Thursday January 9, 2025

MAYER eats crow, cans No. 2 — Hey, APPLE, size matters in China — MICROSOFT flavor o’ the month: Ericsson’s Vestberg — ISAACSON shorts Apple

January 16, 2014 06:00 PST | 09:00 EST | 14:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post

PC Monitor Lets You Monitor Your IT Systems From Your Phone, Adds Raspberry Pi, Zendesk And PagerDuty Support

PC Monitor is an Irish startup that was born of a simple idea: Why is it so hard to remotely shut down your computer? That’s what its founder and CEO Marius Mihalec asked himself in 2011. Because he wanted to build a modern and extensible service, he decided that just having remote desktop access to a […]

CipherCloud Acquires CloudUp Networks To Beef Up Its Cross Platform Data Tracking

CipherCloud, the cloud encryption startup, has acquired CloudUp Networks, a provider of SaaS applications security that helps people secure contact information from Salesforce and other cloud environments. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. CloudUp Networks, a bootstrapped startup, has built technology for things like data classification, data tagging and data loss prevention. It tracks the data from a platform such […]

NSA taps off-grid computers — RIP Net neutrality (thanks, VERIZON) — GOOGLE spent $17B on M&A in two years — Mega-Troll sues FTC

January 15, 2014 06:00 PST | 09:00 EST | 14:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post

Effektif Brings Workflows To The Cloud With An IFTTT-Like Service For The Enterprise

Effektif wants to do for the enterprise what IFTTT has done for the consumer web – automate workflows through a cloud-based service, but one designed instead to integrate with business level tools and processes, like Salesforce, Oracle, Google Drive, Box and more. The solution, launching today, is aimed at teams looking to coordinate around shared […]

No IPO Yet, Storage Provider Nutanix Raises Another $101M At A $1 Billion Valuation

Nutanix has raised $101 million in a Series D round and is boasting of a $1 billion market capitalization. But the fast-growing enterprise storage company is not planning to pursue an IPO any time soon even though it has been hinting at one since 2012 when it raised $33 million. The company will now wait until it […]

GOOGLE buys your home, Droid moves in — iOS catches up to Windows installs — MESSAGING app use triples — 1 in 10K apps successful

January 14, 2014 06:00 PST | 09:00 EST | 14:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post

Google Cloud Storage Connector For Hadoop Launches As Data Analytics Becomes A Priority For Cloud Providers

Google Cloud Storage has long had the ability to run Hadoop so developers can do advanced analytics on its distributed computing platform. Today, Google is attempting to simplify this process with a new connector that the company says makes it easier to run Hadoop on the Google Cloud Platform. The Google Cloud Storage connector for Hadoop manages the cluster […]

Did ANY RETAILER escape cyber attack? — Paris mob smashes UBER car — Woz backs XIAOMI — SUPREMES take up streaming and patent cases — Was DROPBOX hacked?

January 13, 2014 06:00 PST | 09:00 EST | 14:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post

Neiman Marcus Breach Could Be Part Of Larger Holiday Cyberattack On U.S. Retailers

In the weeks following Thanksgiving, Target became the unlucky victim of a massive attack and data hack, which reportedly affected as many as 110 million people and exposed an array of personal data, including names, addresses and credit card information. With a second retail giant beginning to notify customers that it, too, has been hacked, […]