As rumored yesterday, HP has signed an agreement to buy security software company Arcsight for $1.5 billion, or $43.50 per share. This acquisition follows HP’s $2.3 billion acquisition of data storage company 3PAR. Arcsight provides security and compliance management software that identifies and mitigate business risk for enterprises, MSSPs and government agencies. The software products […]
Posted on September 13th, 2010 by admin
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One of the big problems with video on the Web is that other than the title, description and some meta tags, it is mostly invisible to Google and other search engines. One way to make video more SEO-friendly is to add transcriptions, but that can get expensive. An angel-funded startup called SpeakerText is (re)launching today […]
Posted on September 10th, 2010 by admin
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Can a ragtag group of former newspapermen from the L.A. Times help newspapers fight off the content farms of the Web? The founders and backers of Ebyline, which has been in private beta for a few months and launches today more broadly, think they can streamline the way news organizations manage freelancers and syndicate their […]
Posted on September 10th, 2010 by admin
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Encoding.com, , a SaaS video encoding platform is rolling out a new functionality today, called Mobile Made Easy. The new feature includes one-step video encoding presets to meet the specific video requirements for all popular mobile phones. So Encoding.com’s 1000 business customers can prepare their videos for a range of mobile devices and platforms including […]
Posted on September 9th, 2010 by admin
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“So ResearchGATE is Facebook for Scientists?” I asked ex-Facebook exec, current Benchmark Capital general partner and new ResearchGATE investor Matt Cohler. “I bristle at that characterization,” he responded telling me that doesn’t adequately describe the company. Either way he’s invested in the Berlin based startup, along with Accel Partners, Simon Levene, Michael Birch, Joachim Schoss, […]
Posted on September 9th, 2010 by admin
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How businesses and brands deal with social media has become one of the defining issues of the recent web era. Today a pretty big leap is taking place which may define the next phase. Two of the biggest players have come together to create certainly one of the slickest and most seamless integrations I’ve yet […]
Posted on September 8th, 2010 by admin
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Posted on September 8th, 2010 by admin
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As Salesforce’s foray into social collaboration, Salesforce Chatter, gains traction amongst enterprise users, it makes sense for the company to launch complimentary mobile apps to the platform. And as the enterprise increasingly relies upon mobile devices for connectivity; there is a strong demand for native mobile use of Chatter. Today, Salesforce is taking Chatter to […]
Posted on September 8th, 2010 by admin
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While full-time tech jobs might not be making a roaring comeback, freelance and part-time work seems to be picking up the slack. One data point just came out today illustrating the shift to freelance and online work. Online outsourcer oDesk passed one million hours of work on its system for the first time in the […]
Posted on September 7th, 2010 by admin
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Apptio, a Bellevue, Washington-based provider of SaaS-delivered Technology Business Management solutions this morning announced that it has closed a $16.5 million Series C round – the company has now raised up to $37.5 million in venture capital. The financing round, which the company says was oversubscribed, was led by Shasta Ventures, with participation from all […]
Posted on September 5th, 2010 by admin
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