Typically batch in nature, big data analytics allows an organization to organize and analyze vast amounts of structured and unstructured information to facilitate the detection of rogue employees, partners, or criminal or collusive rings of fraudulent or abusive activity, says Gartner analysts. A critical ingredient for success is the ability to quickly and easily integrate…

The sixth annual Online Measurement and Strategy Report, carried out by Econsultancy in association with web analytics consultancy Lynchpin, find comprehensive analysis of issues affecting the web analytics industry and industry insight into the use of analytics and business intelligence tools. According to the report, more than half of the companies rely solely on Google…

Half of mobile operators expect to deploy software defined networks or SDN, within two years to reduce operating costs, according to a study by Informa Telecoms and Media sponsored by Juniper Networks. Mobile SDN is set to be one of the most transformative technologies implemented in the next few years. Cost savings and network flexibility…

Blending Big Data analytics-enabling technology into the company’s database offering, IBM revealed the availability of IBM DB2 10.5 with a set of acceleration technologies called BLU Acceleration. BLU has significant benefits for the analytic and reporting workloads and can make database management system better suited for running large in-memory data analysis jobs. BLU Acceleration is…

Last year, Ponemon Institute and Thales e-Security comprehensive study reported how organizations influence the spread of cloud computing security measures and how to manage the risks. This year, more than 4,000 organizations participated in the survey showed more organizations have already putting sensitive data in the cloud. But, the adoption of cloud based services is…

The Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), the global association that promotes Green IT and promote the goal IT equipment a tool for assessing the sustainability performance of suppliers of raw materials and components to manufacture, revealed in a report that increased use of cloud computing services will reduce the dependence on energy and save over US$2.2…

A group of experts appointed by European Commission will scrutinize how European cloud computing contracts are established. It will also try to develop a standard contract. The European Commission launched a call for applications to recruit people from the industry, academia and other profiles, to establish a group of experts whose mission is to create…

Fusion-io, a world leader in flash-based memory management, introduces a solution for increasing the performance of flash in virtual server environments.  With an update of ioTurbine software, Fusion-io offered up to 40 times increased performance for applications in VM environments, doubling the number of VMs and unloading of SAN solutions. Compatible with the Fusion-io ioCache…