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Actian, the vendor formerly known as Ingres, has suddenly put itself on the map through rapid-fire acquisitions of Pervasive Software, ParAccel, and Versant Software. Actian's goal is to assemble a mini-stack that includes a data integration engine and different data platforms for different transactional and analytic use cases.

Cloud computing is a growing and potentially massive industry. Yet there continues to be a worry by many that apparent security threats have the potential to take down the industry's rise before it has a chance to take off.  In this post, I look at 6 of the major security threats facing the industry.

Microsoft has announced its intention to buy StorSimple, a startup seller of enterprise storage systems, for an undisclosed price.

Although Nicira’s current annual revenues are only in the $10m range, its technology complements VMware’s cloud strategy and will allow the combined entity to attack data networks with a comprehensive software-based cloud solution that is completely hardware-agnostic

Let’s discuss a couple of the heavyweight C words in the IT Sector: cloud and customer relationship management (CRM).

UK cloud service provider Iomart is centring primarily on big data having posted “strong and solid” figures for the last financial year.

Dell has finalised a deal to acquire a leader in thin client cloud solutions Wyse Technology, in a move that is being seen as a clear development of the computing giant’s strategic shift to end-to-end enterprise solutions provider.

Computing giant Hewlett Packard (HP) has reported a staggering dive in Q4 profits of 91% following a tough year that saw the manufacturer sack its CEO, then ditch its WebOS business in favour of a focus on software and cloud computing infrastructure.
But with a number of key decisions reversed, dropped and discontinued, one could be forgiven for doubting the firm’s stated direction. So where does the world’s largest technology company see itself heading now after a most confusing twelve months?