Monthly Archives: October 2013
MongoDB’s $150M Funding Signals ‘Tectonic Shift’ in Database Market
MongoDB, provider of the MongoDB NoSQL database, recently announced it has secured a whopping $150 million in financing, led by a global financial services...
Is Splunk Cloud a Cop-Out?
Splunk recently announced Splunk Cloud, a new service that delivers Splunk Enterprise in the cloud. However, at least one competitor is asking whether Splunk...
Fortscale Launches Big Data Analytics Security Tool
LAS VEGAS--Fortscale, an Israeli-based big data cyber-security analytics startup, announced a new big data security solution, Fortscale 1.0, at .conf2013, Splunk's annual worldwide users'...
Unitrends Release 7.2 Offers Data Backup, Recovery
Unitrends, a provider of all-in-one backup, archiving, recovery and disaster recovery solutions, announced the launch of Unitrends Release 7.2, the latest version of its...
Wearable Technology Market Shows Rapid Growth: Berg
Sales of smart glasses, smart watches and wearable fitness trackers reached 8.3 million units worldwide in 2012, up from 3.1 million devices in the...
Why BYOC Trend Comes With a Ready-Made New Market
Hot on the heels of the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend is this one: bring your own cloud (BYOC).Sigh. Another market-speaking acronym aimed to promote a...
Do You Want a Shirt With Your Vulnerability Report?
Security research should not be a thankless task; it should be a task that is celebrated, rewarded and, more importantly, acted on with all...
Why Rackspace Is Focusing on the Hybrid Cloud Market
At this early point in the wild, wild west of cloud computing, there are lots of opinions about whether private, public or hybrid clouds...
Amtrak Uses Google Maps to Build Real-Time Train Maps
Amtrak is using Google Maps to offer its first-ever real-time, interactive train locator maps for mobile users so they can check train arrival and...
Impending Mac Pro Launch Provides Plenty to Get Excited About
Impending Mac Pro Launch Provides Plenty to Get Excited About
by Don Reisinger
It's Been a Long Time Since a Major Update
Despite Apple's best attempts with...