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Citrix Systems Acquires VMLogix, Helping the Virtualization Journey for Private and Public Clouds
One of the bigger news items from VMworld is Citrix System’s acquisition of VMLogix, a virtualization management tool for private and public clouds. The financial details of the acquisition were not revealed, and the deal is expected to close before the end of the year. The addition of VMLogix is planned for the acceleration of ...
Hylla Cumulus, A Literal Take on Cloud Storage
Given that we’re at VMworld all week, we found this literal take on cloud storage quite fitting. Cute, right? If you have blue walls… The Hylla Cumulus, by DesignTorget source: Gizmodo
We’re Live! #VMworld 2010 Schedule #theCube At Blogger Lounge
We’re live! The team at VMware and SiliconANGLE is rolling live, at VMworld. We’ve got a great lineup of guests that are dropping by The CUBE, doing interviews with John Furrier and Dave Vellante. Here’s the schedule of VMworld 2010 Live “The Cube” powered by SiliconANGLE.com. John Troyer, VMware community manager and VMworld Live’s ...
Atlantis Joins The VMware Technology Alliance, Adding to Virtualization Offerings
Atlantis Computing, a provider of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure storage and performance optimization, is launching its VDI Solution Partner Program today. This comes through a new partnership with VMware Premier and Citrix Platinum Solution Partners, offering a more complete solution for enterprise clients. The announcement comes on the first day of VMworld, where we’re hosting live ...
Intel Acquires Infineon for $1.4 Billion, Getting Back Into the Mobile Chip Game
Intel has agreed to acquire Infineon Technologies’ Wireless Solutions business, for approximately $1.4 billion. The announcement came over the weekend, with Intel looking to further its mobile presence. This acquisition comes on the tail of Intel’s announcement to buy McAfee, a securities software company, for nearly $8 billion. Based in Germany, Infineon is a major ...
OpenStack Launches iPad App, Based on Rackspace Cloud Pro
Cloud storage and services provider OpenStack has launched an iPad app to boost clients tools. Based on the Rackspace Cloud Pro iPad app, the new OpenStack iPad app presents a mobile access point for managing certain aspects of clients’ accounts (read more about Rackspace’s backing of OpenStack here). The OpenStack iPad app is a front-end ...
Etsy Lands Another $20M. This E-Commerce Movement is Here to Stay.
Etsy has landed $20 million in its fifth round of funding, led by Index Ventures. The latest round values Etsy around $300 million, bringing its total amount of funding raised to $52 million. Joining the team is Adam Freed, former Google International executive, bringing some heavy-hitting management to the online craft retailer. Another new addition ...
GoogleMe Gets Closer: Google Acquires Angstro for Social Search
An acquisition by Google hints at more development around the GoogleMe project. Angstro, a social news aggregation startup founded by Rohit Khare, is the latest in a stretch of socially-oriented Google acquisitions. Launched in 2008, Angstro scours blogs and news sites to find the information most relevant to individual users’ needs. It added Knx.to last ...
3Par Valuation Hits $2 Billion – Another Counter-Bid from HP
As expected, the bid for 3PAR has risen again, with Hewlett-Packard making another offering at $30 per share in cash. In an earlier post this morning, Dave Vellante surmised that the offers for 3Par would exceed $2 billion, and now they have. Hoping to finalize the deal once and for all, this latest bid by ...
Dell Counter-Bids HP Again. 3PAR Likely to Sell for Over $2 Billion.
Perhaps 3PAR has made up its mind. Dell announced this morning that 3Par has accepted its increased offer for $27 per share in cash. The latest counter bid matched HP’s late-day offer for 3Par, which we covered last night. From Dell’s released statement, The cash tender offer, through a wholly-owned Dell subsidiary, is for all ...
