Shhh, DataGravity gets $30M from Andreessen Horowitz et al to democratize info analytics
Stealthy startup founded by EqualLogics’ team now has more funding to simplify data analytics the way their former company streamlined storage. Read more »
SimpliVity gets $25M to push its super appliance
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the Series B round which also includes contributions from Accel Partners and Charles River Ventures. SimpliVity is building a data center appliance that it says can replace a half-dozen specialized boxes and be run by a single VM admin. Read more »
EMC: Lenovo deal won’t impact Cisco relationship. Really.
The new deal between EMC and Lenovo to sell server-storage bundles could shake up hardware rivals including Dell, Hewlett-Packard and — perhaps most intriguingly — Cisco Systems. EMC, Cisco and VMware are partners on the VCE Vblock effort. Read more »
Dell to buy Wyse to show (once again) it’s not all about PCs
The fact that perennial PC power Dell is buying Wyse Technologies for its thin client and desktop virtualization smarts shows just how much the power equation has shifted from low-margin PCs to cloud computing and other services in recent years. Read more »
VMware’s slow and steady attack on storage
VMware has transformed the enterprise computing model more than any other company in the past decade. Now, with the latest release of vSphere containing several new storage features, VMware is set to disrupt storage. Its parent company, EMC, and NetApp may want to stay alert. Read more »
Lumen: Lasers, Mirrors, and Obstacles! Oh, My!
Lumen is a deceptively involving game. The premise makes it appear simple: use mirrors and colored filters to guide a laser beam through checkpoints with the appropriate color to win. However, you will quickly find yourself double and triple guessing your moves when you’ve realized that […] Read more »
No Way Are We Getting a G-Phone from Dell
The rumors of computer giant Dell teaming up with Google to produce an Android-powered mobile phone are a nice break from all the iPhone hooplah, but folks, it’s not going to happen. Thanks to its hiring of Ron Garriques, the former head of Motorola’s handset business, […] Read more »
