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T-Mobile Invests in 4G with More Speed and New Plans
T-Mobile, the operator amidst the process of being acquired by AT&T, is doubling the speed of its 4G networks to 42Mbps this month. This increase will affect 55 markets in the U.S, including Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Pittsburg and others. Support for this speed in Las Vegas, New York and Orlando ...
DotCloud Acquires Duostack, Introduces MongoDB Support
San Francisco-based PaaS provider DotCloud has acquired Duostack, another San Francisco PaaS provider, for an undisclosed sum. Duostack is a start-up which offers support for the non-SQL MongoDB database as part of its offering – a feature that will be integrated with DotCloud’s own product. Duostack founder and CEO David Chen will join DotCloud. From ...
Print Media Catches up with Big Data
Print media is gradually losing market share to online publications, and Mansueto Ventures, the publisher who operates Inc. magazine and Fast Company, is the latest major player in the print industry to have recognized this trend. The company has announced a major investment in the online versions of the magazines, and has chosen Red Aril’s ...
Citrix Extends VDI Portfolio with Kaviza Acquisitions
Virtualization solutions vendor Citrix Systems announced it has acquired Kaviza, a maker of a virtual desktop environment software for SMBs, for an undisclosed sum. Kaviza’s “VDI-in-a-Box” product represents a major milestone for Citrix, which has effectively extended its Citrix XenDesktop enterprise-purposed VDI product line with an offering targeting the small to medium businesses audience. “The ...
Android’s Big and So are Local Deals, Study Shows
JiWire just released its Mobile Audience Insights Report for Q1, and found that Android, tablets and location-based deals are among the top trends in this market. According to the WiFi marketing company, 79 percent of the on-the-go audience is comfortable making purchases on their mobile devices. Making small purchases is widespread, while 50 percent of ...
Xiotech’s Hybrid Cloud is a Crowd Pleaser
Xiotech’s recently introduced Hybrid ISE offering was selected as selected as “Breakthrough Product of the Year,” also receiving the “Attendee’s Pick” award at Microsoft Tech-Ed 2011. There were a total of 46 finalists at the conference, and Hybrid ISE was named the best product for the entire show. “As Steve Sicola, Xiotech’s CTO simply put ...
Millennial Media Preps for an IPO after Several Recent Milestones
Millennial Media has seen tremendous growth in the past few months, and it’s getting closer and closer to going public. The large, independent mobile ad network is reportedly in talks with banks. According to one of to two people cited with knowledge of the discussion, Millennia’s public offering is set for later this year or ...
Sony Revenues Decline as PSN Breach, Tsunami Stack Up
Ahead of its official earnings call, Japanese electronics giant Sony changed its estimate of the net loss for its fiscal year ending March 2011 to $3.2 billion, reversing its earlier projection of a return to profit. The company attributed the loss largely to writing off 360 billion yen ($4.4 billion) related to a tax credit, though ...
Top iPad, Android Tablet Apps for Business Users
The tablet space is heating up as manufacturers and platform makers are becoming more and more competitive with their offerings. As a consequence, the market is evolving, and tablets are gradually invading the office – not to mention the apps. So this week we’ve looked into and rounded up five of some of the most ...
The Past Week in the Cloud: SAPphire 2011, Partnerships and Privacy
This past in the cloud featured some very significant updates, and one of the main highlights was the SAP SAPphire 2011 conference. The conference’s focus was mainly on the cloud and big data, and a lot of the companies who attended took the opportunity to announce their new developments and quite notably, partnerships. Among these ...
