announced a multi-billion dollar merger of equals that will create the world’s largest advertising agency. Wikibon Principal Research Contributor Jeff Kelly appeared on NewsDesk this morning to share his insights into the deal. Jeff believes that the need for scale is the primary reason behind ...
Retailers Struggle with Conversation Rates as Online Shopping Rides the Mobile Wave
The online shopping industry has experienced a tremendous amount of growth in recent years, but retailers are not taking full advantage of this increased demand. These were the findings of IBM’s sixth annual Online Retail Holiday Readiness Report, a 22-page paper detailing the latest trends and best practices in the e-commerce space. The 500 retailers ...
Tresata Enters Milestone Partnership with AVAC
Tresata has teamed up with a research firm called Advanced Valuation Analytics Corporation (AVAC) to develop Big Data applications for the financial services sector. As the name implies, AVAC offers valuation and predictive modeling services for companies that operate in data-driven industries. Led by New York University Professor of Economics Andrew Caplin, the firm lists ...
Qwilt Secures $16 Million in New Capital for Online Video Streaming
With video content accounting for well over half of global internet traffic, cable companies are finding themselves under increased pressure to scale up their infrastructure and improve user experience. The problem is that keeping up with viewer demand without breaking the budget is easier said than done. In comes Qwilt, a Redwood City-based startup that ...
Michael Dell Won’t Budge Despite Negative Response to New Offer
Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners upped their offer for Dell last week in an attempt to persuade the company’s special committee to change investor voting rules. The founder hopes to tip the balance in his favor by reducing the threshold requirement of the August 2 ballot that will determine the future of his namesake ...
Android, China Lead the Mobile Market
What do Google and China have in common (besides a poor track record in data privacy)? They’re both leading the mobile space. Android devices shipped with over half the smartphones sold in the quarter ending in June 2013, a period during which China furthered its lead as the most malware-ridden nation on earth. The latest ...
QLogic Sees 13.2% Revenue Decline in First Quarter
QLogic may be edging closer to a turnaround, but its latest earnings showed few signs of recovery. The Aliso Viejo, California-based supplier of data center networking equipment reported first quarter sales of $113.1 million, down 13.2 percent from the same period last year and 3.2 percent down from the fourth quarter. The company’s revenues were ...
