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Cloud Gaming Startup Happy Cloud Raises $4.25 Million Series A Round

The Happy Cloud, one of a slew of “cloud gaming” startups trying to bring videogames to new and different platforms, announced Wednesday it had raised a $4.25 million Series A round of venture capital. The round was led by Avalon Ventures and joined by Jesselson Capital and Shaman Ventures. The Happy Cloud has been in stealth mode since it launched in 2011, but claims that users who download games through its partnerships with publishers can start playing them almost instantly while the full game download finishes in the background. The company also announced the appointment of a new CEO, Tamir Buchler.

John Chambers Says Cisco Systems Is “Tough to Beat”

Slow and steady wins the race.
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Cisco’s Q3 Results Beat Street Consensus

Winning in a “slow but steady economic environment,” CEO Chambers says.
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Apptio Lands $45 Million Series E From Janus Capital

Total capital raised $136 million. Could an IPO be next?
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NetSuite Lands Commerce Deal With Williams-Sonoma

Also, NetSuite shares are at an all-time high.
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Google Unifies Free Storage Products

Guess this move wasn’t deemed important enough for the I/O keynote. But for those who carefully meter their free Google storage, life just got a little easier. Google now gives users 15 gigabyte to be split up among Drive, Gmail and Google+ Photos however they like.

SoundCloud Starts Pushing Its Own Native Ads Out of a New York Outpost

Audio is good. Audio plus visual: Better.
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Box to Acquire Web Document Company Crocodoc

Its second acquisition. Maybe more to come?
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NetSuite Acquires Order Management Company OrderMotion

NetSuite, the cloud-based enterprise resource management software company, said today that it has agreed to acquire OrderMotion, a cloud software firm based in Burlington, Mass., that specializes in order management. Financial terms were not disclosed. NetSuite said it will put OrderMotion’s expertise to work to augment its own order-management capabilities. NetSuite shares rose slightly to $89.90 a share by mid-morning Eastern time.

Intel Acquires API Manager Mashery