ClearStory Data bags $9M to replace the traditional dashboard

ClearStory, the much-hyped data analytics startup, has pulled in $9 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures.

HootSuite adds 5 more power tools to manage blogs, videos … and Pinterest

This morning HootSuite users will find five more apps in the social media power tool's app directory: Vimeo, Wordpress.org, Via.me, Reachli, and Scripted.

Red-hot mobile security startup Zenprise gets snapped up by Citrix

Zenprise has been acquired by Citrix, which may come as a surprise to Silicon Valley insiders who expected an initial public offering from the red-hot mobile security startup.

At Discover, HP takes the beta sticker off its public cloud

Software giant Hewlett-Packard has announced the general availability of its Open Stack-powered public cloud service.

Modernizing Medicine gets $12M to push physicians into the digital age

Modernizing Medicine, the South Florida-based company known for its electronic medical record (EMR) application for the iPad, has raised $12 in funding.

Enterprise gamification goes big as Badgeville teams up with Capgemini

Gamification started out small, but it has made a lot of progress as bigger companies adopt and promote it.

Office 2013 now available for businesses, but regular folks get it next year

Microsoft Office 2013 is now available for purchase by business customers, but regular users will have to wait until the first quarter of 2013 to get their hands on a copy.

Smartsheet gets $26M to keep enterprise workflow under control

Enterprise collaboration platform Smartsheets raises $26 million to reimagine the spreadsheet.

Highly-paid, well-educated, and employed people use Twitter for constant, background job hunting (Jobvite poll)

A company's best, most educated, and highest-paid staff are continually trolling on Twitter for a better job. They're not actively looking for a new job, just keeping an ear to the ground in case one comes up.

Accounting software company Xero zeros in on QuickBooks with $67M

Online accounting software company Xero raises $67 million from venture capitalists, shareholders to take on QuickBooks' US dominance.

The cloud ate my data! Health entrepreneurs say vendors should be liable

At CloudBeat, the healthcare panel kicked off with a harrowing statistic. The vast majority of breast cancer sufferers will not benefit from chemotherapy. And yet, most patients today receive this highly invasive treatment.

According to genetics expert Ken Stineman, over …

TranscribeMe calls upon international workforce of scribes and software [exclusive]

TranscribeME has raised $900K for its unique approach to transcription that combines software and crowd-sourcing.

SAP bets big on HANA, its ‘billion dollar’ big data solution

Business software behemoth SAP is betting big on a next generation in-memory database known as "HANA."

With $141M Cariden buy-up, Cisco’s acquisition spree continues

Cisco will pay approximately $141 million in cash for California-based company Cariden, a network traffic-management software maker.

With $30M in funding, Acquia edges closer to an IPO

Acquia, the company that dresses up Drupal for enterprise customers, has closed a $30 million round of funding.

Billionaire Ted Leonsis: How FedBid is going to save governments and companies 10-12% on almost everything they buy

FedBid promises to save the government and every mid-size to large company 10-12 percent on almost everything they buy. Here's how.

Cloud entrepreneurs: customers don’t want to be ‘milked like a cow’

Who would have thought that a full-on debate would erupt with such a simple question, "What is open cloud?"

Big data’s dirty secret: Companies are storing data but don’t know what to do with it!

On stage at CloudBeat, Sequoia's Bill Coughran said he had spoken with dozens of companies that had collected unstructured data (texts, emails, reports, and so on) but had no idea about what to do with it once it was stored.