enterprise news

App47, a provider of advanced enterprise mobile application management (MAM) services, today announced the completion of its $750,000 second-round funding. Investors include Valhalla Partners, which previously invested $1 million in first-round funding in January 2011, Clarabridge co-founder and CEO Sid Banerjee, Braun Jones, Thermopylae Sciences & Technology president Abraham J.

EMC Corporation today announced that it has acquired privately held XtremIO. Widely regarded as one of the world’s premier Flash storage architecture pioneers, Herzliya, Israel-based XtremIO provides an added dimension as EMC® continues to enhance and broaden its world-leading Flash storage portfolio.

The HP ENVY SpectreXT, HP ENVY Sleekbooks, HP ENVY Ultrabook systems and the HP EliteBook Folio join the HP thin and light portfolio, which also includes the recently introduced and award-winning HP Folio13 and HP ENVY14 Spectre.

OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, and IceWEB Storage Corporation today announced that OCZ's SAS-based Talos 2 SSDs and SATA III-based Deneva 2 SSDs have been selected by IceWEB for inclusion in IceWEB's complete line of unified data storage systems.

OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, will showcase the Company's latest enterprise storage solutions at the Interop 2012 event at the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada May 8 through May 10.

Western Digital today announced it is now shipping the new WD VelociRaptor 1 TB hard drive, the latest addition to its award-winning drive family, the largest capacity 10,000 RPM hard drive on the market today. Designed for high-performance PCs, Mac computers and professional workstations that require a balance of high performance and capacity, the WD VelociRaptor drive is a favorite among enthusiasts and creative professionals.

Yammer, Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Social Networks, today announced it has acquired oneDrum, a UK-based software company that offers file sharing and collaboration solutions for  businesses.

HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced HP Converged Cloud, the industry's first hybrid delivery approach and portfolio based on a common architecture spanning traditional IT, private, managed and public clouds.

Assurance Storage, the leading provider of Storage Software for high performance autonomic tiered storage for data-intensive applications, and Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc. (FFNA), a leader in innovative technology and front-end solutions, today announced the general availability of the newest NuVola Private Cloud Platform Solution Appliance - SAN Velocity powered by Fujitsu, which also utilizes OCZ enterprise class Deneva 2 solid state drives.

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $300 million of Red Hat’s common stock from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.

Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) today announced Adobe® LiveCycle® Enterprise Suite 3 (ES3), a software suite that helps organizations and government agencies extend the value of existing business systems and processes to engage users and constituents with intuitive experiences, streamline internal processes, manage correspondence, and strengthen information and document security.

OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today announced that Colfax International will deploy OCZ Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSDs into Colfax's new lines of enterprise servers based on Intel's recently announced dual socket Sandy Bridge-EP platform. 

Micron Technology, Inc., one of the world's leading providers of NAND Flash and advanced solid-state storage solutions, today announced that it has developed a 2.5-inch enterprise solid-state drive (SSD) based on a PCIe interface. The solution combines a high-performance PCIe interface with a hot-swappable 2.5-inch form factor that creates new options for enterprise server performance scalability and serviceability.

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT”), and Good Technology, the leading provider of secured and managed enterprise mobility for a range of mobile devices, today announced a strategic application partnership to enable the use of the Good for Enterprise™ solution on Windows Phone devices.

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.0 and 5.1.1 have been awarded Common Criteria certification at Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL4+) under the Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification Scheme (CCS).

SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, today extended its enterprise solid state disk drive (SSD) solutions portfolio with the acquisition of FlashSoft, a provider of innovative caching software products. SanDisk intends to sell FlashSoft’s products as standalone software, as well as offer these software products in combination with SanDisk’s growing portfolio of SAS, PCIe and SATA enterprise solutions.

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD today announced that Big Fish Games, the category leader in premium casual games with more than 2500 unique titles and 1.5 billion downloads, is continuing to enhance and expand its cloud gaming research and development initiative at its Cork, Ireland operation.

Black Box Corporation (NASDAQ:BBOX), a leading communications system integrator dedicated to designing, sourcing, implementing and maintaining today’s complex communications solutions, announced today that it has acquired InnerWireless, Inc. (InnerWireless), a privately-held company headquartered in Richardson, TX.

Verizon has expanded its global enterprise network platform, enabling multinational corporations to take advantage of Verizon’s Private IP service in six additional African countries, and Bahrain and Qatar in the Middle East.

International Data Corporation (IDC) has released its predictions for the European software industry and social, big data, and consumerization of IT will all leave their footprint on the industry, which will experience moderate growth of 3.1% in 2012.