Want to fix the voting process? It’s time to use the cloud

November 6, 2012 4:00 AM Terry Cunningham

Guest Post Cloud-based voting is super efficient, cheap, and secure. So why aren't we using it yet?

Jive buys Meetings.io & Producteev to bolster social business apps

November 5, 2012 2:15 PM Sean Ludwig

Enterprise social networking business Jive Software has acquired social startups Meetings.io and Producteev, the company announced today along with its third-quarter earnings report.

Newvem unveils first-ever iPhone app for managing Amazon cloud services

November 5, 2012 11:36 AM John Koetsier

John Koetsier

Cloud Smart Meter shows IT managers, CIOs, and developers what they're using, how much they're spending, and what's currently not working -- or might be about to go down.

Two days left to win an all-expense paid trip to meet George Takei and Walter Koenig at the Star Trek convention in S.F.!

November 5, 2012 10:36 AM VentureBeat Staff

Calling all web app developers: VentureBeat and New Relic are giving away two full passes (including travel and accommodations) to Creation Entertainment's Official Star Trek Convention in San Francisco, Nov. 16-18!

Kim Dotcom now a bandwidth mogul, wants to build undersea broadband pipe to Los Angeles

November 5, 2012 9:49 AM John Koetsier

John Koetsier

Fresh off rebranding his defunct MegaUpload service as a sparkling new file-sharing service called Me.ga -- yes that's Mega, but it's also ME dot GA -- Dotcom now wants to help build a new fat pipe to online content in the U.S.

How Gawker bounced back after Sandy — and why it’s better than ever (for now)

November 3, 2012 9:36 AM Sean Ludwig

Sean Ludwig

After having its data center taken out by Hurricane Sandy, Gawker's network of sites decided to invade Tumblr to continue posting its engaging, irreverent content.

5 ways to profit from your cloud

November 2, 2012 3:14 PM Zev Laderman

When companies really know how to take advantage of cloud computing to increase profit and margin, they have the opportunity to achieve real cloud “nirvana.”

How The Weather Company survived a 1,000% traffic spike during Hurricane Sandy

November 2, 2012 2:08 PM John Koetsier

John Koetsier

On Monday, the company was serving 110 gigabytes of data per second, almost without a hiccup, not counting the livestreams -- 170 thousand simultaneous streams of live video, pushed out over the Internet.

Now streaming for Windows 8: 1,000 games from Agawi’s GameZen

November 1, 2012 11:57 AM Jeffrey Grubb

Jeffrey Grubb

Windows 8's app store just got a boost to its video game offerings thanks to cloud-gaming company Agawi's new GameZen streaming application.

The Holy Grail: How to develop seamlessly in the cloud

October 31, 2012 4:14 PM Jay Simons

Guest Post

This article is written by Jay Simons, president of enterprise software company Atlassian. He will be speaking at our CloudBeat conference later this month.

In the wild kingdom of cloud computing, there are still a few mountains to summit. Development …

Google makes it simple to share files from Drive to Google+

October 31, 2012 1:05 PM Sean Ludwig

Sean Ludwig

Google has taken its integrations one step further and made it incredibly easy to share files from Google Drive to Google+.

Microsoft wins 25,000-employee Office 365 contract with the EPA

October 31, 2012 11:38 AM John Koetsier

John Koetsier

Lockheed Martin stirs up images of fighter jets, high-tech stealth warships, and missile defense systems. Turns out it also does boring old IT management services.

Microsoft releases Team Foundation Service, a project, source, and build management tool for developers

October 31, 2012 10:42 AM John Koetsier

John Koetsier

And, it's free for teams up to five -- or those with a MSDN subscription.

LocBox pulls in $5.1M to put the nail in the daily deals coffin

October 31, 2012 10:11 AM Christina Farr

Christina Farr

LocBox wants to be the alternative to Groupon, Living Social and the host of flash sales sites, and has raised over $5 million in its quest to win over small businesses.

Microsoft demos simple cloud-enabling of mobile apps with Azure Mobile Services

October 31, 2012 9:50 AM John Koetsier

John Koetsier

Looking to cloud-enable your mobile app? Looks like Microsoft can help make that a lot easier.

Bitrix24 bets $2.4 million on social intranet for startups

October 31, 2012 9:30 AM -

Sponsored Post Bitrix24 has announced that it will allocate $2.4 million in to popularize social intranet among startups. "We are giving one thousand startups a free social intranet for one year"