Maker Media Secures $5 Million in Funding and Adds Veteran Technology Journalist Rafe Needleman as Editor in Chief

Maker Media Secures $5 Million in Funding and Adds Veteran Technology Journalist Rafe Needleman as Editor in Chief

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwired) — 06/09/15 — has secured $5 million in funding, a move that follows the beta launch of the digital community and continued growth in Maker Faire as the company–s platform expands to serve the worldwide maker movement.Along with the funding, Maker Media has hired Rafe Needleman as editor in chief to lead its editorial team and content strategy. Most recently, he was editorial director of Yahoo Tech.Maker Media is a platform centered on content, community a

Cloudwick Selects CDAP, Cask Data App Platform, to Accelerate Enterprise Hadoop Development

Cloudwick Selects CDAP, Cask Data App Platform, to Accelerate Enterprise Hadoop Development

SAN JOSE, CA — (Marketwired) — 06/09/15 — — , the leading enterprise Open Source Systems Integrator and Managed Service Provider to the Global 1000, and , the pioneer empowering developers for Hadoop, today announced a strategic partnership. Cloudwick has trained and certified its enterprise Hadoop developers on CDAP, the Cask Data App Platform, to more rapidly build applications and deliver high value integrated Hadoop development for Cloudwick–s enterprise clients.Hadoop is excellent in

Delivery Agent Partners With Sony Music to Activate “Buy Now” Commerce Campaigns for Fifth Harmony

Delivery Agent Partners With Sony Music to Activate “Buy Now” Commerce Campaigns for Fifth Harmony

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwired) — 06/09/15 — , Inc., the market leader in turning audiences into customers for the world–s leading global brands, today announced the launch of a Twitter commerce campaign for the band Fifth Harmony, in conjunction with their performance at the Licensing Industry Merchandisers– Association (LIMA) Licensing Expo show in Las Vegas on June 9."The group, and the members individually, have enormous social reach that the Delivery Agent platform allows them

Worldwide Security Appliance Market Continues to Grow in the First Quarter of 2015 as Cyber Attacks Become Increasingly Sophisticated, According to IDC

Worldwide Security Appliance Market Continues to Grow in the First Quarter of 2015 as Cyber Attacks Become Increasingly Sophisticated, According to IDC

.2015 – According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, both factory revenues and unit shipments continued to grow in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15). Worldwide vendor revenues increased 7.5% year over year to $2.3 billion, marking the 22nd consecutive quarter of revenue growth. Unit shipments expanded to 526,767 and grew 9.4% year over year for the sixth consecutive quarter of volume growth. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2014, both reve