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DALLAS, Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Amid the proliferation of real time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors, log files and transactional applications, Big Data has found a host of vertical market applications, ranging from fraud detection to R&D.; Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140821/138541 "Big Data Market: 2014 – 2020 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts" Key Findings: In 2014 Big Data vendors will pocket nearly $30 Billion from hardware, software and professional services revenues Big Data investments are further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% over the next 6 years, eventually accounting for $76 Billion by the end of 2020 The market is ripe for acquisitions of pure-play Big Data startups, as competition heats up between IT incumbents Nearly every large scale IT ven... (more)

Skyscape Cloud Services demonstrates continued success and innovation with EMC

Joins EMC Velocity Service Provider Program London - January 10th 2013 - Skyscape Cloud Services Limited, the easy to adopt, easy to use and easy to leave Assured Cloud Services Company, today announced a further expansion of its relationship with EMC by joining the EMC Velocity™ Service Provider Program. By joining the program, Skyscape will now work closer with EMC to develop new cloud-based service offerings for the UK Public Sector. "The EMC Velocity Service Provider program enables us to continue to evolve our assured offerings and transform the provision of IT services into a lean, elastic, assured, green utility. We look forward to embracing this program as we strive to develop innovative solutions that allow our customers to store, manage, protect and analyse data in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way." said Jeremy Sanders, Chief Strategy Officer a... (more)

Roger Strukhoff Named "Conference Chair" of 2nd Internet of @ThingsExpo

Internet of @ThingsExpo has announced today that Roger Strukhoff has been named conference chair of Internet of @ThingsExpo 2014 Silicon Valley. The 2nd Global Internet of @ThingsExpo will take place on November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. "The Internet of Things brings trillions of dollars of opportunity to developers and enterprise IT, no matter how you measure it," stated Roger Strukhoff. "More importantly, it leverages the power of devices and the Internet to enable us all to improve the state of the world and lives of people." Roger Strukhoff is Executive Director of the Tau Institute (@TauDir), focused on global ICT research, including the growth of cloud computing. Offices are located in Illinois and Metro Manila, Philippines. He writes for Cloud Computing Journal and Computerworld Philippines. He holds a BA cum laude f... (more)

Visteon's New Vehicle Concept Makes its North American Debut at 2013 International CES

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Representing Visteon Corporation's (NYSE:VC) vision of mobility in the year 2020, the e-Bee vehicle concept is designed to explore new and alternative ways of using a vehicle, including car-sharing, private ownership and short-term rental. Using touch display-based controls and Cloud-centered profile storage, the e-Bee's features are designed to be immediately familiar and intuitive for each individual user. (Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO ) Fully compatible with electric vehicle and hybrid platforms, the e-Bee demonstrates intelligent mobility – gathering and disseminating useful driving-related data, acting as part of a wider mobility-enabling network and integrating technology and design that is simple, flexible and frugal. The technologies featured in the e-Bee concept range from advanced dev... (more)

Plunkett's Real Estate & Construction Industry Almanac 2012: Real Estate & Construction Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies

NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Plunkett's Real Estate & Construction Industry Almanac 2012: Real Estate & Construction Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies http://www.reportlinker.com/p01027647/Plunketts-Real-Estate--Construction-Industry-Almanac-2012-Real-Estate--Construction-Industry-Market-Research-Statistics-Trends--Leading-Companies.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm;_medium=pr&utm;_campaign=Hotel_and_Lodging PLUNKETT'S REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2012 Key Features: -Industry trends analysis, market data and competitive intelligence -Market forecasts and Industry Statistics -Industry Associations and Professional Societies List -In-Depth Profiles of hundreds of leading companies -Industry Glossary -Buyer may register for access to s... (more)

CQuotient Unveils Hyper-Personalized Email Marketing Technology for Retailers

CQuotient today unveiled its new technology that enables retailers to send highly relevant digital communications to individual customers. By using the most advanced machine learning and predictive algorithms, CQuotient’s technology harnesses big data from all customer touchpoints and creates a dynamic predictive portrait for each individual. The technology then decides which customers should receive which email message and at what time, and sends automated emails that are hyper-personalized for each recipient. Email remains the best marketing channel for retailers looking to get more revenue from their customers. Not only is it inexpensive, easy to personalize and highly trackable, but email also has the broadest reach to store, Web and mobile customers alike. As customers have come to expect more from the retailers they frequent, the “batch and blast” email approac... (more)

FACE Launches Pulsar TRAC, the First Social Media Research Platform Made for Big Data

LONDON and NEW YORK, NY and HONG KONG -- (Marketwired) -- 04/18/13 -- Today Face, the global strategic insight agency, announced the release of Pulsar TRAC, an advanced social intelligence platform which pushes social media research beyond keyword tracking. Born out of 10 years experience of research and planning with social data, Pulsar TRAC (TOPIC, REACH, AUDIENCE, CONTENT) is built on a robust intelligence framework enabling marketers to do more than just keyword tracking: measuring the reach of conversations, mapping brand audiences and tracking content diffusion. Whereas all traditional social media monitoring platforms look at the content of conversations, Pulsar TRAC takes monitoring a step further by indexing and analyzing the social connections, the interests and the digital behaviors of the authors, as well. "Face's Pulsar TRAC is invaluable for identifyin... (more)

Online Consumers Fed Up With Irrelevant Content on Favorite Websites, According to Janrain Study

PORTLAND, OR -- (Marketwired) -- 07/31/13 -- According to the results of the 2013 Online Personal Experience study released today by Janrain, nearly three-fourths (74%) of online consumers get frustrated with websites when content (e.g., offers, ads, promotions) appears that has nothing to do with their interests. While not surprising, it appears their frustration may be an ominous sign for online brands. As an example, the poll revealed that 67 percent of online adults would lose their patience and leave a website if shown an ad asking for donations from the political party they dislike the most. This survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of Janrain from June 28 - July 2, 2013 among 2,091 U.S. adults ages 18 and older. "These results align perfectly with additional market research indicating that consumers have reache... (more)

La Cresta by Brookfield Residential in the Villages of Irvine's Village of Woodbury Is Taking Prestige to the Next Level

IRVINE, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 09/06/13 -- La Cresta by Brookfield Residential was exceptionally planned to capture the imagination of discerning homebuyers and this collection is a must-see for those who aspire to a higher quality of living. The finest and final new home offering within the Villages of Irvine's® award-winning Village of Woodbury™, La Cresta offers a magnificent display of features and amenities, coupled with grand spaces for indoor living and sprawling yards for outdoor activity. Currently selling from the mid $1 millions, La Cresta is taking the prestige of Irvine to the next level and now is the time to personally experience its architectural splendor by touring the professionally decorated model homes. "When we designed La Cresta, we envisioned the lifestyle and home environment buyers wanted to pursue and our team delivered a stunning collection... (more)

Managed.com / PowerDNN Expands Its Infrastructure Team with New Senior Network Engineer Patrick Sutton

Perigon Networks, whose main brands include Managed.com and PowerDNN, has announced that information technology expert Patrick Sutton has joined its corporate leadership team. Sutton will be managing the company’s growing cloud infrastructure department as the new Senior Network Engineer. Patrick Sutton - New Senior Network Engineer for Managed.com and PowerDNN (Photo: Business Wire). “Patrick brings a wealth of IT and advanced networking experience to our engineering team,” says Tony Valenti, CEO. “With more than 17 years of experience in the information technology field, Patrick is uniquely qualified to help our team as we continue to expand our global network.” Previously, Sutton worked for Dell Computer Corporation as an on-site Systems Engineer, managing the IT and networking needs for Dell clients within the Midwest Region. Sutton also has extensive experience ... (more)

Cloud Computing and Big Data in 2013: What's Coming Next?

What changes in the cloud computing and big data landscape should we be expecting in 2013? In this article we offer a round-up of industry experts' opinions as they were asked by Cloud Expo / BigDataExpo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan to preview the fast-approaching year ahead. 2013 Will Be The Year of Big Data  | The Internet of Things | Cloud To The Rescue (DR) | SSD John Engates | @jengates CTO of Rackspace Hosting Now its CTO, John joined Rackspace in August 2000, just a year after the company was founded, as VP of Operations, managing the datacenter operations and customer-service teams. Two years later, when Rackspace decided to add new services for larger enterprise customers, he created and helped develop the Intensive Hosting business unit. Most recently, he has played an active role in the evolution and evangelism of Rackspace's cloud computing strategy an... (more)

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Enterprises are striving to become digital businesses for differentiated innovation and customer-centricity. Traditionally, they focused on digitizing processes and paper workflow. To be a disruptor and compete against new players, they need to gain insight into business data and innovate at scale. Cloud and cognitive technologies can help them leverage hidden data in SAP/ERP systems to fuel their businesses to accelerate digital transformation success.
Charles Araujo is an industry analyst, internationally recognized authority on the Digital Enterprise and author of The Quantum Age of IT: Why Everything You Know About IT is About to Change. As Principal Analyst with Intellyx, he writes, speaks and advises organizations on how to navigate through this time of disruption. He is also the founder of The Institute for Digital Transformation and a sought after keynote speaker. He has been a regular contributor to both InformationWeek and CIO Insight...
Andrew Keys is Co-Founder of ConsenSys Enterprise. He comes to ConsenSys Enterprise with capital markets, technology and entrepreneurial experience. Previously, he worked for UBS investment bank in equities analysis. Later, he was responsible for the creation and distribution of life settlement products to hedge funds and investment banks. After, he co-founded a revenue cycle management company where he learned about Bitcoin and eventually Ethereal. Andrew's role at ConsenSys Enterprise is a mul...
When building large, cloud-based applications that operate at a high scale, it’s important to maintain a high availability and resilience to failures. In order to do that, you must be tolerant of failures, even in light of failures in other areas of your application. “Fly two mistakes high” is an old adage in the radio control airplane hobby. It means, fly high enough so that if you make a mistake, you can continue flying with room to still make mistakes. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Lee A...
To Really Work for Enterprises, MultiCloud Adoption Requires Far Better and Inclusive Cloud Monitoring and Cost Management … But How? Overwhelmingly, even as enterprises have adopted cloud computing and are expanding to multi-cloud computing, IT leaders remain concerned about how to monitor, manage and control costs across hybrid and multi-cloud deployments. It’s clear that traditional IT monitoring and management approaches, designed after all for on-premises data centers, are falling short in ...
Everyone wants the rainbow - reduced IT costs, scalability, continuity, flexibility, manageability, and innovation. But in order to get to that collaboration rainbow, you need the cloud! In this presentation, we'll cover three areas: First - the rainbow of benefits from cloud collaboration. There are many different reasons why more and more companies and institutions are moving to the cloud. Benefits include: cost savings (reducing on-prem infrastructure, reducing data center foot print, redu...
Only Adobe gives everyone - from emerging artists to global brands - everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. Adobe Systems Incorporated develops, markets, and supports computer software products and technologies. The Company's products allow users to express and use information across all print and electronic media. The Company's Digital Media segment provides tools and solutions that enable individuals, small and medium businesses and enterprises to cre...
Digital Transformation: Preparing Cloud & IoT Security for the Age of Artificial Intelligence. As automation and artificial intelligence (AI) power solution development and delivery, many businesses need to build backend cloud capabilities. Well-poised organizations, marketing smart devices with AI and BlockChain capabilities prepare to refine compliance and regulatory capabilities in 2018. Volumes of health, financial, technical and privacy data, along with tightening compliance requirements by...
Dynatrace is an application performance management software company with products for the information technology departments and digital business owners of medium and large businesses. Building the Future of Monitoring with Artificial Intelligence. Today we can collect lots and lots of performance data. We build beautiful dashboards and even have fancy query languages to access and transform the data. Still performance data is a secret language only a couple of people understand. The more busine...
ICC is a computer systems integrator and server manufacturing company focused on developing products and product appliances to meet a wide range of computational needs for many industries. Their solutions provide benefits across many environments, such as datacenter deployment, HPC, workstations, storage networks and standalone server installations. ICC has been in business for over 23 years and their phenomenal range of clients include multinational corporations, universities, and small busines...