Big Data Startup ParStream Raises $5.6M
ParStream is a Germany-based big data team that was founded in 2008, and up until now ran on money from a few private investors including founders Michael Hummel and Jorg Bienert. This week the…
Symantec Makes Hadoop Ready-Made for the Enterprise
By Amber Harris
Symantec is the latest company to create an easy-to-use version of Hadoop for companies so they are able to manage Big Data without spending a lot of time and money. Unlike many data…
Revolution Analytics Expands into Asia Pacific
Revolution Analytics opened up an office in Singapore in order to gain a foothold in the Asia Pacific market. The Asian market is in a phase of very rapid growth, and other vendors such…
Governments Keep Up With Shifting Security Landscape with State-Sponsored Hacking, China Remains Top of the Food Chain
By Cherr Aira
The governments are playing the hacking game, too. This got me thinking: what are the possible implications of law backing up the bad guys? Are we granting them to access sensitive data of the…
Bitcoin: Feeding the Low-Overhead Revolution One Darknet at a Time
By Kyt Dotson
Whenever Bitcoin is brought up two thoughts often leap into the same arena at the same time one that involves the strange enigma of economics and the other that speaks to the freedom-loving cryptogeek…
Windows Azure Active Directory — Taking a First Look
By Isha Suri
Windows Azure, the flexible and open cloud, is a step ahead by Microsoft in the cloud business. We have recently received the Windows Azure Active Directory, which industry analysts are suggesting to give a…
Top Fixable #NBCfails from the Olympics
By Amber Harris
NBC received a lot of negative attention throughout the 2012 Olympics coverage, from the beginning to the end. NBC’s screw ups were even made popular on Twitter with the #NBCfail trending topic. Throughout the…
Data Scientists Predict What Music You’ll Love, Disrupt Common Marketing Logic
Will you love your favorite musician’s next album? Whatever you suggested, Shanda Innovations (tech incubator of China’s Shanda corporation) may know better than even you. A Music Data Science Hackathon, which was oraganised by Data…
Cloud’s Biggest Impact on Mobile? SOASTA CEO Shares His Vision
It’s easy to overlook the things that run in the background, like the backstage crew pulling strings and flashing lights that make experiencing a stage performance worthwhile. But those back-running systems are a necessity…
Who’s Winning the Consumer Data Management Race? [Report]
By Saroj Kar
ClickFox, a pioneer in the analytics consumer experience space, revealed the company’s findings from the ClickFox 2012 Consumer Data Audit survey. The company’s survey results shed light on consumer’s preferences around data management, and…