Monthly Archives: January 2014
PanTerra Debuts SmartBox Cloud File-Sharing Service
Cloud service provider PanTerra Networks announced the launch of SmartBox, a file-sharing service with built-in unified communications capabilities aimed at small and midsize businesses...
Ricoh Acquires Managed Services Provider mindShift Technologies
In the latest strategic investment to expand and deepen its services portfolio, printing and document management specialist Ricoh announced an agreement to buy mindShift...
SAS 2013 Revenue Tops $3B on Analytics, BI Growth
SAS, a leading provider of business analytics software, announced that its 2013 revenue surpassed $3 billion, driven by business intelligence, data visualization and cloud...
IBM Server Deal Gives Lenovo the Tools to Take On HP, Dell
Michael Kendall stood in the Lenovo booth on the chaotic show floor at the Intel Developer Forum in September 2013 talking about Lenovo's small...
Advisory Board Report Won’t Alter NSA Operations Despite Hype
Minutes after the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board released its finding that the unrestricted collection of phone metadata by the National Security Agency...
ShapeShifter Offers Polymorphic Defense for Web Attacks
After more than a year of operating in stealth and more than $20 million invested in research and development, Shape Security emerged out of...
Global Cyber-Attackers Diversifying Their Techniques: CrowdStrike
Hacktivists, nation-state hackers and cyber-criminals expanded their operations and demonstrated more sophisticated capabilities in 2013, suggesting that the number of significant cyber-attacks will continue...
Thinfilm Buys Kovio, Goes Mobile With NFC Circuit Printing
Printed electronics provider Thinfilm revealed Jan. 22 that is has acquired Kovio's technology, intellectual property and manufacturing assets and has opened the Thinfilm NFC...
Microsoft Rides High on Business Software
Microsoft handily beat Wall Street estimates in the second quarter of the company's 2014 fiscal year. On Jan. 23, Microsoft reported earnings of $0.78...
Network Admin Detained in Theater for Wearing Google Glass During Film
A network administrator from Columbus, Ohio, was removed from a movie theater last weekend and questioned by federal authorities over concerns that he was...