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5 information security trends that will dominate 2016

Cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and collaborative with every coming year. To combat the threat in 2016, information security professionals must understand these five trends.

Dec 21, 2015

Big Data Cybercrime IT Skills

IBM opens Watson IoT global headquarters

Marking its biggest investment in Europe in two decades, IBM has opened the global headquarters for IBM Watson Internet of Things in the HighLight Towers in Munich. It has also opened eight new Watson IoT Client Experience Centers around the globe.

Dec 15, 2015

Big Data Internet of Things Technology Industry

Dish Network innovates with analytics, Uber-like customer service

Dish is fortifying its ad business with analytics and boosting customer service with new capabilities that track techniciansu2019 whereabouts on a Google Map.

Dec 14, 2015

CIO IT Strategy Technology Industry

Lack of big data talent hampers corporate analytics

Businesses continue to struggle with hiring the talented data scientists they need to manipulate their corporate data for insights, according to new research from consultant A.T. Kearney.

Dec 9, 2015

Big Data IT Jobs Technology Industry

MapR brings down data silos with converged data platform

How to stay ahead of advanced threats in a mobile world

Feb 19, 2015 4 mins

Big Data Security

MapR brings down data silos with converged data platform

The Hadoop distribution specialist has announced MapR Streams, which will combine with its Hadoop distribution and NoSQL database to integrate file, database, stream processing and analytics to support new data-driven applications.

Dec 8, 2015

Big Data Hadoop Open Source

How to test for a best in class agile data warehouse environment

Having a solid testing strategy and tool set is a foundational part of enabling agile data warehouse development. This article describes an approach that ensures solid testing that can be done efficiently and effectively in an agile development envi

Dec 4, 2015

Agile Development Data Warehousing

Don’t look for unicorns, build a data science team

Bob Rogers, chief data scientist with Intel's Big Data Solutions, says that rather than seeking out rare individuals who excel in all the areas that encompass data science, CIOs should build data science teams with complementary talents.

Dec 3, 2015

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