January 27, 2016
Why Cloud Gaming Will Popularize Virtual Reality
The virtual reality hype is real. It is undeniable that virtual reality is in popular demand among early adopters and hardcore gamers. Facebook’s Oculus Rift is sold out…
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January 27, 2016
AppDirect Acquires Tech Support Platform Radialpoint
AppDirect, the well-funded marketplace for selling cloud services, today announced that it has acquired the Montreal-based tech support company Radialpoint. Based on this acquisition, AppDirect also today announced the…
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Walmart Launches OneOps, An Open-Source Cloud And Application Lifecycle Management Platform
Walmart (yes, that Walmart), is launching a new open source DevOps platform for cloud and application lifecycle management. OneOps, which was developed by Walmart Labs, is meant to…
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Microsoft Announces The First Technical Preview Of Azure Stack
With Azure Stack, Microsoft wants to bring its Azure cloud computing services into its customers’ data centers. Today, the company announced that it will launch the first technical…
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A Year After IPO, Depressed Stock Price Not Bringing Box CEO Down
It was just about a year ago that Box finally pulled the trigger and IPOed. It was a good day by all accounts, with an IPO price of…
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En Route To IPO, Jitterbit Gets $20M Led By KKR To Grow Its Cloud Integration Platform
Jitterbit, an enterprise software company whose cloud-based app integration platform is used by some 35,000 customers to knit together disparate apps, is today announcing a $20 million round of funding led…
Read articleJanuary 21, 2016
IBM Confirms Acquisition Of UStream, Forms New Cloud Video Unit
IBM confirmed that it has acquired video conferencing service UStream this morning. With several cloud video acquisitions in tow, the company also announced it was forming a new cloud video…
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Apttus CEO Kirk Krappe Chats Candidly About 2016 Exit
In a frank conversation with TechCrunch last week, Apttus CEO Kirk Krappe talked about his company’s exit strategy, which could come to a head in the not-too-distant future. Krappe believes his company…
Read articleJanuary 14, 2016
Salesforce AppExchange Revolutionized Software Distribution When It Launched Ten Years Ago Today
The Salesforce AppExchange turned ten years old today and it represents quite a milestone for enterprise software development. In fact, the app store concept that Salesforce developed pre-dated Apple’s…
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MindTouch Scores $12 Million To Help Customers Find Answers Online
MindTouch, a cloud service that helps customers find answers to product questions using the company’s existing documentation, training materials and customer service documents, announced $12 million in funding…
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