How to Slay a Robot : Try These iPhone + Android Games
If you’re a fan of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, you’ve probably already seen “The World’s End.” It’s a movie about a guy and his friends wanting to relive their glory days by completing…
Study: Virtualization and Data Recovery Don’t Always Mix
Forty percent of companies that store information in a virtualized environment have suffered data loss in the last 12 months, a new study published by Kroll Ontrack concludes. The data protection specialist surveyed more…
What’s Next for Big Data? 5 Techies Share Their Visions
Big Data is a compounding phenomenon: as more data is produced each second, more ways to collect, analyze and monetize that data are unearthed. Understanding Big Data has helped companies, brands and retailers, determine…
DBAs Must Virtualize the Databases They Manage, Says EMC | #oow13
Anne McClure, CTO of Global Database Technologies at EMC, discussed database virtualization with theCUBE co-hosts Dave Vellante and John Furrier, live at the 2013 edition of Oracle OpenWorld this week. “We’ve been focused on…
Data and Content as a Platform + Big Data, Big Content, Big Value | #oow13
Steve Karam, Data and Content Technologist with John Wiley & Sons, was invited by John Furrier and Dave Vellante, theCUBE co-hosts, for a very inspiring talk about… books. The interview took place during our…
Oxygen Cloud Breathes Through Nirvanix Challenges #OOW13
In their ongoing coverage of Oracle Open world 2013, John Furrier spoke with Leo Leung, VP of Product Marketing for Oxygen Cloud in theCUBE. Oxygen Cloud had several joint customers using the now defunct…
MapR Supercharges HBase with M7 Update
Simplifying queries is a top priority for Hadoop vendors, and MapR is no exception. The company is leading the charge with its M7 distribution, which wraps a distributed file system around HBase, an open…
Oracle + EMC : Customers are “betting mission-critical business” on Joint Tech | #oow13
From the Moscone Center in San Francisco, John Furrier and Stu Miniman continue to broadcast theCUBE interviews during Day 2 of Oracle OpenWorld 2013. Their guest, Dorian Naveh, Senior Director Technology Alliances with EMC,…
Treat Your Earbuds with Fashion-Forward Headsets + More Smart Devices
This week’s SmartDevice roundup features a cool new Bluetooth headset, a smart way of monitoring your baby, and a fun way to digitize board games. Plus, a new crowdfunding site to help projects get…
Big Data Funded by the Millions : Here’s 3 Ways to Turn Data Science into Business
By Ryan Cox
Academia.edu continues to make scientific research a more open and networked practice, raising $11.1 million in Series B funding from Khosla Ventures, Spark Capital and True Ventures today. According to AllThingsD, we learned that the…