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• Upping The Big Data Ante: HP Creates Converged Systems Unit
  12:38 PM EST Mon. Apr. 29, 2013
  The new HP unit brings together a variety of resources to deliver big data 'converged application appliances,' including systems based on Apache Hadoop, HP Vertica, SAP HANA and HP Cloud System.
• 10 Hot Tech Startups For April
  12:00 PM EST Mon. Apr. 29, 2013
  From predictive analytics to cloud and mobile application performance management to "big data" storage for SMBs, there's no shortage of startups with innovative technologies this month.
• 5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
  10:10 AM EST Fri. Apr. 26, 2013
  For the week ending April 26, CRN looks at five companies that brought their 'A' game and made moves to beat out competitors.
• Revolution Analytics Sees Big Data Solutions Moving Into SMB Arena
  6:10 PM EST Wed. Apr. 24, 2013
  Company's new Revolution R Enterprise 6.2 edition offers new capabilities for handling huge volumes of data.
• Apple Schedules WWDC 2013 For June 10, Is iOS 7 Attending?
  10:23 AM EST Wed. Apr. 24, 2013
  This year's Worldwide Developer Conference could be the official unveiling of iOS 7, as Apple first introduced the current iOS 6 mobile OS at last year's event.
• IBM's UrbanCode Buy Gives Boost To ISVs, Cloud Service Providers
  10:26 AM EST Tue. Apr. 23, 2013
  Today it's all about delivering software faster and more cheaply, says IBM, and UrbanCode's technology is key to helping partners meet that demand.
• Big Data Buy: Pentaho Picks Up Development Partner Webdetails
  2:25 PM EST Mon. Apr. 22, 2013
  With the addition of Webdetails technology, Pentaho partners see opportunity to acquire a broader business analytics system.
• Follow The Money: 21 Big Data Startups That Have Scored Big In Venture Funding This Year
  4:00 PM EST Thu. Apr. 18, 2013
  Dot.Com Redux? There's been a free flow of millions of dollars in venture capital to "big data" startups recently. Here's 21 that have scored big since the start of the year.
• Intel Boosts Software, Services Play With Mashery Acquisition
  3:14 PM EST Thu. Apr. 18, 2013
  Mashery, an API management startup based in San Francisco, will report to Intel's Software and Services Group.
• The Best Productivity Apps, Part 2 (Video)
  10:40 AM EST Wed. Apr. 17, 2013
  Looking for smart writing tools? A hyperlocalized weather forecast? Or an app to help you with your expense reports? The CRN Test Center has you covered.
• Partners On Microsoft Azure: Success Hinges On Channel Engagement, Technology Keeping Pace
  6:49 PM EST Tue. Apr. 16, 2013
  Partners want to see Microsoft invest in the channel to help them sell the new Windows Azure Infrastructure Services.
• Microsoft Azure Cloud Service Challenges Amazon On Price, Reliability
  1:06 PM EST Tue. Apr. 16, 2013
  Channel partners see cost benefits and uptime service-level agreements as a competitive advantage they can offer their customers.
• Netflix Yells 'Cut' On Using Microsoft Silverlight For Development
  9:57 AM EST Tue. Apr. 16, 2013
  Netflix will accelerate the transition to HTML5, despite Microsoft's promise to support Silverlight through 2021.
• JBoss Data Grid 6.1: High Availability, Faster Recovery
  3:10 PM EST Fri. Apr. 12, 2013
  Red Hat adds data-center replication to its in-memory database.
• Facebook Unveils 'Home' Software For Android Phones
  4:00 PM EST Thu. Apr. 04, 2013
  It's not a "Facebook Phone" but a new software product that will sit on top of Android's lock and home screens and more deeply integrate Facebook into the mobile device.
• 5 Signs Enterprise Software Security Is Improving
  12:00 PM EST Wed. Apr. 03, 2013
  Application security improvements and built-in antimalware defenses are forcing cybercriminals to find softer targets.
• Red Hat Taps Ex-Microsoftie To Lead OpenStack, Virtualization Efforts
  6:02 PM EST Tue. Apr. 02, 2013
  Red Hat names former Microsoft Azure exec to lead its global virtualization infrastructure business, as well as its increasingly close work with the OpenStack community.
• BlackBerry Ships 1 Million Z10s But Subscriber Base Declines
  3:32 PM EST Thu. Mar. 28, 2013
  BlackBerry's Z10 numbers are looking up, but the smartphone company is still leaking subscribers.
• BlackBerry 10 App Numbers Growing, Android Ports Falling
  4:43 PM EST Wed. Mar. 27, 2013
  BlackBerry now has more than 100,000 applications for its BlackBerry 10 OS, and fewer and fewer of them are Android ports.
• Microsoft Nabs Oracle's Althoff To Lead Sales, Marketing
  3:18 PM EST Tue. Mar. 26, 2013
  Microsoft -- in what one analyst calls 'a coup' -- hires respected Oracle channel chief Judson Althoff and appoints him to lead North America sales and marketing.
• Interneer Adds Mobile Capabilities To Its BPM Toolset
  11:00 AM EST Tue. Mar. 26, 2013
  Move allows businesses and solution providers to develop workflow applications that can be extended to iPad tablets, with support for other devices on the way.
• Oracle Continues Telecom Shopping Spree With Tekelec Buy
  10:00 AM EST Tue. Mar. 26, 2013
  Oracle adds another piece to its telecommunications software portfolio by acquiring Tekelec, a vendor of software that helps carriers keep track of growing data and devices.
• Tableau Expands Mobile, Web Capabilities Of Its Data Visualization App
  4:09 PM EST Thu. Mar. 21, 2013
  Tableau 8.0 also offers additional data connectivity capabilities, adding Google Analytics, Google Big Query and Saleforce.com to the list of supported applications.
• Software Piracy Protections Need Rebooting, Study Finds
  1:33 PM EST Thu. Mar. 21, 2013
  Software makers need to bake security, flexible licensing and other features into software to realize lost revenue, according to a new study.
• Oracle Misses Big In Q3 As Software, Hardware Revenue Drops
  8:13 PM EST Wed. Mar. 20, 2013
  Oracle's third quarter results missed Wall Street's expectations -- as well as its own -- but company executives insist that better days are just around the corner.