Monthly Archives: July 2014
New Rumor: YouTube Really Buying Twitch This Time
Two months after rumors surfaced in May about Google's YouTube unit buying video game streaming vendor Twitch for a reported $1 billion, the deal...
NetSuite Sales Climbs 30 Percent in Second Quarter
Business management software specialist NetSuite posted better than expected second-quarter earnings this week, with total revenue up 30 percent from last year to $131.8...
Amazon Fire Phone Has a Few Bugs to Work Out
Amazon is on to something.After a day with the Amazon Fire (normally I would spend several days, so take that for what it's worth),...
10 Important Things to Know About Enterprise Mobility
10 Important Things to Know About Enterprise Mobility
by Darryl K. Taft
Mobile Apps Keep Arriving
The appetite for apps and mobile innovation is insatiable. IT is...
BYOD Programs Leave Several Security Holes Open
Users bringing downloaded apps or content with embedded security exploits into their organization, as well as malware infections, are top bring-your-own-device (BYOD) security concerns,...
Streaming Sites Cause Headaches for System Administrators
Almost one in four (24 percent) system administrators are dealing with streaming platforms like Pandora and Spotify, which are wreaking havoc with application performance...
Mobile Ad Spending Surges With Big Shift to Smartphone, Tablet Use
The day that eMarketer predicted that mobile ad spending will surpass newspaper and radio ad revenues in 2014 seemed a particularly good time to...
Chinese National Denied Bail on Charges of Hacking Boeing Network
Su Bin, a Chinese national accused of hacking into the network of defense contractor Boeing, was denied bail during a preliminary hearing in British...
Microsoft’s Station Q Delves Into Quantum Computing
IBM and Google aren't the only tech giants that have set their sights on quantum computing. Redmond, Wash-based Microsoft is also researching the potentially...
HP Invests $50 Million in Hadoop Distributor Hortonworks
Hewlett-Packard is putting more of its muscle and money behind Hortonworks by expanding its partnership with the Hadoop distribution vendor and investing $50 million...