Cisco kills its business-focused Cius tablet

Cisco plans to effectively kill off its misguided Cius enterprise tablet, the company has announced in a blog post.

“Cisco will no longer invest in the Cisco Cius tablet form factor, and no further enhancements will be made to the …

Huddle raises a huge $24M round for unsexy, wildly profitable enterprise software

Huddle, the startup that’s bringing simple tools for collaboration to huge companies around the world, has just sealed a sweet deal: $24 million in new venture capital.

This is Huddle’s third round of institutional funding. Jafco Ventures led the round, …

Precog launches easy big-data service, pulls in $2M funding (exclusive)

Analyzing big data doesn’t have to be an expensive and drawn out affair. A company called Precog has launched a simple, drop-in app developers can use to collect and analyze vast amounts of data for product features like recommendations, reporting, …

7 ways BYOD will boost your business

If you haven’t already heard of the bring-your-own-device trend, then get ready, because you’re going to be hearing more and more about it over the coming year. What’s more, this trend isn’t just a matter of employees wanting to use …

BYOD and the security fun-sponge

The thinking is this: If your organization relents and lets employees use their own mobile devices for work, then there will be immediate cost savings, with the added benefit that people generally take better care of devices for which they …

Google Docs puts design font and center

Google added a whopping collection of 450 fonts to its online document service Google Docs today — thus freeing your text from years of enslavement by the likes of Arial, Courier New, and the universally reviled Comic Sans.

Well, you …

How IBM’s computers are blocking injuries on the rugby pitch

Rugby is a rough sport but it requires very little protective gear. That’s why one in four players can expect to be injured during a season.

So IBM is helping teams such as the Leicester Tigers in the United Kingdom …