Monthly Archives: January 2015

Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – January 30, 2015

In the week ending January 30, 2015, ITXDesign is offering 20 percent off hosting while 34SP.com continues its half-off domain sale. Continue reading

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Digital Assistants Will Spend $2 Billion by 2016 as Mobile Commerce Growth Continues

According to a new study by Gartner, by 2016, mobile digital assistant technologies like Google Now, Siri and Cortana will purchase $2 billion worth of goods online annually. Continue reading

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SolarWinds Acquires Cloud Monitoring Company Librato for $40 Million

As cloud adoption continues to increase to a predicted $127-$200 billion market in 2018, service providers are looking for a strategic edge. SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) believes the acquisition of the cloud monitoring company Librato will give them an advantage. On Thursday, SolarWinds acquired San Francisco-based Librato for $40 million. Librato… Continue reading

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FedRAMP Launches Draft for Protecting Highly Confidential Info in the Cloud

The FedRAMP program’s Joint Authorization Board released a draft document providing a new “high baseline” for cloud computing security controls on Tuesday. Continue reading

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IBM Launches Cloud-Based Technology to Protect Against Identity Theft

IBM launched a cloud-based program that allows authentication without information sharing. Identity Mixer was added to the BlueMix developer platform this week. Continue reading

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