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BrightRoll Launches Mobile Video Ads Capabilities
Top online video ad network BrightRoll is stepping things up again, with mobile video advertising. It’s been a long time coming for BrightRoll, especially as the natural progression for videos has taken the leap to the mobile space. Advertising in this arena is really starting to find its niche, and BrightRoll is catering to a ...
Another Tablet Born into Dell’s Family
Dell has announced its plans for a second tablet, expanding its fledgling family shortly after releasing the first 7” tablet, named the Streak, in the U.S. last month. Dell has been among the first major players to launch an Android-powered tablet against Apple’s iPad, launched earlier this year. Announced at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in ...
Cloud Wars Get Stormy with Takeover Resistance from Oracle Customers and Employees
The cloud war is brewing up some choppy seas this week, with Oracle’s OpenWorld revealing long-planned plots towards world domination. Between Oracle’s Fusion release and massive acquisitions like Sun Microsystems, the storage and software firm has signaled its intentions for the year to come. It looks to be a bumpy ride. And customers? They have ...
Zenoss Reveals the Cloud State of the Union for 2010
There’s plenty of hype going on in the cloud, pushing virtualization methodology, seeking the promise of streamlined enterprise processes to securely save data, make it accessible, and save money along the way. With more virtual machines than physical machines, a huge consumer surge driving demand for cloud-based products and services, and an economic shift relying ...
Sprint 4G Spotted in Bay Area. What City Will Be Next?
AT&T may have some serious dead zones in San Francisco, but Sprint’s 4G network is making its way through the city. Intomobile noticed the 4G availability today, indicating that Sprint is working on the continued spread of the WiMAX network. It’s an important step for Sprint, as the envied network helps to bring Sprint back ...
Hosting.com Speaks Candidly on Oncoming War Between Microsoft and VMware
A running theme that’s rippling through the cloud industry right now is “coop-aition.” It’s the idea that enemies are friends, and friends are enemies, and as everyone strives towards a similar goal, the lines between the above terms is blurred amongst partnerships, referrals and conglomerations. It’s something we picked up on at VMworld, and it’s ...
Twitter Plugs Dangerous Malware Vulnerability In Midst of New Website Rollout
Another malware attack on Twitter emerged this week, this one using Javascript to spread malicious links users only had to scroll over–not click on–to open pornographic and other websites. The worm was attempted by a user that discovered the vulnerability on Twitter, though they claim they did not take advantage of it to send any ...
Oracle and HP Reunite, Settle Lawsuit over Mark Hurd’s New Ties with Larry Ellison
The legal battle between Hewlett-Packard and Oracle has been settled, meaning the two companies can get back to their strategery. If you recall the dramatic sequence of events surrounding Mark Hurd’s departure from HP, the former CEO spurred a lawsuit when he accepted the co-President position at Oracle. Trade secrets and counter-lawsuit aside, Oracle and ...
Storage Needs to be Simple, Flexible, Automated, Compellent CEO Phil Soran says at VMworld 2010
Compellent is one of the hot new companies in IT, based on its highly flexible, inexpensive, easy-to-use storage with fully automated data tiering and the ability to build architectures across different storage media.
IBM Acquires Netezza for $1.7 Billion, Further Boosting Business Analytics
IBM is making a data storage firm acquisition of its own, announcing plans to acquire Netezza for about $1.7 billion. This is the latest in IBM’s efforts to expand business analytics initiatives, aiding businesses through speedy insight and power boosts for improved performance. Netezza, a provider of high-performance analytics in data warehousing appliances, manages complex ...
