In the tech world, Big Data and Hadoop are all the rage. You can tell the marketing folks aren't really sure what it all means yet, but know they

Watch how a stock reacts to the news, not the news itself: this is an old trader's saying. Apple shares are displaying some resilient strength this morning following an

The Web commnity is still debating the onset of "Google Keyword Armageddon," in which Google (GOOG) recently made the decision to encrypt the bulk of the keyword data from

Another week in the market, another day for hysterical counter-reactions to previous irrational exuberance. Yes, I'm talking about optical stocks.

F5 Networks, Inc. (FFIV) had some good news for investors this morning, as it announced results that beat analyst expectations. The company also raised guidance going forward. In pre-market

I've be doing a lot of work on Apple, including providing some analysis to other sites such as CMSwire.com, where you can check out my latest anaylsis of Wall

Virtualization software specialist VMware (VMW) reported a solid Q3 on Monday night, boosted by strong growth in new enterprise license agreements (ELA), including the biggest deal in its history

I have a confession to make. I've become enamored with mobile telecoms plays in the adventurous regions of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. They've got it all: Steady

In a merger of intriguing startup names, Los Angeles, Calif.-based Airpush is buying Hubbl. Let me first offer some intriguing merger name possibilities such as Hubblpush, AirHubbl, Airbbl, e.t.c.

Optical networking technology, once the land of bubbles and crashes, is looking more and more like a steady growth market these days (knock on wood now).

The flash-storage market is exciting these days, just because it has all the hallmarks of technology bloodbath. Some people will get killed and others will make a killing.

AOL is looking for a faster exit out of the headache known as Patch, its localized news service, say sources familiar with the company's thinking. AOL is looking at

Firespotter Labs has shifted from developing apps for the restaurant industry to helping business communicators. Call it a food-to-phone transition.

Wired has an interesting story on Hartmut Esslinger, the founder of Frog Design, Apple's (AAPL) design consultancy. Much of the material comes from Esslinger's new book, Keep It Simple.

Reuters has started this Cisco-or-Google-buying-Blackberry rumor in a sad attempt to make the Blackberry price go up.

Like most suicidal editors, I've decided to start a new feature: Buzzword Friday. As you know, the business world is filled with fun and colorful cliches. Sometimes people make

Okay, here we go. IPOs are booming, as we told you earlier in the week, and Twitter's ready to grab the cash. The social-networking company made its S-1 filing

The third quarter of 2013 saw an acceleration of the IPO market, with 60 deals completed, more than double the level in the second quarter of 2013, according to

Barracuda Networks, a network security provider, has filed for an initial public offering of up to $100 million, according to SEC documents filed on Tuesday.

One of today's fresh tech IPOs is Violin Memory (VMEM), a Silicon Valley maker of flash-memory storage systems. But Violin's IPO wasn't anything like the FireEye (EYE) and Rocket

Check out this chart of the most private equity funding from 2001-2013, courtesy of Rutberg & Co.

Holy mother of Network Function Virtualization (NFV). Are people really such big suckers? Are they that naive? Yesterday, AT&T and Cisco jumped on the marketing bandwagon to pile on

Speaking with CloudPhysics Founder and CEO John Blumenthal, you get the sense that the modern data center, which supplies all that cloud-computing power, is a total mess.

Woke up about 4 AM with insomnia, thinking about a lot of stuff that had to be done. You know the feeling -- mind racing, anxiety rising. Logged on