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How To Understand Your Customers Better With A ‘360-Degree’ Big Data View
Organisations are striving to better understand their customers and it's data, used properly, that makes all the dfference
OpenOffice In Danger Of Retirement, Warns Project Leader
Lack of developers blamed, but others cite poor support from Apache for the Microsoft Office alternative
Hortonworks Tackles Cybercrime With Open Source Apache Metron
Apache Metron community is a vital army in the battle against cybercriminals, says Hortonworks
What Is Apache Spark And Why Choose It?
Tugdual Grall, technical evangelist at MapR Technologies, looks at the rise of Apache Spark and why everyone’s talking about it
IBM Launches Apache Spark-as-a-Service Offering
At its Insight 2015 conference, IBM announced a series of new solutions, including a Spark-as-a-Service offering on IBM Bluemix
Nginx Plus 2.0 Targets Enterprises With Commercial Improvements
The open source Nginx Web server continues to gain commercial enhancements to broaden its appeal
Apache CloudStack 4.2 Bolsters Open Source Cloud Cause
The open source cloud just got a bit more advanced following the Apache CloudStack 4.2 release
Apache Ships Cassandra 2.0 Open-Source Database
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) launches version 2.0 of the Cassandra NoSQL database
Darkleech Campaign Escalates To Breach Thousands More Apache Servers
Tens of thousands of IPs are serving up the Blackhole exploit kit thanks to Darkleech
Super Stealthy Backdoor Spreads To Hit Hundreds Of Thousands Of Web Users
Cdorked almost matches Stuxnet for sophistication, researcher tells TechWeek
Thousands Threatened By Super Stealthy Apache Backdoor
Hundreds of servers affected, leaving thousands open to infection, ESET warns
Intel Looks To Big Data With Own Hadoop Distribution
Intel continues its big data move by offering its own Hadoop platform, optimised for Xeon server chips
Flex Graduates To Top-Level Project Status At Apache
Apache Flex, formerly Adobe Flex, is an open-source platform for rich Internet applications originally developed by Macromedia
CloudStack Achieves First Release As Apache Incubator Project
CloudStack 4.0 adds integrated Amazon Web Services support, among other features, as the project expands beyond Citrix
Apache Promotes OpenOffice As Top-Level Project
The OpenOffice productivity suite is now an Apache top-level project, but will LibreOffice users care?
ASF Bowls Apache Wicket 6.0 At Open Sourcers
The Apache Software Foundation has released Apache Wicket 6.0, the latest version of its Java Web app framework
Apache ‘Drill’ Speeds Hadoop Queries
Drill, backed by MapR Technologies, is aimed at looking for much faster ways of completing Hadoop big-data queries
Apache Promotes Big Data Tool
Sqoop, a big data tool for transferring data between Hadoop and structured data stores, has graduated to top-level project status at the Apache Software Foundation
Apache Rave Graduates To Top-Level Status
The open source mashup platform Apache Rave has moved out of the Apache Software Foundation's incubator to become a top-level project
Microsoft Will Make Hadoop Data Available Through Excel
With Excel output, the Big Data crunching platform could become more appealing to smaller companies
VMware Helps Java Developers Handle Big Data With Spring Hadoop
VMware's Spring Hadoop targets enterprise Java developers who want to create Big Data analysis applications
Apache Marks 17th Birthday With HTTP Server 2.4
Apache has celebrated the 17th anniversary of its HTTP Server by delivering version 2.4, tuned for the cloud
Apache Deltacloud Graduates To Top-Level Project
Apache's Deltacloud cloud interoperability toolkit has graduated from incubator status to a top-level project
Birst Looks To Ease Hadoop Adoption Concerns
Birst is offering to help companies battling with 'big data' after announcing support for Hadoop
Informatica Teams Up On Free Hadoop Parser
The Informatica/Hortonworks parser turns complex data into structured or semi-structured format in Hadoop
Apache Re-affirms Backing For OpenOffice.org
The Apache Foundation has declared OpenOffice.org as an official part of its incubation scheme
Apache Killer DoS Bug Patched By Oracle
Oracle patched the Apache Killer vulnerability in Oracle Fusion Middleware and Application Server
Patch Promise For Apache Killer DoS Vulnerability
Apache has promised to patch a vulnerability that exposes Web servers to denial of service attacks
WANdisco Adds Context To Apache Subversion
WANdisco offers uberSVN and its app store to unify the software Apache Subversion development process