Why You Should Virtualize Oracle Now
The Oracle stance on virtualization is that it is not officially supported. As a someone with large Oracle installations, you have the option to heed these warnings or attempt to virtualize Oracle yourself. The…
Tim O’Reilly’s Top Predictions from Strata 2013: Black Hat Data Scientists Are Coming Soon
By Ryan Cox
Tim O’Reilly, founder of O’Reilly Media and the organizer of the Strata conference we’ve been broadcasting from live this week, stopped by theCube to chat with show hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante. Strata is growing,…
Say What? Don’t Worry About Uncontrollable Data. SiSense Will “Take Care of It.”
By Anthony Coln
Big Data firm SiSense’s VP of World Marketing, Bruno Aziza, sat down with SiliconAngle founder John Furrier on theCube at Strata this week. He starts by mentioning that SiSense has over 400 customers in its…
ServicesAngle News Briefs for February 28, 2013
HP Streamlines HUD Housing Complaints with New Mobile App HP Enterprise Services has announced a new mobile app for the U.S. department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The application allows citizens to easily…
The Big Data Enigma: No Big Data? No Problem!!
The potential of Big Data is no secret – we’ve all heard about it and we’d all like to tap into it and discover actionable insights. But what about those organizations that don’t actually…
EA Looks to Big Data to Level Up the Video Game Industry
By Kyt Dotson
Video games have grown from singular personal diversions into a market that spans not just the globe but minds. Many games, such as Battlefield and Call of Duty, serve millions of players a day…
Iranian Hacker Bullies VP Joe Biden, Credibly Threaten to Commandeer US Drones, Leak IHS Jane’s CBRN Documents
Some absolutely shocking threats and claims have emerged from a fairly new hacking group on the scene. DefCon’s “y3ti” tipped us off to the group that calls themselves Parastoo that first emerged at the…
Extreme Weather Forecasting With Big Data
We all worry about the weather from time to time, but where business is concerned these worries are often heightened. Take the example of a ski resort operator, which is trying to determine the…
Center of Value Shifting from Software to Data, Says O’Reilly
Just as the PC revolution was about hardware becoming commoditized and inexpensive and software becoming rare and very valuable, the Big Data revolution is about software becoming inexpensive – in many cases free –…
“Hands On” with SpaceTop, The World’s First 3D Computer Interface
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could, like, actually reach into your computer and touch whatever ‘s onscreen with your own hands? Well, that’s the promise of a futuristic new computing device called the…