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G.O.P. Claiming Wins on the Social Media Battlefield. Tea Party Tactics at Work?
HeadCount.org released a report last week, noting the surge in popularity the G.O.P. is rounding up in social media networks. The battle over which party rules in the social media sector has been going on since the days of the presidential election. With the Democrats having used social media successfully as a marketing and outreach ...
Hitachi Fostering Partnerships in the Cloud, Unlike Oracle
Today is the Hitachi Information Forum, held in Santa Clara, CA. During the event, Hitachi announced a powerful new server product, as well as its goals around promoting a 3D take on growth in this sector: “up, out and deep.” One factor towards achieving deep integration for Hitachi’s cloud efforts is partnership, which is where ...
Ixtens Gets $4.6M to Grow Retailer Cloud Solutions
Ixtens, an SaaS provider for online retailers and media companies, has raised $4.6 million in funding, withGreycroft Partners and BV Capital leading the round. Retail consulting firm Marvin Traub Associates also participated in this round of funding. Founded in 2004, Ixtens launched as an ecommerce solutions provider, making its way through the market with a ...
Live Broadcast and Commentary from Hitachi Information Forum – Energy Efficient Storage Systems
The cloud is still a’rollin! We are covering it from every angle here at SiliconANGLE, where we’re broadcasting live from the Hitachi Information Forum in Santa Clara, CA. Watch the live broadcast of this morning’s keynote below, and on SiliconANGLE.tv. On the heels of VMworld 2010 and Oracle OpenWorld, where the Cube’s live broadcasts had ...
IBM Acquires Blade Networks, Bulking Up Without Making Enemies
IBM has made another storage acquisition, taking on BLADE for an undisclosed amount, though Barrons puts the estimate at $400 million. The blade server company has been a long-time partner of IBM, working together to develop products for IBM System x BladeCenters and other products. Based in Santa Clara, CA, Blade Network’s investors including Juniper ...
Mobile Developers Have High Hopes for Google TV, Android
We see a lot of reports on consumer data, comparing Apple to other players in the mobile market, but we don’t see many other perspectives on the matter. Appcelerator, the company behind the Titanium software for developing native mobile apps, has released a report offering some developer data on iOS, Android, Symbian and other mobile ...
Akamai and Visa Let Retailers Skip Credit Card Routing with Tokens
With the rise of virtual payment systems, used in games, online shopping and becoming further integrated into social networks, it’s important to protect consumer interests and their financial information. Akamai Technologies, provider of cloud optimization services in the media sector, is incorporating payment security into the cloud with Edge Tokenization. Akamai is launching a new ...
Google Comments on FCC White Space Rulings – What’s Next?
Google already had its eyes on the white spaces left behind from broadcast TV before they went digital, so you can be certain that the search giant is celebrating, as the Federal Communications Commission officially ruled this morning on the technical rules related to the opened airwaves. Calling it Wi-Fi ion steroids, Google is looking ...
Twitter Free Analytics and Third Party Influencers
The new Twitter website may not have come with multiple account support, but the microblogging network will soon offer free analytics for users. This is a step in the right direction for Twitter, as its data has been used for mining by third parties for quite some time. There is the thought that Twitter’s offering ...
Luxury Brands Should Target Mobile Shoppers this Holiday Season: Millennial Media S.M.A.R.T. Report
Get ready for the holiday shopping season, with mobile becoming an area of particular interest. Millennial Media’s August S.M.A.R.T. Report, released today, looks at the month’s trends in order to offer some insight to the upcoming retail goldmine. A study in targeting behavior and areas of growth, August’s report shows affluent mobile users as key ...
