Monthly Archives: September 2014
Oracle Launches Analytics Cloud, Joins Cloud Pricing Wars
SAN FRANCISCO—Oracle OpenWorld 2014 at the Moscone Center is first about entertaining many of the company's 400,000 customers. Secondly, it's about setting the scene...
OpenDaylight’s Helium SDN Platform Expands Enterprise Capabilities
The OpenDaylight Project almost eight months ago unveiled Hydrogen, the first software release in its efforts to build an open-source platform to help drive...
BlackBerry’s Passport Smartphone Quickly Hit 200K Preorders
BlackBerry's new square-faced, enterprise-targeted Passport smartphone hit 200,000 preorders within two days of their debut online on Sept. 24, selling out the devices for...
eBay, PayPal to Split Up in 2015 as Separate Companies
eBay and PayPal are splitting up after 12 years of a convenient marriage in 2002 that had brought together a successful online auction company...
Intel’s New Basis Peak Smartwatch Focuses on Fitness
The new $199 Basis Peak smartwatch has been announced by Intel's wearable device division, six months after Intel bought Basis for an undisclosed price...
Microsoft Unveils Windows 10, Skips Over Windows 9
Microsoft is once again shaking up its Windows naming scheme.The Redmond, Wash.-based company is skipping over Windows 9. Seemingly eager to put Windows 8...
Intel, Cisco, HP, Others Form NFV Consortium
A wide range of technology vendors and telecommunications companies—from Intel, IBM and Cisco Systems to AT&T, China Mobile and Ericsson—are creating a consortium aimed...
Installing T-Mobile’s Personal CellSpot Router: Step by Step
Installing T-Mobile's Personal CellSpot Router: Step by Step
by Todd R. Weiss
T-Mobile Personal CellSpot
The new T-Mobile Personal CellSpot router, which the company lends to customers...
10 Handy Apps That Have Been Optimized for iOS 8
10 Handy Apps That Have Been Optimized for iOS 8
By Don Reisinger
Jawbone Goes Up for Fitness
The Jawbone Up app is one of the newer...
Daily Tech Briefing: Sept. 30, 2014
Lenovo announced that it is set to close a $2.1 billion deal with IBM on Oct. 1 that will make it the third-largest server...