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IBM, NEC Deliver New Open Flow Offering
IBM and NEC debuted a new offering that integrated technology from both companies to create what GigaOm has referred to as a controller-and-switch combo. The solution is based on Open Flow, the Stanford-developed open-source protocol that can be used to power software-defined networks. NEC’s controller and IBM’s switch have been integrated to enable enterprises to ...
Nimble Hires Ex-Salesforce to Lead R&D
Nimble announced that it has put Jason McDowal in charge of spearheading the development of its latest solution. McDowal is now the Director of Product for the startup, which offers a unique CRM solution that promises to deliver corporate users a much more connected platform. Nimble’s SaaS covers social and collaboration elements designed to enhance ...
OpenGear’s Next Gen, Budget-Friendly RMM Lineup
OpenGear announced the latest generation of its ACM5500 remote monitoring and management (RMM) products. The company is offering an alternative to much pricier systems by providing single appliance that is hooked up to an organization’s network and enables managed service providers to solve problems remotely. The solution also trims costs because customers can easily replace ...
Juniper Networks Enhances CDN Solution with Tata Technology Buy
Juniper Networks has acquired the rights to the service management layer behind BitGravity’s content delivery network (CDN) offering. BitGravity is a part of Tata Communications, an India-based telco enterprise. Juniper will use the code, bought for an undisclosed amount, in its Media Flow CDN product, which will launch in the new integrated edition sometime this year, ...
Intel Expands Networking Portfolio with QLogic InfiniBand Buy
Chipmaker Intel has acquired QLogic’s InfiniBand in a deal designed to give the former’s networking portfolio a big push. The transaction is for $125 million in cash, and workers who were previously employed by QLogic will hold their current positions under Intel’s reign. “This is a win-win for QLogic, Intel and our InfiniBand customers and partners,” ...
Splunk Tops this Week’s Best iPad, Android Tablet Business Apps
BI software maker Splunk released version 4.3 of its software this week, introducing a more straight-forward interface designed for the direct use of the business user. The latest edition features several improvements, notably the fact the company shifted from using flash to HTML5, enabling user access on-the-go from iOS devices. iPad Splunk The launch of ...
This Week in Cloud: Open-Source, Services and Security
This week three areas of the larger cloud industry grabbed headlines, thanks to a handful of major updates from vendors. First, the OpenStack ecosystem reached a new milestone with the release of the first commercial edition into general availability. Piston Cloud fused Rackspace’s open cloud OS with proprietary components it developed in-house, including a custom ...
IT Industry Leaders Report Optimistic Q4 for the Most Part
IBM, Microsoft, Intel and Google reported their earnings throughout the fourth financial quarter of 2011 this week. All four have seen growth, but only three managed to meet and exceed analysts’ expectations. IBM’s net earnings stood up to the challenge, at $5.5 billion on revenue of $29.5 billion. Sales were up two percent this quarter, ...
Dell Gets Tangled Up with Insider Trade Charges
Sandeep Goyal, a former Dell employee who later left for a job at Neuberger Berman’s mutual fund business, is in the center of one of the biggest insider trading cases to surfaced recently. The New York Times broke the story, reporting that Goyal has been receiving information from an unnamed source, presumably a high ranking ...
SAP Acquires Datango to Invigorate Enterprise Training Portfolio
SAP acquired Datango for an undisclosed amount, a maker of IT training solutions that the business software maker hopes will manage to stand out in a sleepy market. Datango certainly has potential, a claim that SAP and several pundits are backing up. The company’s offerings provide a development environment for the creation of training material, ...
