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August 3, 2012

Daily Mobile Computing Feed – Aug 3, 2012

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

  • BYOD brings to rise BYOA trend: Telsyte

    • ARNnet With more Australian businesses allowed to bring in their own devices (BYOD) to the workplace, another trend, bring your own apps (BYOA) is gathering pace, according to emerging technology analyst firm, Telsyte. New research from Telsyte, Digital … (more)

  • Mobile Reach Attending 2012 Federal Mobile Computing Summit …

    • Mobile Reach Attending 2012 Federal Mobile Computing Summit. The Mobile Reach team will be attending the Federal Mobile Computing Summit in … (more)

  • Multimodality In Mobile Computing And Mobile Devices: Methods For

    • Originally designed for interpersonal communication, today mobile devices are capable of connecting their users to a wide variety of Internet-enabled services … (more)

  • BYOD Initiatives Grow, but Security Remains a Challenge

    • eWeek The bring your own device (BYOD) trend is gathering steam but posing challenges to IT departments, which are trying to figure out how to secure the various smartphones and tablets employees are using to connect to corporate networks, according to … (more)

  • Review: VDI tailored to BYOD

    • InfoWorld VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) is one of the hottest technologies going, and there are nearly as many ways to deploy it as there are companies providing the solutions. Some VDI solutions are server-based, running on “big iron” in a data center … (more)

  • BYOD: a sea change for enterprise

    • ITWeb With most people using three or four computing devices daily, and wanting to use their choice of devices at home and at work, enterprises are faced with the fact that BYOD [bring your own device] is a reality, and concerns over bandwidth costs and … (more)

  • Mobile Security Experts on BYOD

    • Your organization’s BYOD decision provides you with the privilege to bring your own device, but they also have the right to revoke the program. If you don’t … (more)

  • Nuclear Information Goes Mobile

    • RTT News (RTTNews) – Experts predict explosive growth in mobile computing in the coming years. On mobiles devices alone, statistics show the number of smartphone users will reach 1 billion by the year 2016. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) … (more)

  • Computer scientist seeks to improve portability of mobile device

    • applications Phys.Org Mobile computing devices will probably overtake the personal computer as the most common means for accessing the Internet worldwide sometime in 2013 and it may not be a seamless transition, according to Eli Tilevich, associate professor in the … (more)

  • Making mobile better Mobile computing devices may overtake …

    • Mobile computing devices will probably overtake the personal computer as the most common means for accessing the Internet worldwide sometime in 2013 and it … (more)

Daily Big Data Feed – Aug 3, 2012

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

  • Moving from STEM Grad to Data Scientist – InFocus

    • I recently told someone who I would consider to be in this quadrant that in order to continue his path to data scientist, he would need to practice analytics … (more)

  • Vacancy Details – Vacancies – UNOPS

    • Position title Data Scientist Consultant … To achieve its goals, Global Pulse is looking for a Data Scientist to work in the Global Pulse New York Lab to apply data … (more)

  • UNOPS job: ‘Data Scientist Consultant’ posted on the UN Job List

    • UN Job List – Redirect to vacancy: Data Scientist Consultant in New York, United States of America offered by UNOPS VA ID: 268352. All vacancies compiled by … (more)

  • Data Scientist Infographic & Managed Analytics

    • Check out an infographic summarizing a Data Scientist study. It looks at demand, sources, and characteristics of. (more)

  • Data Scientist, Computational Sciences (Principal Scientist / job

    • July 30, 2012. View the job posting for Data Scientist, Computational Sciences ( Principal Scientist / at Pfizer in Groton, CT. Org Marketing Statement Pfizer. (more)

  • Big data as a tool for detecting (and punishing?) bullies

    • GigaOM In terms of demonstrating the power of big data, the latter might be the most interesting part because it actually uncovered an entirely new insight into the sociology of bullying. Not only are there the long-known roles of bully, victim, accuser and … (more)

  • Big Data Point Counterpoint II

    • Information Management (blog) Consultants/pundits Marc Demarest and Mark Madsen squared off as the disciple and the bomb tosser to big data’s reality check, a mock trial of legitimacy where the commentary was hyperbolic and meant to entertain more than to define either man’s belief … (more)

  • Top KDnuggets tweets, Jul 30 – Aug 1: New Poll: R, Python, SQL are …

    • New Poll: R, Python, SQL are top programming languages for analytics, DataMining; Twindex: Twitter political index launched: Obama leads. Bitly data scientist on Measuring Attention, 4th paradigm; KNIME rated #1 in satisfaction for open … (more)

  • Big data woes: Which database should I use?

    • Techworld.com Big data events almost inevitably offer an introduction to NoSQL and why you can’t just keep everything in an RDBMS anymore. Right off the bat, much of your audience is in unfamiliar territory. There are several types of NoSQL databases and rational … (more)

  • Does IT Really Care About Big Data?

    • InformationWeek There are rafts of surveys showing the huge market potential of big data analytics and the desire of many companies to get their hands on answers they can’t get any other way, according to Daniel Castro, senior analyst at the Information Technology and … (more)

  • Big Data Knows You Had Leftover Chicken for Dinner Last Night

    • SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog) One of my favorite things about Big Data are the ridiculous blog headlines you can craft, simply by playing off the newness and lack of understanding around what Big Data is. Take the first article for example. Time Magazine posits that aggregators are … (more)

  • Big Ideas From Big Data

    • Business 2 Community Did you get a chance to attend Pipeline’s Webinar, Big Opportunities from Big Data? If not, don’t worry, you can watch it here and then share some of your thoughts on the subject. The online event featured three experts from CSG International: Monica … (more)

  • Data Science | Greenplum

    • Through data mining, statistics, advanced analytics and innovative visualizations, data scientists are drawing insights from the abundance of structured and … (more)

  • Businesses ‘Freak Out’ Over Big Data

    • InformationWeek Businesses ‘Freak Out’ Over Big Data. Mortar Data CEO K Young says many companies struggle to keep up with the infrastructure and expertise big data requires. Does your enterprise have the resources it needs to take full advantage of big data? (more)

  • Will Hadoop Steal Work from ETL Solutions?

    • IT Business Edge (blog) What do you do when you’re missing that “ETL window”? You switch to Hadoop, says Zedlewski, whose job it is to sell Cloudera’s Hadoop-based solutions. Essentially, you replace ETL with Hadoop, then move the processed data right along to your … (more)

  • Startups Find Fertile Ground By Crunching ‘Big Data’

    • Huffington Post A year ago, Steven Dziedzic was single and going on three dates a week. He wanted to find the perfect restaurant or bar for each one, but that meant spending 30 minutes scouring reviews on Yelp and Foursquare. And many places still turned out to be too … (more)

  • OTOH: Big Tax Breaks for Apple’s Big Data Center in Nevada

    • Forbes OTOH: Big Tax Breaks for Apple’s Big Data Center in Nevada. Richi Jennings, NetApp. 0 comments, 0 called-out. + Comment now. + Comment now. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is building yet another big cloud-computing data center. This time, it’s in Nevada, … (more)

  • Big Data for the Business World: Making it Work for You

    • DABCC.com We’ve been hearing a lot about ‘big data’ these days so it made me think if everyone really understands what big data is and what’s the big deal with it. For example, as a CEO how would big data affect you and your business and how can you greatly … (more)

  • E-Commerce Style Big Data Analytics Meet Brick And Mortar Retailers

    • Forbes Online stores have been testing their sites for years, playing with the design, figuring out where items should be positioned to catch the eyes of shoppers, figuring out how to position first, second and third offers or suggest followup purchases … (more)

  • Big Corn, Big Data Helps Deliver Big Gains On IBD 50

    • Investor’s Business Daily Big Data and Big Corn are driving two members of the highly ranked IBD 50 today. Shares of the data analysis firm Teradata (TDC) climbed 8.4% early afternoon, a day after reporting stronger quarterly earnings and upping its outlook. The firm competes … (more)

  • How SAP Innovates: Mashups, Big Data And Stanford Students

    • ZDNet (blog) When it came to letting students choose a major, my college put the liberal in liberal arts. You could be like me, and be on track for one degree for your first two years, before switching halfway through your junior year (and still finish on time … (more)

  • Big Data Analytics: An Evaluation of Leaders, Progress, and Community

    • Business 2 Community KDNuggets.com recently released the results of their annual data mining software usage survey and the top 4 analytic software packages used are open source. The top 13 shown below (I don’t consider Excel a viable data mining solution). Full survey … (more)

  • Interviewing data scientist candidates? Ask these questions

    • TechTarget Bill Franks: I don’t expect people to literally adopt that term as opposed to data scientist. It’s more of me trying to provoke thought about what really makes a good data scientist. An analytic professional could be a data scientist, data modeler or … (more)

Daily Cloud Feed – Aug 3, 2012

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

Daily Log News Feed – Aug 3, 2012

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