
NextCloud Launches High-Performance Backup and Disaster Recovery Platform
WALLINGFORD, Conn. and SACRAMENTO, Calif. , July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NextCloud, a state of the art cloud computing service provider, today announced the availability of its NextStore(SM) service which provides high speed, high performance cloud backup for small, medium and large organizations facing the operational and financial challenges of offsite back-up, disaster recovery and business continuity. More...

Shock as Yahoo nabs Google's Marissa Mayer as CEO
Why commentators are surprised is not hard to fathom; Yahoo's business has become synonymous with the word 'struggle', having fired its last CEO, Scott Thompson, in May afterwards a bizarre scandal over his allegedly embellished CV. More...

Comprehensive Study on SIP Trunking Reflects Emerging Enterprise Adoption
Sonus Networks, Inc. , a global leader in SIP communications, today released the results of a global study which quantifies large enterprises deployment status, plans and attitudes about SIP Trunking and, by extension, Session Border Controllers. More...

Microsoft revamps Office
It makes use of cloud computing by storing documents and settings on the Internet by default, and is compatible with touch screens widely used in tablets. More...

Microsoft "delivers again" with Office 2013 says industry
Jason Spooner, director of research for IT solutions firm Intelligence, responded positively to Office 2013's general interface. . More...

Microsoft Windows Office 2013 officially unveiled
With September's expected Windows 8 release date on the horizon, Microsoft has officially unveiled Office 2013 with PC and tablet integration. More...

Maritz Reportedly No Longer CEO of VMware
GigaOm is as well running a story saying VMware, a subsidiary of EMC, is considering spinning out its open source, increasingly cloud-neutral Cloud Foundry Platform-as-a-Service as a separate EMC subsidiary along with EMC's Greenplum Hadoop/Big Data business and the nascent VMware- EMC Infrastructure-as-a-Service joint venture Project Rubicon. More...

CSG International to buy Ascade for $19 million
Telecom Lead America: BSS provider CSG Systems has acquired Ascade, a provider of trading and routing software solutions to telecommunications companies, for roughly $19 million. More...

New Microsoft Office ropes in Skype, Yammer
Updated: As Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and company showed off the latest version of Office Monday, they hit all the right marks — a touch interface, cloud storage, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) integration and social networking tie-ins. More...

Downtown DG on city's meeting plate
The first readings of two ordinances - one to rezone a majority of Block 7 in the Tax Increment Financing District from planned unit development and light industrial use to highway business and another to close portions of an alley in the block - will be considered while Tuesday's regular board meeting at 7 p. More...