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  • Startup Capriza scores $27M to Zapp legacy apps into mobile ones

    <a href="http://www.capriza.com/">Capriza</a>, a startup that helps enterprises convert their legacy apps into mobile- and cloud-based ones, Thursday announced it has racked up an additional $27 million in venture funding. That should be enough to help Capriza scale its business on the marketing and sales side, and maybe even have enough left over to afford a drummer and bassist to form a company band (more on that later...).

    Written by Bob Brown30 Oct. 14 22:43
  • Gartner lays out its top 10 tech trends for 2015

    The Internet of Things, and everything that's part of its universe, including smart machines, pervasive analytics and 3D printing, are on Gartner's annual list of strategic technologies for the year ahead.

    Written by Patrick Thibodeau08 Oct. 14 06:57
  • For Red Hat, it's RHEL and then...?

    Red Hat is hosting its annual summit this week - this year in San Francisco - where the company is seemingly basking in the glory of making more than a billion dollars off a free open source project.

    Written by Brandon Butler18 April 14 03:06
  • Big data funding spree continues

    Venture capital firms continue to funnel big sums of money to big data startups. Hadoop player Cloudera announced $160 million in new financing, and analytics startup Platfora raised $38 million.

    Written by Ann Bednarz20 March 14 20:27
  • Why Software Testing Can't Save You From IT Disasters

    Some software bugs are like the cicadia, emerging only under the 'right' conditions and wreaking havoc until they're stopped. Without the right tools, no amount of software testing can stop these bugs from causing a meltdown. Just ask Nasdaq.

    Written by Paul Rubens12 March 14 12:43
  • Banks push for tokenization standard to secure credit card payments

    A group representing 22 of the world's largest banks is pushing for broad adoption in the U.S. of payment card technology called tokenization, citing shortcomings in the planned migration to the Europay MasterCard Visa smartcard standard over the next two years.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan12 Feb. 14 20:09
  • The Internet of Things for sports is quickly taking shape

    Jason Fass, the CEO of Zepp Labs, imagines a future for sports where sensors are everywhere: in balls, bats, footballs and in a player's clothing. It's hard not to get caught up in the vision.

    Written by Patrick Thibodeau23 Jan. 14 22:25
  • Big Data startup MemSQL raises US$35 million

    MemSQL, a database startup founded by former Facebook engineers, has raised US$35 million in a series B round of venture funding.

    Written by Ann Bednarz22 Jan. 14 17:07
  • Money, money: Box, others bask in hot VC market

    Recent investments by venture capitalists in cloud, big data and converged infrastructure companies show not only the healthy interest among financiers to back next-generation technologies, but provide a preview of what technologies from startups today could be mainstream in tomorrow's IT world.

    Written by Brandon Butler21 Nov. 13 20:37
  • Now enter Lenovo as a potential BlackBerry suitor

    The list of reported parties interested in buying BlackBerry is growing, and now includes Lenovo Group, according to unnamed sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal.

    Written by Computerworld Staff17 Oct. 13 19:57
  • Cerberus explores acquiring BlackBerry

    Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management is reported to be considering a bid to acquire all of ailing BlackBerry.

    Written by Matt Hamblen16 Oct. 13 18:12
  • NoSQL database vendor MongoDb raises $150M in new funding round

    In a sign of the growing enterprise interest in new technologies for big data applications, NoSQL database vendor MongoDB has raised $150 million in a fresh round of funding from several major firms including Salesforce.com, Intel Capital and Sequoia Capital.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan07 Oct. 13 10:04
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