Netsuite Turns Commerce Into a Cloud Service

To the growing list of things that can be sold “as-a-service” you can now add commerce. And create a new acronym: CaaS.
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SilkRoad, Another HR Software Service in the Cloud, Lands $35 Million

Can the market support another cloud-based HR software provider? SilkRoad investors certainly think so.
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Twilio Taps Say Media Vet Kirkpatrick as CFO

Global expansion means it’s time to get serious about managing the finances. But first? Build a Twilio app.
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Exclusive: Workday Picks Its Bankers for a Fall 2012 IPO

Having started a search for bankers in December, Workday has settled on four who will take it through the IPO process, starting with an S-1 filing expected in mid-July.
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EMC Joins the Flash Madness Club by Acquiring Israel’s XtremIO

EMC’s latest acquisition is a would-be rival to Violin Memory and Pure Storage. Also: Watch Fusion-IO shares today.
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Five Questions for Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers

Leaner and meaner isn’t always enough. After a company-wide restructuring, growing profits is proving tougher than Cisco CEO John Chambers expected. You know, it don’t come easy.
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Samsung Buys a Spot in the Clouds

Samsung announced today it would acquire Palo Alto, Calif.-based mSpot, a mobile cloud-based content service provider. The acquisition, according to the release, “will provide a cloud-based entertainment experience of music, video and radio services for users of Samsung devices.” Price and closing date were not disclosed.

Cisco Posts Results In Line With Street Expectations

Investors don’t like it one bit.
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Start-Up Domo Goes 100 Percent More Social Starting Today

Business intelligence start-up Domo Technologies is today requiring all of its employees to boost their involvement on social media platforms as part of a huge eight-week case study.
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Silicon Valley Pioneer Kurtzig’s New Venture: “Her Timing Is Perfect”

Last August, Sandra Kurtzig — one of Silicon Valley’s first female chief executives and the first one to take a technology company public — emerged from retirement with $10.5 million in funding and a new start-up: Kenandy, a company based in Redwood City, Calif., whose software is designed to manage manufacturing processes from the cloud.