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Mobile Competition Intensifying – In China, Too.
Competition in the mobile space is growing as more and more devices and services debut. This is also true on a global scale, and perhaps China in particular. China Mobile Ltd., the world’s largest mobile carrier, reported today that its first-quarter net profit rose 5.4 percent to 26.86 billion yuan or $4.12 billion, which is ...
VMware Sees Real Growth: 33% Year-over-Year
VMware had its earnings call yesterday afternoon and just like EMC, it has also reported remarkable growth. The company’s revenues in Q1, 2011 added up to an impressive $844 million, beating its own and analysts’ exceptions expectations with a 33% year-over-year increase. Deferred, or unearned revenue rose to $2 billion and grew 46% from the ...
Intel Earnings Call Beats Estimates After Low Expectations
Intel’s earnings call was yesterday, and despite of some pessimistic expectations the chipmaker reported blockbuster first quarter profits. Intel reported $3.2 billion, up 29 percent over the same period last year, and revenues also up at $12.8 billion, or about 25 percent than the previous year. We’ve also learned that CEO Paul Otellini put an ...
Data Retention: User Friendly Policies?
Data retention is a very important matter to a lot of online users– either because they’re looking for an ideal experience, or because it’s the very thing they’re looking to avoid as much as possible. Nevertheless, privacy concerns don’t seem to worry Yahoo, who is extending the amount of time it will retain data logs ...
Mobile Video Gets Premium Update, HBO Goes Head-to-Head with Netflix
Video streaming is becoming more significant on the go, as devices are getting stronger and companies are coming up with better offerings. HBO is one of those companies, and we’ve learned that HBO Go, a service allowing users to stream some 1,400 titles over the web, will soon hit the iPhone, iPad and Android. “HBO’s ...
EnterpriseDB Update: Saving With Open Source
Today we’ve learned of an update coming from EnterpriseDB, the largest independent PostgreSQL open source database technology provider. The company released a customer case study detailing how international marketing services company Aquent replaced its existing Sybase database with EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus Advanced Server. Adquent operates data centers in the U.S, Europe and Asia, and estimates savings ...
Sonos Expands the Personal (Music) Cloud
Streaming-music technology maker Sonos launched a free app for Android app, supporting most of the operating system’s phones and tablets. The app utilizes Android’s built-in voice recognition feature to offer voice search, and controls the volume of a Sonos device using the Android volume keys. The move further develops the personal cloud space, emphasizing an industry ...
Zillow and Envivio Catch IPO Fever
Seattle-based real-estate information site Zillow has filed initial paperwork to kick off an initial public offering. The company hopes to raise $57 million, and will use the investment for general purposes, such as working capital, sales initiatives and so on. Zillow’s prospectus is underwritten by Citi, Allen & Company, Needham & Company, ThinkEquity and First ...
Groupon and Twitter Grow Big Data Analytics with Acquisitions
Groupon’s making the most out of its millions of users, and analyzes its big data to determine the effectiveness of its advertising expenditures, consumer behavior as well as purchaser demographics and location. This is done to maintain a leadership position in hyperlocal marketing, and the company just made a high progile acquisition to assist in ...
Data Scientists Get Props from EMC, Jitterbit
The big data revolution is doing more than just introducing new levels of effectiveness – it’s also spurring a new breed of workers. The data scientist is heavily relying on the cloud, accessing the information and the tools with the right processing power to do the job. This audience has apparently caught the eyes of ...
