MeritShare finds a way to gamifiy employee recognition (exclusive)

MeritShare's rewards give employees public recognition for their achievements.

With BroadHop buy-up, Cisco expands its policy portfolio

Cisco Systems announced on its blog today that it will acquire Denver-based BroadHop for an undisclosed sum. The technology will be used to shape mobile data traffic and will be folded into Cisco's service provider networking group.

Plex Systems gets $30M from Accel to push manufacturing into the cloud

Plex Systems, the cloud-based planning and management tool for manufacturers, has received significant strategic investment from Silicon Valley firm, Accel Partners.

Palm founders are back with Grok, a neuroscience-inspired big data engine

Jeff Hawkins reveals his latest invention, a "big data" product called Grok, which stems from years of neuroscience research.

When big data is a big waste … and PowerPoint kills productivity more than a martini at lunch

Business analytics app maker Roambi surveyed its customers recently to find what works and what doesn’t work in business data, analytics … and office life.

Apparently, meetings and PowerPoint slides kill more productivity than an alcoholic lunch. And, more than …

Exablox gets $22M to tackle your multi-terabyte storage problem

Exablox, a stealthy startup that specializes in storing businesses’ noisy and scattered data has raised $22 million in funding. "Nearly every company has a multi-terabyte storage problem," said Doug Brockett, the company's CEO in an interview.

Mc10 nabs $10M to build invisible electronics that monitor your health

Mc10 has raised a funding round to develop its line of wearable electronics that are light and flexible enough to conform to the human body.

UberConference launches iOS & Android apps to help you conference better on the go

Inventive conference call service UberConference has launched new apps for iOS and Android, a move that will make conference call experiences better even if you’re a highly mobile worker.

How Intuit plans to help Main Street fight big business with ‘big data’

Intuit is turning vast volumes of data about small business finances into tools to help its customers save time and money.

Tylr Mobile nabs $500K from Citrix Accelerator, Alchemist and more (exclusive)

Tylr Mobile, a startup in stealth mode that is building a better way for business users to work on a smartphone or tablet device, has been selected by two accelerators, and has received investment from private individuals at companies like SAP, Salesforce.com and Oracle.

VMware competitor CloudVelocity gets $5M to migrate apps to public clouds

Silicon Valley-based CloudVelocity has emerged from stealth mode with $5 million in investment, and a technology that aims to remove the barriers of adoption to public clouds.