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David Carasso Discusses Company Culture and the Future of Splunk .conf 2012
At Splunk .conf 2012 today, theCube’s Jeff Kelly and Jeff Frick finally got a chance to sit down with David Carasso, Principal Scientist R&D and ‘Chief Mind’ of Splunk. David discussed the origins of Splunk and how its ‘culture of fun’ played an integral part in the company’s success, whilst hinting at what the company ...
Pre-Installed Malware Straight Out The Box
Ingenious hackers have opened up a new frontline in their battle against software companies, audaciously infecting a number of computers with malware at a time and place when they should be at their most secure – on the factory production line. The startling discovery comes from a new Microsoft study, which revealed that a number ...
A Platform for Good Aims to Do Battle with Evil
The issue of kids and internet safety seems to crop up every other day, always with some new horror story involving social media sites like Facebook or ‘flirting’ apps like Skout. But while this negative news tends to hog the headlines, there are plenty of positive stories that never seem to get any press. This ...
Thinner, Faster, Bigger, But The iPhone 5 Is Still A Failure
Apple fans will never admit it, but following the long awaited unveiling of the iPhone 5, it’s pretty obvious that the company is missing Steve Jobs’ innovative thinking more than ever. Sure, the look and feel of the iPhone 5 is as beautiful as ever, but what with so many expectations of something revolutionary, it’s ...
Robot Farmers To Replace Herbicides?
Agriculture is becoming a lot more hi-tech these days, with farmers embracing all kinds of new technologies to enhance yields and drive down costs. A number of tech start-ups have been aggressively pushing their products in the agricultural sector, with apps for monitoring cattle stocks and soil conditions just some of the tools available to ...
No Satisfying Big Data’s Thirst For Energy
Power consumption is a pretty big issue in the big data world, with data servers estimated to consume around 1.5% of all energy globally. But for the northwestern corner of the United States, data servers could account for as much as 10% of all energy consumption by 2030 if companies cannot advance the efficiency of ...
India Backs Down On Ban Threat After Realizing It Doesn’t Know How To Block Twitter
India’s government has said that it no longer plans to block Twitter in eight of its states, following trouble last month which sparked a mass exodus of north-easterners from southern parts of the country, driven in part by panic and rumors spread via the microblogging platform. Twitter had been blamed by India’s government for spreading content ...
AMD’s SeaMicro Unveils New Low-Power Server Optimized For The Cloud
Following its buyout of the low power sever specialist SeaMicro earlier this year, Advanced Micro Services (AMD) has just unveiled a new microserver based on its fresly-acquired technology that comes especially optimized for cloud computing and big data purposes. Fresh off the production line, the SeaMicro SM15000 boasts up to 5 petabytes of storage in ...
Go Daddy’s All Smiles Again, But Its Customers Are Pissed
Go Daddy is picking up the pieces after being hit by a suspected DDoS attack that disrupted service to more than five million websites for more than four hours yesterday. But while the sites are back online, it may be a while longer until its reputation is restored...
Taliban Insurgents Pose As Facebook “Hotties” To Spy On Military
The Taliban has come a long way since the days when, pre-American invasion, they ruled the roost in Afghanistan, banning all forms of technology in their efforts to create an Islamic civilization free from western influences. Since being forced out of power, Islamic militants have become past masters in using the internet for propaganda purposes, ...
