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Zimbra Gets the Full VMware Treatment, Stacking the Cloud
Zimbra, the open source email hosting solution acquired by VMware earlier this year, is making its debut as part of the VMware family. It now has a virtual appliance offering designed for data center and hosting purposes. Combining vSphere with Zimbra, the result is a centralized portal for accessing the Zimbra Collaboration Suite Appliance. This ...
Cha-Ching, DataCap Acquisitions: Validating Cloud and Virtualization Trends
Quicken developer Intuit has acquired Cha-Ching, adding to its web-mobile toolkits provided to users. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. MidnightApps, the company behind the Cha-Ching Mac and iPhone apps, posted this on its website today: “The Cha-Ching team has merged with Intuit and will continue to provide you great design, useful features ...
Mark Hurd Gets Larry Ellison’s Support, HP Looks Bad Either Way
The tech industry is starting to weigh in on Mark Hurd’s resignation from Hewlett-Packard, with Oracle CEO Larry Ellison taking up Hurd’s cause. In the same breath, he lambasted HP for the way it’s handled the PR nightmare, effectively calling them wimps for cowering in fear instead of fighting to protect Hurd. From Ellison, “In ...
We Warned Google Not to Be Evil: South Korea Raids Offices
Do no evil is a phrase Google reiterates in its language, culture and brand. The company’s cheerful, primary colors and dedication to solving everything with an algorithm has been the face of Google from the very beginning. But a swelling movement against its net-neutrality statement this week has led many to question Google’s mantra. In ...
Godforsaken, Reactor Towns For Sale? TorrentReactor Will Buy [and Rename] You.
Google’s not the only tech company with a town named in its honor. A small town in Russia will soon bear the name TorrentReactor. That is, the town will be named after the torrent company that purchased the town. At least Google, Kansas wasn’t bought off for its new hometown pride. Right out of a ...
Breaking: Google, Verizon Jointly Announce Net Neutrality Proposal
Google and Verizon may not be ending net neutrality today, but they have released a statement outlining their proposal regarding web access and the freedoms (for consumers and enterprises) that lie within. The gist: Google and Verizon are supporters of net neutrality, but they’re working jointly to devise a way for the two companies to ...
Executive Shake-Ups at HP, Apple and Time Warner: Two Marks and Moore are Outta Here
There’s been a number of executive shake-ups lately, with the onset of the new fiscal year and even a scandal or two forcing changes in the top echelons of corporate tech. From HP to Apple, big businesses are restructuring for the future. HP We’ll jump right into HP’s story–no need to beat around that bush. ...
Skype IPO Seeks $100M to Survive Telecom Evolution
Looks like Skype is preparing for a public offering–the Internet-phone company has filed plans for an IPO. It’s estimated that Skype will sell up to $100 million of American depositary shares in its initial public offering on NASDAQ. According to the filing, Skype’s revenues reached $406 million in the first six months of 2010, netting ...
New Mobile Enterprise Report: Listening to Your Apps, Websites and Customers
What a ride for mobile enterprise. This year we’ve seen the bar risen tenfold, with Android making a big stand against Apple’s iOS. Let’s not forget about the iPad and the imminent tablet wars. With two contending platforms and a dizzying array of mobile devices, metrics and analytics around their respective app markets is rising ...
Google, Slide and Zynga vs. Facebook: the Race for Social Mobile Gaming
Now that Google’s acquisition of Slide has been confirmed, it’s obvious that Google is getting more aggressive with its delve into social gaming. Slide has taken advantage of blooming platforms like Facebook’s to carve a social gaming niche — a story not entirely different from Zynga, Google’s other recent social gaming acquisition. What we find ...
