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Cloud Computing - Here is an excellent infographic which outlines some hosting options Shared Web Hosting to Public Cloud Computing 2.0....
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A good reference on what is out there regards to "as a Service"
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Walmart has begun selling the Chromebook in 2,800 of its approximately 4,600 U.S. stores, expanding the reach of this still-on-the-margins platform. Staples too.
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This is a development that will add extra pressure on a market that once belonged to MS Windows. Delete the scoop?
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A recent survey of 750 small businesses found that they are still wasting too much time on administrative tasks that can be handled with new technology.
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For obvious reasons the as a Service side of Accounting should be one of the more lucrative sectors over the coming years. Delete the scoop?
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European cloud providers think the U.S. spy scandal will result in more enterprises choosing local alternatives over the likes of Amazon Web Services and Rackspace, which, on the other hand, are adamant that they aren't taking part in programs such...
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It is unfortunate but the damage done to security and privacy in the cloud will effect both sides the Atlantic. Delete the scoop?
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Pravin Kothari outlines a three-step approach to help businesses ensure their information remains secure in the cloud
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Cloud security lies in encryption (like military grade 256-bit AES) but it will only be foolproof once the key to decrypt belongs solely to the entity that owns the data. Delete the scoop?
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Analyzing and monitoring your App, once it has been published in the AppStore, is an important task to make your App a success.
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Cloud computing means being able to access the Internet anywhere, anytime and being able to use any or all of the data and applications you want.
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A very simple and to the point explanation of what the Cloud is all about. Great starting point. Delete the scoop?
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The Electronic Freedom Foundation calls out Sonic.net for actively protecting personal data from the government, and Verizon, AT&T and Apple for, well, not.
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After we have learnt that the National Security Agency's PRISM programme tapped directly into the servers of most of the web's largest companies, monitoring user's search history, the content of emails, file transfers, and live chats this infographic importance takes on a new meaning.
Shame on Verizon, AT&T and Apple! 
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June 10, 3:26 PM
Twitter and Sonic.net took top scores in a new Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) report rating tech companies' stewardship of users' personal data and their willingness to hand over data to the government. The two companies got high marks on each of the EFF's six privacy best practices categories, which include things like "require a warrant for content," "tell users about government data demands," and "publish transparency reports." On the other end of the scale were Verizon, AT&T and Apple. Verizon failed to get a star in even one category, while AT&T and Apple earned just one apiece. Delete the scoop?
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Cloud, mobility, and advanced analytics are transforming the way insurance companies offer value to their customers.
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Certainly and why not. The cloud will become part of mainstream life, insurance is a natural evolution. Delete the scoop?
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Infographic - One of the more entertaining and colorful infographics brought to out attention by CA Technologies..
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As expected, IT management dragging their feet!! Delete the scoop?
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More and more people are using cloud storage. As of today, there is a total of 1 trillion objects stored in Amazon S3. It shows that people are now more dependent on cloud than ever. Also, a closer...
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Very nicely laid out inforgraphic. Delete the scoop?
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Pinterest's new Rich Pins: Learn how these new features provide more information on the images shared on Pinterest and how you can use this for your business.
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Pinterest is not much of a social network, communicatively speaking, but it is an excellent show-window for products. Delete the scoop?
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An interesting little report here about how Amazon's AWS cloud computing services are a serious threat to a certain segment of the enterprise computing market.
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AWS is a good bundle but what is at stake here is that it involves replacing old and trusted procedures. On the other hand, businesses that have been around for a long time have learnt to rely on the guidance of their IT department. Therefore, in the end, this becomes a matter of whether the IT department will or will not relinquish control to another entity. Delete the scoop?
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"Backend as a Service - BaaS has become a preferred way for many App developers. It’s not only indie developers or start-ups who are using BaaS Service Providers for their server side needs, but even bigger App companies have started using their services."
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Great article for developers who are vying to offer cloud based apps. Delete the scoop?
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Information is increasing like never before. Growing worldwide, it’s estimated that 90% of the world's current data was generated in the last two years−a data explosion scattering substantial advan...
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Good article! The end game has to be lowering costs to increase profits, otherwise the exercise would not attract the core business element. Delete the scoop?
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As the recent NSA scandal has shown, the security of the cloud is not a given. As with real estate, location is critical — and where you data is hosted can determine how safe it is.
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Employee - Employees cite several reasons they prefer to use their personal devices at work. 41% said that clients often contacted them using their personal phones
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The principle idea behind BYOD is sound. True that security would need to be propped up if BYOD was to be adopted. But once it is set-up it would bring enormous flexibility. Delete the scoop?
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The cloud computing era is upon us, and if you make servers, life could really begin to stink.
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The figures quoted are mind boggling. 98.6% drop in email servers. 97% reduction on servers for productivity applications. And an amazing saving on energy of 87%. Delete the scoop?
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The current NSA scandal raises a ton of questions -- and gives enterprises another excuse to resist the cloud
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Confidence in the cloud's security has always been questionable. The NSA's actions will certainly not have strenghtened the notion that your data is safe and private only to yourself. Delete the scoop?
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Private Cloud - As their market matures, many companies are contemplating about using a private cloud for their operation...
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Sounds like a stay on execution of the old ways. Management get their cloud, IT get to keep power and everybody is "happy". At a price of course! Delete the scoop?
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Google Drive can do more than store stuff. Check out these tools for automatic backup, easy file sharing, collaboration, encryption, music, and more.
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Social Media Marketing podcast 44: In this episode Kim Garst shares how to use Twitter to promote your content and offers, and drive more traffic to your blog.
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Of all the social networks, Twitter is by far the one I find most challenging. The math itself is mind boggling. Before, I tried building followers, it wasn't all that difficult reading the tweets. Today I am bombarded with over 30,000 tweets a day and there is simply no way to follow them. Doubling my followers would be .... great, but if everyone is like me than no one is reading anything!. I think I need a better management plan. 
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Twitter Traffic: How to Double Your Traffic to Your Content
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I.B.M. announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to buy SoftLayer Technologies, a cloud computing company, as more technology firms pursue the sector.
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After having noticed all the usual big names being linked to the Cloud Computing industry it is good to see I.B.M. also well positioned. Delete the scoop?
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Deploying directly to your production cloud is all right -- really -- thanks to modern PaaS and NoSQL options
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Although I am not a developer, it is quite interesting to see how the cloud has also found its way into their world. Delete the scoop?
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If cloud usage means Gmail or a similar service, it is going to be very difficult to control. Even more so when BYOD is considered and implemented. Delete the scoop?
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Looking at the infographic, it clearly reminds me about the start of "Enterprise Data Warehouse": failures by "Innacurate scope", "Technical Roadblocks" & "Siloed data and no collaboration". It looks so familiar.
Very interesting infographic. Why do they fail? For all of the reasons above and then some... Over 80% of the data being collected today is unstructured and not readily stored in relational database technology burdened by complex extract, transform and load. There's also pre-existing data, sometimes referred to as "dark data" that includes documents which need to be included and made discoverable for a host of reasons - compliance and regulatory issues are one. Log activity and e-mail traffic used to detect cyber threats and mitigate risk through analysis of file transfers is yet another set of data that requires immediate attention.
Social and mobile are clearly channels that need to be addressed as organizations continue to mine data from the open web in support of CRM, product alerts, real time advertising options and more.
To accomplish all of this, organizations need a platform with enterprise hardened technology that can ingest all of these forms of data in real time, without having to write complex schemas. Getting back to the point - What do most projects fail? If companies attempt to do this with technology that is not reliable, not durable and does not leverage the skills of their existing development organization, the project will fail.
We have seen this time and time again. MarkLogic to the rescue. With over 350 customers and 500 big data applications, our Enterprise NoSQL approach mitigates the risk. Why? Our technology stack includes connectors to Hadoop, integration with leading analytics tools using SQL, Java and Rest APIs, JSON support, real time data ingestion, the ability to handle any form of data, alerting, in database analytics functions, high availability, replication, security and a lot more.
When you match this technology with a world-class services organization with proven implementation skills, we can guarantee your next Big Data project will work. We have done it hundreds of times with the largest companies in the world and very, very big data.
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This is a great infographic - it shows that whilst everyone is doing it (it being "Big Data" - whatever that is...), talent is rare, technology is hard to find and the projects never end. A far cry from the speed with which companies such as the BBC deployed MarkLogic to serve all data for the sport websites through the Olympics. Now that was big data, delivered by a talented team in a short space of time.