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June 12, 2012

Daily Mobile Computing Feed – Jun 12, 2012

Daily aggregation of mobile computing news from @cloud_aware, mobileaware.net.

  • [1206.1430] Distance Based Asynchronous Recovery Approach in …
  • Abstract: A mobile computing system is a distributed system in which at least one of the processes is mobile. They are constrained by lack of stable storage, low … (more)

  • Mobile computing hardware, software | Feldmans content from …
  • Given the increasing array of daily computer-aided tasks that service contractors can perform in the field, on sales calls, while working at jobsites and traveling to … (more)

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  • Posted in ‘Mobile Computing’. Posted in ‘Mobile Computing’. Tell Me Why Everyone Wants to Unlock iPhone 5 June 8, 2012. Calendar. June 2012. M, T, W, T, F … (more)

  • IBM Delivers New Mobile Security Tools
  • IT Jungle The rapid consumerization of mobile devices, as epitomized with the “bring your own device” (BYOD) movement, has created an urgent need on the part of corporations to secure their applications when accessed on mobile devices, according to IBM. (more)

  • California State Employees Scoff at BYOD Policy
  • Proformative Many with executive jobs may have noticed the widespread support for bring-your-own-device policies sweeping offices across the nation. When businesses implement these regulations, employees are often pleased, as they are able to use personal devices … (more)

  • Addressing security challenges of a BYOD policy with VMware View 5
  • TechTarget Implementing a bring your own device policy can open a whole new world of productivity to end users. But it can also bring many challenges, particularly in virtual desktop infrastructure When you register, my team of editors will also send you alerts … (more)

  • Bring Your Own Device to Work: The Undetected Dangers
  • Midsize Insider With “bring your own device to work” becoming more and more popular with many companies and their employees, the chances of unintentional data leaks could begin to soar. Many applications, including iPhone’s Siri, Dropbox, and Wi-Fi hotspot creators, … (more)

  • EFI Enables Secured Mobile Printing For The Enterprise
  • CRN Offutt explained that mobile print platforms like PrintMe Mobile are growing in demand as IT teams continue to grapple with the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend. Users may be gravitating toward thinner and lighter devices, he continued, … (more)

  • Linux Today – Where does Linux fit into a BYOD world?
  • ZDnet: We all know that Linux has no chance whatsoever as a real contender on the desktop (Ed Note: We do?) (more)

  • BYOD and Cloud Storage: How Dropbox Has Changed the Game
  • NetworkComputing.com In the age of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), how can organizations shield corporate data from consumer-facing storage services? Of course, organizations could issue corporate policies forbidding employees from using popular services. (more)

  • BYOD: Four reasons why your staff will take the plunge – with or without you
  • TechRepublic (blog) By Steve Ranger Takeaway: Trying to ban BYOD will just drive it
    underground, so IT departments need to address four reasons why staff are frustrated by their existing hardware. As IT departments standardise and lock down desktops in a quest to slash … (more)

  • Worried about BYOD? Just wait for its cloud-based spin-off
  • FierceMobileHealthcare (press release) Many hospital CIOs may finally have given in, and given over, to the bring-your-own-device trend, and could be searching for solutions to partition, virtualize, or otherwise secure patient data on personal devices. What they may not be ready … (more)

  • Discussion on BYOD: Four reasons why your staff will take the …
  • just a few hours old. Give it some time. As for me, it will be a cold day before I spend over a grand for work. They can supply the tools I need or the job won’t get done. I haven’t seen any of the first point. Less than a dozen of my 200+ users … (more)

  • BYOD: Five things businesses and IT need to know
  • ZDNet Commentary – The concept commonly referred to as BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is trending. As the number of people accustomed to selecting and using their own devices and technology grows, companies must figure out ways to accommodate decentralization … (more)

  • SMEs to drive BYOD use in Lati …
  • Business News Americas By Patrick Nixon / Business News Americas The number of employees bringing
    their own devices (BYOD) to work in Latin America could reach over 60% in 2015, which is above the global average, Federico Amprimo, IDC Latin America’s director of integrated … (more)

  • Milton Security Group is Pleased to Announce Its Five-Year Anniversary
  • MarketWatch (press release) Milton Security cites Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) as a major factor in the growing demand for its specialized Edge7200i adaptive NAC management appliance. The company’s rapid growth can also be attributed to increased Edge device purchases across key … (more)

Daily Big Data Feed – Jun 12, 2012

Daily aggregation of big data news from @cloud_aware, dataaware.net.

  • Big data meets big wind
  • ITworld.com Vestas, a Danish wind turbine-maker, uses InfoSphere BigInsights, IBM’s Hadoop-based big data solution to build its database, drop query times, and increase revenue. According to the World Wind Energy Association, by the end of 2010, the power of the … (more)

  • Datameer Brings Hadoop To The Desktop
  • MarketWatch (press release) SAN MATEO, Calif., June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Datameer, Inc. today announced a revolutionary new release of its big data analytics solution, which seamlessly combines data integration, analytics and visualization of any data type, size, … (more)

  • Big Data Delivers Results, But Enterprises Struggle With Skills
  • Wall Street Journal (blog) By Ben Rooney Big Data is slowly moving into the enterprise, and where it
    has been used, has resulted in impressive performance improvement according to a report published Tuesday. However, while there is increasing adoption of the technology, … (more)

  • Big Data Analytics Startup Datameer Brings Hadoop To The Desktop
  • TechCrunch The Enterprise version of its product is based on Apache Hadoop, and would work with any Hadoop distributor, whether it be Cloudera, Hortonworks, EMC, or anyone else. With Version 2.0, users of the enterprise client will still have that capability. (more)

  • Talend’s Enterprise Manageability Capabilities Streamline Hadoop Deployments
  • MarketWatch (press release) LOS ALTOS, Calif., Jun 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Talend, the global open source integration software leader, today announced that Talend Open Studio for Big Data, the leading big data integration solution, now supports advanced enterprise management … (more)

  • Sourcevolution Becomes Official Reseller and Integrator of IBM Netezza &
  • Big … MarketWatch (press release) MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Jun 12, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Sourcevolution, an information technology (IT) solutions firm, has signed a partnership agreement with IBM to become an official reseller and integrator of IBM Netezza & Big Data solutions. (more)

  • Hortonworks Delivers Proven High-Availability Solution for Apache Hadoop
  • MarketWatch (press release) SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jun 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Hortonworks, a leading commercial vendor promoting the innovation, development and support of Apache Hadoop, today announced the availability of an enterprise-proven, high-availability (HA) solution … (more)

  • GoGrid Joins Cloudera Connect Partner Program
  • San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Cloud Pioneer Teams with Cloudera to Accelerate Adoption of Apache Hadoop-based Business Solutions San Francisco, Calif. (PRWEB) June 12, 2012 GoGrid, a leading cloud infrastructure company, today announced it has teamed with Cloudera, … (more)

  • Actuate, Pervasive Team for Big Data Visualizations
  • Enterprise Apps Today Actuate continues its quest to become the de facto business intelligence visualization platform for Hadoop by partnering with Pervasive Software. Actuate is not done forging alliances as it looks to align its open source BIRT business intelligence … (more)

  • Teradata First to Provide Business Analysts Direct, Self-Service Access
  • to … MarketWatch (press release) For more information about Aster-Hadoop solutions, please register for the June 21 Webcast: Back to the Future – MapReduce, Hadoop & the Data Scientist. The Teradata Aster MapReduce Platform is the market-leading big data analytics solution. (more)

  • With Hadoop, Big Data Analytics Challenges Old-School Business Intelligence
  • InformationWeek Datameer and Karmasphere say their Hadoop-based platforms are what’s needed for the next era of data analysis. Are you buying it? Datameer and Karmasphere, two competing upstart vendors offering reporting, data-visualization, and data-analysis … (more)

  • Centralizing healthcare big data in the cloud
  • Computerworld (blog) By Chris Poelker Can the medical community make better use of big data,
    government regulations and the cloud to improve service and save lives? There is a lot of buzz going around about big data and cloud computing, but there is also a lot of confusion … (more)

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  • Job Description. Job ID: Data Scientist, Supply Chain 294515 Location: NJ – Basking Ridge Full/Part Time: Full-Time Responsibilities The Supply Chain Strategy … (more)

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  • I am enjoying a lot Coursera’s Machine Learning course. … I came here to mention the Stanford ML course at coursera, so consider this a second. (more)

  • Aussie firm touts data science as a service Training & Development …
  • Big data startup Contexti has partnered with research organisation National ICT AustraliaNICTA to offerdata science consulting systems integration and … (more)

  • Hadoop Summit Keynote Address – Bringing the Value of Hadoop to the
  • Enterprise MarketWatch (press release) SAN JOSE, Calif., June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — At the Hadoop Summit on June 13, 2012, Scott Gnau, president, Teradata Labs will deliver a keynote address focused on Apache(TM) Hadoop technology and the related changes being driven in the … (more)

Daily Cloud Feed – Jun 12, 2012

Daily aggregation of cloud news from @cloud_aware, cloudaware.net.

Daily Log News Feed – Jun 12, 2012

Daily aggregation of log management and SIEM news from @cloud_aware, cloudaware.net.

Daily ITIL News Feed – Jun 12, 2012

Daily aggregation of ITIL news from @cloud_aware, cloudaware.net.