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Pepperdata offers a free health check for Hadoop users

By Mike Wheatley Jun 27, 2016

Enterprises are falling over themselves to gain a competitive advantage using sophisticated tools like Hadoop, But as powerful as this technology is, Hadoop-based projects can quickly become a nightmare when performance problems work their…

How one company is solving storage virtualization problems with an old technology | #DockerCon

By Tim Hawkins Jun 27, 2016

Storage virtualization is a tricky business, and it is not without its inherent problems. However, containerized storage is showing great promise in reducing or eliminating many of the problems encountered today. Premal Buch, CEO of Robin Systems, Inc.,…

DHS wants the power to ask visitors to the U.S. for their social media account details

By Duncan Riley Jun 27, 2016

If you’re not American and are visiting the United States soon you may need to provide more than a visa in your passport, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeking the power to…

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What you missed in Big Data: Tech giants double down on analytics

By Maria Deutscher Jun 27, 2016

Barely a week seems to pass without a web company open-sourcing some new tool for building artificial intelligence software. Last Thursday, it was Facebook Inc.’s turn. The social networking giant released a framework called…

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What you missed in Cloud: Acquisitions and APIs

By Maria Deutscher Jun 27, 2016

M&A returned to the cloud ecosystem’s agenda last week after Red Hat Inc. bought a low-key outfit called 3scale Inc. that helps companies regulate how their web services are used. Its API management software…

Facebook tries to placate conservatives by introducing political bias training for staff

By Duncan Riley Jun 27, 2016

Social networking giant Facebook, Inc. is to begin training employees about political bias following accusations made in May that it was removing links to conservative content in its trending news section. Facebook’s Chief Operating…

Google tools up with its Spanner database, looks for a fight with AWS

By Mike Wheatley Jun 27, 2016

Google is said to be mulling the idea of commercializing a highly scalable, globally distributed database technology known as “Spanner”, which the company has been using in its own data centers for several years…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai hacked by same group that embarrassed Mark Zuckerberg this month

By James Farrell Jun 27, 2016

A group of hackers – or perhaps security professionals with an underhanded marketing strategy – known as OurMine are at it again embarrassing the world’s most well known tech executives. Earlier this month the…

iOS 10 iMessage features: Full-screen animation, stickers, quick reactions, apps, more

By Collen Kriel Jun 27, 2016

With the announcement of iOS 10 at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC), iPhone and iPad users will soon be able to enjoy a host of new features in the Messages app. New features include…

Intel looking to offload its Intel Security arm

By Mike Wheatley Jun 27, 2016

Intel is considering a sale of its Intel Security division, and has already spoken with several bankers in a bid to find a suitable buyer, the Financial Times reports. Intel Security was created after…