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Linkurious unveils enterprise graph data visualization tool
Data visualizations represent one of the easiest ways to explore business data, revealing all kinds of hidden nuggets that businesses can derive actionable insights from. Now, data visualization outfit Linkurious has come up with a way to help businesses to ‘see’ their graph-based data more easily with the launch of its enterprise platform, Linkurious Enterprise, ...
Looming Windows Server 2003 end of support poses problems for businesses
Even though they had years of warning, millions of businesses were left scrambling last year when Microsoft withdrew support for Windows XP, a massively popular operating system that still runs on almost twenty percent of the world’s PCs. But the problems caused by Windows XP’s end of support date might be nothing compared what happened ...
Google brings Big Data to the masses with Cloud Dataflow beta
Google has finally taken the wraps off its Cloud Dataflow offering, which is designed to allow developers lacking in Hadoop skills to build sophisticated analytic “pipelines” capable of processing extremely large datasets. Cloud Dataflow was first introduced last summer, with Google touting it as a next-generation service for building systems that can ingest, transform, normalize, ...
Pepperdata grabs $15M to help make Hadoop act smarter
A little known company called Pepperdata Inc. that specializes in managing and fine-tuning Hadoop clusters to deliver better performance, has just grabbed $15 million in a series B round to fire up its Big Data platform. New investor Wing Venture Capital led the round, joined by existing investors, including Signia Venture Partners and Yahoo Chairman ...
Ionic Security exits stealth with ‘on-the-fly’ data encryption
Another day and yet another security startup exits from stealth. This time around we’re in for something a bit more novel though, because Ionic Security Inc. is touting an unusual ‘on-the-fly’ encryption system that intercepts user’s keystrokes and saves everything in an encrypted fashion even as they work. Ionic Security works by automatically encrypting all ...
Microsoft teases new features in Exchange Server 2016
Microsoft has lifted the lid on what to expect in its forthcoming preview of Exchange Server 2016, which is set to be outed at its May Ignite Conference. The company says the new release of its on-premises Exchange Server will be ready in the second half of this year, but those who want to take ...
Hortonworks, IBM and Pivotal standardize Hadoop with “common core”
The heavyweight members of the Open Data Platform (ODP) are making waves today with an announcement that shows they’re deadly serious about their plans to “standardize” Hadoop. Speaking at the Hadoop Summit in Brussels earlier today, Hortonworks, Inc., IBM and Pivotal Software, Inc. said that from this point onward all three would use a standardized version ...
IDC: Cloud adoption accelerates in manufacturing industry
Almost two-thirds of manufacturing firms have at least two applications residing in public or private clouds, and say they will pursue “cloud-first” or “cloud-also” strategies in the future, according to a new study from International Data Corporation (IDC). The study, Worldwide Cloud Adoption in the Manufacturing Industry, is based on data from surveys such as ...
Google set to face formal charges in EU for search dominance abuse
Google’s European antitrust troubles have reared their head again, with reports from several sources suggesting the European Union is about to accuse the search engine giant of violations. After years of painfully slow investigations, The Competition Office at the European Commission, which is charged with ensuring fair trade practices within the EU, is about to ...
DataStax brings enterprise grade Cassandra database to HP Moonshot
DataStax, the company that commercializes the open-source Apache Cassandra NoSQL database, has teamed up with Hewlett-Packard Co. to deliver an enterprise-grade version of its software on HP Moonshot, the low-power, hyperscale servers that “changed the industry”, according to ex-HP executive Dave Donatelli. Called DataStax Enterprise (DSE) on HP Moonshot, the two companies are billing the ...