Amid the bustle of news, whats the bottom line here for VMware? After last years VMworld conference, I wrote that the company wanted to be the operating system for the data center and would likely also launch a platform as a service strategy to compete with Microsofts Azure platform (that launched earlier this year). VMware did finally pull the wraps off its own platform as a service product today , which is based on its acquisition of Spring Source, and hinted at during our Structure 2010 conference in June . 
Share:  Amid the bustle of news, whats the bottom line here for <span class="company">VMware</span>? After last years VMworld conference, I wrote that the company wanted to be the operating system for the data center and would likely also launch a platform as a service strategy to compete with Microsofts Azure platform (that launched earlier this year). <span class="company">VMware</span> did finally pull the wraps off its own platform as a service product today , which is based on its acquisition of Spring Source, and hinted at during our Structure 2010 conference in June . Tweet this   read full story

T Mobile, the nation's No. 4 carrier has the fastest mobile broadband network right now (and will until Verizon's Long Term Evolution network launches in November) thanks to its recent HSPA+ upgrade . But so far those top speeds have only been available for data cards, and T Mobile is banking on offering speeds of up to 21 Mbps down on smartphones to boost its bottom line. So it's teasing us with it's first ever HSPA+ phone. 
Share:  <span class="company">T Mobile</span>, the nation's No. 4 carrier has the fastest mobile broadband network right now (and will until Verizon's Long Term Evolution network launches in November) thanks to its recent HSPA+ upgrade . But so far those top speeds have only been available for data cards, and <span class="company">T Mobile</span> is banking on offering speeds of up to 21 Mbps down on smartphones to boost its bottom line. So it's teasing us with it's first ever HSPA+ phone. Tweet this   read full story

Smooth Stone, an Austin, Texas based company building servers using the chips found inside cell phones, has raised a $48 million initial round of funding from ARM, Advanced Technology Investment Company, Battery Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, Highland Capital Partners and Texas Instruments. The news is a big deal, not only because Smooth Stone is attempting to solve the power problems plaguing IT by building a server that uses an ARM based processor more likely found inside of a cell phone, as opposed to the x86 processor found inside most computers, but it's also a systems company that's managed to raise a chunk of money in a capital constrained environment. Smooth Stone CEO Barry Evans has been courting his investors for a long time, but it wasn't until enough investors came on board with sufficient money that folks like Battery Ventures, which is leading the round, or Highland Capital Partners and Flybridge, felt comfortable joining. 
Share:  Smooth Stone, an Austin, Texas based company building servers using the chips found inside cell phones, has raised a $48 million initial round of funding from <span class="company">ARM</span>, Advanced Technology Investment Company, Battery Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, Highland Capital Partners and Texas Instruments. The news is a big deal, not only because Smooth Stone is attempting to solve the power problems plaguing IT by building a server that uses an <span class="company">ARM</span> based processor more likely found inside of a cell phone, as opposed to the x86 processor found inside most computers, but it's also a systems company that's managed to raise a chunk of money in a capital constrained environment. Smooth Stone CEO Barry Evans has been courting his investors for a long time, but it wasn't until enough investors came on board with sufficient money that folks like Battery Ventures, which is leading the round, or Highland Capital Partners and Flybridge, felt comfortable joining. Tweet this   read full story