Data.gov Portal to be Made Available to Governments Around the World; Jeanne Holm Comments
January 3, 2013 No Comment
Data.gov managers are now making available the open-source version of its open data portal that would allow governments across the globe to stand up similar information transparency gateways. According to a GCN article, the company is working with the National Informatics Centre of the Indian government in developing the Open Government Platform, which is an [...]
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InfoZen Inc. has won a $40 million firm-fixed-price contract to maintain websites and applications for NASA and migrate them to the cloud, according to Washington Technology The deal comes under the Web enterprise service technologies blanket purchase agreement with one base year and four option years. According to Nick Wakeman, the Rockville, Md.-based company will also provide [...]
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Autonomic Resources’ Cloud Solutions Given FedRAMP Approval; John Keese Comments
December 28, 2012 No Comment
Autonomic Resources has been given authority to operate its cloud solution by the Federal Risk Authorization and Management program (FedRAMP), according to a company statement. The award makes Autonomic one of 2 companies approved for cloud computing contracts by FedRAMP. Certification guarantees that the ARC-P complies with security standards for federal information storage. John Keese, Autonomic founder [...]
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Red Hat to Acquire Enterprise Cloud Mgmt Firm ManageIQ for $104M; Jim Whitehurst Comments
December 26, 2012 No Comment
Red Hat has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ManageIQ for approximately $104 million in cash, according to a TechWeekEurope U.K. article. “Since October of last year we have completed three acquisitions, and are announcing a fourth today to expand our portfolio of open source solutions and enlarge our addressable market,” said Jim Whitehurst, president and [...]
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VCE Named Most Innovative Cloud Infrastructure Provider; Praveen Akkiraju Comments
December 26, 2012 No Comment
VCE has been awarded the 2012 information technology brand pulse leader for converged infrastrcuture in an industry survey of information technology professionals, according to a company statement Praveen Akkiraju, VCE’s CEO, said that the company simplifies the deployment, operations and management of data center infrastructure and acceptance of the Vblock systems has propelled the company to [...]
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IBM Unveils Cloud-Based Electric Vehicle Payment System; Heike Barlag Comments
December 21, 2012 No CommentIBM has developed a new electric vehicle charging and payment system for consumers, the company announced Wednesday. The B2B Marketplace is for energy providers, car manufacturers and charging point owners to share and integrate services on one common information technology platform based on IBM’s software and SmartCloud Enterprise. This effort is part of the Green [...]
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Oracle Buying Cloud Marketing Software Firm Eloqua For $871M; Thomas Kurian Comments
December 20, 2012 No CommentOracle has agreed to acquire cloud computing software maker Eloqua for $871 million, or $23.50 per share and net of Eloqua’s cash, as part of Oracle’s plans to create a cloud platform for companies to use in customer service and marketing. Oracle said it expects to close the transaction in the first half of 2013 [...]
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MarkLogic Corp. and Tableau Software Partner on Big Data Analysis Tool; Dan Jewett Comments
December 18, 2012 No Comment
MarkLogic Corporation and Tableau Software are partnering to provide users with a platform for viewing and analyzing unstructured Big Data, according to a joint company statement. “MarkLogic has delivered a solution that combines Tableau’s analytics and visualization tools with the complex data insights produced by the MarkLogic database,” said Dan Jewett, vice president of product management [...]
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Oracle to Acquire Cloud-Based Analytics Provider DataRaker; Roger Smith Comments
December 13, 2012 No Comment
Oracle has agreed to purchase DataRaker to add a cloud-based analytics platform to its utilities solutions, the company announced today. DataRaker provides a cloud-based analytics platform that enables electric, gas and water utilities to leverage large amounts of data. “Big Data created by smart meters and sensors has presented utilities with an enormous opportunity to [...]
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Cisco has closed its acquisition of privately-held software firm Cloupia for approximately $125 million in cash and retention-based incentives, the company announced Monday. Cloupia’s products, including its infrastructure management software portfolio, and employees will join Cisco’s data center group. Cisco said aims to combine its data center management offerings and Cloupia’s information technology services to [...]
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