Mike Wheatley
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Virtual Reality brings Big Data visualization to life
Data visualization tools have made it somewhat easier to glean intelligence from a mass of information. But today’s tools are still extremely inefficient, as they fail to incorporate the science of human visual perception into their data visualization techniques. This results in tools that deliver great “eye candy” but poor human comprehension of the data. ...
Huawei beefs up SDN offering, connects to MS, OpenStack & VMware
China’s Huawei is trying to make up for a lack of trust by expanding its software-defined networking support. To do so, it’s just launched an Agile Data Center Cloud Connect Solution, which we’ll helpfully refer to as ADCCCS from now on. Huawei says its ADCCCS is based on two key components: the Agile Controller Platform ...
AWS blazes ahead in cloud IaaS, but Microsoft’s catching up
Amazon’s cloud dominance has been recognized by analyst kings Gartner in a new “Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service” report, which was published late yesterday. Gartner’s Magic Quadrant report offers a detailed look at the marketplace, and goes some way towards driving buyer’s behavior. After all, no enterprise wants to hedge its bets ...
First Microsoft, now IBM – Who’s next in China’s ‘war on tech’?
Is China preparing to launch all-out war on US technology providers? That remains to be seen, but the dispute between the two superpowers is certainly heating up with reports that Chinese authorities are “reviewing” if local banks should dump IBM’s servers for something else. The report, which cites four people familiar with the matter, comes ...
FTC calls for crackdown on ‘big’ data brokers
Consumers have little understanding of how so-called ‘data brokers’ are collecting and sharing information on their web browsing and personal habits, says a new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report. “This is an industry that largely operates in the dark,” said FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez in a statement. “We want to shed the veil of secrecy ...
Outlook.com for Android leaves user data exposed
Microsoft’s Outlook.com for Android is failing to adequately protect user’s data, according to a security firm which found the app doesn’t encrypt emails stored on the device. The claim is made by research firm Include Security, which says that Outlook.com’s email messages are stored within an unencrypted folder on most Android device’s SD cards by ...
DARPA using Oculus Rift to open a new front in cyberwarfare
A report in Wired says the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is attempting to ‘weaponize’ Oculus Rift, the futuristic virtual reality headgear that Facebook recently acquired for an astonishing $2 billion. DARPA is apparently trying to weaponize Oculus Rift for cyberwarfare purposes, but does that mean US Navy Seals are about to unleash a ...
Windows XP registry hack ‘guarantees’ five more years of updates
A interesting hack surfaced yesterday that allows Windows XP users to alter their computer’s registry settings so as to allow them to continue receiving free security updates from Microsoft. The hack certainly appears to work, and ostensibly guarantees continued support for Windows XP systems for another five years, although it should probably only be used ...
IBM’s 2015 roadmap following a very uncertain path
One of the biggest stories last week was Cisco CEO John Chambers’ bold prediction of a dramatically changing IT landscape in the next few years. Speaking during his keynote address at the company’s annual summit, Chambers warned of a dire future for most IT firms: “You are going to see a brutal, brutal consolidation of ...
IBM gets ready to ditch NetApp for its own storage gear
IBM is about to end its partnership with NetApp in favor of selling its own gear, according to a report in Bloomberg this weekend. Citing “an internal memo”, Bloomberg says that Big Blue will quit reselling NetApp’s N-series network attached storage devices in favor of its own home-made gear. That would include its own v3500, ...
