Big Data

Thu, May 16, 2013 - A new free edition of Tibco's R runtime engine might entice more organizations to use the programming language

Thu, May 16, 2013 - SAP is shipping a raft of new features for the in-memory platform and letting partners in on its HANA Enterprise Cloud

Wed, May 15, 2013 - Experts within and outside government IT stress the role the private sector must play in helping cash-strapped federal agencies find order in their growing stockpiles of data.

Wed, May 15, 2013 - The tried-and-true enterprise service bus--long the foundation of now-dated service oriented architecture deployments--is back in style thanks to the increasing need to integrate disparate applications. The secret to ESB's future success, some say, is a close tie to API management tools.

Mon, May 13, 2013 - A recent survey by Forrester found that 7% of IT executives and 9% of business leaders feel they have gained a true return on investment from big data. That means there's a lot more business can be doing to glean insights from the massive amount of data that's potentially available to them.

Mon, May 13, 2013 - Chafe at those Gmail storage limits no more: Now, all your Google Drive space is your Gmail and Google+ Photo storage space, too.

Mon, May 13, 2013 - Upload speed for photos has been increased

Mon, May 13, 2013 - Big data is poised to help marketers reach and engage customers and prospects in ways that businesses are only now starting to understand. Enterprises that don't embrace analytics may soon see embattled customers voting with their wallets.

Mon, May 13, 2013 - Hadoop is nearly synonymous with the analysis of big data. The Hortonworks Data Platform on Windows is significant as it means that companies lacking Linux expertise will finally be able to benefit from the big data analysis platform, which has been out of the reach of Windows shops.

Thu, May 09, 2013 - Box plans to integrate Crocodocs' HTML5 document viewing technology into its enterprise cloud storage and file sharing application

Wed, May 08, 2013 - Big data may seem to promise big insights to users, but more isn't always better, cautions statistician Nate Silver, who became one of America's most well-known faces of data analysis after his FiveThirtyEight blog accurately predicted 2012 presidential election results in all 50 states.

Wed, May 08, 2013 - The flash storage company's co-founder and chief marketing officer has also resigned

Wed, May 08, 2013 - As powerful and beneficial as flash storage can be, many organizations are overspending on capacity they don't need, deploying flash in the wrong places, and inefficiently spending on flash applications that are not appropriate for their real business objectives.

Wed, May 08, 2013 - Left-field antivirus firm Malwarebytes has launched the first ex-beta version of Secure Backup, a cloud security system designed to scan users' files for infection before storing them in the cloud.