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Patients at risk: Vendor hack leads to healthcare data breach

By Robert Pleasant Apr 21, 2016

Hospital and healthcare data breaches are not uncommon occurrences, although this case features an attack on a third party vendor to get at the healthcare data. The Pain Treatment Centers of America (PTCOA) and…

Robot job takeover: Where do we stand today?

By Cynthia Kuzela Apr 21, 2016

When we think of automation in the workplace, the first jobs that come to mind of being most at threat are low paying, low-skilled jobs. While this is definitely true, advances in technology are…

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Alphabet’s GV contributes to $30M round into security startup Anomali

By Maria Deutscher Apr 21, 2016

When a technology heavyweight like Alphabet Inc. invests in a startup, it’s always worth paying extra attention to the announcement. The latest addition to its portfolio is Anomali Inc., which raised a total of…

Spark muscling in on Hadoop’s territory, says Wikibon analyst

By Paul Gillin Apr 21, 2016

Is Apache Spark the successor to Hadoop? Some people think so. Given the batch-oriented Hadoop’s complexity and the notorious performance problems of the MapReduce processing framework and the components that depend upon it, the…

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Sysdig raises $15M for its open-source Docker monitoring tool

By Maria Deutscher Apr 21, 2016

Since Docker is still relatively new to the enterprise, adopters have fewer monitoring tools to choose from than an organization using traditional virtualization software. But the gap is closing rapidly thanks to providers like…

MemSQL raises $36M to advance its in-memory analytical database

By Paul Gillin Apr 21, 2016

MemSQL Inc., developer of a scalable SQL-based in-memory distributed database, closed an over-subscribed series C financing round of $36 million, bringing its total funding to $85 million and setting the stage for international expansion.…

How to avoid extinction in today’s business world | #WomenInTech

By Marlene Den Bleyker Apr 21, 2016

Avoiding extinction remains even more important in today’s quick-paced and mobile business world. Survival depends in large part on taking advantage of key trends and technology, according to Yvonne Wassenaar, chief information officer of New Relic,…

Bigger snowballs + updates galore: AWS wants more of your data

By Mike Wheatley Apr 21, 2016

Amazon Web Services announced a host of new updates at its Chicago Summit this week. The new offerings and solutions are aimed at helping companies better deal with their Big Data. The headline acts…

Tinder for stoners app HighThere! discovered to share unencrypted data that is easily accessible

By Duncan Riley Apr 21, 2016

A Tinder-style, dating-come-social app for pot users has been exposed as having “student level security” that could be easily accessed by law enforcement or hackers. The HighThere! app was first made widely available in…

Is Microsoft on the verge of upgrading the Xbox One, or what?

By James Farrell Apr 21, 2016

On the heels of the recent rumor that Sony Corp. will be upgrading the PlayStation 4 in October to the PlayStation 4.5, rumors have surfaced that suggest Microsoft has plans to upgrade the Xbox One.…