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Forrester Names 7 Hybrid File Sharing Leaders
Enterprise file sync and share isn't going anywhere. Once viewed primarily as a consumer tool, the software has gained acceptance in the workplace to the point where Forrester analyst Cheryl McKinnon calls it "firmly entrenched in the enterprise." Shortly after their report looking at the top cloud file sharing vendors, McKinnon and her Forrester
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IBM Strengthens Cloud Offering with VMware #IBMInterConnect
IBM and VMware are teaming up to enable enterprise customers to extend their existing workloads from on-premises software-defined data centers to the cloud. IBM announced the news yesterday at its InterConnect 2016 conference in Las Vegas. IBM customers can now leverage VMware’s technologies with IBM’s 45 cloud data centers worldwide.
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How VMware Plans to Own the Digital Workplace
Some of us can’t even remember when we last saw someone with two phones, one for the job and the other for everything else. But it turns out that there are a significant number of employers and employees who still feel queasy about bring your own device (BYOD) policies.
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Discussion Point: Who’s in Charge of Integration?
The hardest technological goal to achieve in any IT-oriented organization is integration between disparate technologies. Is there any way to get it done for you?
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VMware Makes a Play for the Digital Enterprise
VMware has struggled lately under the weight of falling share prices and the uncertainty of its future amid the sale of its parent company. But VMware executives have more on their mind today than the price of stock or the sale of EMC to Dell. Today VMware CEO Pat
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How Will EMC's Once Pivotal Ambitions Play Out?
It was less than three years ago that EMC and VMware spinoff, Pivotal, officially became a business. The New York Times ran an article at the time calling it a “well-financed competitor to Amazon Web Services.
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What Google Got With the Bebop Buy
It wasn’t until Google became Alphabet that we got a glimpse about how serious Google was about the enterprise. Sure Google Docs was — and is — a hit at some companies, and Google Drive is home to a lot of personal and business files.
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How Will Michael Dell Unravel EMC’s Tangled Web?
Now that the “go shop” period for the EMC-Dell deal is over, it’s time to figure out how all the pieces fit together. Michael Dell, CEO of the company that bears his name, seems to have his side of the street under control.
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Does VMware's Quest for the Cloud Jeopardize the EMC, Dell Deal?
Michael Dell and Joe Tucci were probably expecting to have celebratory Thanksgiving dinners. Having orchestrated what some are calling the largest (and probably most complicated) tech deal in history, a gratitude-filled, bountiful feast would seem in order.
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Amazon and Microsoft Have Someone to Worry About
If the cloud chiefs at Amazon and Microsoft thought that they only had each other to watch out for, they best think again. And no, we’re not suggesting that they turn their heads to see what SAP’s platform solutions president Steve Lucas is up to, what IBM CEO Ginni Rommety
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It’s Tough to Sleep at #VMworld Europe
In hindsight, there were good reasons for VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger to be a bit nervous at VMworld in San Francisco last summer. He, EMC CEO Joe Tucci and Dell CEO Michael Dell had already been talking about the potential Dell /EMC acquisition for three months.
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What's Behind the EMC and Dell Rumors
Desperate times call for desperate measures …. EMC's Chairman and CEO Joe Tucci and his board are probably feeling the strain. They are under intense pressure to do something before activist investor Elliott Management plays its hand. The hedge fund which owns around two percent of EMC’s shares wants
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EMC Gets a Little More Time to Respond to Elliott’s Demands
Activist investor Elliott Management could be losing what’s left of its patience when it comes to EMC. It’s not happy with the storage giant’s performance and wants it to loosen its grip on VMware, of which it owns 80 percent. Elliott believes VMware would generate better returns for investors if
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AirWatch Aims to Help IT Straddle a Fine Mobility Line
If you thought big data was hot in the enterprise, mobility may be even hotter. After all, who among us hasn’t done work from our mobile phones, tablets, watches … you name it. But mobility isn’t about a single device.
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