With the data and security circus that is the RSA Security Conference heading out of San Francisco, we sat down for one more time, this time with John Sirianni - Vice President of Strategic Partners, IoT - for Webroot.So John, how has Webroot approached this new world of IoT from a security point of view?Sirianni: So our focus for the IoT markets is...

There are certain topics in B2B technology that have staying power.  Cloud computing and big data are two of these. IBM today announced a broad expansion of its Cloud Data Services portfolio with more than 25 services now available to developers and data scientists.These create a one-stop-shop for accessing and exploring data and for building and deploying...

After more than a year, Netflix got its open-source Spinnaker project off the ground on Monday.Designed to replace Asgard, its Amazon Web Services cloud-management system, and created alongside Google, Microsoft and Pivotal, the “Continuous Delivery platform” lets companies hook into and deploy assets across two cloud providers at the same time. "Spinnaker...

Guest author Per Ek is the executive vice president of CloudMe, a European sync and storage service.The race is heating up for cloud companies, as some of the largest players battle it out over how much storage they can offer and at what price point. That may seem like a great thing—who wouldn't want more cloud storage for less?—but the reality is that...

Guest author Baron Schwartz, an expert in MySQL, is the founder of VividCortex and the author of “High Performance MySQL.” He has helped build and scale some of the world's largest web, social, gaming, and mobile properties.The industry is rapidly embracing Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS), cloud offering for companies looking to rent access to digital...

Nextbit is not just any Kickstarter startup. The company, formed by Google and HTC alumni, unveiled its Robin smartphone earlier today and, as of this writing, nabbed more than half of its crowdfunding goal on the first day. So far, more than 1,100 backers have pledged upwards of $400,000 towards the $500,000 target, making Robin's launch look like...