Currently browsing

August 10, 2012

Daily Mobile Computing Feed – Aug 10, 2012

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

  • BYOD May Be More Costly, Insecure for Corporate Network

    • RedOrbit There’s been a big push lately for companies to offer BYOD, or bring your own device, to employees. This means that an employee can select any smartphone from any carrier, and use it to connect to the corporate network. This is also true for iPads … (more)

  • BYOD Denial Seen as Hazardous to IT Health

    • Technology Guide Dismissing ?bring your own device? (BYOD) and consumerization trends as a passing fad or temporary annoyance may be a huge mistake – one that may very well impact a company’s competitive stance, say the experts. Instead, companies should be … (more)

  • Verizon Adds More Smartphones to $80 Prepaid Smartphone Plan and BYOD …

    • PhoneNews.com Verizon is also allowing previously activated models of the above devices with clear serial numbers onto the prepaid plan as a form of BYOD, but has killed off the previous hybrid monthly plans as a result. which mirrored the now discontinued America’s … (more)

  • Nvidia’s graphics, mobile strength boost Q2 earnings

    • Proactive Investors USA & Canada “Our investments in mobile computing and visual computing are both paying off,” Nvidia’s president and chief executive officer Jen-Hsun Huang said. “Tegra has achieved record sales as tablets come into their own. Our GPU business made strong gains in a … (more)

  • BYOD Improves Productivity, but Security Still a Concern: Trend Micro

    • eWeek The booming bring-your-own-device trend carries with it increases in employee productivity, but also continues to be a security headache for enterprises, according to two surveys from security software maker Trend Micro. The two surveys, released Aug. (more)

  • BYOD Can Put You in Harm’s Way

    • Business 2 Community Whether you choose to embrace it or you try to resist it, the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) trend is set to grow. The Cisco IBSG Horizons Study found th at 78% of white-collar workers in the U.S. use a mobile device for work purposes and 41% of … (more)

  • Mobile Application Testing Moves Rapidly to the Cloud

    • IT Business Edge (blog) SOASTA CEO Tom Lounibos says that because the number of users of a mobile computing application could wind up being infinite, IT organizations don’t have the level of infrastructure in place needed to test mobile computing applications under multiple … (more)

  • Putting IT Back in Control of BYOD

    • InfoWorld (blog) Organizations should implement policies and technologies that will channel the BYOD trend into appropriate management of corporate data and assets instead of banning the use of personal devices and applications outright. Read this Osterman Research … (more)

  • Enterprise Networks Fast Becoming Obsolete

    • EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet (blog) Newly released data has put the issue in even starker terms. According to Dimension Data, nearly half of all enterprise networks will be obsolete within five years, as bring-your-own-device (BYOD), digital video and virtualization eat up capacity and … (more)

Daily Big Data Feed – Aug 10, 2012

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

  • Miaozhen Systems With Big Data Platform Selected for SAP Start-up Program

    • Equities.com BEIJING, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — Big data is really prevalent. The German Fortune 500 company, SAP, recently launched a Start-up Focus Program in China. As the part of its global program, the official promotion of the program in China is a … (more)

  • Data Collective Introduces Funding for Big Data Startups

    • Business Insider Big data is no longer for big business only. And neither is a lot of other technology now available to the average entrepreneur. The key is to leverage this technology in a unique way to build a fantastic business. Today’s roundup starts with how that … (more)

  • The New Rock Stars of the Business World | Blog | Data Science …

    • At the Data Science Summit 2012 in Las Vegas, data analysis specialist Greenplum brought together, for the second time, data scientists, BI professionals , … (more)

  • EMI builds on music data

    • brand-m.biz music-data EMI Music has joined forces with Data Science London to release parts of the EMI Million Interview Dataset, a collection of data on music consumers. This collaborative project will feature a series of community events, conferences and … (more)

  • Top 5 cities for big data jobs

    • Network World The roles that companies in these cities are fighting to fill include data scientist, data analyst, business intelligence professional and data modeling/data modeler. PAYDAY: Who are tech’s highest paid CEOs? IT JOB SPOTTING: Top 20 metro areas for … (more)

  • nPario’s Chief Data Scientist on Big Data Mining Panel in Beijing

    • IT News Online 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — nPario, a leading provider of Big Data solutions for publishers and marketers, announced today that the company’s Chief Data Scientist, Dr. Ankur Teredesai, will participate on a key panel entitled “How Can Big Data Bring out … (more)

  • nPario’s Chief Data Scientist on Big Data Mining Panel in Beijing …

    • nPario’s Chief Data Scientist on Big Data Mining Panel in Beijing. Dr. Teredesai to Discuss In-Platform Data Science at International Big Data Mining … (more)

  • Is Big Data Really What You’re Looking For?

    • Information Management (blog) Do you think you are ready to tackle Big Data because you are pushing the limits of your data Volume, Velocity, Variety and Variability Take a deep breath (and maybe a cold shower) before you plunge full speed ahead into unchartered territories and … (more)

  • Big data magic trick: Show me a doorway, I’ll tell you the city

    • GigaOM A group of researchers have created a computing system capable of identifying the unique features that help create a city’s look and feel, beyond just its famous landmarks. Their project is just the beginning, however, as the researchers note numerous … (more)

  • nPario’s Chief Data Scientist on Big Data Mining Panel in Beijing

    • Equities.com 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — nPario, a leading provider of Big Data solutions for publishers and marketers, announced today that the company’s Chief Data Scientist, Dr. Ankur Teredesai, will participate on a key panel entitled “How Can Big Data Bring out … (more)

Daily Cloud Feed – Aug 10, 2012

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

Daily Log News Feed – Aug 10, 2012

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

Daily ITIL News Feed – Aug 10, 2012

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