| VMware weaves vFabric with open source, other acquired pieces
The company's recently announced vFabric is only one part of the plans and strategy it laid out at this year's VMworld, but it is also core to its movement from virtualization to cloud computing, as well as leveraging its acquisitions thus far.
MIS/ Market Development, 2 Sep 2010
Jay Lyman Is OpenSSO's sunset ForgeRock's sunrise for open source IDM?
Stepping in to assume custody of the OpenSSO open source federation and access management project in the wake of the Oracle acquisition, ForgeRock has more going for it than altruism. The OpenIDM project could have disruptive potential.
MIS/ Impact Report, 2 Sep 2010
Steve Coplan Cloupia bursts into hybrid cloud management market LogLogic adds some much-needed polish to its interface, introduces logging framework FirstCarbon Solutions adds a new spin to carbon management: BPO Can I get a NetWitness? I once was blind, but now I see (everything) |
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Unisys takes cloudy service model to ClearPath mainframes: now PaaS (SaaS to come)
The company has added cloudy functions to its ClearPath mainframe line, offering a PaaS cloud that is similar to a rentable mainframe.
MIS/ Market Development, 2 Sep 2010
William Fellows
Doug Toombs Coraid pushes aggressive promotion, adds RESTful management
The storage specialist is looking to disrupt the enterprise storage space with a two-for-one-petabyte promotion of its scalable, low-cost EtherDrive systems. Will its new REST interface expand Coraid's reach in the cloud storage space?
MIS/ Market Development, 31 Aug 2010
Henry Baltazar BlueArc reels in new funding, boosts metadata performance Flexiant's FlexiScale is underpinning for €9m EU initiative Smarsh looks to take hosted-message-archiving momentum beyond financial niche Managed hoster StratoGen has a practical take on cloud with new SHARP service |
| PayPal is moving into mobile beyond eBay to Android, contactless and much more
The firm is devising a range of solutions for mobile payments, from fund management, remittances and contactless to donations. No longer just a virtual terminal and checkout service, it is reinventing itself as the all-in-one alternative payment solution.
MIS/ Impact Report, 26 Aug 2010
Vishal Jain Facebook targets mobile advertising with Places
The company has launched an update to its mobile app that allows users to check in to locations and broadcast this to their friends. We discuss the drivers and implications for this new business model for Facebook.
MIS/ Market Development, 19 Aug 2010
Vishal Jain
Chris Hazelton Go-myLife project aims to improve the quality of life for older Europeans RIM aims to set mobile Web on fire with BlackBerry Torch 9800 LiMo takes a hit: Vodafone stops 360 smartphone development to focus on mobile cloud Google streamlines local search with Maps for Mobile update |
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Aruba and Dell forge deeper relationship with WLAN deal
The two have inked a deal where Aruba gives Dell the rights to OEM Aruba wireless LAN products under the name 'Dell PowerConnect W Series.'
MIS/ Market Development, 23 Aug 2010
Steve Steinke Riverbed delivers Virtual Steelhead: software-based WAN traffic optimization
The company has produced Virtual Steelhead, which can go anywhere VMware can, increasing the overall flexibility of the product line.
MIS/ Market Development, 18 Aug 2010
Steve Steinke Zafesoft makes platform extensions and marks business expansion as IRM inches along Network Instruments looks to the sky for highly accurate timing resolution e-DMZ advances toward admin fine-grained access control Exinda touts high-end hardware, new software and a partnership with Replify |
