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Hit TV shows are generating big bucks for online streaming companies. Analysts believe that the success of Arrested Developments and other programs helped Netflix grow its revenue by 20 percent last quarter, a massive jump that underlines the company’s solid performance in …
EnterpriseDB Sees Increase in Government Demand for Open Source Software
Government agencies are increasingly turning to open source technologies in the wake of shrinking budgets and heightened cybersecurity concerns. EnterpriseDB, a leading distributor of PostgresSQL, is witnessing this trend firsthand. The privately-held database vendor says that the number of government agencies that …
Healthcare IT Spotlight: What We Learned at MITIQ 2013
TheCube crew had the pleasure of interviewing dozens of technology and business leaders at last week’s MIT Information Quality Conference. Among them were a number of healthcare professionals who provided us with their unique perspectives on the industry’s efforts to harness information …
This Week in the Internet of Things: Mobile Ultra-Sound and Driverless Cars
This past week featured a good number of developments in the ever-evolving Internet of Things. MobiSante unveiled a mobile ultrasound system, Apple snapped up a location data startup, and Telerik released a new solution for developers struggling to tame the mobile explosion. …
Weekly Security Review: Tumblr Exposes Users, Snooping Scandal Continues
This past week featured a number of newsworthy developments in the cybersecurity space. Most notably, a number of new and unsettling details emerged about the Moto X, Tumblr users were greeted by an unwelcome surprise, and the still ongoing NSA snooping scandal …
MITIQ 2013: Appointing a CDO Can Be a Double-Edged Sword
Wikibon co-founder Dave Vellante and Paul Gillin, the former editor-in-chief of Computerworld, kicked off the second day of this week’s MIT Information Quality conference with an in-depth discussion about the pros and cons of appointing a chief data officer. After recapping on …
SnapLogic Connects Tableau to the Big Data Universe
SnapLogic has announced the availability of a pre-packaged Snap for Tableau’s newly launched data visualization service. The San Mateo-based cloud integration specialist says that its latest connector supports over 160 data sources, including on-premise apps, popular cloud solutions such as Salesforce and …
Weekly Big Data Review: Aysadi Gets a Boost from GE, Cloudera Nabs Myrrix
This week Ayasdi received funding from GE and Cloudera snatched up a machine learning startup called Myrrix. In addition, Syncsort released the results of an extensive study on Hadoop adoption in Europe. Ayasdi is a Palo Alto-based firm that specializes in Big …
Weekly Cloud Review: Kim Dotcom, Google Stick it to the NSA
This week Mega announced plans for a spy-proof messaging service, Google insiders revealed that the company is experimenting with new ways to encrypt files stored in Drive, and Telligent bought Zimbra from VMware. In other news, a group of Cisco partners released …
Dell PR Boss Jumps Ship Ahead of Buyout Vote
Dell’s future is anything but certain. A leaked internal email sent by chief marketing officer Karen Quintos revealed that Kelly McGinnis, the company’s head of global communications, resigned shortly before the scheduled investor vote on Michael Dell’s $24.4 billion buyout offer. The …