Social media data provider, Gnip, being one of the major sponsors and exhibitors at the O'Reilly Strata Conference 2011 (check out SiliconAngle.tv's live coverage here), today announced that they will launch their latest service offering called Power Track at the big data conference. Power Track is the new feed for Twitter firehose filtering designed to ...

Keynotes of the Strata Conference will be streamed live by The Cube at SiliconAngle.tv. The conference will be talking about the explosion of big data and smart data, stressing how the future lies to those who understand how to collect and use their data successfully. Here’s SiliconAngle founder John Furrier talking about the Strata Conference ...

Verizon has been investing across Delware’s landline communications network and IT infrastructure last year, to the benefit of both consumers and businesses. The total investment has amounted $57 million.

Cloud optimization services provider, Akamai Technologies, Inc., today announced that through the help of its Rich Media Accelerator solution, WeeWorld, a global social game, is enjoying faster page loads of up to 30%.

Leading Scandinavian video-on-demand (VOD) service provider, Voddler, today announced a funding of USD8 million in a round led by Nokia Growth partners. Its video service is based on a patented streaming technology which becomes more efficient in the presence of more customers. The investment will be used to expand its service offerings to handheld devices ...

EMC today announced its Governance, Risk and Compliance (eGRC) strategy towards building more agile enterprises by giving them visibility into their data, as well as help them drive trusted operational frameworks. The strategy contains an open platform, technology solutions, an active user community and partners, added with new EMC advisory services to give organization a ...

After having able to complete the terms under the definite agreement, NetApp today announced that the acquisition of Akorri Networks, Inc., a cross-domain storage and virtualization management software, has finally settled down at an all-cash transaction nearing $60 million.

CERN, the home to European particle physics, chose Oracle Weblogic Server to handle technical applications and copious HR and administrative Java-based web applications used by CERN employees. Oracle got its start by scheduling the interventions of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

After being in beta for several months, Mixtent, a website that tracks your professional reputation online, today announced the official launch of its website. The social network aims at helping people hire and get hired. It helps individuals find the right people to work with.

In order to speed up adoption to the hybrid cloud, VMware today announced vCloud Accelerator and vCloud Jumpstart, two new additions under its vCloud consulting services, and vCloud Reference Architecture. These new add-ons highlight VMWare's expertise in dealing with enterprises and service providers as they deploy VMware vCloud environments.