Understanding the Hana App Cloud and its Difference to the SAP Cloud Strategy

Alex Williams | May 14th

The HANA Application Cloud is an insightful topic to explore as SAP SappireNow gets started in Orlando today. It points to HANA's progression in the cloud and how it fits with SAP's overall cloud strategy. ...»

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So You’re 100% Virtualized … So What?

Jeff Kelly | May 11th

A recent InformationWeek article highlighted a number of companies who are well on their way to 100% virtualized infrastructures. PACCAR, Pacific Northwest National Lab, Corporate Express, Westcon Group … all of these firms are over 50% virtualized...»

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Users Missing Opportunities as Vendor Support Embraces Multiple Delivery Channels

Bert Latamore | May 11th

Major hardware and software vendors are embracing multiple channels beyond existing portals and e-mail to provide better support to their customers says IDC Services and Support Analyst Elaina Stergiades. Each vendor has...»

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HP Cloud Services Now Covers DB-as-a-Service, Too

Maria Deutscher | May 11th

Hewlett-Packard is obviously doing something right, given the impressive number of third party developers that announced integration with HP Cloud Services yesterday, when the newest challenger to AWS’s throne entered public beta. Among those companies...»

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HP Cloud Services Sees Massive Adoption Just in Time for Beta

Maria Deutscher | May 11th

Hewlett-Packard’s HP Cloud Services have officially entered public beta – exactly as promised a month ago, when SiliconANGLE’s Alex Williams analyzed the news to see how the hardware giant plans to take on...»

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New Nokia Developer Music Video Proves Brogramming Is Alive and Well

Matt Weinberger | May 10th

In a new music video, "Dev City" - parodying Tyga's club hit Rack City - two meathead programmers spread stacks of floppy disks in a club as scantily clad women in Elvis Costello glasses writhe suggestively. Just another...»

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Will Axcient Become a Super SaaS with it’s Apple Like Time Machine?

Alex Williams | May 10th

There are a number of companies that have taken a big chunk of market share from incumbent legacy giants. These are the super SaaS providers. The ones like Salesforce.com, NetSuite and Workday that have succeeded...»

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PureSystems: Not Just About Storage but a Foundation for IBM Software and Cloud Strategy

Alex Williams | May 10th

PureSystems will become a foundation pillar of IBM's software and cloud strategy, even more so than the company's effort to offer true multi-tenant services through the IBM SmartCloud.That much became apparent in the last week...»

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Google Apps Developer BetterCloud Raises $2.2M in Seed Funding

Matt Weinberger | May 10th

BetterCloud has raised $2.2 million in seed funding from angel investors (and CEO David Politis himself) as the developer looks to take its Google Apps security and management tools to the next level. In a larger sense,...»

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Cisco Stock Down After So-So Quarter, Cautious Guidance

Maria Deutscher | May 10th

Networking gear maker Cisco reported net earnings of $2.2 billion or 40 cents per share in its third quarter ended April 28--a rise of just under 20 percent over the $1.8 billion, or 33...»

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