The first DataDive event sees over 100 volunteers consulting four non-profit organisations
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How To Make Money From Maps In A World Dominated By Google
Jon Maron from INRIX says you can still run a maps business, as long as you don’t focus on navigation
Tealium, Splunk To Integrate Big Data, Tag Management
The partnership between Tealium and Splunk aims to help marketers better make use of big data
IT Life: Big Data For The Travel Industry
Pascal Clement has a mission. He's building Big Data solutions for travel, at Amadeus
Met Office To Use MongoDB For Space Weather Forecasts
The open source NoSQL database will help predict solar flares
Microsoft SkyDrive Updated For Space Saving
Microsoft has upgraded its SkyDrive cloud storage service in order to free up more space
Seagate Quarterly Revenue Down Almost A Quarter
Results still beat analyst expectations, yearly revenue remains high and the company is optimistic
Fusion-io Shares Secrets Of Flash-Aware Applications With Open Compute And MariaDB
The enterprise Flash pioneer makes its first official contribution to open source
Egnyte Cloud Storage Integrates Google Drive
Egnyte now allows users to move files from a device to a local storage node to the Egnyte cloud or to Google Drive
TechWeekEurope Readers Are Not Smitten With Big Data
A surprising number of readers are disappointed with their Big Data experiences
Amazon Brings MapR M7 Platform To Elastic MapReduce
MapR's M7 'ultimate decision machine' big data platform is now available on Amazon's Elastic MapReduce cloud infrastructure
Oracle Adds 2TB Option For Exalytics
Users of Oracle's Exalytics In-Memory Machine X3-4 now have the option of accessing 2TB of RAM, which could help with certain big data applications
Big Data Charity Announces First London Event
DataDive, organised by DataKind UK, will help organisations like Oxfam and HelpAge take advantage of analytics without any risk
WPC 2013: Microsoft Announces Cloud, Big Data Programmes
At its Worldwide Partner Conference 2013, Microsoft announced programmes and services aimed at helping customers and partners take advantage of the cloud and big data
EMC Makes Flash Move With ScaleIO Purchase
EMC has enhanced its flash-based data centre offerings with the acquisition of ScaleIO
Dropbox Expands Cross Platform Ambitions With App Dev Tools
Dropbox wants to let developers sync app data across platforms with its Datastore API
HP Promises To Cover StoreVirtual Storage Backdoor
For the second time in a month, HP squeezes out a fix for a backdoor in one of its storage products
EMC Upgrades Data Protection And Data Domain Systems
EMC has upgraded its Data Domain systems, as well as its data protection suite and deduplication software
Microsoft Office Expands BI And App Options
Microsoft Office continues its enterprise expansion by growing its Apps ecosystem and BI options
CA Partners ExaGrid For Midmarket Backup
CA Technologies and ExaGrid combine their backup/recovery software into one customised appliance
Moneyball And The Rise Of Sports Analytics
The influence of sports analytics has never been greater, but does analytics take the fun out of it?
Big Data Blocked By Poor Storage Structure, Says Report
Data is stored as badly as stuff in a "woman's handbag" says (male) researcher
IBM DB2 Database Updated For Big Data
IBM has updated its DB2 database to include “BLU Acceleration” technology for big data processing
Microsoft To Appeal SkyDrive Brand Ruling
Microsoft has said it will appeal a UK court decision that could force it to rebrand its SkyDrive cloud storage service across the EU
IBM Wimbledon SlamTracker Hopes Big Data Will Attract Fans
IBM hopes to bring together mobile, big data and social to improve fan interaction at Wimbledon
Glitches Are More Dangerous Than Cyber Attacks
Iain Chidgey has some ideas on how to avoid human error
Fusion-io Boosts Virtual Machine Performance With Updated ioTurbine
New version of ioTurbine brings benefits of flash memory to virtualised datacentre
Kim Dotcom Furious After LeaseWeb Deletes Megaupload Servers
Dutch firm deletes a whole load of Megaupload data, which could have been valuable evidence for Dotcom
Springtown – A Hard Drive Factory Like No Other
Max Smolaks returns from Derry with a new fondness for hard drives and respect for people who make them
Cray Adds Intel Hadoop To Supercomputer Clusters
Cray will use Intel's Hadoop distribution for its turnkey big data computing infrastructure