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SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT performance management software, today released the results of its IT Trends Report 2015: Business at the Speed of IT, which demonstrates the significance of IT and IT’s ability to successfully adopt and implement new technology that drives business success. It also highlights the need to empower IT to overcome the challenge of delivering on the promise of these technologies and potential business impact in today’s increasingly hybrid environments.
NewsMapR Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution for Apache™ Hadoop®, today announced that it has established the standard for high-performance Hadoop with the release of the industry’s first benchmark results for big data systems from TPC (Transaction Processing Performance Council). The TPC Express Benchmark™ HS (TPCx-HS) results were based on a configuration of the MapR Distribution including Hadoop running on the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (UCS) .
NewsSite24x7, the cloud infrastructure monitoring service, today announced the launch of Mobile Application Performance Management (APM) beta, a new feature that helps mobile developers proactively manage their mobile apps. Mobile APM provides complete visibility into mobile application behavior and helps resolve performance issues that affect end-user experience. Android apps are supported immediately, and iOS app support is coming in Q2 2015. Site24x7’s Mobile APM beta includes Real User Monitoring (RUM), which helps developers analyze their applications’ performance by monitoring end-user experience in real time.
NewsTIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in infrastructure and business intelligence software, today announced the general availability of TIBCO Spotfire® 7, the most powerful version of its industry-leading analytics and data visualization platform.
NewsAs a leader in building devices for the uniquely personal ways people use technology today, Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) has created new tablet choices for consumers with the Lenovo TAB 2 A8 and A10-70. Debuting at Mobile World Congress 2015, these Android tablets help meet consumers’ desire for entertainment and portability at prices set for universal appeal.
NewsTweet SOURCE: IBM February 25, 2015 – Following the announced launch of the z13 in January, IBM is unveiling this week new offerings that combine the power of the all-new z13 mainframe with the flexibility of the cloud. With these new offerings, clients will be able to use the z13 to quickly and efficiently develop, deploy […]
NewsIntel® Security today released its McAfee Labs Threats Report: February 2015, including assessments of the mobile threat landscape and the failure of mobile app developers to patch critical secure sockets layer (SSL) vulnerabilities, potentially impacting millions of mobile phone users. McAfee Labs also revealed details on the increasingly popular Angler exploit kit, and warned of increasingly aggressive potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) that change system settings and gather personal information without the knowledge of users.
NewsManageEngine, the real-time IT management company, today announced the addition of an Office 365 bulk license manager to its Active Directory management software, ADManager Plus, and an Exchange Online reporting module to its Microsoft Exchange server reporting solution, Exchange Reporter Plus. While the new feature in ADManager Plus allows administrators to manage Office 365 licenses of multiple users at once, the new Exchange Reporter Plus provides administrators a better understanding of how Office 365 resources are being utilized. The new features for both products are available immediately.
NewsIndependenceIT, an integrated software platform provider allowing IT departments, service providers and ISVs to easily deliver workspaces, applications and desktops as a service, today strengthened its flagship software solution, Cloud Workspace® Suite (CWS) version 4.0, featuring significant workflow management enhancements. Unveiled for the first time at Google Teamwork 2015 in San Diego, the latest upgrade to CWS, makes it the only Workspace-as-a-Service platform to fully centralize multi-datacenter administration. The new capability sets the standard for applying customization to application, desktop and overall workspace delivery, eliminating the need to manually configure large, distributed deployments.
NewsWerkspot, Amsterdam’s number one online platform for the home services market throughout the Netherlands, has deployed Yellowfin’s Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software to gain faster, deeper insights into its daily business operations.
NewsCellrox, the pioneer in Mobile Virtualization, announced today that the company is offering a limited freemium edition of its Thinvisor technology at www.cellrox.com. The revamped website allows Google Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 owners to download the freemium edition and run two distinct Virtual Mobile Instances (VMIs) on their device. For the first time, anyone can experience Cellrox Mobile Virtualization and explore the company’s innovations in mobile security, privacy and customization.
NewsdinCloud, a cloud services provider that helps businesses rapidly migrate to the cloud through business provisioning, today announced that Zebra Technologies, a global leader in products and services that provide real-time visibility into organizations’ assets, people, and transactions, selected dinCloud to implement its hosted virtual desktops to simplify the onboarding process of over 550 employees following its acquisition of Motorola Solutions’ Enterprise business in October 2014.
NewsRed Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6, featuring updates designed to serve as the foundation for building OpenStack-powered clouds for enterprise businesses with advanced cloud users, telecommunications companies, Internet service providers (ISPs), and public cloud hosting providers.
NewsWhen trying to manage a large office, business owners must make sure to use monitoring software on all computers, tablets, laptops and electronic devices. The monitoring software your company invests in will lead the accountability of business, and help keep track of what happens within your office. Furthermore, it’s important to look for a few things in monitoring software before you buy, and understand how it’s going to work in your office.
An analysis conducted by IBM Security found over 60 percent of leading dating mobile apps they studied to be potentially vulnerable to a variety of cyber-attacks that put personal user information and corporate data at risk.
NewsSolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT performance management software, today announced essential enhancements to its flagship Network Performance Monitor (NPM) to improve business mobility and uptime. With new wireless heat mapping, IT Pros can maintain automatic, real-time maps of wireless network signal strength to enhance continuous wireless coverage throughout an environment and accelerate troubleshooting. With new capacity forecasting, IT Pros can also automatically keep tabs on critical network resources to help predict future needs and prevent outages.
NewsThe joint solution combines the 3scale API Management Platform and technologies from the Red Hat JBoss Middleware portfolio to provide an application programming interface (API) development, deployment, and management offering designed to accelerate time-to-market for API initiatives and enable enterprises to innovate faster, in a smarter way. API use has increased rapidly in recent years, and to effectively compete in the fast-growing API economy, businesses need to implement the strategy and platform that’s right to support innovation and growth for their business.
NewsTweet SOURCE: CybraryIT Greenbelt, MD. – February 10, 2015 – When it comes to how companies are approaching IT training for their employees, most have significant training requirements, and many predict the demand for available IT training will grow over the next year, while the bulk of them want employees with security compliance and governance […]
NewsLavastorm Analytics, a leading agile data management and analytics software company, today announced new functionality within its Lavastorm Analytics Engine platform that enables business analysts who have a limited knowledge of complex data science to deliver business-impacting insights using predictive analytics. Business analysts can now leverage key aspects of data science without requiring a specialized educational background in advanced analytics.
NewsNubo Software announced today the launch of their new and enhanced Virtual Mobile Infrastructure (VMI) platform which can now be accessed from any computer with an internet browser. The first enterprise mobility solution in the world to develop VMI technology, Nubo’s new Version 2 client is the only remote workspace that is compatible with all HTML 5 web browsers, in addition to all Android and iOS devices.
SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT performance management software, today announced enhancements to SolarWinds® Log & Event Manager (LEM), an all-in-one security information and event management (SIEM) product designed for resource-constrained IT organizations.
NewsOn January 22, 2015, San Mateo, California based Clarizen, a leader in enterprise work collaboration software, announced its Winter Release, delivering an enterprise-grade mobile platform and customization for the modern workplace. Clarizen’s new mobile platform mirrors the full functionality of the company’s award-winning web application, creating a seamless, consistent user experience between devices.
NewsQlik®, (NASDAQ: QLIK), a leader in data discovery, today introduced general availability of Qlik® Sense, (http://www.qlik.com/us/explore/products/sense) the first device-independent, self-service visualization and discovery product engineered for enterprise-class governance and performance. Built on a modern architecture and powered by the patented, industry-proven Qlik data indexing engine, Qlik Sense gives users the unrestricted ability to create personalized data analyses and explore the relationships that exist in data to reveal connections instantly.
NewsAvaya today announced the availability of the first enterprise-class hybrid cloud services for customer and team engagement. The engagement software-as-a-service offerings leverage the VMware vCloud® Air™ platform to deliver a flexible approach to implementing enterprise communications solutions that seamlessly bridge private and public clouds.
NewsCloudMSP, a specialty value-added distributor of cloud and information technology solutions, has announced it is the first distributor of Zynstra, the pioneer in enterprise-class hybrid IT for the Small Medium Business (SMB) in North America.
NewsSymantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced Veritas Technologies Corporation as the name for its independent publicly traded information management company, which will be created following the completion of the previously announced separation into two companies. It also revealed a new logo for Veritas.
NewsUC Expo is a two day event encompassing the technologies that enable smarter working and a truly connected business.
“The Evolving Role of Compliance”, the Solutions Brief released today from ADTM, focuses heavily on how the explosive growth of online advertising has brought about advanced threats of fraudulent traffic. And how the industry should respond to those threats to protect the integrity of publishers, advertisers and consumers. Adaptive Medias, Inc. (OTCQB: ADTM) expects to unite the industry in the fight against ad fraud.
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