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Sony Joins Forces With Panasonic On Archival Optical Discs
Sony and Panasonic are to work together on next-generation optical discs, including systems with a recording capacity of 300GB per disc
Microsoft HereHere Social Platform Aims To Improve Community Engagement
Microsoft's HereHere uses social media and big data analytics to help users engage with events in their local area
IBM Study Finds Big Data Boosts CFO Effectiveness
The study found that 82 percent of chief financial officers see the value of large-scale analytics, but only a few think their teams are prepared to make use of it
Big Data Firms Predict Mainstream Adoption In 2014
Get on board the big data train now, or surrender the advantage to competitors, warns an industry panel
Microsoft Pays Bing Users With OneDrive Storage
Microsoft promotion offers users additional OneDrive storage if they use its Bing search engine
New LaCie Enclosures Feature Seagate’s First 5TB Hard Drives
The new drives are the first on the market to feature Shingled Magnetic Recording technology
Code_N Competition Is Bringing 50 Big Data Start-Ups To CeBIT
The finalists will be surrounded by a 12-metre tall data visualisation artwork
Intel Touts High-End Xeon Chips For Big Data
The updated Intel Xeon E7 chip lineup offers up to 15 cores and a number of performance improvements
HP Was Aware Of Autonomy’s Accounting Practices – Report
HP may have been aware of certain key accounting practices by Autonomy before a whistleblower supposedly stepped forward
Open Data Institute Signs Up Five More International Partners
Osaka, Seoul, Sheffield, Philadelphia and Hawaii join the global movement to make better use of public sector data
TwinStrata Adds File Sharing To Cloud Storage
TwinStrata has updated its CloudArray software, adding broader file access and sharing features
HP Opens Portal For Vertica Big Data Developers
HP's Vertica Marketplace is a hub where developers, partners and customers can share tools created for the Vertica analytics platform
First UK Data Science Summer School To Open In August
The free five week course was developed by Pivigo Academy specifically for academics
Toshiba Announces Its First 5TB Hard Drive
The enterprise-grade MG04 HDD series features native 4K Advanced Format support, 5TB capacity without using helium
IBM Technology Speeds Data Transfer
An analogue-to-digital converter developed by IBM could help improve Internet transfer speeds
Intel Software Suite Launch Targets Big Data Analytics
Intel builds upon its Hadoop distribution with the introduction of the Intel Data Platform for big data analytics
5 Myths of Dimensional Modelling
Data warehouses should be fast and accessible. Data modelling is the way to ensure this, says Ralph Kimball
Cloudera Offers Apache Spark For Hadoop Big Data
Creator of Hadoop Doug Cutting says the use of MapReduce engine for Big Data projects will decline, replaced by Apache Spark
Red Hat, Hortonworks Expand Hadoop Partnership
Hortonworks and Red Hat are to broaden their partnership with planned products including an HDP plug-in for Red Hat Storage
Microsoft Officially Brings Power BI Analytics To Office 365
Microsoft's business intelligence release brings big data analytics to one billion Office users
Government Invests £73m In UK Big Data
David Willetts has announced £73m of new funding for 55 projects related to data analytics, including the establishment of four research centres at English universities
Quiz Of The Week: Big Data
Do you know all about Big Data and analytics? Try our quiz!
Twitter Starts Taking Applications For ‘Data Grants’
A few lucky research organisations will get free access to the platform's public and historical data
Learning Data Visualisation
To understand and communicate data, you must visualise it - for yourself and for other people - says Nathan Yau
Splunk Delivers Eclipse Plug-In
Splunk has added an Eclipse plug-in and updated its Python development kit as it seeks to drum up developer enthusiasm
Extreme Networks’ Purview Turns Net Management Into Big Data
Data capture from networks could drive business decisions, says Extreme Networks
Dell: The Days Of Feature-Rich Storage Are Numbered
Robin Kuepers from Dell says growing storage capacity on a very tight budget is one of the main challenges facing IT departments in 2014
VoltDB Upgrades In-Memory Operational Database
VoltDB upgrades its in-memory database with enhanced analytics, expanded integrations, and MySQL migration
Autonomy IDOL 10.5 Strengthens Ties With HP HAVEn Big Data Platform
HP Autonomy CTO Fernando Luicini explains closer integration with Hadoop, Vertica and ArcSight