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Dell Acquires SonicWall to Expand Security Portfolio
Hardware maker Dell is looking to strengthen its position in the enterprise, both organically and via other investments. Today the company announced its latest deal – the acquisition of SonicWALL, a maker of networking security solutions. Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed, although the transaction will probably be a significant one based on ...
Dell and HP Pursue Cloud Angle with Apps, PaaS
Consumer manufacturers Dell and Hewlett-Packard are looking towards the cloud as a means to bail out on a fragile PC industry, and both of the mega-vendors are working on massive initiatives to realize their respective but not dissimilar plans. Dell is looking to become a one-stop-shop SaaS vendor, according to Bill Odell, senior director of ...
Nirvanix Announces Latest High-Profile Client: National Geographic Society
Cloud storage startup Nirvanix is one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry, and SiliconANGLE has been following them closely throughout the past couple of years. The latest update is that the National Geographic Society, which deals with very large unstructured files, moved its backup and archival processes to the Nirvanix Cloud Network. “Given the ...
The jQuery Replacement Has Arrived: AppMobi’s New HTML5 Framework
AppMobi released version 1.0 of jqMobi, an HTML5-based alternative to the jQuery JavaScript framework that was specifically developed for mobile. We covered the original launch in January, and the mobile development solutions maker made a big point of comparing the two platforms, demonstrating some figures that show why jqMobi is the best option for mobile app makers. ...
Weekly Tablet Business App Roundup: It’s All about the Notes
This week’s tablet business app list features two applications that fall under one of the most fleshed out categories in the genre: note taking apps, that while offering different functionality still build upon the basic concept of capturing ideas on the go. The main difference is that some apps do it better than others and ...
This Week in Big Data: New Alliances, HBaseCon and ClickFox
This past week in big data features several updates, in addition to the regular stream of industry commentary SiliconANGLE is producing. The news includes the convergence of several players in this market, a new event that further strengthens Cloudera’s position in the community, and a notable case study from ClickFox. First up is freshly announced ...
This Week in the Cloud: Analytics, VDI and PaaS
This week in the cloud has been – once again – a very interesting one overall. The first update comes from Scala, which is introducing the cloud and analytics to a market that is making good time catching up with IT: the digital signage industry. The firm introduced a new hosted/on-premise app this week that ...
OCZ Announces Drovo Integration in Storage Update
The OCZ Technology Group said this week that its OCZ Talos SAS solid-state drives have been certified to run inside Drobo’s B1200i iSCSI SAN family of products, which are resold by the latter’s partners. OCZ makes all the regular claims of offering energy efficiency and increased performance, in addition to availability. “Drobo is a leader ...
MapR and Informatica Integrate Offerings
Commercial Hadoop distributor MapR and BI software maker Informatica announced a big data partnership through which they have integrated their offerings to provide a few additional advantages to customers. MapR’s Hadoop distro is integrated with the Informatica Platform, which translates into several things. Data being processed by MapR automatically reaches Informatica PowerCenter and PowerExchange, while ...
Nimble Gets Tighter with the VMware Family
Nimble Storage announced that new VDI reference architectures powered by the company’s CS-Series arrays have been made available via the VMware View Rapid Desktop Program to customers of the virtualization giant. “The program enables customers to quickly deploy comprehensive VDI systems, building on proven and tested reference architectures that map to real-world requirements for successful VDI ...
