In turn, Google decided that MapReduce, the big data analysis tool that the company initiated several years ago, was no longer an appropriate technology for real-time volume data processing. Google representatives at the conference Google I/O introduced the novelty of the cloud Dataflow which has help companies to analyze large volumes of data in real…

Having been the first to understand that the services would yield more than the sale of equipment, IBM was the first to suggest that software sales will bring in more than services today. In continuation of that effort, IBM has launched a new big data service that is designed to deliver better results and decision-making…

Google sets big jump on the bandwagon with networked home automation and in particular Internet of Things. The Internet giant subsidiary Nest, which Google bought for 3.2 billion earlier this year, aims to re-invent devices for the home that are overlooked, such as thermostats and smoke alarms and turns home into a smarthome. In this…

Organizations are dedicating increasing resources to security and risk. Security and risk leaders need to fully engage with the latest technology trends if they are to define, achieve and maintain effective security and risk management programmes that simultaneously enable business opportunities and manage risk. Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit is the only time when…

The market for cloud security market is growing over the next five years with an average of 15 percent per year to 8.71 billion in 2019, reports research firm MarketsandMarkets. The report “Cloud Security Market (Cloud IAM/IDAASS, DLP, Web Security, Email Security, Cloud IDS/IPS, SIEM, Encryption Services, BCDR, Network Security, Cloud Database Security, Virtualization Security)…

Since the official launch of its public cloud Compute Engine, Google had left the door open to alternatives to the traditional virtualization, such as containers. In turn, Google offers a Linux technology container on its cloud platform. After the announcement of its Amazon Web Services support in Docker Beanstalk, the Mountain View company has also…

At recently concluded Hadoop Summit, Microsoft presented the strategy for big data technologies and the work being done by the company from getting Hadoop is accessible in the cloud. Microsoft announced in the event that Azure HDInsight will now support Hadoop 2.4. Microsoft says the massive scale, power, elasticity and low cost of storage makes…

Among the flurry of news announced during the WWDC event by Apple as part of its annual developer conference, there were over a very interesting announcement made by Apple in the cloud in a way that sounds very similar to Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services. Apple introduced CloudKit, a new set of integrated in…

After years of fighting in the market for cloud services and CRM solutions dedicated to companies, Microsoft and Salesforce.com joined forces by announcing the signing of a comprehensive strategic partnership for mutual integration of their flagship solutions. The agreement provides that the Salesforce CRM solution is integrated with the Windows OS, the Azure cloud platform and…