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Analytics Make the World Go ‘Round, Especially for Faltering Ad Networks
Mobile ad network operator Millennial Media has been busy lately, warding off flailing interest from Wall Street and making acquisitions in an effort to continually improve its targeting and analytics capabilities. In a business world increasingly driven by data, Millennial Media has acquired Metasolver, a privately-held analytics startup that help marketers improve ad targeting. Millennial Media CEO ...
This Week in Big Data: Open-Source, Funding, and a New Book
We’ve had a few interesting developments in Big Data this week. Hortonworks and Red Hat announced major contributions to the open-source community, an emerging search startup closed a massive round of funding, and Alteryx published a Big Data handbook for business users. Hortonworks, the Hadoop services startup that spun off from Yahoo last year, made ...
Hewlett-Packard Earnings: It Could Have Been Worse
Hewlett-Packard suffered a massive decline in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, but it still performed better than what analysts expected. HP reported earnings of 82 cents, down 11 percent from last year but well ahead of the 71 cents the Street forecasted. Sales stood at $28.4 billion, better than the consensus estimate, but ...
What’s the Impact of Big Data on IT Infrastructure?
Big Data’s been a big boost to business in recent months, presenting a competitive advantage for those with the resources to work through the information at hand. And as promising as Big Data frameworks are, there can be some significant infrastructure changes that need to take place within a business’ IT department. Stu Miniman, the ...
Here’s the Biggest Revenue Makers in Big Data
Big Data’s been a big buzz word in recent months, but according to a recent report, it’s worth the hype. Wikibon analyst Jeff Kelly discussed his research firm’s newest report, the Big Data Revenue and Market Forecast, on this morning’s NewsDesk segment with Kristin Feledy, sharing the motivations behind the study and summing up his team’s findings. ...
Strata Conf 2013: What to Expect
Next week is the Strata Conference, one of our favorite events showcasing the latest trends in data science. Kicking off next Tuesday, Strata runs through Feb 26 – 28 in Santa Clara, CA. We’ll be there, broadcasting live from the event with our mobile news desk, theCube. Last year was particularly interesting, offering a great deal ...
Citrix Rounds Out BYOD Portfolio with XenMobile MDM
Virtualization specialist Citrix announced a new mobile device management platform (MDM) platform that will help it become a a one stop shop for CIOs who are implementing BYOD in their organization. It’s the first major product release from Citrix that takes full advantage of the recent Zenprise acquisition. XenMobile MDM allows IT to enforce role-based policies ...
Strata Recap: Last Year Was for #BigData Explorers. Today Is for Executioners
Strata 2013 is just around the corner. The Big Data gathering will be held next week in the Santa Clara Convention Center from February 26 through the 28th, the same location and date as last year. The only thing different is the list of topics, now that we’re able to look at the Big Data ...
Disrupting Big Data: Jaspersoft Brings BI to AWS
Business intelligence software developer Jaspersoft launched its flagship solution on Amazon Web Services this week. The company’s BI server is available via the AWS Marketplace as a standalone app, or as an embedded solution that runs inside another application on-demand. Users of the latter service are billed hourly instead of monthly, and are not subject ...
Cisco Ramps Up Big Data Analytics, New Products @ MWC 2013
Cisco is expanding its presence in the telecommunications market with three new offerings: a small cell, a carrier-grade outdoor router, and an analytics platform that enables providers to improve network performance by reacting to consumption trends in real-time. The solutions will be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress set to be held in Barcelona next ...