IBM showed strong protest over the $600 cloud project agreement that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) supposedly awarded to Amazon. The giant companies, Amazon and IBM continue to battle for the intriguing cloud contract as each pushes its old and new business solutions for the CIA.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) already [...]

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Until the emergence of the concept of “Big Data”, data were mainly treated locally in data warehouses consisting of several structured databases. Gradually, the data sources are widely diversified and become relatively heterogeneous and were mainly localized on the Internet.

Analysts are projecting the future of the analysis of customer data. [...]

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Hewlett Packard (HP) is ready to take the cloud on a new level as it explores a road no other cloud player has taken, even when it appears crazy to some. Some of the cloud plans include the Moonshot gear, Analytics-as-a-service and many other unusual ideas.

With this new revamp, HP hopes [...]

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One of the biggest hindrances to a veterinarian’s job is the fact that animals – particularly domesticated ones – act differently when they are alone than they do around people. For instance, an owner may notice that his pet is limping, but when it is brought to the vet, it walks normally [...]

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Walmart is using its big data collection to inform customers of their choices as a mobile marketing strategy. It rationalizes that since its consumers have made their mobile devices as indispensable, the retail company can make use of [...]

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Juniper Networks announces Junos Network Analytics, a range of next-generation solutions for Big Data analysis and intelligence network that now includes BizReflex and NetReflex products. Both products were developed in partnership with Guavus, a leading provider of Big Data solutions based on innovative “first analysis” architecture to better understand the behavior [...]

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People are accustomed to using their beautifully-designed and easy-to-use productivity tools in their everyday life. As employees, they now have the same expectation for their work environment. Companies are allowing employees to use their own devices (BYOD) and adopt low-cost SaaS-based solutions to save IT substantial costs but this now renders [...]

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Big Data is in. There is a huge demand not only for Big Data Scientists but for Big Data Analysts as well. While a big data scientist needs various capabilities and skills to analyze and mash up various data sources, [...]

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It’s not a secret that the US army takes special interest in groundbreaking technology, and was responsible for the development of GPS technology for example. GPS started out as technology exclusive to the military – but what about the Cloud? Cloud as a [...]

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Pivotal, which recently become independent of its mother companies EMC and VMware, recently announced that they will be improving the speed of cloud-based industrial software applications, and they’re not doing it on their own, though, as General Electric will be backing them to the tune of a $105 [...]

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To date, there is still a lot of debate how big data from the cloud should be collected, interpreted and managed to be used for business efficiency, accurate quantitative research and maximizing revenue opportunities. However, there is another aspect of big data that could potentially benefit another industry: social science.

Facebook, [...]

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by Erik Grueter

Cloud computing is set for a number of big shakeups this year. The big story is in the effect these changes will have on smaller businesses. Public clouds that can be accessed cheaply and without a big IT overhead are likely to be chosen by small, developer friendly companies. [...]

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Available this May, Oracle has announced the release of new applications which will put the company in close competition with SAP. Taking advantage of in-memory computing, applications available next month include Oracle SCM In-Memory Consumption Driven Planning, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne [...]

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After releasing its new cloud computing services a week ago, Microsoft vows to contend face to face with Amazon in the market place. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) is serious with its goal to match or even bring down their prices compared with Amazon’s already lowest rates. This is in the hope of developing [...]

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by Anchita Magan

How significant is Big Data in the retail industry?

Everything from meager detail to highly important information of the business world is stored and classified in bits and bytes called Big Data. Nowadays big data are being used as never before, to look into the minds of the customers and [...]

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Now that cloud computing technology has already gone past the infancy stages, many industries have already realized the benefits it provides, and have already started adopting and integrating the technology to their businesses. One key sector that stands to benefit a lot [...]

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