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Big Data: Marching Toward A Knowledge-Driven Society
Praveen Mandal from SGI explains the steps we will need to take to exploit the potential of Big Data and the Internet of Things
Altosoft Updates Insight Product With Predictive Analytics
Insight 5.0 adds greater scalability and process-based predictive analytics
Inventor Of Modern Storage Stuart Parkin Is Awarded The 2014 Millennium Prize
Parkin’s innovation enabled 1000-fold growth in the capacity of hard drives
Teradata Supercharges Analytics With Active Enterprise Data Warehouse 6750
The new hardware offers eight times more memory, three times more flash and 40 percent more processing power
Tim Harford: Don’t Be Quick To Trust Infographics
Sometimes, an infographic is just a more convincing way to lie, warns ‘undercover economist’ Tim Harford
Intel, Huawei Team Up For Big Data Storage
Huawei and Intel ink a new deal that will see the two co-develop storage systems geared towards big data
HP Autonomy Pushes On With On Demand Service
An online version of HP Autonomy IDOL can give IBM's Watson a run for its money, says Robert Youngjohns
Teradata Universe: “Data Enables The New Economy”
The future will belong to companies that make data-driven decisions and value the trust of their customers, says Hermann Wimmer from Teradata
Google Adds GeoJSON Support For Mapping
Google has added support for the GeoJSON data format to the JavaScript Maps API, allowing developers to create richer maps
EMC Launches Data Protection-As-A-Service
The company adopts all of its data protection products for the software-defined data centre
Marvell Ordered To Pay Carnegie Mellon $1.54 Billion For Storage Patent Infringement
The judge increases the fine by $366 million to penalize “egregious behaviour”
1010data Upgrades Big Data Discovery Tools
The company is also planning a QuickApps visual editor for users who want to create their own data-analytics applications
SanDisk Announces Four Enterprise-Grade SSDs
CloudSpeed Extreme, Ultra, Ascend and Eco are aimed at different application workloads
Plextor Adds Full-Disk Encryption To Solid-State Drives
Plextor's M6M mSATA and M6S SSDs support full-disk encryption using the 256-bit AES standard
Intel Ditches Hadoop Distribution And Partners With Cloudera
Intel is to discontinue its own Hadoop distribution and instead partner Cloudera with a “significant investment”
NoSQL Vendor MarkLogic Announces Record Year
Says the growth in NoSQL database market will only accelerate
Kim Dotcom’s Mega Valued At £108 Million Through A ‘Reverse Takeover’
The cloud storage service created by fugitive millionaire is set to go public on New Zealand stock exchange
Viewsy: Tracking Movement Of Customers Without Threatening Their Privacy
London-based Viewsy, the winner of the Code_n competition, talks about its plans for the future
Bitrix24 Takes On Cloud Storage With Social Features
Bitrix24's service allows teams to work together smoothly by placing all data, metadata and internal communications in one place
Osborne Announces £42m Alan Turing Institute For Big Data: Budget 2014
Alan Turing Institute to put Briish companies at the head of Big Data research, Osborne promises in surprise Budget announcement
HP Readies ConvergedSystems For SAP HANA
HP to launch the first converged infrastructure system for SAP HANA, the database for analytics and big data
Cloudera Gains £97m With Fresh VC Funding
Venture capitalists continue to invest large amounts into the Hadoop-based Big Data start-up
VMware Offers Virtual SAN for vSphere
Virtual SANs get the OK from the biggest brand in virtualisation, as VMware launches its VSAN for vSphere
Import.io: Semantic Web Is Dead, Long Live Structured Web!
Andrew Fogg, Chief Data Officer at Import.io, wants to start a movement to improve the Web, by turning any website into a spreadsheet
IBM CIO Study Finds Strong Focus On Customer
Technology executives are increasingly focused primarily on customer satisfaction, according to the study
Toshiba And SanDisk Sue Hynix For Industrial Espionage
The engineer who leaked proprietary information is in custody
Virgin Media Launches Cloud Storage Service
Virgin Media Cloud offers up to 50GB free storage per household, with increasing amounts for those willing to pay
Buffalo Technology Launches Entry-Level NAS Series
LinkStation 210 and LinkStation 220 offer mobile-friendly networked storage
London-Based Viewsy’s Retail Analytics Wins CeBIT Code_n Competition
Viewsy beats 49 Big Data start-ups from all over the world to be named the winner of Code_n 2014