Quantivo, a data analytics firm, announced today that it plans to offer big-data analytics as a cloud-based service to organizations of all sizes. Quantivo enables users to analyze their data and find patterns that can lead to more revenue. For example: users can analyze their customer’s online behavior and online experience, and detect ways to…
VMworld in Las Vegas is taking everyone by storm just like the recent Hurricane Irene and the momentous Labor Day celebration over the weekend. Both major and minor cloud computing players and vendors are competing hard core as they bring out their best and latest virtualization products for the public to see. Dell kicked off…
Salesforce.com and Concur are set to unveil an integration partnership this week at Dreamforce 2011 where Concur’s travel and expense management solution will be tied into Salesforce’s CRM. The integration lets Salesforce users manage travel and expenses, book trips and track and manage itineraries through the Salesforce user interface. This integration will be the first…
Analyst projections on Salesforce.com’s sales performance for the third quarter of this year has been beaten already. This was to be credited to the users and companies demand for more online customer support and management software. Salesforce.com is currently the key supplier for such online features. Earlier this year, analysts had projected a $555.7 million…
What Caused Microsoft’s Outage? Last August 17, 2011 was a difficult day for the North American users of SkyDrive and Microsoft Office 365 because they experienced a 3-hour blackout on their cloud system. This was still followed by a series of interruptions during the week. Microsoft has recently decided to talk about the circumstances that…
CloudSwitch, a provider of cloud software technology, was acquired today by Verizon Communications Inc. for an undisclosed amount. CloudSwitch eliminates a key barrier to widespread cloud adoption by developing a software that facilitates the secure move of applications, or workloads, between company data centers and the cloud without changing the application or the infrastructure layer….
Traditional security approaches no longer work easily for the private and public cloud so the nonprofit Cloud Security Alliance is working with various CIO’s in evaluating the different cloud providers. The steady and remarkable growth of the cloud services has placed a different blueprint to the fluctuating financial market worldwide. It has remained unfazed with…
AppFog, announced today it has been named PHP Community Lead for VMware’s Cloud Foundry the industry’s first Open PaaS. AppFog is a cloud-based PaaS that makes it easy to deploy and scale web based applications. AppFog will be in charge of contributing and maintaining PHP support for CloudFoundry.org, and Cloud Foundry will be used within…
Steve Jobs resigned today as chief executive of Apple stating that he can no longer meet his duties and expectations. Jobs has been on medical leave since Jan 17 for an undisclosed condition. Tim Cook was immediately designated as CEO while Jobs will stay on as chairman of the board. Jobs said in a letter to…
On Wednesday the government announced that Google has agreed to pay $500 million to settle government charges that it has shown illegal ads for online Canadian pharmacies in the United States selling prescription and non-prescription drugs to American consumers. the Justice Department said the fine covers revenue that Google earned from the illegal advertisers and…