Hewlett Packard Co is buying privately held storage software maker IBRIX as it looks to catch up with IBM and EMC Corp in the $20 billion market for corporate data storage equipment. HP did not disclose terms of the transaction, which was announced on Friday.
The move gives HP control of a technology that companies use to quickly access large quantities of data for important business applications. IBRIX has about 175 customers, including Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios, Caterpillar Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co.
The small acquisition -- IBRIX has 53 employees -- comes as merger activity heats up in the storage industry, which analysts expect to grow faster than the rest of the tech industry.
EMC won a bidding war against NetApp Inc for specialty storage equipment maker Data Domain Inc this month. Broadcom Corp offered to buy storage networking equipment maker Emulex Corp but was rejected.
IBRIX's biggest resellers include EMC and Dell Inc. An HP spokesman declined to say how HP would handle these relationships after the close of the acquisition.
HP is the third-largest provider of external disk storage equipment after market leader EMC and No. 2 player IBM. Dell is fourth.
HP hired former EMC executive David Donatelli in May to spearhead efforts to expand its storage business. That plan hit a snag after EMC persuaded judges in Massachusetts and California to temporarily bar him from managing HP's storage division, citing a non-compete clause in his contract.
July 19, 2009
Its 'Live Music' on Facebook
The scene: a shop selling musical instruments, Characters: An electric guitar called Riff; Vanessa, a classical violin; a drum kit called Sticks and keyboards, Keys, The storyline: Riff falls in love with Vanessa, the "violin of his dreams" in a rock version of Romeo and Juliet.
Interesting isn't it?.....its all from Facebook, the most popular social networking site
The five-minute animated film Live Music has been created by a team of 51 people from around the world who responded to an invitation through the Facebook.
It represents the most ambitious attempt yet to apply the interactive model of Wikipedia, otherwise known as "crowd-sourcing" to the animated film world.
More than 50,000 people from 101 countries signed up for the project to create the five-minute film called Live Music. They voted for their favourite drawings, whittling the pool of artists down to the successful 51 who each won $500 (£304).
Live Music was the brainchild of Yair Landau, who as a former head of Sony's digital pictures division steered into being such mainstream films as Surf's Up and Monster House.
He came up with the idea to see if he could apply the 'crowd-sourcing' model used by Wikipedia to animation and then invited people to join his Facebook page, called Mass Animation, to collaborate on the project.
Guardian quoted, Yair Landau, former head of Sony's digital pictures as saying, " A clearly less professional product than you would get from animators who have been in the industry for years. But it's a start and an indication of what can be done, "
He said the participants had enriched the story. For instance, an animator from the UK added her own touch of having two cymbals kiss each other in mockery of the guitar and violin's love.
Live Music would be released in November to run in cinemas as a short film before Sony's animated feature film Planet 51.
Interesting isn't it?.....its all from Facebook, the most popular social networking site
The five-minute animated film Live Music has been created by a team of 51 people from around the world who responded to an invitation through the Facebook.
It represents the most ambitious attempt yet to apply the interactive model of Wikipedia, otherwise known as "crowd-sourcing" to the animated film world.
More than 50,000 people from 101 countries signed up for the project to create the five-minute film called Live Music. They voted for their favourite drawings, whittling the pool of artists down to the successful 51 who each won $500 (£304).
Live Music was the brainchild of Yair Landau, who as a former head of Sony's digital pictures division steered into being such mainstream films as Surf's Up and Monster House.
He came up with the idea to see if he could apply the 'crowd-sourcing' model used by Wikipedia to animation and then invited people to join his Facebook page, called Mass Animation, to collaborate on the project.
Guardian quoted, Yair Landau, former head of Sony's digital pictures as saying, " A clearly less professional product than you would get from animators who have been in the industry for years. But it's a start and an indication of what can be done, "
He said the participants had enriched the story. For instance, an animator from the UK added her own touch of having two cymbals kiss each other in mockery of the guitar and violin's love.
Live Music would be released in November to run in cinemas as a short film before Sony's animated feature film Planet 51.
July 17, 2009
TV remote can double up as phone
Your children could soon be using the TV remote to make line-of-sight phone calls if MyWay, the Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) company, manages to get it right.
"We are working on developing a Bluetooth-enabled remote, with a headphone and mike on either end that can be used for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls routed through the Set Top Box," said Kapil Dev Kumar, CEO, My Way.
In some months, MyWay consumers will be able to talk to one another and to anyone with an Internet-enabled device through VoIP services on the lines of Skype.
The 2-in-1 gadget is just one of the attractions that the IPTV service provider has lined up. It also plans to offer remote storage of 200 hours of television programmes for a one time charge of Rs 2,000-3,000 soon.
E-commerce potential
The platform which allows the viewer to send back messages has the potential for e-commerce through TV. At the launch of its IPTV service in January, Airtel had spoken of booking movie tickets and ordering pizzas.
MyWay's advertisement calls for pensioning off competing TV delivery platform and Direct to Home, but IPTV faces its own challenges.
Industry experts say global IPTV numbers are unimpressive. The cost of extending the fibre-optic network to homes becomes viable only in highly dense cities such as Singapore and Hongkong. In India, an independent network operator has to guard his line from the cable operator whose terrain he steps into.
MyWay has the advantage of partnering PSU Internet service providers BSNL and MTNL (for the latter it has access only to the Delhi market) with whom it shares revenue. With an investment of Rs 150 crore planned for the year, it hopes to add 3,000 customers monthly soon to reach 2.5-3 million subscribers over the next few years.
According to the latest TRAI figures, IPTV services earned only Rs 1.14 crore in the last financial year. Compared to 13 million DTH subscribers as of March 2009, broadband had only 6.2 million. "But that is growing at two million a month. And we are working out the financials of offering the service to the non-broadband, wireline subscribers of our ISP partners too," said Dev.
MyWay will be available in Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Pune soon. "Despite the fact that we still don't have Sun Network's channels, the pick-up in the southern cities such as Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore has been very good," said Dev.
"We are working on developing a Bluetooth-enabled remote, with a headphone and mike on either end that can be used for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls routed through the Set Top Box," said Kapil Dev Kumar, CEO, My Way.
In some months, MyWay consumers will be able to talk to one another and to anyone with an Internet-enabled device through VoIP services on the lines of Skype.
The 2-in-1 gadget is just one of the attractions that the IPTV service provider has lined up. It also plans to offer remote storage of 200 hours of television programmes for a one time charge of Rs 2,000-3,000 soon.
E-commerce potential
The platform which allows the viewer to send back messages has the potential for e-commerce through TV. At the launch of its IPTV service in January, Airtel had spoken of booking movie tickets and ordering pizzas.
MyWay's advertisement calls for pensioning off competing TV delivery platform and Direct to Home, but IPTV faces its own challenges.
Industry experts say global IPTV numbers are unimpressive. The cost of extending the fibre-optic network to homes becomes viable only in highly dense cities such as Singapore and Hongkong. In India, an independent network operator has to guard his line from the cable operator whose terrain he steps into.
MyWay has the advantage of partnering PSU Internet service providers BSNL and MTNL (for the latter it has access only to the Delhi market) with whom it shares revenue. With an investment of Rs 150 crore planned for the year, it hopes to add 3,000 customers monthly soon to reach 2.5-3 million subscribers over the next few years.
According to the latest TRAI figures, IPTV services earned only Rs 1.14 crore in the last financial year. Compared to 13 million DTH subscribers as of March 2009, broadband had only 6.2 million. "But that is growing at two million a month. And we are working out the financials of offering the service to the non-broadband, wireline subscribers of our ISP partners too," said Dev.
MyWay will be available in Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Pune soon. "Despite the fact that we still don't have Sun Network's channels, the pick-up in the southern cities such as Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore has been very good," said Dev.
Toshiba unveils Satellite M500 notebook
Toshiba India Pvt. Ltd announced the launch of its latest Premier Series Satellite M500 notebook, designed to meet the performance requirements of entertainment enthusiasts.
Featuring in a premier black colour chassis with Champagne Gold Patterns, the LCD cover of the Satellite M500 comes with a Toshiba Fusion Finish based on IMR (In-Mould Rolling) technology with a Sonic Boom AERO design.
The Satellite M500 offers an edge-to-edge display (Flush Screen) with a glass mask, while rims and hinges are made of chrome further improving the elegant looks. The keyboard with flat keys in matt black finish transforms the Satellite M500 into an elegant multimedia powerhouse. Powered by Intel Core2 Duo Processors and 3GB system memory and also comes with HD web camera that records videos in wide format.
With this new offering, consumers can truly enjoy casual gaming, and watch movies at home or while on the go. The multimedia machine features a 14" high definition LED backlight display with Clear SuperView Technology, and a true widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio that offers a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and a luminance of 260 NITs.
The notebook comes at Rs.53,490
Featuring in a premier black colour chassis with Champagne Gold Patterns, the LCD cover of the Satellite M500 comes with a Toshiba Fusion Finish based on IMR (In-Mould Rolling) technology with a Sonic Boom AERO design.
The Satellite M500 offers an edge-to-edge display (Flush Screen) with a glass mask, while rims and hinges are made of chrome further improving the elegant looks. The keyboard with flat keys in matt black finish transforms the Satellite M500 into an elegant multimedia powerhouse. Powered by Intel Core2 Duo Processors and 3GB system memory and also comes with HD web camera that records videos in wide format.
With this new offering, consumers can truly enjoy casual gaming, and watch movies at home or while on the go. The multimedia machine features a 14" high definition LED backlight display with Clear SuperView Technology, and a true widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio that offers a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and a luminance of 260 NITs.
The notebook comes at Rs.53,490
Nokia 'Comes with Music' to India
Handset maker Nokia, recently announced its plans to launch a music services in India by the end of this year. As per media reports Nokia has begun testing the services in the country.
When launched, Nokia 'Comes with Music' service would offer consumers unlimited music downloads for a year from the Nokia Music Store - which is expected to be formally launched soon.
With the Nokia Music Store, users would be able to browse, download, and sync music to their computer or directly on to the mobile device.
The music content would be offered in form of vouchers to customers purchasing Nokia products. Users would also have the option to download content over Internet subsequently.
Currently, Nokia is testing the service, which was announced a few months back, in a closed group; they plan to make the service live for the Indian masses in the second half of 2009.
Nokia said on its India music store site that its service uses Microsoft DRM (digital rights management) technology.
When launched, Nokia 'Comes with Music' service would offer consumers unlimited music downloads for a year from the Nokia Music Store - which is expected to be formally launched soon.
With the Nokia Music Store, users would be able to browse, download, and sync music to their computer or directly on to the mobile device.
The music content would be offered in form of vouchers to customers purchasing Nokia products. Users would also have the option to download content over Internet subsequently.
Currently, Nokia is testing the service, which was announced a few months back, in a closed group; they plan to make the service live for the Indian masses in the second half of 2009.
Nokia said on its India music store site that its service uses Microsoft DRM (digital rights management) technology.
July 11, 2009
Microsoft Released Silverlight 3
Microsoft rolled out the next version of its competitor to Adobe Flash, Silverlight 3, today. The latest version of Silverlight comes with many features and improvements including clear type for both Windows and Mac, integration with a browser’s forward and back button, ability to work offline and hardware acceleration.
Silverlight 3 helps rich Internet application (RIA) developers work faster with new graphics, animation and 3-D features, and more than 60 controls.
Finally, Silverlight 3 enables developers to create lightweight Web application experiences that can exist outside the browser. This enables Web sites to deliver more persistent relationships with their customers.
It can be recalled that Microsoft had released the first version of Silverlight technology back in 2007 and later upgraded to the version 2 in 2008.
The Microsoft Silverlight 3 software development kit that provides libraries and tools for developing Silverlight applications is also available to download.
Download Silverlight Player
Download Silverlight 3 SDK
July 5, 2009
Nokia S40 theme maker with Crack
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