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Citrix Incubator Says the Science of Startups Gets Better
In celebration of the 15 year anniversary for its IPO, virtualization solutions maker Citrix launched the Citrix Startup Accelerator on December 8, last year. Martin Duursma, VP of Citrix Labs and Chair of the CTO Office, was put in charge of the initiative, and they’ve since invested in 11 startups, matching well with their goal ...
Without Skill, Data Can Lack Value in the Information Era says Jaspersoft CEO
What are the pilars of prosperity? According to traditional ideals of the factors of production, there’s land, labor and capital. But given our advanced global economy, isn’t it time to re-think this theory? Jaspersoft CEO Brian Gentile cites contemporary data tech trends in his updated version. He points to time, information and capital as the ...
The Biggest IT Challenges of 2011: Infographic
The job of an IT admin is a sundry string of tasks, managing enterprise networks, protecting employee devices, monitoring applications and weighing the pros and cons of an imposing cloud industry. The biggest challenge for today’s IT admin is maintaining network uptime, according to a recent report from Ipswitch. Surveying a portion of its 100,000 ...
AT&T Gives up on T-Mobile Buy. Will They Partner Instead?
In a move reflective of AT&T’s troubles in acquiring T-Mobile, Ma Bell’s reportedly dropped its bid for the UK-based telecom provider. The deal’s been a questionable one from the very first day, sending AT&T on a difficult mission to prove its honorable motives behind the massive acquisition. In recent weeks, the acquisition has come under investigation by ...
A Dreamy Big Data Dinner Party for IBM VP Anjul Bhambhri
I was thrilled to first meet Anjul Bhambhri because of her longevity in the big data space. As Vice President of Big Data Products at IBM, she has a unique perspective on big data as well as her company, and Bhambhri’s passion for her area of expertise shows through. Bhambhri’s one of my most anticipated profiles ...
YouSendIt Secures Mobile Cloud Sharing with New iPad, Android Apps
YouSendIt, an early leader in business content collaboration service to offer an integrated approach for sending, sharing and signing documents online, announced a major advancement in delivering secure cloud content sharing for business users. This launch allows YouSendIt users to securely send files, share folders, synchronize devices and digitally sign documents from smartphones, tablets and desktops, ...
Bottlenose Launch: A Smarter Way to Skim the Stream (Invites)
Another memorable startup from Nova Spivack and co-founder Dominiek Ter Heide hits the interwebs today, called Bottlenose, this time in the form of a stream reader. Spivack feels the current market for stream readers doesn’t solve the issue of content overload, and he’s applying some natural language technology (one of those areas he’s keen on) to ...
The Social Scene in China: The Bitter Taste of Forbidden Fruit
When Facebook says that they won’t stop until every single organism on the planet has a profile, that includes a serious effort to make friends in China. But the world’s most populous nation is building a social victor of their own. The mounting interest of foreign institutions to invest in China is positioning them as ...
Evernote’s Love Affair with Mobile Bears Three New Apps
Quick capture and easy access has fueled Evernote’s success. The organization is running on a freemium business model and is looking to create a multi-platform, cross-device technology soon. With its quest in maintaining your digital memory, Evernote comes out with a few new products as we near year’s end. They all offer more specific ways ...
Aptare’s Paradigm Shift on Unstructured Data Management
Aptare introduced a new enterprise storage resource management solution it calls Aptare StorageConsole File Analytics. The software leverages patented and patent-pending technology to sort through an organization’s data, allowing users to optimize IT resources by automating the process of identifying out-of-place files. This insight can be used to delete these files and move the ones ...
