Cloud Security Alliance Congresses and Summits continue to be premier gathering for IT experts and executives for industry-specific case studies that will help attendees learn and leverage best practices used by their peers in moving to a secure cloud. RSA, The Security Division of EMC, last week released a report of the Security for Business…
While cloud computing is in first place among the technologies of interest to the corporate sector, the industry is a struggle for professionals in this field. In 2012, more than 1.7 million jobs in the field of cloud computing remain unoccupied, according to analysts firm IDC. The reason for this is lack of qualifications and…
Boston and New York had recently declared a flu epidemic. In Beantown, there were about 700 reported cases wherein 18 people had already died. In order to keep things from being out of control, app developers and health officials turn to big data for help. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the organization primarily assigned…
The number of patents registered in the U.S. hit a record last year, with the giant blue once again at the forefront of technological giants, who maintain a war on intellectual property. The Patent and Trademark Office issued 253,155 patents in 2012, of which 6478 were recorded by IBM, according to the annual tally published…
The big data is the new frontier of business. A global survey by Gartner estimates that by 2016, 30% of businesses driven by the financial costs of management and emerging opportunities, will monetize directly or indirectly their information assets through trade, barter or sale. Gartner says that many companies already assess the real market value…
Gartner put on a return to growth of IT spending in 2013. According to the research firm, the global IT spending on information technology costs, hardware, software and IT services is expected to grow 4.2% in 2013 to reach $3.73 trillion. Gartner put on a sustainable growth as the firm expects an additional 3.8% increase…
Accelerated enterprise adoption of Big Data, mobile, social media and cloud computing introduces significant gaps in security programs. RSA, The Security Division of EMC, released a report of the Security for Business Innovation Council (SBIC) that assesses how disruptive innovation, considered analysis of Big Data, cloud computing, enterprise mobility and social media will transform the…
According to a lot of experts and IT managers, while big data holds a lot of promise and potential, the main concern with the collection of massive volumes of data from various sources is how to use it for new business purposes. IT vendors and industry experts frequently talk about the massive business potential of…
EMC Corporation has announced the results of the latest study Digital Universe, developed by IDC and sponsored by EMC, “Big Data, Bigger and Biggest Growth Digital Shadows in the Far East”. The report reveals that, despite the unprecedented expansion experienced by the digital universe, due to the massive volumes of data generated daily by people…
It isn’t possible to automate data science and decisions because they are dependent on domain expertise and human judgment. According to Columbia historian Matthew Jones, data science isn’t algorithms although it is dependent on it. Data science can’t be reduced to articulated rules because experience and expertise belong to a particular domain and that data…