Monthly Archives: September 2014
Cisco Brings Sourcefire Technology to Next-Gen Firewall
Cisco Systems is leveraging the technology it inherited almost a year ago through the $2.7 billion acquisition of Sourcefire in its new next-generation firewall,...
Micron Unveils Its Highest-Performing Client-Side SSD
Solid-state drive maker Micron introduced a new SSD Sept. 16 for Ultrabook-type laptops, tablets and high-performance desktop PCs that may well be the company’s...
Microsoft Plans Early 2015 Windows Phone 9 Developer Preview
Microsoft is planning to release a developer preview of Windows Phone 9 soon after the new year.According to a NokiaPowerUser report, sources expect Microsoft...
OpenStack’s Mission Is Total Victory
When the OpenStack Silicon Valley conference schedule was first announced several months ago, Marten Mickos was best known as the CEO of Eucalyptus, which...
vArmour Emerges From Stealth With Real Virtual Security
Security startup vArmour today revealed details of its technology and its plans to help provide visibility and security for the modern IT landscape.vArmour has...
Daily Tech Briefing: Sept. 16, 2014
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones have set a new Apple record, with more than 4 million devices being preordered in advance...
Low-Cost Phones Lead Charge as Smartphone Shipments Rise 19 Percent
Inexpensive smartphones being sold around the world in developing nations are apparently helping to push smartphone shipment growth to 1.2 billion devices, up an...
Microsoft Readies Dynamics CRM 2015 for Release
Microsoft is gearing up for the release of the next major update to its customer relationship management (CRM) platform, Dynamics CRM 2015, the company...
IBM Launches Watson Analytics for Business Users
IBM today launched Watson Analytics, a new cloud service that takes the power of IBM's Watson cognitive computing technology along with Big Blue's predictive...
Salesforce’s Benioff To Step Down From Cisco Board
Salesforce.com Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff will leave Cisco Systems' board of directors in November, stepping down two years after being appointed to the...