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Is the Nation Prepared for Global Cyberattacks?
Cybersecurity continues to be a hot topic for consumers and politicians alike, affecting us at the national and global level. In a News Desk interview earlier today, SiliconANGLE contributing editor Jon Casaretto talked about lawmakers’ recent response to cybersecurity, as well as other updates from this space (full video below). The first thing John tackles ...
Strata 2011 Recap: Did We Meet the Future of Search?
The Strata Conference brings together big data experts from an extremely broad range of sectors and industries. Many of those who’ll be attending next week’s gathering will make appearances in theCube, as they did in 2011, when SiliconAngle got the opportunity to visualize the massive scope of this trend from the data scientist’s point of ...
Apple and Samsung Fight Over Personell, Datacenter
Every industry has its epic battle, and we’re in the era of mobile warfare. The love-hate relationship between Apple and Samsung has a special appeal because of their business partnership, success in the consumer market and tit-for-tat lawsuits. To discuss the latest in the Apple-Samsung case is SiliconANGLE contributing editor John Caseretto, who recently made ...
This Week in Big Data: HortonWorks’ Major Updates, HANA and PureData
A few vendors announced notable big data developments this week. Hortonworks alone had two. On Thursday the big data start-up unveiled a new ODBC driver that allows users to integrate their existing BI applications with Hadoop. Hortonworks’ version of the open database connectivity API supports features support for Tableau, PowerPivot and other analytical apps, in ...
This Week in the Cloud: OpenStack, Analytics and More
This week had a few notable updates, including one from Rackspace. The cloud hosting provider introduced something called OpenStack Fundamentals, a certification course that’s based on material developed for internal use. The material has been around for a year or so, so Rackspace had a lot of time to polish it up before offering it ...
Infosys Stock Plummets After Failed Expections
Infosys, the second largest IT consultancy in the India, disappointed investors with weak financial performance and an unchanged outlook for the quarter ending in March. The company posted net profit of 23.69 billion rupees, about $450 million, which is 24 percent more than the 19.06 billion rupees reported in the second quarter of 2011. Analysts’ consensus ...
An Upbeat Uptick for India’s IT: Focus on Recovery, Big Data
India’s National Association of Software and Service Companies expects to see double-digit growth for the sector in the current fiscal year. NASSCOM forecasts a revenue increase somewhere between 11 and 14 percent for the period, down from the 16 percent that was reported for the Indian tech outsourcing market last year. It’s not all gloom ...
IBM PureSystems Gaining Tractions Among MSPs
The latest from IBM is that Altus IT and Torres Network, two fairly large managed service providers, have deployed its PureSystems in their data centers. The Big Blue says that these most recent wins reiterate a trend that has seen MSPs choose its appliances over other solutions, such Oracle’s rivaling Exa line-up of ‘engineered systems’. ...
Hortonworks Debuts New Drive for BI Integration
Big data startup Hortonworks is now offering users a way to integrate its Hadoop platform with the BI applications they’re running on top. Hortonworks Hive ODBC Driver 1.0 makes it possible to analyze and visualize data from Excel, Microstrategy, PowerPivot, Tableau and other platforms directly from within Hadoop. This functionality has the potential of saving data ...
What Congress’ Big Data Inquiry Means for Consumers
Senator Jay Rockefeller, Chairman of the Commerce Committee, has sent a letter to over a dozen major brokers as a part of a broader inquiry into the use of consumer data in certain key verticals. Chief analyst at Wikibon, Dave Vellante, discussed this latest Congressional update on the News Desk this week. Vellante explains that the ...