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Will this be the year of Hadoop? 6 predictions for 2015
With the New Year finally upon us it seems as good a time as any to ask where Hadoop, the open-source Big Data framework, will be heading in 2015. SiliconANGLE pulled forecasts from an assortment of analysts and industry experts who’ve tried to second guess the next big developments in Hadoop, and the overwhelming consensus ...
Customers, not shareholders, need to drive Microsoft comeback, observers say
After years of declining PC sales, its failure to make an impact in mobile computing and the increasingly aggressive encroachment onto its turf by arch-rivals Apple and Google, things are finally looking up for Microsoft. New CEO Satya Nadella has just presided over one of the most transformative years in the company’s history in 2014, ...
Cloud price wars: How low can they go?
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, and Microsoft have been waging a price war in cloud compute, network, and storage services that has taken on drumbeat predictability. You can safely bet that when one drops prices, the others will follow in lock step. The question for customers is how low can they go? The last major tussle ...
Google publishes unpatched vulnerability in Windows 8.1
Google has made Microsoft look a bit foolish after publishing details of a vulnerability it discovered in Windows 8.1 that allows attackers to gain system administrator privileges. Google didn’t hesitate to release the vulnerability, as well as the code needed to exploit it under its “Project Zero” initiative. That project team is tasked with tracking ...
Verizon Cloud customers brace themselves for two-day outage
Verizon has admitted its cloud services will go offline for as long as 48 hours next weekend, during which time all virtual machines hosted there will be unavailable. Verizon’s Cloud Client Care page neglects to mention the scheduled updates, which are supposedly unavoidable to enable new, unnamed improvements to the service, but the company has ...
Hortonworks adds new Hadoop certifications for partners
Riding on the early success of its IPO, open-source Hadoop heavyweight Hortonworks Inc. has announced it’s extending its partner developer certification program, adding certifications in operations, security and governance for partners that develop software around its platform. Palo Alto-based Hortonworks says the aim is to accelerate Hadoop’s growing adoption in tne enterprise by adding support ...
Cybercriminals exploit AirAsia tragedy with malicious links
Cybercriminals have latched on to the AirAsia Indonesia Flight QZ 8501 tragedy, taking advantage of people’s curiosity to lure them into clicking on malicious links in an attempt to steal their personal information. AirAsia Indonesia Flight QZ 8501 lost contact with air traffic control yesterday morning at 7.24am local time. A search and rescue operation ...
China blocks access to Google’s Gmail service again
China’s Internet censors have been busy over the Christmas weekend, with reports suggesting the country has blocked access to Google’s Gmail service since December 26. Web traffic research outfit Dyn Research said that Gmail’s traffic is being blocked at the IP source, which means the service is inaccessible to most Chinese netizens. The disruption is ...
Is Hadoop over-hyped? Market-watchers say no
When an organization wants to dig into its Big Data these days, it’s almost inevitable that Hadoop, the open-source data storage and processing framework for dealing with extremely large data sets, will get the call. It’s easy to see why Hadoop is such an appealing option. The platform offers both distributed and computational capabilities for ...
Ireland sides with Microsoft over US email demands
Microsoft has picked up a hefty ally in its battle to oppose a US court order demanding access to emails stored in its Dublin, Ireland data center. The Irish government has sided with Redmond, claiming that if Microsoft gives in to the US government’s demands, it could have big consequences for international sovereignty and digital ...