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The NFL meets the Internet of Things: Real-time tracking of every player
Just when you thought you it was impossible to squeeze any more stats out of an NFL game, the National Football League has announced plans to fit equip players with tracking technology to deliver a feast of Big Data for coaches and fans alike to munch on. The NFL has just announced a new partnership ...
Dell announces plans to invest $125 billion in China over 5 years
Dell Inc. is expanding its presence in China, teaming up with Kingsoft Software to launch a new Dell-Kingsoft Cloud as part of a $125 billion investment it’s planning to make in the country over the next five years. Dell CEO Michael Dell said the company’s “In China, For China 4.0 strategy” will also see Dell ...
Microsoft names Brad Smith as its new president
Microsoft has rewarded the loyalty of its long-running general counsel Brad Smith by promoting him to be the company’s President, the first person to hold the role since 2002. As part of his expanded role, Smith will also take the title of Chief Legal Officer at Microsoft, which is apparently an upgrade from his former ...
Researchers use Big Data to track the spread of dengue fever
Mobile phone records can be used to accurately predict the geographic spread of dengue epidemics, and the data can also be applied to other infectious diseases, according to a study led by Telenor Research. Telenor Research, which is the research unit of the Norweigian telecoms operator Telenor Group, teamed up with researchers from the Harvard ...
Big Data for Humans gets $1.2M to deliver data science-as-a-service
U.K.-based Data Science-as-a-Service provider Big Data for Humans Ltd. has come out of stealth backed by a $1.2 million seed funding round led by EC1 Capital Ltd., with additional investment from Firestartr LLP, the Scottish Investment Bank and four Angel investors. Big Data for Humans was founded by graduates from the tech incubator Techstars London, ...
OpenText launches cloud-based Big Data analytics-as-a-Service platform
Canadian Enterprise Information Management software firm OpenText Corp. has rolled out an easy-to-implement cloud-based Big Data analytics service that’s designed to allow businesses to extract insights from their data without building and operating their own infrastructure. Called OpenText Big Data Analytics (BDA), the solution is available now on a tiered subscription pricing basis, billed as ...
Will the iPad Pro be an enterprise hit? Opinions are split
Apple yesterday made its biggest enterprise mobility push yet with the launch of the iPad Pro – a bigger, faster tablet that packs a bunch of improvements aimed at making it more suitable for the workplace. But analysts are divided over whether or not the iPad Pro has enough punch to make a real impact ...
Google rolls out ‘CDN Interconnect’ to cut back on cloud data costs
Google is teaming up with a group of Content Delivery Network (CDN) providers in order to slash bandwidth costs for its cloud infrastructure services users under a new initiative called CDN Interconnect. Google has made agreements with four CDNs that ensure customers who use CloudFlare, Fastly, Highwinds, or Level 3 CDN services together with Google ...
IDC: Strong dollar pushes server makers to the brink
Server makers are being warned to justify price increases with better performance and additional features if they want to avoid a substantial decline in European sales, according to a new report. International Data Corp. (IDC) said in a research note that U.S. firms have been forced to raiser their prices several times this year due ...
Are the cops being cheated on cloud costs?
With law enforcement agencies finding themselves under scrutiny in the wake of a series of controversial shootings of civilians, police departments have begun equipping officers with body cameras in order to document, and hopefully minimize, such events. So-called body cams have already had a measurable impact. In Birmingham, Alabama, the local police department reports a ...