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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. March 2010: Apotheker says he wants to transform HP from a hardware producer to a software and services provider. November 2012: HP takes an $8.8 billion or $11.7

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A VMworld 2012 Wrap-Up

Scott Lowe

Now that a week or so has passed, I thought I’d post a quick “link review” of VMworld 2012. Here are some links: Rick Scherer: VMworld 2012 San Francisco – Live Blogging. Here are some links: Rick Scherer: VMworld 2012 San Francisco – Live Blogging. Scott Lowe: VMworld 2012 Keynote, Day 1.

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Fountainhead: Predictions: What You WON'T See in IT For 2012

Fountainhead

Predictions: What You WONT See in IT For 2012. While everyone is jumping in with 2012 predictions (Tis the season) I want to impress on everyone that a dose of sobriety is in order. At any rate, I wanted to highlight things I believe we wont see happen in 2012. Fountainhead. Thursday, December 15, 2011.

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IDF 2012 Keynote, Day 1

Scott Lowe

This is a liveblog of the day 1 keynote at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2012 at Moscone West in San Francisco, CA. Tomorrow’s keynote will focus on security, and Thursday’s keynote is about connecting to the future. However, it’s not just about hardware–it’s also about the software.

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Tech Moves: Former AMD named Kymeta CEO; GitHub exec joins Twilio; DocuSign security vet joins Proof; Fred Hutch adds VP

GeekWire

He was previously CEO of Synaptics, a hardware and software giant also based in Silicon Valley. Kymeta, which was founded in 2012 with backing from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates , makes use of an innovative type of technology called metamaterials to build antennas that can be steered by software, without moving parts. based company.

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More on OnLive: New Cloud Solution Delivers Secure Cross-Platform Deployment for Graphics Intensive Applications

CTOvision

NEW ONLIVE CLOUD SOLUTION DELIVERS SECURE CROSS-PLATFORM DEPLOYMENT FOR GRAPHICS INTENSIVE APPLICATIONS. OnLive CloudLift Enterprise solves these problems for any sector by securely streaming applications from either a private on-premises data center, or OnLive’s fully managed, hosted cloud, to the full range of users’ devices.

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Want to tackle technical debt? Sell it as business risk

CIO Business Intelligence

A recent example is Windows Server 2012, which was sunsetted by Microsoft in October 2023. Windows Server 2012 is not alone. Despite this sunsetting, companies still run the platform, primarily because they want to defer investing or can’t afford to invest in the upgrade. that don’t mean much to key financial decision-makers.

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