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August 7, 2012

Daily Mobile Computing Feed – Aug 7, 2012

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

Daily Big Data Feed – Aug 7, 2012

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

  • The Age of Big Data: How to Gain Competitive Advantage
  • SYS-CON Media (press release) We have entered the “Age of Big Data” according to a recent New York Times article. This comes as no surprise to most organizations already struggling with the onslaught of data coming from an increasing number of sources and at an increasing rate. (more)

  • Data Science Engineer jobs at TrialPay | Palo Alto
  • Post a job on the CrunchBoard, the official job board of the TechCrunch Network. The CrunchBoard gives you access to the millions of technology and business … (more)

  • New Survey Reveals Big Data is Helping Companies Capture Sales Growth
  • Sacramento Bee 6, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Lattice Engines, the pioneer in Big Data for Sales, today announced the results of an independent survey that showcases the importance of Big Data in driving sales growth. Conducted by CSO Insights, a leading sales … (more)

  • Alteryx does Big Data integration for dummies
  • Register The real challenge of Big Data is not storing and chewing your clickstreams and other operational data to get the right product in front of the right person. That’s easy. But taking multiple data sources from your own systems and outside sources … (more)

  • Government Big Data Solutions Award 2012
  • Smart Data Collective As a reader of CTOvision.com you are aware of the interesting situation we face with data today: The amount of data being created is growing faster than humans can analyze, but fast analysis over data can help humanity solve some very tough challenges. (more)

  • Greenplum CE and hadoop
  • Hello, I am new to Greenplum and I have a doubt that how to setup a file in a hadoop cluster as an external table for a database in greenplum CE. Thanks and … (more)

  • Banks & Big Data: How to Create Value
  • BankInfoSecurity.com As Aaron Caldiero, Zions’ senior data scientist, points out, when it comes to fraud detection and enhanced account and transaction monitoring, an institution never knows what value data might hold at some point down the road. That’s why all banking … (more)

  • What is a data scientist worth | News | guardiancouk
  • Unfortunately there has been very little data with regards to what a data scientist is and how much he or she should be paid … (more)

  • Nimbula and MapR Technologies Deliver the Industry’s First Turnkey
  • Hadoop … Broadcast Newsroom MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — (Marketwire) — 08/07/12 — Nimbula, the Cloud Operating System Company, today introduced its elastic Hadoop solution with MapR Technologies, the provider of the open, enterprise-grade distribution for Apache Hadoop, to help … (more)

  • Trend Micro Unleashes Big Data Analytics and New, Advanced Capabilities
  • in … RedOrbit The latest iteration of the Smart Protection Network incorporates advanced big data analytic capabilities that enable Trend Micro to identify new security threats across a broader range of data sources, delivering global threat intelligence that stops … (more)

  • Data science master’s programme to launch at Dundee University in 2013
  • TechTarget UK The rise of the data scientist, so noticeable in the past year, has found expression in a new data science graduate course at the University of Dundee. Mark Whitehorn, professor at the university, said the course will overlap with and extend an … (more)

  • Big Data: Good for Business, Useful for You
  • Huffington Post Editor’s note: This article is by Michelle Zhou a senior manager at IBM Research – Almaden. Dr. Zhou will participate in a panel “Big Data in the Entertainment Industry” at the IBM Research Colloquia “Box Office to Front Office: Winning with Big Data … (more)

  • Infochimps makes its big-data-for-developers platform real-time
  • GigaOM Infochimps has released version 1.1. of its platform that the company has described as Heroku for Hadoop. The new version takes things a step further, though, turning the platform into an engine for easily creating streaming workflows that don’t … (more)

  • Big data and in-memory processing: kaizen for the data center
  • VentureBeat When executives are attempting to understand how sales are doing, or trying to forecast future earnings, or even modelling how changes in business strategy might affect sales, logistics, and revenue, they’re working with big data. This data is kind of … (more)

  • Nimbula, MapR want to give Hadoop a home on your private cloud
  • GigaOM We all know that Hadoop is the darling of the big data crowd. However, the data-processing platform typically runs on big, brawny dedicated clusters of physical hardware. And although it’s massive and powerful, it’s also messy and hard to manage. But … (more)

  • IEG Brings Predictive Analysis and Big Data Conferences to Dublin
  • ProgrammableWeb (blog) Come October and Dublin will see The IE Group host two conferences that will help organizations brainstorm on two key areas that are critical to their understanding of customers: Big Data Science and Predictive Analysis. The two conferences are being … (more)

Daily Cloud Feed – Aug 7, 2012

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

Daily Log News Feed – Aug 7, 2012

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

Daily ITIL News Feed – Aug 7, 2012

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

  • Moving Service Management to SaaS – Key Challenges and How Nimsoft …
  • Computerworld Australia Today, organisations can enjoy similarly substantial benefits by migrating their IT service management functions to a software-as-a-service model. This paper shows how Nimsoft Service Desk enables organisations to make the most of this opportunity. (more)

  • Alloy Software Upgrades Award-Winning IT Service Management Suite With …
  • Virtual-Strategy Magazine Alloy Software, Inc., a leading provider of service and asset management solutions, today announced the introduction of Alloy Navigator 6.5 Enterprise, the company’s award-winning IT service and asset management suite. Alloy Navigator 6.5 Enterprise … (more)

  • Neebula Announces Free Webinar
  • GlobeNewsWire (press release) The webinar will provide an overview of the state of configuration management and the CMBD, specific tips and best practices in implementing an IT service management program, and a demonstration of the Neebula ServiceWatch solution. “What if you could … (more)

  • Enterprise Service Desk Software Adopts a Do-It-Yourself IT Mentality
  • Virtual-Strategy Magazine Ranking as a Champion, FrontRange is one of the most recognized Service Desk vendors and has developed an ITIL-focused product with full scope of IT Service Management. Also a Champion, BMC Remedy is full-featured, provides robust functionality and … (more)

  • Secure-24 Delivers Cloud & Hosting Services to Enterprise Customers,
  • Earns … Midland Daily News Full Operations and Applications Support Capabilities featuring hosting, monitoring, IT service management and applications maintenance; Storage Categories to meet specific SAP and Oracle requirements including all aspects of infrastructure platform … (more)

  • The Federal Big Data Market is Evolving. Where to Find Future Growth?
  • govWin (blog) One thing to consider in this context is the fact that analytics tools are often included as part of enterprise application suites. DISA, for example, recently acquired a BMC/Remedy IT Service Management (ITSM) application suite with analytics … (more)