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Flash Madness: Fusion-io IPOs Thursday, but First Violin Raises $40M

in News on June 7, 2011 at 5:45 am PT

The race by flash memory start-ups to push the technology into the data center has just begun. One, Fusion-io, goes public Thursday. Another, Violin Memory, just raised $40 million in new funding and and may also IPO this year.
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Thousands of Web Sites Hit With New Twist on Old SQL Injection Hack

in Enterprise on April 1, 2011 at 1:10 pm PT

Somebody somewhere has found a new twist on an old method for attacking Web sites. The result is that hundreds of thousands– and perhaps more than a million–Web sites are pointing innocent visitors toward shady sites that offer “security software” for their “infected” PCs. The lesson here? Don’t click on any strange pop-up messages.

Microsoft and HP Show Off the Fruits of Their Partnership

in Enterprise on January 18, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

One year later, it’s time to see what the world’s biggest software company and the world’s biggest IT company could do with $250 million and a year to collaborate on cloud products.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s Full Memo to the Troops About New Reorg

in News on July 23, 2008 at 5:46 pm PT

Here is the full memo Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent out to the troops about the big changes in its organization, including the departure of Platform and Services Division President Kevin Johnson, in which he addresses Apple, Yahoo, Google and more.