- Mon Nov 16 12:43 PM PST 2009 Five competitive differentiators for cloud services
Public cloud computing vendors are offloading "commodity" IT functionality to large multi-tenant data centers. How can these vendors differentiate themselves, and what should you look for in a cloud service.
- Fri Nov 13 11:00 AM PST 2009 Week in review: Pre-holiday buying spree
Lots of big tech players go shopping, while Intel closes antitrust deal. Also: Windows 7 inspired by Mac OS?
- Wed Nov 11 3:14 PM PST 2009 Google plans first-ever share buyback
If the company's $750 million acquisition of AdMob is allowed to go through, Google will offset the impact of issuing $750 million in stock by buying back an equal amount.
- Tue Nov 10 5:05 PM PST 2009 Adobe to cut 9 percent of workforce
Elimination of 680 full-time jobs comes as the software maker tries to align costs in the face of lagging sales. They follow a 9 percent reduction within the Omniture unit.
- Mon Nov 9 3:13 PM PST 2009 EC formally objects to Oracle buying Sun
European regulators have formally objected to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Oracle vows to fight the conclusion.
- Sun Nov 8 10:05 PM PST 2009 Cisco ruffles feathers with new collaboration tools
The networking giant turns up the heat on partner Microsoft as it expands and enhances its suite of collaboration tools.
- Tue Nov 3 12:01 AM PST 2009 Security firm M86 acquires Finjan
M86 makes second acquisition in the past year, buying secure SaaS and Web gateway provider Finjan.
- Sat Oct 31 9:24 AM PDT 2009 Ex-MySpace CEO wants to gamble on social games
In Chris DeWolfe's new venture, sources say, he'll attempt to snowball a bunch of social-gaming properties and pit himself against industry leader Mark Pincus of Zynga.
- Fri Oct 30 11:00 AM PDT 2009 Week in review: Motorola, Verizon ready the Droid
The new Google Android smartphone gets prepped to arrive next month, while Windows users settle in with Windows 7. Also: The latest on Facebook privacy.
- Wed Oct 28 4:00 AM PDT 2009 Cisco revs its acquisition engine
Network equipment giant is gobbling up companies again, pledging to spend more than $6 billion in October alone. That's a good sign that the economy is in recovery.




