Newvem has launched a heat map that visualizes customers’ usage of Amazon Web Services (AWS). The service is designed to replace the primitive tools that AWS provides and gives customers an alternative to tracking spreadsheets. Instead, customers get a full picture of their usage in one view. Newvem collects resource data used by AWS users. […]

Posted on March 17th, 2013 by admin
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Dynamic Signal, the social marketing company led by Adify co-founder Russ Fradin, is launching a new product today called VoiceStorm, which encourages, manages and measures employees’ efforts to promote a company on social networks. Fradin told me that VoiceStorm is functionally similar to Dynamic Signal’s existing platform, which helps companies run word-of-mouth marketing campaigns — it’s […]

Posted on March 10th, 2013 by admin
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Wrike has added a type of chart that most seasoned project managers depend on for their work. It’s called a Gantt chart and it’s used to visualize projects in a way that a standard calendar lacks. Wrike is built on top of a real-time collaboration platform with syncing capability, allowing updates to the Gantt chart […]

Posted on March 9th, 2013 by admin
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Salesforce.com is launching Service Cloud Mobile, a package of four new features, including mobile co-browsing, in-line community support for game apps and a mobile chat capability. A fourth feature, designed specifically for customer service reps, allows agents to use mobile devices to give personalized support by connecting internally to get questions answered through a lightweight activity […]

Posted on February 26th, 2013 by admin
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After five months of testing, iterating, spit balling and pavement pounding, today Rock Health’s fourth class of HealthTech startups took the stage at Demo Day to pitch their fledgling businesses to investors. More than anything, these fourteen startups confirmed that digital health is not just alive and well, but beginning to gain some real traction. […]

Posted on February 23rd, 2013 by admin
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ManageEngine has launched the ServiceDesk Plus iPhone app that incorporates voice-recognition technology for IT professionals so they can make commands, dictate notes and do any number of other tasks that come with managing a help desk. The app uses Nuance Nina, a virtual assistant, to dictate, edit, reply, assign/reassign and close tickets. The app also […]

Posted on February 21st, 2013 by admin
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PernixData today launched its Flash Virtualization Platform (FVP) for clustering flash to get higher levels of performance. It’s similar to how VMware aggregates CPU and memory to give customers more for its server infrastructure. PernixData says <the advantage comes with getting more out of a flash-based server and reducing the need for storage, one of the greatest costs for […]

Posted on February 21st, 2013 by admin
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a new service called OpsWorks, which manages apps at any scale. But more interesting is the disruptive influence the move will have on the fledgling platform as a service market (PaaS) and the battles between Chef and Puppet, the two competing services that help DevOps pros manage their increasingly complex […]

Posted on February 20th, 2013 by admin
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BitTorrent, the once-notorious P2P file-sharing site that has turned a new leaf as a legit, distributed computing provider, is today launching SoShare, a service to send large files from one computer to another, with the first terabyte of files sent free. Out today in beta for Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari for Mac; and Chrome, […]

Posted on February 15th, 2013 by admin
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HipChat has been doing some good things since it was acquired by Atlassian back in March 2012, including updating its iOS apps with much-needed improvements, but the sorry excuse for a Mac app it offered built on Adobe AIR remained a huge sore spot. Today, the company is officially launching its native Mac client in […]

Posted on February 15th, 2013 by admin
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