Tag: analytics

  • Apple iPhone Loses Market Share as Smartphone Sales Surge

    Channel Insider Staff

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    LONDON July 22 (Reuters) – Shipments of smartphones leapt 43 percent in the second quarter, with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) losing some share ahead of the launch of the new iPhone 4, communications research firm Strategy Analytics said. Sixty million smartphones — phones with more computer-like capabilities like surfing the Web — were sold in the quarter… Read more

  • Analytics Firm Bought by Twitter

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Twitter has made it clear it wants to add analytics capabilities for its eventual paid accounts, and the microblog took a step in that direction June 10 by snapping up Smallthought Systems. Twitter acquired the startup for Trendly, which Twitter analytics lead Kevin Weil described as a “tool that helps Websites distinguish signal from noise… Read more

  • IBM Targets Oracle-Sun Resellers with ‘Smart Analytics’ Servers

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    IBM on April 7 launched a major push to win over new system integration partners, especially integrators specializing in Oracle databases and Sun Microsystems hardware with the introduction of two new server  models including an x86 Unix System and a System z mainframe scale system. To sweeten its pitch, IBM is planning to spend up… Read more

  • Midmarket CFOs Lack Business Intelligence Tools to Do Their Jobs

    Carolyn April

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    As a direct result of the economic crisis of the last 18 months, chief financial officers at midmarket organizations have greater clout and decision-making power than ever before, and yet a dispiriting majority of them say they lack insight and access to the data they need to be effective. That’s the key finding of a… Read more

  • Dell Crafts Private Cloud Offering, Intros ISV Partner Program

    Jessica Davis

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    Dell is introducing a new Cloud Partner Program that works with ISVs looking to offer customers “easy-to-buy and -deploy cloud solutions and blueprints optimized for Dell platforms.” Dell discussed the program in an announcement about a new specialized cloud computing infrastructure, including a handful of new servers. The Cloud Partner Program’s inaugural ISV partners include… Read more

  • Lotus Project Vulcan Aims to Reduce Information Overload

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    Maybe one of the coolest and most intriguing news stories to come out of Lotusphere last week was IBM’s mysterious-sounding “Project Vulcan.” Introduced  with a demo, a short press release and a quirky surprise appearance by Star Trek veteran and Priceline pitchman William Shatner, Project Vulcan looks a lot like Facebook with a competitive dash… Read more