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  • Kansas IT chief quits after diploma questions

    On Monday, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced the appointment of a new state IT chief and press released about the move was posted on the state government Web site.

    Written by Patrick Thibodeau10 Nov. 11 04:48
  • Mitek extends check imaging tech to health care, insurance

    Mitek Systems' Mobile Capture imaging software has long allowed banks to offer customers mobile banking capabilities. Now the company is turning the technology toward the health care and insurance industries as well.

    Written by Lucas Mearian02 Aug. 11 06:45
  • Avaya sets $1 billion public offering

    Avaya is going public again, filing today with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering worth $1 billion.

    Written by Tim Greene10 June 11 08:50
  • Startup targets flash memory latency

    Plenty of hardware vendors are pushing out Solid State Disk products to speed up data access. Now a startup is emerging from stealth mode with server software designed to make it easier to use SSD with existing storage systems and applications.

    Written by Jon Brodkin09 June 11 03:24
  • NYSE launches VMware-based cloud for financial firms

    The New York Stock Exchange has built a VMware-based cloud computing service for financial firms, which goes live today from a data center in New Jersey with expansions planned for Toronto, Tokyo and London.

    Written by Jon Brodkin02 June 11 00:48
  • Networking, telecom leaving VCs cold

    The overall amount of venture capital invested in startups is on the rise, though the networking and telecom industries haven’t been big contributors of late.

    Written by Bob Brown16 April 11 05:52
  • EMC/RSA acquires electronic threat detection firm NetWitness

    EMC Corp. today announced it has acquired NetWitness Corp, a security company that makes the NextGen visibility monitoring system to detect electronic threats and malware-based attacks. EMC said NetWitness will operate as part of RSA.

    Written by Ellen Messmer05 April 11 02:43
  • Next iPhone and iPad may be delayed 2 to 3 months

    The expected launch of both the next iPhone and iPad may be delayed by two to three months, according to technology analysts at investments firms. Apple is still sorting out supply chain issues for iPhone 5, says one, and the iPad 2 has run into "production bottlenecks," says the second.

    Written by John Cox23 Feb. 11 03:23
  • SSD array vendor Violin gets $35M in funding

    In a sign of the times for solid-state drive (SSD) popularity, Violin Memory today announced that it has received $35 million in series B investment funding, lead by top investors Toshiba and Juniper Networks.

    Written by Lucas Mearian08 Feb. 11 04:58
  • Three ways to find fresh IT ideas on the cheap

    Discovering IT innovations that you can apply to your business can be a disorganized and frustrating process. The hottest technology may be inappropriate for your business needs. It's time-consuming to identify and validate new technology with limited IT resources. In addition, traditional ways to learn about useful technologies, such as IT conferences and research reports, may not provide enough proven ideas that are good matches for your business needs.

    Written by Rick Swanborg28 Jan. 11 04:19
  • Intel invests $32M in Israeli SSD startup

    Intel's investment division Tuesday announced it has invested $32 million in Israeli start-up Anobit Technologies, whose MLC-flash based solid state drive (SSD) for enterprise data centers emerged from its development stage earlier this year.

    Written by Lucas Mearian17 Nov. 10 09:32
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