Microsoft announced that it will provide its Azure public cloud service new analytical capabilities and procession large flows of data. Microsoft added support of real-time analytics for Apache Hadoop in Azure HDInsight, Apache Storm and new machine learning capabilities in the Azure Marketplace. Azure team describes the technology as a distributed, fault-tolerant, open-source computation system…

The leading software platform for real-time Operational Intelligence Splunk launches Splunk Enterprise 6.2, the new version of its operational intelligence platform in real time. It allows companies to explore, analyze and visualize massive data streams generated by the computer systems of companies, whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. The new version offers simplified data…

Just days after Lenovo purchased of IBM’s x86 servers business, IBM presents a number of new models based on its own Power8 Workstation processor. It’s about the first models based on Open Power Foundation, where companies like Google, NVIDIA, Canonical, Tyan, Samsung and Micron have been active contributors and thus will help to break Intel’s…

There have been more data in the last two years than in the entire history of computing. And this explosion of information requires companies to have effective tools for collecting and analyzing data. Moreover, the increasing trend of connectivity across different mobile devices pushes companies to integrate their infrastructure to these platforms. It began with…

The experience gained by the company alongside the users of the enterprise and cloud service providers of cloud computing adds an important perspective on the challenges of security in cloud, big data and Internet of Things (IoT) environments. The non-profit Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) that aims to promote the use of best practices to ensure…

Businesses are facing the most diverse work environment that the world has ever seen with five different generations working together, across geographies — each with different skills, experiences and work habits. Many companies use predictive modeling to determine how customers will behave in the future by using a set of data describing the actions that…

The big data is changing the conduct of business for companies and executives to get the most from their big data projects and help ease big data challenges. According to a new report from Accenture, enterprises are satisfied with business outcomes from big data and recognized it as very important tool to their digital transformation….

What is a real trend, which changed our lives forever and what is a mere hype that fizzles out quickly? Once a year, technology research firm Gartner releases Hype Cycle report to get the current nurve of the market, the business trend and the future direction. This year also Gartner has released its annual hype…

The market for big data is growing over the next five years with an estimated compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.52% from 2013 to 2018 to $46.34 Billion by 2018, reports research firm MarketsandMarkets. The report “Big Data Market By Types (Hardware; Software; Services; BDaaS – HaaS; Analytics; Visualization as Service); By Software (Hadoop,…

After Google and Apple, Intel now is entering the healthcare industry. The chip company has started a new program in the area of big data along with the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. As part of the program, Intel’s upcoming wave of wearable technology will help research on and treatment of neurodegenerative brain…