Verizon has doubled the capacity of its Fyshwick data center in Canberra. The company now has more than 75,000 square feet of data center floor space in Australia, divided among centers in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. The Fyshwick facility…
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The Xen Project is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project, says the Linux Foundation. The Xen Project is an open source virtualization platform licensed under the GPLv2 with a similar governance structure to the Linux kernel. Designed for cloud computing,…
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Oracle has released PeopleSoft Human Capital Management 9.2, PeopleSoft Financials 9.2, and Supply Chain Management 9.2. PeopleSoft 9.2 includes more than 1,000 new features, functions, and enhancements, says Oracle. As with PeopleSoft 9.1, Oracle plans to continue to deliver new capabilities…
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Verizon is rolling out Networkfleet on the Verizon Wireless network. The Networkfleet solution — part of Hughes Telematics, which Verizon acquired last year – will be combined with Verizon Wireless network and will debut in Verizon’s U.S. service fleet. The Networkfleet…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Mobile marketing solutions company Urban Airship has secured $25 million in funding from August Capital, as well as existing investors Foundry Group, Intel Capital, True Ventures and Verizon. August Capital led the financing with its co-founder John Johnston…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Verizon Communications has appointed Gregory D. Wasson , president and chief executive officer of Walgreen to its board of directors effective March 1. Mr. Wasson will bring Verizon’s total board membership to 13. Mr. Wasson has been Walgreens…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] The worldwide mobile phone market grew 1.9% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12), as strong holiday smartphone sales raised shipments of these devices to levels nearly equal to those of feature phones. According to…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Google and Facebook continued to pump record amounts of money into their lobbying efforts during 2012, with Facebook’s spending soaring 318 percent in the fourth quarter, while Google’s was up 70 percent for the year, says Consumer Watchdog.…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Samsung has launched the ATIV Odyssey, the first Windows Phone from the Samsung stable. The ATIV Odyssey comes with a 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display (800×480) , and is equipped with a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor. The ATIV Odyssey…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Search technology company Q-Sensei has secured new investment funding led by Verizon Ventures, a strategic venture capital subsidiary of Verizon Communications. The new investments include follow-on funding from bm-t beteiligungsmanagement Thüringen, the private equity and venture capital arm of…
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