Death By Big Data: The Peril of Predictions
To the uninitiated, the job of a data scientist probably doesn’t seem all that exciting, and certainly, it doesn’t seem like the kind of career where there would be too many occupational hazards that…
Big Data, Social, Analytics, Content Management Everywhere – IBM’s Ken Bisconti
Ken Bisconti, IBM Product and Strategy for the Enterprise Content Management sat down on theCube with Furrier and Vellante. As VP of enterprise content management, Bisconti is focused on products and strategies. He shares his perspective…
Google Compute Engine for OpenStack. But Why?
By Isha Suri
Cloudscaling, the leading provider of open cloud infrastructure solutions for cloud-ready applications has recently launched a new compute API set for OpenStack that is compatible with Google Compute Engine (GCE), Google’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) compute…
Data, Like Daisies, Has a Lifespan and Should be Chucked When it Wilts, Says Consultant Randy Kahn
Like everything else, information has a lifespan, and just like a beautiful bouquet of daisies, when it gets old and wilts, when it has no further business value and is past any compliance retention…
IBM Getting Smart on Big Data Security, Appoints Christina Peters as Chief Privacy Officer
By Kyt Dotson
IBM announced the new appointment of the top management of the company–Christina Peters was promoted to Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) and will lead a team of lawyers, experts in data security and technical staff who…
iPad mini Price Disappoints. Is Apple’s Ecosystem Strong Enough to Fight the Fire?
The rumors were mostly right. At Apple’s Special Event today in San Jose, CA, the iPad mini was revealed. Its screen measures 7.85 inches diagonally, slightly bigger than its 7-inch rivals that have crafted…
Quest Launches New Analytics Software for Hadoop
Quest, the data management firm that Dell acquired this year for $2.4 billion, unveiled three new products that extend the capabilities of the open-source big data platform. Dell already has a couple of Hadoop…
Newer, Faster Chips Save 30% On Cloud Computing Costs
New research has shown that it may be possible to cut the costs of cloud computing by 30%, but only if your data center server is using the right kind of chip. A team…
MapR Simplifies, Stretches Hadoop with Enterprise Upgrade
At the O’Reilly Strata Conference + Hadoop World, MapR announced that they’re bringing Hadoop and NoSQL capabilities together on an easy, dependable platform: MapR M7. With M7, Big Data operations ranging from batch analytics…
Another Victim of the Internet: Ceefax Bites the Dust
The BBC’s Ceefax service, the world’s first teletext service, will finally be laid to rest this evening when the UK’s analogue TV signal is switched off for the last time. The UK is set…