Predictive security goes beyond the network
In the last several months millions of credit card numbers have been lost in data breaches. Personal health records have been lost and millions of user IDs and logins have slipped through the fingers…
The Data Economy: Intel-Cloudera deal levels the channel playing field
The Data Economy is an occasional analysis column by Wikibon Senior Analyst Jeff Kelly covering the business of Big Data. Intel’s investment in Cloudera gives the Hadoop start-up yet more cash to play with,…
Mega-Datacenters to revolutionize IT as we know it
Within 10 years most medium-to-large companies, including the largest enterprises in the world, will have closed their internal data centers and moved all their computing to large colocation/IaaS centers run by companies like Amazon…
AWS good for growing startups : Many likely to “stay in the cloud”
By Ryan Cox
The cloud is beginning to see adoption in the enterprise, and the race is on for Amazon, traditional vendors, and other newcomers like Google. Pricing wars aside, Amazon is looking to redefine the cloud…
AWS ignites the business cloud services market
In my earlier column I raised the question of whether AWS would expand into the traditional enterprise computing area. This week’s announcements at the AWS Summit in San Francisco answered that question with an emphatic…
Defending enterprise cloud : many security breaches are internal | #AWSSummit
This week, theCUBE broadcasted live from the AWS Summit in San Francisco, streaming the event and granting plenty of air-time for some of the brightest minds in the business. Mark Nunnikhoven, VP of Cloud…
A finger on the pulse of disruption in cloud and Big Data | #CubeConversations
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks in the world of enterprise IT, with two of the industry’s hottest trends each passing multiple milestones on the backdrop of increased competition among the top market…
Amazon denies plans for ad-supported streaming service
Earlier this year, it was reported that Amazon was in talks with big entertainment companies to license their TV channels for a possible online pay-TV service. This would allow Amazon to offer more content…
Philips introduces new smarthome lighting solutions
Those interested in home automation often start with the small things, such as connected light bulbs that you can control using your mobile device even when you’re out of the house. Connected bulbs makes…
New study casts doubt on MtGox’s claims it was hacked
In the wake of its high profile collapse last month, Bitcoin exchange MtGox filed for bankruptcy protection in Japanese courts, claiming it had been hacked with around 850,000 Bitcoins stolen, worth about $450 million at…