Wearable devices and smartphones have been part of modern living, and new technology has given such machines access to a whole new level of capability. Among the latest trends in wearables is augmented reality, allowing devices to interpret the world and then layer on information from the Internet or a service provider. Augmented reality is already helping people in ...

Bringing women into the tech field has been an uphill battle, but one worth fighting. As half of the population, women represent a powerful source of talent in a time when technology skills are in demand. One problem is that technology fields simply weren’t seen as interesting or exciting. Now, thanks to new tools that ...

After a bevy of applaudable product announcements this week, how is Nimble Storage positioned in the market? At the Nimble Storage: The Power of Predictive Analytics event in San Francisco, the public learned of Nimble’s new plans leveraging old technology, and a fresh pipeline for hybrid and all-flash data solutions. To condense the day’s revelations ...

Flash data storage is a powerful technology that is taking over the storage world. It boasts high performance and low operating costs, which makes flash attractive in the right-now world of Big Data. An up and coming player in the flash market is Nimble Storage, Inc., bringing its own unique technology to storage solutions. For ...

The data storage market is currently a storm of change. Old technologies are being replaced by new innovations, and the Big Data revolution is demanding more from storage than ever before. Now, it’s not just about the size of that big, black box, but also its speed and adaptability. To bring some insight to the ...

Data storage technology is the unsung hero of the Big Data revolution. Without a way to store, manage and serve up vast amounts of information on demand, Big Data would be far more theory than practice. Serving up data has become especially important, with speed being the major selling point of new data storage solutions. ...

There are many benefits to Big Data, but one of the most interesting is that companies now have the power to serve a customer of one. That is, using Big Data information and careful analytics, a business can design their customer interactions to meet the needs of any specific customer, in real-time. In a competitive ...

Sports training has always been more of an art than a science. It’s hard to collect good, reliable information on what happens in the fraction of a second that makes the difference between a winner and a runner-up. Smart devices are changing that. These wearable machines can test and analyze many data points, thousands of ...

The Big Data revolution has produced a wellspring of information for companies to draw on when making their business decisions and interacting with customers. This has proven extremely valuable and a necessary part of doing business in the 21st Century. However, for that data to be of real use, someone has to look it over ...

Streaming data is changing the way people look at Big Data processing. The benefit of streaming is that data can be used as it comes in, rather than waiting for it to be sorted, stored and evaluated. In a market where data-driven customer interactions happen in seconds, this is a huge advantage. To help bring ...