Microsoft’s Global Spam Hunt
We hear all the time about defense when it comes to CyberCrime, and from time to time we do hear about federal cases where crimes are prosecuted. What we rarely hear about is the…
This Week in Big Data: from Strata Summit to Twitter Storm
By Saroj Kar
Here’s a roundup of some of this week’s headlines from the Big Data and enterprise IT industries: Strata Conference This week started with the 2011 Strata Conference in New York. This year’s conference has…
Real-Estate Search Providers Catching IPO Fever
One of the fastest growing web trends is real-estate search, mainly because this market is crowded with highly competitive companies that offer uses maximum convenience when looking for a new home. Among the top…
Red Hat Takes on VMware with oVirt
Red Had is working on something big in an attempt to snatch some market share from VMware, the EMC subsidiary currently sitting on the throne of the virtualization space. The Linux distributor teamed up…
Dell, Intel Show Some Homegrown Love
Intel and Dell will be setting up a hybrid supercomputer dubbed “Stampede” for the University of Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). Stampede is a 10-petaflop powerhouse that will be deployed in January 2013 and…
Boutiques.com Gets Mixed Up with Google Search
Let’s take a breather from all those court issues involving Google and look at their fun side. Google announced in their blog that they will be incorporating some features inspired by their recently launched Boutiques retail…
Microsoft Launches Bing Deals, Competes with Google, Amazon
Microsoft is stepping up its competition with Google over the search market with the launch of Bing Deals, a new feature that allows users to browse through deals aggregated from the more popular services,…
Big (Data) Impressions from Strata NYC
There were over two-dozen vendors at Strata in New York City this week and I managed to sit down and talk with executives from just about each one. While I’m still in the process…
Oracle Acquires GoAhead, Strengthens Communications Portfolio
By Saroj Kar
Oracle has announced the acquisition of software provider GoAhead Software. Based in Bellevue, Washington, GoAhead is a manufacturer and supplier of software solutions for network and telecommunications. Oracle expects the transaction to be completed…
What is Amazon ElastiCache?
Simon Brunozzi is a developer with Amazon Web Services. He produced an excellent primer about Amazon’s ElastiCache service. The fast-paced demo comes with a basic and clear explanation about memory caching, Memcached and how…