Abstracting Data Science for the Every Day User
Unlike my cohorts in San Francisco for the circus that is Oracle OpenWorld, I spent two days last week in sunny San Diego, talking to the folks from Teradata, a company with its roots…
Clustrix CTO: In-Memory is a Hack to Throw Hardware at the Database Problem
By Klint Finley
Dave Vellante and John Furrier interviewed Clustrix CTO Aaron Passey on theCube last week. Clustrix offers a highly scalable relational database that’s fully compatible with MySQL. Passey claims Clustrix can scale near-linearly. The most…
iCloud Gains Security, Interoperability Concerns
The new Apple iOS 5 includes iMessage and iCloud, probably the most talked about offerings of the new OS aside from the talking personal assistant, Siri. The features are impressive but it seems like…
Yammer’s New Desktop Version Gets More Social
Yammer upgrades the desktop version of its enterprise sharing and collaboration software, which now offers six new features. Most of the changes are designed to enhance the UI and the overall use experience. A…
The Jobs Affect on iPhone 4S Sales
When Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S last week, it wasn’t greeted with much applause and gusto as Apple fans, as well as fandroids, weren’t exactly impressed with the new product. A lot of consumers put…
Netflix Drops Qwikster, Raises Questions of Business Direction
By Maria Pila
Netflix revealed today that it will abandon a proposal to separate its streaming and DVD businesses, sending its shares soaring in pre-market trading. Last month the company said its DVD-by-mail service would be split…
Technology on Autism : A Ray of Hope and Possibility
The rate of autism has increased over the years, and is still continuously growing. People who are autistic or those who have Alzheimer’s disease are at high risk to wander away from home and…
Microsoft Patches OS, Fleshes Out Cloud
Microsoft has been busy this month with a wide variety of deals ranging from patching Windows, to closing an $8.5 billion acquisition. The October Patch Tuesday fixes include several significant ones, including partially a…
Verizon and Duke Tackle Healthcare Data Analysis, Security
Everybody uses technology. From our homes to our workplace, we see how technology has changed our way of life. Now, the medical world will be facing a challenge in meeting their needs with the…
People Clash over Govt. use of “Pre-Cog” Data Tip-Offs
Minority Report is an oft-cited movie for emerging technology in touch screens and robots. But what if I told you that the government really has pre-cognitive technology sans the pre-cogs. Unrealistic? Think again. According to…