The hypervisor battle rages anew and is, in fact, getting more heated as VMware tries to push vSphere — not just the free ESXi hypervisor – to customers and Microsoft vies to win market share and credibility for Hyper-V. For some time, the hypervisor has been seen as a commodity — basically a freebie for...
We, ok I, have long argued here at ReadWriteWeb that aggregate analysis of Facebook data is an idea with world-changing potential. The analogy from history that I think of is about Real estate Redlining. Back in the middle of the last century, when US Census data and housing mortgage loan data were both made...
A federal agency may have just sounded the death knell for LightSquared’s plans to build a nationwide LTE network. The National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Executive Committee, otherwise known as PNT ExComm, has concluded that any LTE network LightSquared would build, no matter how much it scales back its transmission power, would interfere...
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Today, tap tap tap, maker of popular photo taking app Camera+ shared some astonishing numbers when it comes to sales and growth of its app. The company announced its six millionth sale today. The company thanks the release of the iPhone 4S from Apple for its Q4 2011 success, which sports a way better...
What if delivering bandwidth worked like an auction, where business bid for the right to transfer their traffic depending on how crowded the network is? That’s the idea behind an article written by IBM’s Tinniam V Ganesh over at telcomaisia. Ganesh, an infrastructure architect at IBM India, says such a process is possible using...
In just half a decade, cloud computing has evolved from novelty to IT’s big growth area. But what will the next five years – or even six months – hold? And how can your team adapt to the change? With the new year upon us, Alistair Croll, the conference chair of Cloud Connect and a partner...
Today, we wrote about a phone call made by New York entrepeneur Amanda Peyton due to her concerns about the proposed PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). She called the office of her local Senator, Chuck Schumer and asked questions about why Schumer was supporting PIPA. During that call, Peyton claimed to have gotten a shocking...
You might have seen the subtle brag at the bottom of Craigslist apartment searchposts — WalkScore 99! WalkScore 100! WalkScore 85! Well, why should you care about whatever a WalkScore is? Because the score rates accessibility by foot to things people want to access by foot like restaurants, theaters and public transit for any...
Angel investor Ron Conway explained why he supports recently elected San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, and why he came out for the launch of San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology Innovation (sf.citi). “I’m hoping we can identify and fill 500 to 1,000 new jobs in San Francisco in the next 12 months by tailoring...