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AJC: New Israeli Government Report on Al-Durrah Affair Clarifies Event

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:29:00 EDT

NEW YORK, May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC welcomed a new Israeli government report on Muhammad al-Durrah as an important contribution to understanding the events that transpired in Gaza in September 2000. The 12-year-old Palestinian boy reportedly died during a gun battle between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen.

Macerich's Santa Monica Place Wins "Best-of-the-Best" Global Shopping Center Award

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:17:30 EDT

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Macerich (NYSE:MAC) announced today that its Santa Monica Place won the 2013 Best-of-the-Best VIVA Global Design and Development Award at this year's VIVA Awards presented by the International Council of Shopping Centers. The annual VIVA "Best-of-the-Best" Awards honors and recognizes the most outstanding examples of shopping center design and development, marketing sustainability and community service worldwide. ICSC is the premier global trade association of the shopping center industry with more than 60,000 members in 90+ countries.

Pfaff/Alegra Motorsports Starts 2013 Season on Top

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:16:36 EDT

Qihoo 360 Reports First Quarter 2013 Unaudited Financial Results

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:00:27 EDT

BEIJING, May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. ("Qihoo 360" or the "Company") (NYSE: QIHU), a leading Internet company in China, today reported its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.

Cloud Expo New York: Many Clouds and APIs but One OpenStack and jclouds

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:00:00 EDT

In an ideal developer/systems administrator’s world, most applications would deploy seamlessly to multiple platforms and scale elastically with minimal effort bringing the unprecedented agility of the cloud within immediate reach of developer teams and IT organizations. OpenStack, a RackSpace and NASA initiative, is now managed by an independent foundation and is supported by multiple vendors. It defines APIs for compute, storage, networking, services, monitoring, and additional infrastructure services. jclouds is an open source library that helps you get started in the cloud and utilizes your Java or Clojure development skills. The jclouds API gives you the freedom to use portable abstractions for cloud-specific features. It's a cross-cloud toolkit that works with both public and private clouds, enabling hybrid cloud workloads.

Cloud Computing and Data Residency Laws

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:00:00 EDT

Cloud service providers store data all over the globe, and are constantly moving that data from one datacenter to the next for reasons as wide-ranging as cost considerations and redundancy requirements. Does this mean that the requirements outlined in varying data residency laws and privacy regulations are directly at odds with how cloud computing works? The question is an especially delicate one when the cloud service provider stores and processes data in a jurisdiction that is perceived to have far less stringent privacy and data protection requirements – or may allow government agencies far broader data subpoena powers. Since the cloud computing model relies on distributed infrastructure to generate cost and flexibility benefits for customers, building a datacenter in each data residency jurisdiction quickly becomes cost-prohibitive. And, applying a set of constraints to the movement of data introduces an additional layer of complexity that further erodes the value proposition of cloud computing for customers.

Are Legos the Building Blocks of the Cloud?

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:00:00 EDT

Legos have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Some of my earliest, fondest memories involve Legos - starting from a small car made from a couple of simple bricks to very complex spaceships and wild creatures. I’m always amazed at how nicely and cleanly they snap together to create something solid, functional, and – in the case of the Millennium Falcon – amazing. Let’s be honest, I’m not the only one occasionally sneaking down Target’s Lego aisle to discover what new theme they’ve cooked up from the same core concept: clicking bricks together. It’s magical what happens to the brain when snapping those colorful, simple blocks into place. Visions of larger, cooler creations are conjured and we find ourselves scrambling for additional blocks to connect to create something that has a whole new purpose or function.

How Private Cloud Works in Real Life: Deployment Examples

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:00:00 EDT

Companies around the world are moving into on-premise private cloud environments. Many connect their private cloud to their public cloud service providers. In his session at 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York [June 10-13], Brian Patrick Donaghy will talk about examples of what worked, what failed and why we should think about this evolution.

Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of May 19, 2013

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:50:47 EDT

LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), the global leader in box office measurement, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of May 19, 2013 as compiled by the company's Box Office Essentials™ and International Box Office Essentials™ theatrical measurement services.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 14:14:53 EDT

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Business Transformation with Cloud – Is Your Organization 'Cloud-Ready'?

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:00 EDT

Organizations across the world are increasingly starting to see the benefits of moving more and more services to the cloud. The focus on the cost-saving potential of cloud is rapidly shifting to completely transforming the business with cloud. As organizations are investing enormous sums on technology they are starting to realize that in order to maximize the return on investment and accelerate the business transformation process the first area of focus should be people. By ensuring the organization is 'cloud-ready' the organizational adoption will be much faster and much better. A workforce ready and eager to maximize the potential value and benefit will more readily embrace a cloud strategy.

Big Data Will Revolutionize Learning

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:00 EDT

New technologies allow schools, colleges and universities to analyze absolutely everything that happens. From student behavior, testing results, career development of students as well as educational needs based on changing societies. A lot of this data has already been stored and is used for statistical analysis by government agencies such as the National Center for Educational Statistics. With the rise of more and more online education and the development of MOOCs all the data gets a completely new meaning. Big Data allow for very exciting changes in the educational field that will revolutionize the way students learn and teachers teach. To stimulate this trend, the US Department of Education (DOE) was part of a host of agencies to share a $200 million initiative to begin applying Big Data analytics to their respective functions, as described in a post by James Locus. The overall goal of Big Data within educational systems should be to improve student results. Better students are good for society, organizations as well educational institutions. Currently the answers to assignments and exams are the only measurements on the performance of students. During his or her student life, however, every student generates a unique data trail. This data trail can be analyzed in real-time to deliver an optimal learning environment for the student as well to gain a better understanding in the individual behavior of the students.

Cloud Expo NY: Adopting Cloud Solutions from the Couch to the Corporation

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:00 EDT

Enterprise cloud adoption revolves around pushing the BYOD movement and focusing on data security. In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Ross Brouse, COO and President of Solar VPS, will cover how cloud adoption is driven by consumerism, humanity’s need to socialize, our addiction to new gadgets and the ability of data to stay secure in a growing collaborative world. The cloud is a drug and we’re just getting hooked. Ross Brouse is the COO and President of Solar VPS. He is a true creative thinker. He believes the solution to most challenges involves discipline, positive reinforcement and innovative problem solving. As an industry leader, he draws from decades of experience in film and television production, graphic design and development, and managed IT. A graduate of New York University, Ross founded FortressITX's subsidiary company, Solar VPS, in 2005.

Solving the Cloud Talent Gap

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:00 EDT

A recent study by analyst firm IDC reports that in 2012, 1.7 million cloud computing-related roles across the globe could not be filled due to the lack of training, certification and experience in the applicant pool. As the global demand for cloud and big data expertise increases, employers are finding it difficult to recruit talent, which is slowing down the ability for organizations to adopt, implement, and realize benefits from innovative platforms like OpenStack. In this session join Cloud Evangelista Niki Acosta as she discusses what companies like Rackspace are doing to narrow the talent gap, attract and retain talent, and foster the next generation of technologists, as well as the move to get more women into technical roles.

Don’t Believe the Hype: Getting to the Promise of Big Data

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:00:00 EDT

Companies around the world are collecting massive amounts of data everyday that’s sitting around and not being utilized. Take for example the fact that companies collect demographic and location-based data via mobile devices all the time, but have to figure out how to monetize that data. In this session, Joyent CTO and founder Jason Hoffman will examine the state of Big Data, taking a look at what we're doing now to discussing what's on the horizon, as companies prepare and realign their business strategies for new streams of revenue.

Cloud Expo New York: Introducing the Open Cloud Exchange

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:00:00 EDT

The cloud-enabled data center sits at the center of IT transformation. It facilitates the interconnection and communities that come together, propelling growth for both buyers and sellers. In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Gerry Fassig, CoreSite’s Vice President of Sales, will discuss how CoreSite is bringing together best-of-breed partners through the Open Cloud Exchange resulting in public, private, and hybrid cloud interconnection and management as well as connectivity to AWS direct connect. Gerry Fassig is CoreSite’s Vice President of Sales for the cloud/hosting service provider industry. He possesses more than 20 years of enterprise and start-up sales leadership experience and leads a national team responsible for acquiring, retaining and managing service providers of all sizes. Prior to joining CoreSite, he held senior sales and management positions with Savvis, helping drive strategic growth throughout the organization during the Exodus/Cable and Wireless acquisitions. Before Savvis, he held various leadership roles at Wheelhouse, a CRM strategy consultancy and at Gartner.

Convergence and Interoperability Will Define Next-Gen Cloud Architectures

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:00:00 EDT

Our more interconnected planet is accelerating the adoption and convergence of next-generation architectures, in the form of cloud, mobile and instrumented physical assets. Organizations that can effectively balance optimization and innovation, will be in a position to leverage new systems of engagement, out maneuver their peers and achieve desired outcomes. In the Opening Keynote at 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York, IBM GM & Next Generation Platform CTO Dr Danny Sabbah will detail the critical architectural considerations and success factors organizations must internalize to successfully implement, optimize and innovate using next generation architectures.

The Big Challenge of Big Data and Hadoop Integration

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:00:00 EDT

Enterprises can't close their doors just because integration tools won't cope with the volume of information that their systems produce. As each day goes by, their information will become larger and more complicated, and enterprises must constantly struggle to manage the integration of dozens (or hundreds) of systems. Apache Hadoop has quickly become the technology of choice for enterprises that need to perform complex analysis of petabytes of data, but few are aware of its potential to handle large-scale integration work. By using effective tools, integrators can process the complex transformation, synchronization, and orchestration tasks required in a high-performance, low cost, infinitely scalable way.

Serienunternehmer Ashish J. Thakkar stellt Mara Online vor - eine einzigartige Suite von sozialen Portalen, die Afrika mit der Welt verbinden

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:31:16 EDT

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Andrew Breitbart Biodoc Opens At #3; Digital Sales Strong As Movie Opens Across Multiple Platforms

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:07:56 EDT

LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pixel and Verse Films issued the following:

At Vicenzaoro Spring Andrea Palladio International Jewellery Awards, the Jewellery Oscars

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:31 EDT

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At Vicenzaoro Spring Andrea Palladio International Jewellery Awards, the Jewellery Oscars

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:29 EDT

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NYNE's Bluetooth Speakers Take Your Graduate's Music Wherever They Want to Go

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:15 EDT

NYNE, an innovator of lifestyle inspired audio products, has the perfect gift for your graduate that can be used anywhere life takes them. As you send your graduate off into the world, give them a NYNE portable Bluetooth speaker that takes their music wherever they want to go. Whether your graduate is a recreational biker, spontaneous socialite or outdoor enthusiast, NYNE has the right portable speaker that fits their lifestyle, no matter what the future holds.

REMINDER/Media Advisory: Health Canada

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:00 EDT

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, will provide remarks at the plenary session of the 66th session of the World Health Assembly.

The Who, What and How of Selling Cloud to SMBs

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:00 EDT

Cloud enables SMBs to access new, scalable resources – previously only available to enterprises – in flexible and cost-effective ways. McKinsey’s SMB Cloud Report projects the public cloud market to reach $40-$50 billion by 2015, with SMBs comprising 65% of public cloud spending in 2015. But selling cloud to SMBs raises the questions of who, what and how. In this session Manjula Talreja, VP of Cisco’s Global Cloud Business Development Team, will discuss the importance of knowing who SMBs are through market segmentation; understanding what cloud services they will consume; and understanding how best to sell to SMBs and from which channels. Speaker Bio: Manjula Talreja is Vice President Global Cloud Business Development for Cisco, where she is creating new business models and partnerships with technology vendors, SPs and SIs in cloud. In addition to her focus on key customers and partners, she is helping shape the next phase of Cisco’s enterprise cloud strategy. She is a highly sought-after industry thought-leader, and was recently named to CableFAX Magazine’s ‘Most Powerful Women in Cable 2012’.

Big Data on OpenStack

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:00 EDT

The massive computing and storage resources that are needed to support big data applications make cloud environments an ideal fit. In Nati Shalom's upcoming session at 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York [June 10-13, 2013], you'll learn how to build your big data "database on-demand" using MongoDB, Cassandra, Solr, MySQL, or any other big data solution, as well as manage your big data application using a new open source framework called “Cloudify.” All this, on top of the OpenStack cloud.

The Answer to Data Scientist Scarcity Lies in Automation

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:00 EDT

If zettabytes of data exist, why is less than 1% of the world’s data being analyzed today? Seasoned entrepreneur and startup CEO Radhika Subramanian believes that the inability to analyze and gain value from Big Data is that organizations are taking a services-centered approach. As the title of the session implies, Subramanian believes that the data needs to do the talking, not armies of analysts searching and querying databases. Her company has developed high-speed, advanced algorithms to automate pattern detection for rapid, real-time discovery of the “unknown unknows” in structured and unstructured data. Subramanian teams up with internationally renowned High-Performance Computing luminary Dr. David Bader to tackle Big Data’s biggest challenges. Together they ask, 'What if you didn't have to analyze data at all?'

Anatomy of an Internet-Scale Application

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:00 EDT

Planning scalable environments isn't terribly difficult, but it does require a change of perspective. During this session we'll broaden our views to think on an Internet Scale by dissecting a video publishing application built with The SoftLayer Platform, Message Queuing, Object Storage, and Drupal. By examining a scalable modular application build that can handle unpredictable traffic, you'll be able to grow your development arsenal and pick up a few strategies to apply to your own projects.

National Restaurant Association Announces Winners of the 2nd Annual Operator Innovations Awards

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:19:25 EDT

CHICAGO, May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Restaurant Association has announced the winners of the second annual Operator Innovations Awards, with Kennesaw State University taking home the prestigious Innovator of the Year award. Selected by an independent panel of expert judges, the winners were recognized for their achievements in driving advancement in the foodservice industry. The innovative restaurant operators were revealed live last night at Destination: Celebration, the gala event for the 2013 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, in each award category of: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Menu Development, Sustainability, and Technology.

Sutter Home Family Vineyards Announces the $100,000 Winner of the 2012 Sutter Home Build a Better Burger® Recipe Contest

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:03:23 EDT

A week before Memorial Day Weekend and the official kick off to grilling season, Sutter Home Family Vineyards today announced that Erin Evenson of Brooklyn, N.Y. won the $100,000 grand prize of the 2012 Sutter Home Build a Better Burger Recipe Contest with her 7 Train Caramelized Green Curry Burger. Evenson wowed the judges with her creative burger featuring sweet and spicy green-curry glaze, salty pancetta, creamy minted basil aioli, roasted cashews, and watercress salad during the cook-off in St. Helena, Calif. The panel of judges also named the Indian Lamb Burger from Mark Richardson of Snohomish, Wash. as the Best Alternative Burger and $15,000 prize winner. The Grilled Green Tomato Burger from three-time finalist Mark Pyne of Troy, Ala. and the Better than Breakfast in Bed Burger from Kim Jones of Bloomington, Ill. were named as the People’s Choice Award Burgers by cook-off attendees.

European Internet Users Urge Regulators to "Rein in Google" on Privacy Concerns

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:58 EDT

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Zyrion Named “Entrance Carpet Sponsor” of Cloud Expo New York

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Zyrion Inc., the leading provider of Cloud and IT Monitoring software solutions, has been named “Entrance Carpet Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10–13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York. Zyrion is the leading provider of integrated Cloud and Network monitoring software for distributed and complex datacenter environments, and offers the most scalable monitoring platform in the industry. Zyrion's flagship Traverse software provides correlated, end-to-end, application service-oriented views of the IT infrastructure. Zyrion's monitoring software is used by large enterprises and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) worldwide. Zyrion has its corporate offices in Sunnyvale, California.

Developing the World’s First IaaS Marketplace

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:00 EDT

The world’s first vendor neutral marketplace for IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) cloud computing is being built. This marketplace fills the current gap in the value chain by offering standardized products and by addressing the needs of providers and consumers of cloud computing resources. Zimory is the technical partner for the settlement process of this project.

In his session at 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York [June 10-13, 2013], Zimory CEO Rüdiger Baumann session will introduce the marketplace from the technical point of view, focusing on the initial software requirements and later implementation of the software by buyers and sellers. An insight into the status of the project will be given as well the importance of standards when trading computing power in the same way as other utilities, such as energy.

Canadian Nurse Named President of the International Council of Nurses

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:16:44 EDT

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Achieving Scale and Performance in the Cloud

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:00:00 EDT

New breakthroughs in cloud-based data management empower databases with the necessary elasticity they need to be truly responsive to the ebbs and tides of supply and demand. Cloud computing allows all capital assets – computing power, memory and storage for example – to be exchanged at the best price, giving everyone the best value for their money. Like any free market, it will only deliver its full benefits to buyers and sellers if the right conditions are available. There can be no barriers to entry, and assets in the cloud must be capable of free movement. Unfortunately, the unsuitability of traditional relational database management systems (RDBMS) has created such a blockage. Their lack of elasticity or liquidity demobilizes computing resources. However, new developments in cloud database technology (like database bursting and hibernating functions) show how the database component can have the necessary fluidity to bring cloud-computing closer to ‘perfect market’ conditions and begin to deliver its full benefits.

Backup, Recovery, Archiving, and the Cloud

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:00:00 EDT

Backup, Recovery, and Archiving (BURA) are critical elements for IT to address. BURA solutions need to address a broad spectrum of needs including data protection, regulatory compliance, and business continuity. Today's cloud based solutions can enable customers to procure and consume BURA as a service supported by EMC's latest technologies. At the end of Rich Place's session at 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York [June 10-13, 2013], you will be able to: 1. Gain a full understanding of Backup, Recovery, and Archiving (BURA), also known as Backup as a Service incorporating EMC's latest technologies. 2. Share the experiences of a cloud service providers BURA implementations and portfolio 3. Have an opportunity to ask questions regarding SHI's Backup as a Service offering and experiences with partners and customers

American Red Cross Honors Trace Adkins with Crystal Cross Award

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:00:25 EDT

WASHINGTON, May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Red Cross honored award-winning country music star and Red Cross spokesman Trace Adkins last night with the Crystal Cross for his support of the humanitarian organization. The Crystal Cross award honors celebrities who have shown exemplary support of and service to the Red Cross mission.

Building Open Interoperable Cloud Infrastructure

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:00:00 EDT

At pennies per virtual machine-hour, the economics of cloud computing are both compelling and daunting to replicate. Whether you are building your own cloud infrastructure, building a public cloud or choosing a cloud service, there are key strategy and technology decisions that make the difference between success and failure. This session will share industry best practices for deploying cloud infrastructure that maximize the benefits of cloud economics, agility and interoperability. Learn how Intel is working with industry leaders to deliver open, secure and efficient cloud computing based on optimized compute, networking, storage and software technology and what are key tools and resources to help you achieve your cloud computing goals.

Supporting CIO Strategies and Priorities from the Cloud

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:00:00 EDT

A recent Gartner study states that the function of the modern CIO is in flux and that his or her future focus must incorporate digital assets (aka cloud-based data and applications) to remain relevant. Towards the goal of riding the sea change a compiler of stacks to a broker of business needs, security from the cloud is used as the example of this new prioritization and strategic thinking.

Software-Automated Testing for Software-Defined Networks

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:00:00 EDT

Software-defined networks are all the rage these days – and why not? They offer the promised benefit of making networks far more agile and responsive to dynamically changing application requirements. Consequently, in theory, the entire networking-computing-storage-applications ecosystem of IT and telecom will dance nimbly to the contrapuntal rhythms of the top and bottom line. And let’s not forget that there will be big-time winners and losers in the networking technology industry, making not only a fascinating business issue, but something of a blood sport as well, and who doesn’t like to watch competitors bash each other silly? Amid all the hype and hyperbole, there remains plenty of gritty detail in building, deploying, and maintaining networks, software-defined or not. One immensely important detail is making sure all this new-fangled networking will work, and that means testing. Networks may become software driven, but unless we find another dimension within which to switch communications data around, there will still be hardware. The vendor logo on the faceplate of that hardware may change over time, but hardware will still be humming away in millions of racks in thousands of data centers, central offices, points of presence, and telco closets. Inside those millions upon millions of pieces of hardware will be billions of virtual resources – hypervisors, virtual machines, virtual switches, and trillions of application instances. All of that, hardware included, has to be tested. Today, many software functions are collocated within the hardware – for example, the computation of network paths has been delivered within the switch or router.

Le premier « Game QA & Localisation Forum » au monde accueillera la toute première conférence de l'Alliance QA

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:46:56 EDT

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Les « Chic Weeks » : une collaboration entre les Villages Chic Outlet Shopping®, Black Tomato et le magazine PINCH

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:41:28 EDT

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Chic Weeks: Eine Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Chic Outlet Shopping®-Villages, Black Tomato und PINCH-Magazin

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:36:36 EDT

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Sample Solutions: Facebook 'Likes' New Source of Local Health Data

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:30:00 EDT

Sample Solutions LLC., in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), today unveiled new research based on an analysis of billions of Likes that consumers have posted on Facebook. The research, available in a white paper, shows that Likes can significantly supplement scarce government data on the behavioral drivers of cancer, diabetes, obesity and other ailments.

Scaling Big Data in the Cloud

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:30:00 EDT

Need to scale your data tier? The foundation of every application is the database layer, and today application architects have more choices than ever. With these choices come new questions: Which database technology is best for your application? How can your application take advantage of Big Data technology? Can you run your relational database at Big Data scale? What does it take to implement a comprehensive data infrastructure, including your core database, incorporating SQL, No SQL and Big Data platforms?

Stretta Procedure for GERD: Successful 10 Year Follow-Up Data Presented at Digestive Disease Week--Sustained Improvement, Long-Term Efficacy

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:00:35 EDT

ORLANDO, Fla., May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The non-surgical Stretta® procedure employing low power and low temperature radiofrequency (RF) energy is effective in control of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and eliminates or reduces the need for medication 10 years post-procedure, according to an independent, prospective long-term assessment presented today at the Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting May 18-21, 2013 in Orlando, Florida.

Big Data Meets Gamification

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:00:00 EDT

In the coming years, big data will change the way organisations and societies are operated and managed. Big data however, is not the only trend that will impact significantly how organisations operate. Another major trend at the moment is gamification. Gamification will change the way organisations connect with consumers and it will provide extremely valuable big data that can be turned into insights. Let’s first look at what gamification exactly is. Gamification is the use of game elements in non-game contexts. It can be used externally, to interact with customers and improve marketing efforts that lead to increased sales. Gamification is also used internally, where gamification can lead to increased employee productivity as well as internal crowd sourcing activities. Finally, gamification can be used to change behaviour of consumers. A great example of this is the quantified-self movement that get people to engage and change their behaviour.

Splunk and Cloudera Team on Hadoop

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:30:00 EDT

Splunk, the real-time operational intelligence platform, and Cloudera, the Apache Hadoop player, have fashioned a strategic alliance to deliver Big Data analytics across the enterprise. Splunk Enterprise can integrate with Cloudera’s Enterprise Hadoop distribution using Splunk’s Hadoop Connect, which provides bi-directional integration to move data between Splunk Enterprise and Hadoop. It’s supposed to let customers to use Splunk’s machine data ingestion and management to deliver data to Hadoop, or ingest data into Splunk from Hadoop, such as the output of Hadoop MapReduce jobs, then analyze and visualize the data. Together they expect to attract a broader spectrum of end users. SNAP Interactive is a joint customer of Splunk and Cloudera. It owns and operates AYI, one of the largest social dating applications on the Internet, with more than 20 million Facebook-connected profiles and more than a billion interest data points. Splunk collects analytics data from all of its online systems so engineering and business users can do ad hoc analysis and visualize important trends. Splunk Hadoop Connect then sends data from Splunk to Cloudera for the specialized batch analytics that powers many features on Splunk’s site.

Apptio Closes $45 Million E Round

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:00:00 EDT

Apptio, which knows how to gauge the total cost of IT services, has gotten a mighty $45 million E round that it means to invest in its platform and its international expansion, immediately in Western Europe. Counting the new money the company has now seen $136 million in funding since late 2007. The latest round was led by new investments from funds managed by Janus Capital, the Hillman Company, and a secret unnamed global institutional investor. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Shasta Ventures and T. Rowe Price also kicked in. Apptio figures “IT costs are moving from fixed to variable, computing assets are shifting from owned to shared, and business executives increasingly expect the CIO to play a more strategic role, spending less resources ‘keeping the lights on’ and more on innovation that drives the business forward.” It positions its TBM widgetry as a “must have” set of business management applications and analytics for the Global 2000.

Culinary Adventures Start in Your Garden

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:18:33 EDT

LITITZ, Pa., May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Themed gardens can be a ton of fun for gardeners who are looking to try something new, not only in the garden but also in the kitchen. There are many different kinds that can be planted with the purpose of a specific recipe or culinary trend.