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HotLink Sizzles out of Stealth, Launches Transformation Platform for Clouds
One of the biggest issues enterprises face today is managing their server stacks and keeping up with new technology. There’s established systems to upend, complex connections to consider, and compatibility issues to address. No wonder there’s a flood of startups and services that offer enterprise-level products that minimize cloud management, extend APIs to centralized dashboards ...
Google+ Beats Facebook for Mobile Developer Interest: Report
The iPad rocks, Android tablets are determined to catch up, and everyone’s mixed up in some legal battle involving patents, code, or something of the sort. Got it. But as summer winds down and a new season approaches, what does the mobile industry have to look forward to? We’ve seen a few major developments since ...
A New Language for Unstructured Data. Just Call Him UnQL.
There’s a whole lot of data floating around this world, and an increasing portion of it is unstructured (for a review of unstructured vs. structured data and content, see here). The matter of managing this data is another story, borne of opportunity and promise for startups and large corporations alike. Some look at big data ...
Big Data, Mobility Feed the Market’s Cycle of Success
We’re at the mid-mark of the fiscal year, when companies set aside some time to discuss their finances, earnings and profits. And for the most part, the tech sector is doing well. Some key companies showed stellar performances, including Apple, Google and Verizon. Others still beat Wall Street expectations, demonstrating high growth and strong revenue ...
Gluster’s First Major Update for OpenStack Frees Data Across VMs
Gluster, the software-only open source storage solution, has released its first major update for OpenStack since joining the initiative a few months back. It’s the latest in a string of updates Gluster has had, rounding out the summer with a big bang. To OpenStack’s benefit, Gluster will be offering its Connector capabilities, providing a highly ...
Citrix Sees a BYO Utopia for the Office of the Future
In today’s world, every day is Bring Your Own Computer to work day. But the mobile scene is stretching into corporate environments with workers roping in smartphones and tablets under the Computer umbrella. And there’s not much anyone can do about it, including management and IT. We all know that coworker that pre-ordered their iPad, ...
YouSendIt Greatly Expands Cloud Service, Competes with Dropbox
YouSendIt is a file-sharing service that you’re probably familiar with. If you’re like me, you’ve used YouSendIt on an as-needed basis, shooting over video files to your coworkers to edit, not really thinking much of YouSendIt beyond your specific needs. YouSendIt is pretty good for this, but it’s ready to move on. The service is ...
HomePipe Adds Security, Facebook and iTunes Sharing to Android App
There’s a lot of talk about online backup and recovery, especially at the enterprise level these days. What’s worse than losing your information, especially when you entrust it to a service that’s supposed to keep it safe? A company called HomePipe is saving those troubles for someone else, focusing on access instead of cloud syncing, ...
Pegmo’s Creative Soup to Soul-cial Media Marketing
During my last trip back home I got to catch up with Pegmo, a company I’ve been following for a little while now. They’re brand new, entering the social goods market on a few different fronts, and have the quintessential startup office in a giant loft space, overlooking Chicago’s loop. I stopped by Pegmo’s office ...
Lookout Uses Big Data to Predict Malware Threats, Protects Entire App Stores
Android smartphone users are really fond of downloading apps, and why not? Everything you want or need is already rolled up in an app. There’s an app for quick exercise, low calorie diets, gamers favorites, speedometers, horoscopes… the list goes on and on. The booming market has encouraged a deluge of marketplaces to crop up, ...
