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Will Apple iCloud, iOS 5 be Worth the Hype?
Apple made some serious announcements at WWDC 2011, as always. The new software from Apple, including Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud, will be released this fall. And in addition to just representing some new milestones for the electronics giant, all this latest software finally addresses something Apple should’ve taken care of a ...
HP Discover Day 1: Cloud, Mobile and Big Data, and Literally Everything in Between
Hewlett-Packard is trying to reposition itself as more than just a hardware company, and it seems that while doing so, the company has adopted itself an agenda for just about every trend in IT – from the cloud to mobile to big data. This was expressed pretty well during day one of the HP Discover ...
The Latest in Big Data: New Funding, New Offerings
Big data analytics is proving to be a highly effective monetizing approach for more and more companies, on a global scale. This trend drives a great deal of demand, which is followed closely by investors and service providers. Among them is Mu Sigma, a big data analytics service provider with a client portfolio encompassing over ...
SAP Software in the Spotlight Thanks to IBM and Sybase
German business software maker SAP managed to gain its broad offerings portfolio quite a bit of traction in the enterprise space, both among customers and solution providers. One of the most recent developments is with IBM, which partnered up with Worksoft, an automated business process validation and testing solutions provider. The latter announced at the ...
E3 Expo: Microsoft, Sony at the Spotlights
The biggest week in gaming kicked off today, with the start of the Electronic Entertainment Expo. E3 will feature hundreds of game title launches and previews, not to mention other things. And, Sony and Microsoft will most likely take the spotlight (again,) and from more aspects than one. The gaming industry has seen a great ...
New Business Tablet Apps for iPad, Android
With the enterprise consumerization trend rapidly expanding, tablets are becoming a bigger and bigger aspect of this phenomenon. Naturally, the same goes for apps, and this week we’ve gathered the top five iPad and Android tablet business apps you need to have on your device. iPad OmiGraffle While quite pricey at $49.99. OmiGraffle is one ...
Cloud Roundup: Personal Cloud, NYSE and Cloud Centers
This past week in the cloud brought us a broad spectrum of developments from just about every corner of the cloud. The first highlight comes from Apple’s upcoming iCloud, a music service similar to that of Amazon’s Cloud Drive. The difference between the two, though, is that Apple seems to have the upper hand in ...
WWDC 2011: Past, Present and What to Expect
Apple is holding the annual 2011 World Wide Developers Conference, and rumors are circling about the new products and expectations we may have for the launch event. Before we delve into that though, we can recap on some Apple’s most significant announcements this past year. The first one from early 2011 is probably the one ...
VMware Tries to Catch up with Citrix in VDI
Citrix Systems has managed to position itself quite well in the VDI market to date, gaining a sizable customer base while doing so. VMware is taking a shot at Citrix’s market share, though that may prove to be difficult. In the past few months, VMware has made a number of acquisitions to support its VDI ...
Citrix Founder Secures $8.5 for Upcoming “Content Virtualization” Platform
Boca-Raton, Fla.-based startup VirtualWorks Group, led by Citrix Systems founder Ed Iacobucci, announced that it has raised $8.5 million in a first round of funding from Florida’s New World Angels. Skyway Capital Partners LLC served as financial advisor to VirtualWorks. The capital will be used to help “execute on the company’s vision and strategy,” which ...
