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With Hadoop HBase, Splice Machine breathes new life into old RDBMS

Thu, 08/14/2014 - 12:00

Splice Machine advertises itself as "the only Hadoop RDBMS." The idea is to give you a transactionally correct database that has the underlying scalability features of HBase.

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Review: Birst brings DIY to BI

Thu, 08/14/2014 - 12:00

We're all aware knowledge is power and time is money.

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How hackers used Google to steal corporate data

Thu, 08/14/2014 - 12:00

A group of innovative hackers used free services from Google and an Internet infrastructure company to disguise data stolen from corporate and government computers, a security firm reported.

FireEye discovered the campaign, dubbed Poisoned Hurricane, in March while analyzing traffic originating from systems infected with a remote access tool (RAT) the firm called Kaba, a variant of the better known PlugX.

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3D printing makes its move into production

Thu, 08/14/2014 - 12:00

When NASA's Juno satellite blasted off for Saturn, the 3D printed parts in its final assembly represented just one small step toward manufacturer Lockheed Martin's goal to eventually build an entire spacecraft using additive manufacturing technology. The launch also signified one giant leap toward the use of 3D printing in the aerospace firm's manufacturing processes here on earth.

Other businesses are adopting 3D printing in production, too. IT, in response, is buckling up for the ride.

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Primed for mobile development, Mono upgrade focuses on performance

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 21:53

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A do-nothing CFO gets the upgrade he deserves

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 12:00

Money smarts do not necessarily equal tech smarts, which can be a disaster for many companies.

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PaaS shoot-out: Cloud Foundry vs. OpenShift

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 12:00

PaaS (platform as a service) occupies an interesting niche in the cloud ecosystem. It typically sits on top of IaaS (infrastructure as a service), which provides the ability to access remote computing resources.

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Microsoft's Cortana voice assistant could well come to Windows 9

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 12:00

As a boy, from the first time I saw "Star Trek," I thought it would be incredibly cool to say "Computer!

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A do-nothing CFO gets the upgrade he deserves

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 12:00

Money smarts do not necessarily equal tech smarts, which can be a disaster for many companies.

Categories: IT General

State-of-the-art spear phishing and defenses

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 12:00

The number of phishing sites was up 10.7-percent as of Q1 this year (over last year) while at the same time almost 32.7-percent of PCs globally were infected with malware, including adware and spyware, indicating that phishing is an increasing issue for the enterprise, according to a report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force.

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9 common BI software mistakes and how to avoid them

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 12:00

According to Gartner, BI (business intelligence) and analytics will remain a top focus for CIOs through 2017, with companies spending millions on traditional BI software, cloud BI services, and now mobile apps and even social BI. However, as the type and number of BI solutions has grown, so too has the possibility of failure, of picking the wrong business intelligence software for your business problem or problems or of having end users not understand or properly use the solution.

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Microsoft tweaks Windows to lure Internet of things market, maker community

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 12:00

Hoping to cover all its bases in the emerging IoT (Internet of things) market, Microsoft is proffering a helping hand to "makers," DIYers, hardware hackers, and other builders of things that may one day end up on the Internet.

Microsoft is shipping a pared-down version of Windows on an Intel Galileo development board in hopes of extending Windows' reach further into smart devices and Internet-connected appliances.

Categories: IT General

PaaS shoot-out: Cloud Foundry vs. OpenShift

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 12:00

PaaS (platform as a service) occupies an interesting niche in the cloud ecosystem. It typically sits on top of IaaS (infrastructure as a service), which provides the ability to access remote computing resources.

Categories: IT General

Microsoft's Cortana voice assistant could well come to Windows 9

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 12:00

As a boy, from the first time I saw "Star Trek," I thought it would be incredibly cool to say "Computer!

Categories: IT General

A do-nothing CFO gets the upgrade he deserves

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 12:00

Money smarts do not necessarily equal tech smarts, which can be a disaster for many companies.

Categories: IT General

State-of-the-art spear phishing and defenses

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 12:00

The number of phishing sites was up 10.7-percent as of Q1 this year (over last year) while at the same time almost 32.7-percent of PCs globally were infected with malware, including adware and spyware, indicating that phishing is an increasing issue for the enterprise, according to a report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force.

Categories: IT General

9 common BI software mistakes and how to avoid them

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 12:00

According to Gartner, BI (business intelligence) and analytics will remain a top focus for CIOs through 2017, with companies spending millions on traditional BI software, cloud BI services, and now mobile apps and even social BI. However, as the type and number of BI solutions has grown, so too has the possibility of failure, of picking the wrong business intelligence software for your business problem or problems or of having end users not understand or properly use the solution.

Categories: IT General

Microsoft tweaks Windows to lure Internet of things market, maker community

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 12:00

Hoping to cover all its bases in the emerging IoT (Internet of things) market, Microsoft is proffering a helping hand to "makers," DIYers, hardware hackers, and other builders of things that may one day end up on the Internet.

Microsoft is shipping a pared-down version of Windows on an Intel Galileo development board in hopes of extending Windows' reach further into smart devices and Internet-connected appliances.

Categories: IT General

Texas, Florida, North Carolina lead IT job growth in first half of 2014

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 19:48

U.S. technology professionals searching for jobs may want to look in states not normally considered IT hot spots.

The three states with the highest percentage of IT job growth for the first half of 2014 were Texas at 5.99 percent, Florida at 5.64 percent and North Carolina at 3.8 percent, according to a report from IT job site Dice.

Categories: IT General

Texas, Florida, North Carolina lead IT job growth in first half of 2014

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 19:48

U.S. technology professionals searching for jobs may want to look in states not normally considered IT hot spots.

The three states with the highest percentage of IT job growth for the first half of 2014 were Texas at 5.99 percent, Florida at 5.64 percent and North Carolina at 3.8 percent, according to a report from IT job site Dice.

Categories: IT General

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