Chris Preimesberger

Magnitude Software, a next-generation maker of enterprise information management software, on Aug. 16 said it is acquiring Simba Technologies, a developer of cross-platform data-access solutions. Terms of the transaction were not released. Simba’s data-access products work natively with relational, multidimensional and non-relational data sources. The acquisition is intended to expand Magnitude Software’s corporate performance management […]

So you thought Instagram was simply a lightweight app for kids to send photo messages. Well, as of Aug. 15, the Facebook-owned app has undergone its own self-makeover to become a serious business app. That’s right. Playful Instagram will now become a vehicle for Facebook to sell products while maintaining its simple photo-making personality. To […]

8 Ransomware-Recovery Insights IT Organizations Should Know IT organizations must be well-prepared to handle ransomware attacks, which are becoming increasingly common. Having a multi-faceted plan is essential. What Is Ransomware? Ransomware is a type of malware that silently encrypts data once it is injected into a computer system by a malicious third party. Once a […]

Picture this: The newly elected president and vice president of the United States are visiting Silicon Valley to introduce themselves to key movers and shakers, pledging the full support of Washington in promoting U.S. innovation and name-dropping IT products worldwide. They fly into Moffett Field Naval Air Station in Mountain View on Air Force One […]

Why Software-Defined Security Can Strengthen Branch Office Weak Links As branch offices show themselves as the weakest security link in an organization, software-defined security could be deployed to help shore up their defenses. Lack of Expertise It’s difficult to manage multiple proprietary security appliances for different layers of security at locations where no IT/security expertise […]

How Enterprises Can Produce and Measure High-Quality Online Video Although video is quickly becoming a go-to vehicle for enterprise communication, companies continue to find obstacles in creating high-quality content. Here are some guidelines. QoE Hard to Define To ensure broadcast-quality video, one must optimize the quality of experience (QoE). QoE can be difficult to grasp […]

MapR Technologies, which lays claim to providing the IT industry’s only converged data platform, revealed Aug. 9 that it has landed new equity financing totaling $50 million. The $50 million equity financing was led by Future Fund, with participation from all existing investors, including Google Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, New Enterprise Associates, Qualcomm […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–At the Flash Memory Summit conference Aug. 9, attendees were observed actually scratching their heads and wondering, “How is that possible?” The object of their incredulity was a monstrous 60TB solid-state hard drive introduced by Seagate Technology. This is a rather precipitous leap in capacity, to say the very least, from the previous […]

8 Steps to Accelerating IoT Adoption for an Enterprise As enterprises move deeper into IoT, multiple factors will determine whether their technology ultimately succeeds or fails. Here are a few best practices. Select the Right Development Platform for IoT The IoT market is highly fragmented, and it is critical to first assess the value from […]

Little-known OwnBackup claimed a notation in data storage history Aug. 9 when it launched what it called the first backup solution for Salesforce’s cloud on the Microsoft Azure cloud.The 5-year-old New Jersey-based startup said its cloud-to-cloud backup and recovery platform had been re-engineered specifically for Salesforce and other enterprise applications built on the Force.com platform.As […]

Truly free web services are rare. If you don’t pay a subscription fee for a service, expect to see ads or some other marketing mechanism—such as an online registration—enmeshed somewhere. Simple as that. It’s a tradeoff people have made for more than a century, whether it’s on radio, television, the web, or somewhere else. Facebook’s […]

It isn’t all that often that Google, with its 58,000 employees and numerous partners and contractors around the world, has to go and find innovation outside its fiefdom. But it did Aug. 8, when the huge web services provider acquired Orbitera, a West Hollywood, California-based startup that has developed a new-gen platform for buying and […]