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Ubisoft launches new game studio in the Philippines

By Eric David Mar 29, 2016

Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry developer Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is opening yet another AAA game studio, but this time the game maker is turning to the Philippines for its newest location. While the majority of the work…

Watch LIVE: Simplicity in the Big Data ecosystem critical for enterprises | #BigDataSV

By Cheryl Knight Mar 29, 2016

As the Big Data marketplace is set to grow 20 percent CAGR over the next decade, according to a recent Wikibon report, it will rise and fall along the way. But one central theme…

Should Blizzard have removed Tracer’s “sexualized” victory pose from Overwatch?

By Eric David Mar 29, 2016

Blizzard Entertainment has been criticized in the past for the way it has sexualized female characters, particularly in the earlier days of World of Warcraft when male armor models looked at least somewhat practical while many female…

Wikibon

IBM wants to let companies run Spark on their mainframes

By Maria Deutscher Mar 29, 2016

Talk about old meets new. At the Strata + Hadoop World summit this morning, IBM Corp. pulled back the curtains on a software bundle aimed at making it more feasible for organizations to run…

Vera helps developers build data security into any application

By Michelle Davidson Mar 29, 2016

Encryption is the name of the game when it comes to securing data at rest, in transit and in use. The problem is enterprises often have trouble integrating encryption into their applications. Vera hopes…

Wikibon

Virtual Instruments and Load DynamiX merge, raise $20M to form new monitoring juggernaut

By Maria Deutscher Mar 29, 2016

To combat increasing competition from cloud-based monitoring providers, Virtual Instruments Inc. and Load DynamiX Inc. have signed a merger agreement will see their assets combined under the former’s name. The new outfit is poised…