Nathan Eddy

Network operator AT&T announced the release of Synaptic Compute as a Service with VMware vCloud Datacenter Service, an enterprise-class cloud service combining technologies from AT&T€™s virtual private networking (VPN) specialists and cloud infrastructure software industry provider VMware. The Synaptic Compute as a Service platform allows VMware€™s customers to extend their private clouds across and into […]

Web performance company Yottaa, announced the launch of Yottaa CDN, the company’s new content-delivery network offering. Yottaa CDN offers dynamic site acceleration (DSA) features at a price aimed at small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and integrates with the company’s Site Speed Optimizer to make it easier to enable and help ensure faster site load times. […]

Dot Hill Systems Corp., a provider of storage area network (SAN) solutions, announced that the most recent version of its firmware for AssuredSAN 3000 storage systems will include VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) support and Site Recovery Manager (SRM) support, to help improve performance and data security within VMware virtual server environments. VAAI […]

Chip maker Intel and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman have both agreed to end a lawsuit that alleged Intel violated U.S. and state antitrust laws. The lawsuit was filed by the attorney general’s office in November 2009. The agreement includes a payment of $6.5 million from Intel that is intended to cover some of […]

Virtualization and cloud infrastructure specialist VMware (NYSE: VMW), introduced the vCloud Integration Manager, a platform designed to help service providers automate the delivery and operations of VMware vCloud Director -based clouds. vCloud Integration Manager is expected to be available in the first quarter of 2012 and will be priced on a usage-based subscription model familiar […]

BMC Software, a specialist in business service management (BSM), announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Numara Software, a global provider of integrated IT management solutions for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). The acquisition is designed to further accelerate the growth of BMC’s software as a service (SaaS) business, as well […]

According to the latest IT jobs report from online recruiting and job posting service Dice, one aspect of marketing that tech consultants appear to value is certifications. Forty percent of tech consultants surveyed said obtaining a certification helped them land a new gig, which is about 10 percentage points higher than their colleagues working in […]

Enterprise application software specialist SAP (NYSE: SAP) announced two new offerings that are designed to deliver the benefits of the company€™s HANA platform, a combination of in-memory data management software and SAP partner hardware, to small and midsize businesses (SMBs). With analytics powered by HANA for the SAP Business One application and HANA Edge edition, […]

A gap exists between attitudes toward social media and investment in social media, a study by the Software & Information Industry Association found. The report, “Marketing in Today’s Economy,€ the first SIIA publication to gather business-to-business sales and marketing tactics from industry executives, focused on their companies’ use of email, mobile marketing and social media […]

America€™s small business owners are the most optimistic since July 2008, according to the latest findings from the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index survey for the period Jan. 9-13, 2012. The Index now stands at positive 15 for January, compared with minus 3 in October and following two previous Index readings of 0 (neither optimistic […]

Small businesses have the power to revive the nation€™s economy; they just need the opportunity, technology and the right government policies to help them succeed, according to a report from the Center for Public Policy Innovation (CPPI) and the Digital Dialogue Forum (DDF). The report also notes small businesses are the backbone of the U.S. […]

Fidelis Security Systems, a specialist in network visibility, analysis and control solutions, announced a cloud-security solution designed to provide visibility and control to decrease risks associated with using software as a service (SaaS). The solution is deployed at the enterprise network edge where traffic between the enterprise and SaaS provider can be monitored. With Fidelis€™ […]