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Microsoft beefs up electrical grid security with new cyberanalytics service

By Mike Wheatley Jul 19, 2017

Microsoft Corp. is attempting to ward off cyberattacks on utilities with the launch of a new Azure Cyber Analytics program for electrical grid companies. The new Microsoft Azure Certified Elite Partner Program for Cyber…

Infra

Russian man sentenced to five years in prison over Citadel malware role

By Duncan Riley Jul 19, 2017

A Russian man who was involved in the distribution and maintenance of the Citadel malware that ran rampant in 2013 has been sentenced to five years in prison. Mark Vartanyan (pictured), also known as “Kolypto,”…

Big Data

Author goes beyond the bells and whistles of big data buzz

By Mark Albertson Jul 19, 2017

As big data and machine learning tools become essential for modern business, the primary goal is no longer predicting the likelihood of making a sale. It’s now a matter of increasing the likelihood that…

Emerging Tech

$31M stolen in hack that targeted initial coin offering companies

By Duncan Riley Jul 19, 2017

Ethereum wallets linked to at least three companies that have raised funds through initial coin offerings have been hacked, with about 150,000 ETH tokens ($31 million) being stolen. The hack exploited a vulnerability in…

Cloud

Oracle to bolster cloud sales teams with 1,000 new hires

By Mike Wheatley Jul 19, 2017

Oracle Corp. has launched a major recruitment drive aimed at boosting its cloud sales force, even as it prepares to make layoffs elsewhere. The move comes amid a major reorganization of Oracle’s sales teams…

Big Data

Spark doubles down on streaming, data warehousing and deep learning

By Mark Albertson Jul 19, 2017

The Apache Spark community has been wrestling with a wide range of big data challenges in information technology, and Databricks Inc. (which was founded by Spark’s creators), is taking steps to address the enterprise…

Emerging Tech

Apple launches a blog dedicated to sharing machine learning research

By Duncan Riley Jul 19, 2017

Expanding on its efforts to engage with the academic and research communities, Apple Inc. has launched the “Apple Machine Learning Journal,” a blog dedicated to publishing scholarly research papers on the growing field of teaching…

Cloud

Amazon drops controversial cloud contract clause to win over more customers

By Mike Wheatley Jul 19, 2017

Amazon.com Inc. is trying to make itself appear more friendly by eliminating a controversial clause in its cloud customer agreement contracts that has put off many companies from doing business with it. For several…

Big Data

Is serverless automation too much of a good thing for the IoT edge?

By R. Danes Jul 19, 2017

Big data management platform Apache Spark wants to extend its streaming capabilities to serverless application development via DataBricks Inc., a cloud-based data service founded by Spark’s creators. But will this make it harder to wield data…

Big Data

What’s next in streaming data? Perhaps streaming DevOps

By R. Danes Jul 19, 2017

With event-by-event data streaming and serverless application development, has the Apache Spark open-source community readied real-time, continuous applications for enterprise use? “They definitely turned up the volume on what they can do with continuous…

the latest

Microsoft beefs up electrical grid security with new cyberanalytics service

Russian man sentenced to five years in prison over Citadel malware role

Author goes beyond the bells and whistles of big data buzz

$31M stolen in hack that targeted initial coin offering companies

Spark doubles down on streaming, data warehousing and deep learning

Apple launches a blog dedicated to sharing machine learning research

Amazon drops controversial cloud contract clause to win over more customers

Is serverless automation too much of a good thing for the IoT edge?

What’s next in streaming data? Perhaps streaming DevOps

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