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Microsoft Introduces Denali, and other Amusingly Named SQL Servers
As announced today by Microsoft at the PASS summit, the corporation is launching new business intelligence and mission-critical workloads offerings with some very amusing nicknames. These include the next gen MS SQL server nicknamed Denali (including web-based data visualization and reporting tool Crescent) , a new Microsoft Critical Advantage Program, the new Community Technology Preview ...
Samsung Galaxy S Sells 3M, Faring Better than New Continuum
As first published in a Reuters report and covered by PCWorld, Samsung has sold no less than 3 million of its Samsung Galaxy S series smartphones since its official launch in July, as it even reached the 7 million mark globally. “Samsung’s announcement that it hit the three million mark comes just two months after ...
Zetta’s $11.5M Round to Rework your Cloud
Leading enterprise cloud hosting services provider Zetta announced $11.5M in its second round of funding, raising its total funding to a handsome $22.5M. Existing investors Foundation Capital and Sigma Partners have participated, as Zetta is definitely on top of the investors’ minds. “The commitment of our initial investors shows the potential they see in Zetta ...
IBM Gets Social with Consultations and other Analysis Tools
As announced by IBM today, it is introducing Lotus Connections 3.0 – the first social network platform with advanced analytics capability – and social networking consultation services, pushing enterprise to the next level of collaboration and connectivity. “To help organizations transform into social businesses, IBM today is unveiling IBM Lotus Connections 3.0, the first social ...
Tremor Media, ScanScout Join Forces to Conquer Online Video
Tremor Media today announced the acquisition of ScanScout, combining two industry-leading technologies to form a top player in the online video sector. The leading advertisement company and video innovator plan on expanding their joint operations against YouTube, Hulu and others. The combination of their Acudeo and ScanScout’s SE2 in-stream video technologies definitely represents a strong ...
IBM Cuts $1.4M Deal With Romanian RoGrid, Others
As announced by IBM, the corporation that has been selected as the infrastructure provider for 6 research organizations partnered with Romania’s National Computing Initiative RoGrid. The deals are worth a total of $1.4M, as they follow the installation of supporting infrastructure in 6 major Romanian universities. “RoGrid will use 286 compute nodes of IBM System ...
The Other Side of RIAA: Single Mom Charged $1.5M in File-Sharing Suit
As posted today on paidContent, Jammie Thomas-Rasse, a single mother of 4 from Brainerd, Minnesota had sustained a $1.5M verdict against her filed by the RIAA for illegal P2P sharing of 24 songs. This verdict is the third one against her, as these provide 3 out of the 4 ever brought by jury on these ...
Grid Net’s US Expansion, with 2nd Gen Release
Universal Smart Grid and Home software platform developer/hardware designer Grid Net announced the release of PolicyNet 2.2 – the second gen of its Universal Smart Grid software platform suite, first introduced back at Oct. ’09. The release was announced at the GreenBeat 2010 conference. “Today’s emerging Smart Grid v2.0…will require a real-time, reliable, secure, open ...
Google Apps’ Growing Cloud Influence
The pull of Google Apps is getting stronger, with a string of related news items this week. First up is Cloud Sherpas, which has announced that it has secured $1.6M in series A-1 financing. The round was led by Syncarpha Capital, Vento Security Holdings and Sherpas CEO Jon Hallett’s Hallett Capital. This raises the company’s ...
Google’s Ad Growth Efforts Face New FB Location-based Search
Google is seriously expanding in and towards the mobile search arena, but after an announcement today by Mark Zuckerberg, the Android architect may be looking at a true game changer. Zuckerberg announced a stable mobile Facebook sign-in and equally direct access to single log-in based services, but what really picks up one’s attention is a ...
