Well, it’s been a while since Hewlett-Packard made a really big acquisition but it sounds like the IT giant is shaking off…
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Stackdriver names Cisco vet to board, Amazon alum as advisor
With Hans Robertson and Ben Matheson, Stackdriver gets expertise in SaaS and public cloud, according to co-founder Izzy Azeri.…
Read MoreThis week in cloud: HP saga roils on, Cisco buys Meraki, Amazon’s tax bite
Hewlett-Packard's Autonomy woes just keep on rolling; Cisco drops $1.2 billion on Meraki's Wi-Fi smarts; and Amazon's retail operations face sales tax bite on in more states -- sparking questions on the impact on cloud services.…
Read MoreSome Hard Facts About Wi-Fi and Its Future
FaceTime, Netflix, and Pandora were built for the Wi-Fi network. It's hard to imagine the phone bill if all this data was streaming over the 3G networks. These services, and others like them, have blossomed, thanks in part to the increasing ubiquity of the Wi-Fi network.…
Read MoreThe Apple-Google Mobile Battle Continues As Other Platforms Sit and Watch
Apple's iPhone and iPod touch are the most used mobile browsing devices by far in North America, but Google Android handsets are quickly eroding Apple's lead. Other players aren't even competing with these two and until they do, the mobile browser battle is a two-horse race.…
Read MoreLost Series Finale a Twitter Earthquake
The season finale of Lost yesterday was seen by 13.5 million viewers in the U.S., plus millions more around the globe through…
Read MoreRoaming Agreements Could Expand the Wi-Fi Renaissance
Thanks to the iPad, expect to see a lot more written about Wi-Fi for a few days. The still unattainable device (you can buy one in late March) is already being credited for bringing back the importance of fixed broadband networks as backhaul for Wi-Fi networks.…
Read MoreHow to Revive a Dead Apple Bluetooth Keyboard with Tin Foil
I was so mesmerized with my new Apple Magic Mouse yesterday that I neglected to share an interesting, yet wacky, problem. I…
Read MoreLook How Ubiquitous Wi-Fi Has Become
Wi-Fi has become an indispensable part of our daily lives — at least for those of us who live in the United…
Read MoreSF Keeping the MuniFi Dream Alive at Bus Stops
Thanks to a housing crisis and the ensuing economic meltdown, many U.S. cities decided to back off their original Municipal Wi-Fi plans.…
Read MoreHow Smartphones Are Making Wi-Fi Hot Again
As many of you know, I recently moved to a new neighborhood in San Francisco. The move came with its own share…
Read MoreMeraki Makes Its Enterprise Move
[qi:045] Meraki, the wireless access point maker, today sent out emails informing its customers than it’s launching two enterprise access points that can…
Read MoreHow Meraki Helped Wire Up Our Green:Net Conference
One of the biggest challenges of hosting Green:Net, our sold-out conference about IT and sustainable technologies, was bringing enough bandwidth to a…
Read MoreGoogle Sync Beta Now Available for iPhone
Jealous of MobileMe (s AAPL) users but not willing to part with $100 and/or wary of its seemingly persistent problems? Have no…
Read MoreGet Yer Solar Wi-Fi Gear
What could be more greentech: broadband without wires, powered by the sun. Wi-Fi network startup Meraki said today it’s started selling its…
Read MoreMeraki Seeks Money Making Outlet for Free Wi-Fi
Meraki, the Google and Sequoia-backed startup that focuses on citywide Wi-Fi networks, hasn’t let the demise of municipal Wi-Fi halt its efforts…
Read MoreMeraki Unwires SF's Neediest
Even if San Francisco’s high-profile, city-wide Wi-Fi network with EarthLink and Google was a fundamental flop, residents of the city that need…
Read MoreMeraki Listens, Makes Tiny Changes
[qi:011] Meraki Networks, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company that makes mesh networking gear is listening to its community, and tweaking its new…
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