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More data isn't always better, says Nate Silver

Posted May 8, 2013 - 3:57 pm

Big data may seem to promise big insights to users, but more isn't always better, cautions statistician Nate Silver, who became one of America's most well-known faces of data analysis after his FiveThirtyEight blog accurately predicted 2012 presidential election results in all 50 states.
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Fusion-io CEO resigns, is replaced by former HP executive Robison

Posted May 8, 2013 - 2:48 pm

Fusion-io President and CEO David Flynn has resigned and will be replaced by Shane Robison, the former CTO of Hewlett-Packard.
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Google simplifies content management on its cloud storage service

Posted May 8, 2013 - 8:35 am

Google has added a new notification to its Cloud Storage service, allowing applications to automatically take action when new content is uploaded by users.
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Isilon OneFS software to expand scope of EMC's scale-out NAS

Posted May 7, 2013 - 8:10 pm

EMC will continue extending its Isilon OneFS network-attached storage operating system to new use cases later this year, adding deduplication, compliance auditing and object storage features.
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EMC's Syncplicity to gain hybrid-cloud storage capability

Posted May 7, 2013 - 6:12 pm

Only a year after acquiring Syncplicity, EMC is getting ready to make the company's enterprise file management system work with hybrid clouds.
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SAP unveils HANA Enterprise Cloud service

Posted May 7, 2013 - 12:38 pm

SAP is set to offer customers the option of running their applications on top of a cloud-based version of its HANA in-memory database technology.
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SAP launches free online training for HANA, other new technologies

Posted May 3, 2013 - 3:40 pm

SAP is hoping to sow more seeds of interest in its newest technologies, including the HANA in-memory database, through a new online training program available at no charge.
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Supersize your free cloud storage to 100GB or more

Posted May 3, 2013 - 11:05 am

Massive amounts of cloud storage for zero money. All this can be yours, with the right strategy and a little help from your friends.
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Verizon rolls out mostly pointless cloud-storage service

Posted May 1, 2013 - 1:45 pm

Verizon Wireless has announced a new cloud-storage service to compete with Dropbox, Google Drive, and SkyDrive, but it's not really clear why anyone would use it in place of those services.
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Box takes electronic health records to the cloud

Posted April 29, 2013 - 1:26 pm

Healthcare was among the first industry verticals to adopt tablets and other mobile data devices, but getting the most out of mobile technology requires the capability to access large amounts of key information--like patient records.
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21 tips for supercharging your cloud storage

Posted April 29, 2013 - 10:12 am

Enjoy offline access to essential files, get more gigabytes for free, and squeeze more productivity out of your cloud storage.
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Box sets its sights on healthcare customers

Posted April 25, 2013 - 11:04 am

Box is taking steps to increase usage of its cloud storage and file sharing system in the health care industry, where it sees a demand for tools that simplify content collaboration.
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Cisco's new director-class storage switch boosts throughput 6X

Posted April 24, 2013 - 1:40 pm

Cisco's new director-class switch for storage, unveiled today, increases throughput six-fold and offers N+1 resilience.
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EMC's storage business keeps growing while net profit shrinks slightly

Posted April 24, 2013 - 11:02 am

EMC reported first-quarter revenue rose 6 percent to US$5.39 billion, while net income fell about 1 percent year-over year to $580 million as costs rose.
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WD shrinks laptop drives to just 5mm thick

Posted April 23, 2013 - 2:29 pm

Western Digital is now shipping what it said is the world's first 2.5-inch, 5mm hard drives and solid-state hybrid drives (SSHDs) for use in ultra-slim notebooks.
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Infor partnering with Amazon on Redshift-powered cloud analytics platform

Posted April 22, 2013 - 9:04 am

Infor is planning to offer customers a cloud-based data warehouse and analytics platform based on its own ION and Business Vault technology as well as Amazon's Redshift service.
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Next-gen USB SuperSpeed to eliminate power cords

Posted April 22, 2013 - 5:53 am

USB SuperSpeed will move from 5Gbps bandwidth to 10Gbps in the coming year, but it's also leaping from 10 watts to 100 watts for charging, which could power monitors and even HDTVs.
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Social data warehousing is worth the trouble

Posted April 18, 2013 - 11:18 am

Everybody knows data warehousing is big data. But when you want to understand what's really going on with your customers' social interactions, terabytes may seem small. It's a laborious process, but the insight it provides can reap big rewards.
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Thunderbolt storage drives to strike later in 2013

Posted April 13, 2013 - 9:30 am

Intel's high speed Thunderbolt interconnect technology enjoyed a big week at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas.
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It is time to start doing something with all of that data: IBM

Posted April 11, 2013 - 6:31 pm

The data is there, but according to IBM business analytics and optimisation leader, Graham Kittle, it is what we do with it that counts.
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IBM to invest $1B in flash memory development

Posted April 11, 2013 - 5:30 pm

After its buyout of Texas Memory Systems, IBM is now the latest on the vendor bandwagon to push flash into the data centers, saying it will invest a whopping $1 billion into flash research.
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IBM bets $1 billion on Flash storage

Posted April 11, 2013 - 5:06 pm

The hard drive will soon be dead, at least for most uses in the enterprise, IBM is betting. The company is undertaking a major strategic initiative -- and US$1 billion in research -- to make flash the prominent form of storage in most organizations.
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Samsung hits high gear, rolls out densest flash chip

Posted April 11, 2013 - 3:42 pm

Samsung today announced it is now mass-producing a 3-bit per cell, sub-20 nanometer class NAND flash chip that is the densest memory to date.
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Iowa State researchers discover possible route to terahertz storage speeds

Posted April 11, 2013 - 11:36 am

A team of Iowa State University researchers, working at the Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, recently detailed a way to use ultra-short laser pulses and special materials to switch magnetism roughly 1,000 times faster than current-generation storage devices.
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IRS's big data play built on shaky foundations

Posted April 11, 2013 - 10:04 am

The IRS is scaring taxpayers silly this season with boasts about its Big Data prowess and 'robo audits.' But recent reports suggest the agency is struggling to keep its IT operations afloat.
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