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IBM to Buy Aspera to Speed Movement of Big Data to the Cloud
IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Aspera, a provider of technology that advances the transfer of large files to securely speed the movement...
IBM Helps Startups Set Course to a Smarter Planet in Silicon Valley
Two startups, New Jersey-based Coriell Life Sciences and OnFarm from Fresno, Calif., are taking very different paths on their journeys to help create a...
The Truth About the Target Breach: Consumers Aren’t Liable
The big security news of the day is that U.S. retail giant Target had a massive in-store data breach that compromised the information of...
Calxeda, Pioneer in ARM Chips for Servers, Shuts Down
Calxeda, one of the leaders in developing ARM-based chips for low-power servers, is shutting down after a hoped-for round of funding fell through.Officials with...
Microsoft Expands Office 365 Plan Switching Options
Growing businesses buy more software. Microsoft is simplifying the Office 365 upgrade process with new, more flexible additions to the Switch Plans feature, the...
Enterprise File-Sharer Egnyte Banks $29.5M in Series D Funding
Enterprise file-sharing platform provider Egnyte revealed Dec. 11 that it has closed a Series D funding round totaling $29.5 million.Key participants were Northgate Capital...
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4.0 Reaches General Availability
The Red Hat version of the OpenStack is a separate edition of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) platform that has been customized and...
FTC Response to Privacy-Violating Flashlight App May Signal Big Changes
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is said to have a sent a message to the wireless industry in its handling of a settlement with...
China Mobile Has No News on the iPhone, Yet
China Mobile was expected to announce, on Dec. 18, that it would soon sell Apple iPhones. But the day came and went without a...
IT Hiring Plans on the Upswing With Job Security Strong for 2014: Dice
IT Hiring Plans on the Upswing With Job Security Strong for 2014: Dice
by Nathan Eddy
IT Jobs Market Continues to Improve
Nearly three out four respondents...