Author: Markus Perdrizat
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Cloud’s risks spur ‘notorious nine’ threats for 2013
Cloud’s risks spur ‘notorious nine’ threats for 2013: The top three threats this year are data breaches, data loss and account hijacking. In 2010, the top three were abuse of cloud services, insecure interfaces and APIs, and malicious insiders. Those three are still on the list but have fallen (7, 4, 6, respectively) in 2013.…
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Cloudera who? Intel announces its own Hadoop distribution
Cloudera who? Intel announces its own Hadoop distribution: Hadoop is a juggernaut when it comes to big data. Intel is a juggernaut when it comes to data center infrastructure. Its decision to enter into the open source software market is a big one for the chip company, for the Hadoop ecosystem and for the myriad…
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A new currency payment system is about to explode
A new currency payment system is about to explode: The world has tried to create an alternative online currency since the inception of the internet. If it was not worth doing, then why would the world keep trying to do it? […] So it is worth doing, and one day it will happen. […] This…
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Debating product, feature, or company
Debating product, feature, or company: A cool new app or service releases and immediately the debates begin over the magnitude of the offering. Is it a product, feature, or company? Within a short time, pundits declare something to be too small, too easy to copy, or too inconsequential to merit the startup label. The debate…
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Inbox Unchained: Mailbox just fixed email on the iPhone
Inbox Unchained: Mailbox just fixed email on the iPhone: They started with Apple’s Mail app for iPhone, which people were already familiar with, and injected elements of to-do apps he liked, since increasingly people are using their inboxes as to-do lists. The point was to create an experience that was distinctly mobile — an app…
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EMC to Hadoop competition: “See ya, wouldn’t wanna be ya.”
EMC to Hadoop competition: “See ya, wouldn’t wanna be ya.”: EMC Greenplum rolled out a new Hadoop distribution that fuses the popular big data platform with its flagship MPP database technology. Co-founder Scott Yara thinks the company’s huge investment puts it in the catbird seat among Hadoop vendors. Greenplum HAWQ: yet another Hadoop distribution, this…
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Tableau tees up an IPO
Tableau tees up an IPO: After a pair of tech companies publicly announced their intent to hit the market late last week, we understand that a high-profile private company is coming up right behind them. Tableau Software is rumored to have quietly filed its IPO paperwork under the JOBS Act, according to a number of…
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IBM Goes All In On Mobile. Design First for MobileFirst
IBM Goes All In On Mobile. Design First for MobileFirst: IBM is making a big splash today on mobile computing. Apparently the firm is doubling its investments in mobile. Just like the 2001 IBM Linux campaign, this is IBM re-focusing on what it thinks is the next big thing it must not miss.
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It turns out a lot of companies like building their own storage gear
It turns out a lot of companies like building their own storage gear: First, cloud storage startup Backblaze pioneered the concept of open source storage hardware. Then, it showed how to pack 135 terabytes into a 4U case (which Backblaze calls a “pod”) for less than $8,000. 135 Terabytes is enough for everybody, forever! SCNR…
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Market Data’s Dirty Little Secret
Market Data’s Dirty Little Secret: In addition to spending enormous sums to buy data, market participants also face a less talked about cost: frequent exchange-driven changes to the feeds. “It takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice…
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