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)

Google's Browser Security Handbook Released

Google recently released its Browser Security Handbook to the general public. The 60-page document provides a comprehensive comparison of a broad set of security features and characteristics in commonly used browsers, along with commentary and implementation tips for application developers who need to rely on these mechanisms, as well as engineering teams working on future browser-side security enhancements. The Browser Security Handbook, Google hopes, will help make the Web a safer place.alewski, of the company's Security team, comments: "Many people view the task of writing secure web applications as a very complex challenge - in part because of the inherent shortcomings of technologies such as HTTP, HTML, or Javascript, and in part because of the subtle differences and unexpected interactions between various browser security mechanisms. Through the years, we found... (more)

Zultys Announces MXmobile(TM) Unified Communications Client for Mobile Phones

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/01/09 -- ITEXPO -- Zultys Inc., an award-winning IP telephony solution provider for SMB and Enterprises, today announced its new MXmobile(TM) Unified Communications client for BlackBerry devices at the ITEXPO West 2009 show in Los Angeles. MXmobile delivers a complete Unified Communications experience to mobile workers allowing them to stay fully connected to their entire company, and provides critical productivity-enhancing tools like presence, displayed voice mail, internal extension dialing and corporate directory access. MXmobile also provides Least Cost Routing for mobile devices, which significantly cuts costs. "Demand for UC mobility is on the rise, especially as mobile devices become more ubiquitous and companies across the spectrum grapple with the strict demands placed on them in the current business climate. The Zultys... (more)

World's Leading Service Providers Build New Cloud Services on the VMware Platform

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/01/09 -- Today at VMworld 2009, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop through the datacenter and to the cloud, announced significant advancements in the VMware vCloud(TM) Initiative -- designed to help customers safely tap compute capacity for internal and external clouds -- how they want, when they want and as much as they want. VMware and its more than 1,000 VMware Virtualized(TM) service provider partners including AT&T;, SAVVIS, Terremark and Verizon Business are giving customers improved flexibility and agility to respond to business needs while saving both capital and operational costs. VMware Virtualized(TM) is a new program within the VMware vCloud(TM) Initiative for service provider cloud solutions that are interoperable and optimized for the VMware platform, designed... (more)

Double-Take® Software to Host Live Webinar on How to Protect Microsoft Exchange Environments

Microsoft Exchange 2010 has new features and functionality that can help users decrease their IT costs while enhancing their business outcomes. To share how users can take advantage of these benefits while protecting their Microsoft Exchange environments with a secure disaster recovery and business continuity plan, Double-Take® Software (NASDAQ: DBTK) will present a live webinar with a Microsoft guest speaker on Wednesday, September 9, 2009. The webinar will provide participants with an in-depth look at: High availability of your messaging infrastructure, SQL, SharePoint, unified messaging and edge servers for overall business continuity planning Ecosystem protection and failover Rapid recovery for lost servers Microsoft’s new Database Availability Groups in Exchange 2010 and new integrated features Webinar Details What:     Live webinar from Double-Take Software on p... (more)

CodeWeavers Releases CrossOver Games 8.0 for Mac and Linux; Adds Support for Snow Leopard OS

CodeWeavers, Inc., a leading developer of software products that turn Mac OS X and Linux into Windows-compatible operating systems, today announced the release of CrossOver Games 8.0 for both Mac and Linux, available immediately. CrossOver Games allows Windows games to be played on Mac and Linux PCs without the need for a Windows operating system license. CrossOver Games 8.0 is also designed to run on the latest Snow Leopard OS for Mac PCs. CrossOver Games 8.0 adds support for Left4Dead and Tales of Monkey Island (Steam version only). Other titles include Perfect World International’s games Perfect World, Jade Empire, and Ether Saga, as well as Aeria Games’ Dragon Sky, Shaiya (English versions only), and unofficial support for their Last Chaos title on Linux. In addition, numerous fixes and enhancements for Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Spore, Guild Wars, Civilizatio... (more)

/ CORRECTION - Lucid Imagination Hosts San Francisco Bay Area Lucene/Solr Meetup

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/02/09 -- In the news release, "Lucid Imagination Hosts San Francisco Bay Area Lucene/Solr Meetup," issued earlier today by Lucid Imagination, we are advised by the company that Andrzej Bialecki's title in the first bullet point should read "Lucene PMC Member and Nutch Committer" rather than "Lucene/Solr Committer" as originally issued. Complete corrected text follows. Lucid Imagination Hosts San Francisco Bay Area Lucene/Solr Meetup Event to Include Discussions by Digg and Netflix Search Experts, as Well as Several Lucene/Solr Committers SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(September 02, 2009) - Lucid Imagination, the commercial company dedicated to the popular and widely installed open source Apache Lucene and Apache Solr search technologies, today announced that it will be sponsoring the next San Francisco Bay Area Apache Lucene/Solr Meetup e... (more)

Brightcove Introduces Turn-key Video Distribution to Boxee Social Media Center

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 8, /PRNewswire/ -- Brightcove Inc., the leading online video platform, today announced a partnership with Boxee, the first "social" media center, to provide Brightcove media customers with turn-key distribution options to the living room television via Boxee's interface. The partnership gives Brightcove customers new opportunities to expand audience reach and advertising inventory, while bringing online video from some of the biggest names in news and entertainment programming to Boxee users. The first Brightcove customers to take advantage of the distribution partnership include Conde Nast Digital, Qubo, and TheStreet.com. "Boxee's unique and powerful platform enables media publishers to provide consumers with a lean-back, TV experience for online video, while maintaining control over monetization, analytics, and other important aspects ... (more)

Trusted Computer Solutions Announces September 9 Webcast “Maintaining OS Security in Complex IT Environments”

Trusted Computer Solutions, Inc. (TCS), a leading developer of cross domain and cyber security solutions, today announced it will host a complimentary webcast titled “Maintaining OS Security in Complex IT Environments.” Taking place on Wednesday, September 9, this webcast will cover ways to effectively retain compliance across an enterprise while remaining flexible in order to repurpose systems and reverse changes that impact productivity. Topics covered in this session will include: Determining the mission impact of your data on organizational operations, assets or individuals Operational, technical and management security controls Updating security posture as guidelines change Best practices for maintaining enterprise-wide OS security Security compliance auditing and validation In addition, TCS will discuss how using Security Blanket, an automated system lock down ... (more)

Eurotech Adds Wind River Linux 3.0 Support to Products Based on Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor

COLUMBIA, Md., Sept 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Eurotech Group, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, announces today the support of the Wind River Linux 3.0 operating system on several Eurotech hardware platforms. Eurotech has added support of Wind River Linux 3.0 to meet demand in medical, industrial control, transportation and other applications where precision and responsiveness are vital to customer success. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090226/PH75840LOGO ) "Our decisive move and quick action to add Wind River Linux 3.0 support to our popular Catalyst Module and other Intel Atom-based hardware platforms complete the next logical step to delivering what the embedded and pervasive computing market is demanding," explains Arlen Nipper, President and CTO of Eurotech Inc. "We were increasingly hearing from customers that Wind Ri... (more)

Eurotech Launches Helios(TM) Platform, Industry's First Programmable Edge Controller

COLUMBIA, Md., Sept 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Eurotech Group, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, announces today that it is launching the highly configurable Helios(TM) edge controller platform. The Helios platform offers data access and control on the edge of the cloud, to aggregate and deliver data from edge devices, pervasive sensors, and distributed monitors to the network core for further analysis and action. The Helios platform offers the greatest possible flexibility: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090226/PH75840LOGO ) Flexible hardware: Select an Intel Atom(R) Series Z5xx processor-based configuration, at up to 1.6 GHz with memory and video display optionsSoftware options: Choose Windows Embedded Standard, Windows CE 6.0 or Wind River Linux 3.0 for the operating system.Programmable: Programmable: Quickly go-to-market ... (more)