Blog Profile / GigaOM
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| Filed Under: | Technology | |
| Posts on Regator: | 21192 | |
| Posts / Week: | 78.7 | |
| Archived Since: | April 22, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Software is important to networking, and Juniper is on it
As more data centers become virtualized, networks aren't keeping up with compute and storage, preventing easy scalability. Juniper wants to help solve the problem with software, while keeping its hardware relevant.
Server Density adds management to cloud monitoring tool
At Structure 2013, Server Density CEO launched version 2.0 of its cloud monitoring product.
How lipstick maker Revlon turned around its business with IT
Five years ago, cosmetics giant Revlon's balance sheet wasn't looking too good. But after its IT overhaul, the company is one of the most successful in its category, said the company's CIO.
Google’s legal counsel swears on a stack of bibles: “We are not in cahoots with the NSA”
Although reports continue to emerge about Google setting up systems to co-operate with the NSA's surveillance and data-collection programs, the company's chief lawyer repeatedly denied on Wednesday that it has done so.
Workday CEO Bhusri on why the company’s next big bet is finance
Workday feels good about its position in the HR industry and is expanding to financial companies next, co-CEO Aneel Bhusri said at the GigaOM Structure conference Wednesday. Why? It's a $30 billion industry.
The tussle over animated GIFs
Facebook has begun rolling out their latest feature, photo commments. But GIFs aren't allowed.
How Twitter is using ThousandEyes to monitor operations
Twitter talked Wednesday about how it's using ThousandEye, a new startup that launched at Structure, to identify problems where they happen.
When it comes to a new networking OS, Linux is the Linux of networking
Networking is about to enter the modern era, where vendors no longer control the ecosystem says JR Rivers, the CEO and founder of Cumulus Networks.
What do Beyonce and the UK Royal Family have in common? Twitter for baby announcements
The royal baby news is coming to you, via Twitter.
Why VMware isn’t flinching as Amazon’s cloud keeps growing
While VMware just revealed the specifics on its shared-infrastructure play and has to play catch-up with Amazon Web Services, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger can think of a few advantages of its own.
Stratasys and MakerBot merge in $403 million stock deal
3D printer manufacturer Stratasys will acquire MakerBot, the companies announced today. “The last couple of years have been incredibly inspiring and exciting for us,” MakerBot CEO and co-founder Bre Pettis said in a release. “We have an aggressive model for growth, and partnering with Stratasys will […]
Did Facebook finally let its server count slip?
Facebook has never been direct about the number of servers it has, but today at the GigAOM Structure conference, one of it's executives let slip that it runs "hundreds of thousands of machines."
Europe to send rover to Mars
The robot, which is capable of working autonomously, will search for signs of life in soil samples. A complementary satellite will monitor the planet's atmosphere for unusual gases.
Google’s Jeff Dean talks about infrastructure, focus and recognizing cats
Jeff Dean, a Google Fellow who helped develop some of the web giant's most innovative infrastructure projects, says focusing on one problem at a time is crucial for success
New augmented reality glasses let teachers know when their students are falling behind
Researchers in Madrid develop a system that helps professors and students exchange feedback on class lectures in real time-- and this could point the way toward an interesting use case Google Glass.
Meet Facebook’s new network architecture: it’s a fabric
Facebook experiences 1,000 times more traffic inside its data centers than it sends to and receives from outside users. That traffic growth has prompted the social network to design a fabric networking architecture.
Joyent CTO: The convergence of data and compute will disrupt global profits
The convergence of data and compute is so important that every profit pool will be up for grabs over next 30 years, says Joyent CTO Jason Hoffman.
With Dish (mostly) out of the way, the path is clear for Sprint-SoftBank deal
To close the deal Sprint just needs a shareholder okay and the FCC to complete its review. The question is, though, if SoftBank's interest in Sprint is waning now that Dish has successfully courted Clearwire.
Twitter takes another step toward television with Viacom deal
Twitter and Viacom have announced a partnership that demonstrates the social media site's growing reach.
Building the cloud enterprise: Surviving an industry shift
The enterprise software industry of today could learn a lot from the consumer desktop software industry of the 1990s. Back then, the advent of the web sent out a wave of disruption, knocking some desktop developers completely out of business and driving the rest of us […]