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NIST’s finalizes cloud computing roadmap

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the final version of the U.S. Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, Volumes I and II. The roadmap focuses on strategic and tactical objectives to support the federal government’s accelerated adoption of cloud computing.Read more about NIST’s finalizes cloud computing roadmapComments

Twitter weaves Fabric, but will developers be drawn in?

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To identity Twitter solely as a micro-blogging service could be to do it a disservice. The company wants to be much more to developers building mobile apps, and at its Flight conference on Wednesday it welcomed them in.Twitter unveiled Fabric on Wednesday, a broad software development kit aimed at helping developers build, grow and monetize their mobile apps. It includes tools for crash reporting, app log-ins, embedding and sharing Twitter posts, and measuring ad effectiveness.The free SDK, more than a year in the making, could usher in a wave of rich apps with more tie-ins to Twitter.

Xiaomi moving data outside China following privacy concerns

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Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is moving customer data and its Internet platforms to servers outside China, only months after the company apologized over privacy concerns.Since early this year, Xiaomi has been migrating the data as a way to “cut down latency and reduce failure rates” for its customers across the world, said company vice president Hugo Barra in an online post on Wednesday.“At the same time, it also better equips us to maintain high privacy standards and comply with local data protection regulations,” Barra added.

Down $1 Billion On IBM, Warren Buffett’s 1998 Version Was Right

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When decided not to buy shares in his pal , he offered a wise reason. Sadly, the 2011 version of Buffett did not take the 1998 version’s advice when it came to investing in . As its largest individual shareholder, Buffett has taken a beating in the wake of disastrous third quarter earnings report. If could learn from [...]

Dimension Data buys Oracle specialists

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Dimension Data, through its Application Services division, has acquired Agile Business Solutions and Xpedia Fusion to address market demand for Oracle skills. It has bought 100% of the equity of both companies. Agile Business Solutions is a privately owned consultancy specialising in PeopleSoft and Oracle human

Bitnet scores $14.5 mln Series A

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Bitnet Technologies, a digital commerce platform provider for bitcoin payments, has raised $14.5 million in Series A funding. Highland Capital Partners led the round. Other investors included Rakuten, Webb Investment Network, Bitcoin Opportunity Corp., Stephens Investment Management, Commerce Ventures and Buchanan Capital Management. In addition to the funding, Peter Bell, a partner at Highland Capital Partners, has been added to Bitnet’s board of directors.

Netezza veterans reunite for Cazena, focused on shifting data warehouses to the cloud

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A Waltham startup is coming out of stealth mode today, with $8 million in funding. Cazena reunites several veterans of Netezza, a data warehousing startup that went public and then was acquired by IBM for $1.7 billion four years ago. The deal is unusual in that it's the first time California-based Andreessen Horowitz — the venture capital firm co-founded by the fellow who brought you the Netscape browser — has participated in a Series A round of funding for a startup here in Massachusetts. Andreessen Horowitz is investing alongside North Bridge Venture Partners, the Waltham VC firm.

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