by cloudtweaks on March 30, 2011
in Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Force.com, Host, Invest, News, Press Release, SaaS, Social networks, Stocks, Technology
Salesforce To Buy Social Media Company Radian6 For $326 Million Salesforce.com (CRM) said it is buying social media monitoring firm Radian6 for about $326 million in stock and cash, continuing its aggressive push to keep up with social media trends through its cloud computing platform. Salesforce.com shares were up 0.7% to $128.28 in light premarket trading Wednesday. The stock has risen 69% over the past 12 months. Salesforce.com has been spending heavily to sustain its rapid sales growth and make its cloud computing network for businesses into a social environment. To that end, the company said Radian6′s social-media monitoring platform
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by cloudtweaks on March 15, 2011
in Amazon, Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, News, Open Source, Press Release, Security, Startups, Storage, Technology, Venture Capital
CloudStack 2.2 accelerates enterprise and service provider cloud deployments with improved hypervisor support, AJAX web interface and scalability enhancements CUPERTINO, Calif. – March 15, 2011 – Cloud.com today announced CloudStack™ 2.2, the latest version of its innovative open source cloud computing platform. CloudStack is a comprehensive, open source software solution that accelerates the deployment, management and configuration of highly-scalable public and private infrastructure as a service (IaaS) clouds. Using CloudStack as the foundation, data center operators can quickly and easily build cloud services within their existing infrastructure to offer on-demand, elastic cloud services. CloudStack is available for immediate download from
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Mvine Challenges Microsoft and Google with B2B Cloud-based Collaboration Platform Serial entrepreneur Frank Joshi founded Mvine Ltd. in 2005 as an online record label and music social network but he soon realized that B2B cloud platforms have great market growth potential and Mvine platform was re-designed to serve also as a social businesses software system. Recently, the company released its new social business platform in the United Kingdom and most experts agree that Mvine is trying to set foot at markets traditionally occupied by business collaboration platforms like Microsoft Sharepoint and Salesforce Chatter. The UK-based company also faces other serious
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by sourya on February 9, 2011
in Amazon, Cloud Computing, Computing, Google Cloud, IT, Microsoft, Oracle, Our Interviews, Rackspace, Storage, Technology, Trends
“History is written by the victors.” – Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British Prime Minister during WWII. History, especially if it deals with victories and defeats, is inherently flawed. No one knew this better than Winston Churchill, who was assured of his place in the historical tomes by his victory in WWII. As he put it, “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it”. Therefore, are we taking a leap of faith by trying to encapsulate the history of cloud computing in mere words? Is it a wasted effort? Not really. In our opinion, the best time to
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CloudTweaks, Media Partner For The March 28th, 29th Event The CIO Dialog on March 28th and 29th, 2011, at the Hotel Palomar in Dallas, TX, is the exclusive international networking event for IT executives from the public and private sector to network, share best practice and discuss strategies to ensure IT continues to deliver real business value in challenging times. The core of the event is besides the cutting-edge industry case studies the (r)evolution of business networking: The econique business matching process which provides guaranteed return on time invested through diligent preparation of each attendee’s event experience. It’s the 26th
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Rackspace Hosting and Akamai Join Forces SAN ANTONIO, TX and CAMBRIDGE, MA – January 12, 2011 – Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, and Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading provider of cloud optimization services, announced today a strategic relationship that will enable Rackspace to offer Akamai’s web acceleration and cloud optimization services as part of its dedicated and cloud hosting portfolio. Responding to the needs of its customers, Rackspace will work to integrate key features from Akamai such as CNAMEs, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and CDN delivery for Cloud
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Technology Collaboration between IBM and NATO Allied Command Transformation Source: PRNewsWire NORFOLK, Va. and WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2010 – NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT) today selected IBM (NYSE: IBM) for a strategic technology project to gain experience with emerging information technologies to improve data center efficiency and increase data sharing by its 28 member nations. The initiative will enable the organization to explore and demonstrate a new cloud computing model that could be used to consolidate and integrate technology capabilities for critical Command and Control programs. The project supports NATO’s efforts to restructure the alliance to meet 21st century technology
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Longtime Microsoft Dynamics ERP Partner Sees Huge Growth Potential With Intacct and Cloud Computing SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – December 13, 2010) – Intacct, a leader in cloud financial management and accounting applications, today announced that Tendras Business Advisors, a highly regarded Microsoft Certified Dynamics GP Partner with deep roots in Michigan and surrounding states, has joined the Intacct Business Partner Program. Tendras is adding Intacct to its portfolio because many of its customers and prospects are indicating a preference for new cloud computing-based applications over older on-premises software from vendors such as Microsoft and Sage. Prior to partnering with Intacct, Tendras
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