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Uber drives past privacy issues and secures $1.2 billion in funding

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Recent privacy concerns surrounding Uber haven’t soured investors on the ride-sharing startup, which just raised US$1.2 billion from investors in its latest funding round.In 2014, Uber launched operations in 190 cities and 29 countries, and is six times larger than it was a year ago, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick wrote in a blog post on Thursday announcing the cash injection.

Dell: Growth Rate Accelerating as Private Company

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CEO and founder Michael Dell spoke with Bloomberg TV anchor Erik Schatzker at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York yesterday.
Dell said that since going private, "I think about 20 percent of my time has been freed up." He said, "You think about all of the time spent dealing with governance and preparing for investor activities and dealing with various shareholder requests… This can be quite distracting, right, if you try to grow a business."

Kaminario Scores $53M To Take On Flash Storage Market

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 Kaminario, a company based in Newton, MA, landed a whopping $53M in funding today as it continues its battle in the growing flash storage array market. The latest influx brings the total raised to-date to an impressive $128M, making the storage startup, the best funded company you probably never heard of.
First the particulars: The round includes current investors Sequoia Capital, Pitango… Read More

BYOD is saving serious money for IT

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Benefits for the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon have been largely anecdotal, but Gartner is starting to find real, measurable dollar savings for companies that have embraced it.Gartner analysts discussed the economics of BYOD at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Barcelona, Spain, last month.

Market Analysis Perspective: Worldwide Enterprise System Management Software, 2014

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This IDC Market Analysis Perspective Presentation provides our 2014 market analysis perspective on the buyer and market trends impacting six major enterprise system management software functional markets, as defined by IDC's software taxonomy.

Samsung Electronics Sells Assets In Defense, Chemical Units, Plans To Reinvest Capital In Core Business

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 Samsung Electronics has announced that it will sell stakes in Samsung Techwin and Samsung General Chemicals to Hanhwa Corp. in order to raise money for new investments. Read More

Apple Is Being Pressured To 'Set A Standard' For The Contract Workers Of Silicon Valley (AAPL)

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Apple is being asked to "set a standard" for the security guards who look after the high-flying workers of Silicon Valley, the San Jose Mercury News reports.  Organised labour is under the microscope at campuses across the sector. And United Service Workers West (USWW), a regional branch of the Service Employees International Union, is trying to unionize security personnel in the Bay.

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