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CouchOne Meets Membase, They Make a Baby in the Cloud: Couchbase
Talk about a match made in heaven, or even a cloud-themed Valentine’s Day tale. A merger between database solutions provider CouchOne, and open source technology provider Membase comes really close to heaven, though it’s really a match made in the cloud. After initial discussions began last year, the holidays were busy for executives at both ...
Tap.me Tackles In-App Game Ads from a Player’s Perspective
Tap.me is one of the latest to tackle in-game mobile game monetization, with a recent launch of its new ad company and $1 million in funding. With David Cohen as an investor, Tap.me’s early support isn’t taking root in the Valley, but in advertising’s capital—Chicago. With the funding, Tap.me can continue developing its ad platform, ...
Scale the Cloud, Reach More Partners: GoToCamera Aims to Become a Data Market
The cloud’s benefits lie in its ability to provide a series of services, chopping down overhead for launching new businesses. It’s an opportunity to creatively approach an interest of any sort, and inspires many to be resourceful with the options laid before them. That’s certainly been the case for Varun Arora, the man behind GoToCamera. ...
Commtouch’s Latest Buy Completes its Triple Play Antispam Advantage
Security solutions provider Commtouch recently solidified the acquisition of Authentium Command, a strategic move to round out its product offerings. The acquisition, which got under way back in September of last year, was finalized last month along with new customer agreements related to the purchase. Authentium Command will retain its name and branding. “Incorporating a ...
Citrix Executive Hopes the Switch to IPv6 Will be “Uneventful”
So, the Internet is running low on property. Did you hear? The last batch of IP addresses has been handed out by the IANA, and the web’s in a tizzy, wondering at what will happen next. As we mentioned earlier this week, IP v6 is coming to the rescue, with far, far, far more IP ...
A $2.25M Birthday Round for Massive Health co-Founder Aza Raskin
It’s been a wonderful birthday for Aza Raskin (I keep forgetting the little genius is younger than I am), with the news of a hefty seed round for his latest startup, Massive Health. With the $2.25 million round, led by Felicis VC, Greylock Discovery Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Mohr Davidow Ventures and Charles River Ventures, Raskin ...
Yahoo Re-Thinks the Open Cloud, Drops its Own Hadoop Distribution
Yahoo is dropping its own Hadoop distribution, deciding to instead focus on Apache Hadoop, It was an arduous decision for team members at Yahoo, especially since the project was one very near to many employees’ hearts. The news came in conjunction with the O’Reilly Strata Conference, held in California this week to discuss many pressing ...
Puppet Labs Goes Enterprise, Simplifies IT Management for the Open Source Cloud
Open source systems management solutions provider Puppet Labs is extending its services with the launch of Puppet Enterprise, the first commercially supported version of Puppet. Seeing as the company addresses cloud management needs of several large enterprises, from Match.com to Zynga, and even Twitter, it’s high time for Puppet to provide a more dedicated product ...
GigaSpaces’ New Cloud Scalability Supports Most APIs
GigaSpaces is adding to its cloud management services, launching the eXtreme Application Platform (XAP 8.0) today. It’s based on the ideals of openness, designed to help businesses scale up and out. It’s a centralized management tool, taking GigaSpaces further into the realm of unified communications efforts, harping on a core issue with current cloud management ...
QLogic Earnings Beat the Street, Big Plans for 2011 in FCoE and Beyond
QLogic, provider of data, server and storage networking infrastructure solutions, has released its earnings report this week, beating expectations for Q3 2010, surging 76% on broad revenue growth. The company’s margins are up across the board, making all its business segments shine. With a net revenue of $155.8 million and cash generated reaching $60 million, ...
