Cloudera’s Impala tool binds Hadoop with business intelligence apps

Cloudera's new product, known as "Impala", addresses many of the concerns that potential customers still have about Hadoop, namely that it does not integrate well with traditional business intelligence applications.

Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP

The rumors were true. Five million PHP developers will now be able to design and build mobile apps for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry.

Zend to 5 million PHP developers: We’ll help you build for mobile and cloud

"The biggest changes in technology are how mobile and cloud are converging," says Gutmans. "Our intention is to tackle both of those head-on for our users."

With StorSimple acquisition, Microsoft turns up the heat on Rackspace, Amazon

Microsoft's long-term strategy is to win over the large enterprises that are still using traditional disks before Amazon or Rackspace can get to them.

Attivio nabs $34M to bring all your unstructured data into one place

Attivio, a Boston-based "big data" startup has pulled in $34 million to help customers organize their data -- whether it's sitting pretty in a database or is strewn haphazardly around the enterprise.

Workday breaks the cycle of disappointing IPOs, boosts its price range (updated)

Workday, maker of human resources software, is proof that enterprise companies are immune to the recent strain of disappointing IPO's.

SproutSocial grows revenue 750% as social media bursts out of the marketing department

Most two-year-olds are growing fast. But few are growing as quickly as social media management service SproutSocial, which is riding the wave of social media escaping the marketing department and penetrating the entire enterprise.

Is Polycom’s cloud-based video software really worth $12 billion?

Polycom, maker of video conferencing technologies, today unveiled a new software suite it claims will be worth $12 billion by 2015.

Meg Whitman: HP turnaround will take until 2016 (!)

Everything you need to know about the iconic Silicon Valley company Hewlett Packard you can learn in this chart.

Ngdata raises $2.5M for big data management software (exclusive)

Need help managing Big Data for the enterprise? Just ask Lily.

Lily is the data management platform of Ngdata, a startup that is announcing today that it has raised $2.5 million for its enterprise data management software. The San Francisco …

Exclusive: PHP, the web’s most popular programming language, is coming to mobile

How do you top building the language that's behind a third of the web?

HP’s ElitePad 900 Windows 8 business tablet has accessories galore (gallery)

HP's latest stab at business tablets isn't afraid to accessorize.

Roundtable: The first ladies of Box bring style and smarts to the enterprise

Four senior female Box executives gathered one Wednesday afternoon for a frank discussion about the company's growth, taking leadership positions in a male-dominated industry, and the enterprise startups that are spurring the innovation of the next decade.

Precog publicly launches, promises to be the Twilio of ‘big data’ analytics

For businesses, building 'big data' capabilities is far easier said than done. Precog wants to change that by making it easier for companies to ask questions about their data.

Headed to Dreamforce? Here are your top talking points

Whether you're planning to attend or are simply curious, here's what to expect at Dreamforce 2012 in San Francisco.