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)

The Vaynerchucks Launch T-Shirt Search Engine PleaseDressMe

Gary Vaynerchuck doesn’t just love a good glass of wine. He also loves a good T-Shirt. The video blogger behind Wine Library TV has just launched a T-Shirt search engine called PleaseDressMe with his brother AJ and Digg lead architect Joe Stump. The site is simple. It lets you search for T-shirts by keyword, tags, color, or price, and returns results from places like Threadless and BustedTees. It is not trying to search all T-shirt sites, just the cool ones. I’m not going to harsh on this site too much because, well, it’s a T-shirt search engine. And it’s just a side project. But there many keyword searches I tried turned up nothing. (Come on, Gary, you couldn’t find any “wine” T-shirts?). I did find “beer,” though. I’d suggest using the tag cloud to find what you are looking for, until the site crawls fro more Ts. Crunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the sexies... (more)

Android 3.1 Released, Motorola Xoom Users Can Choose to Upgrade

Google’s famous developer conference – Google I/O 2011 opens on Tuesday, May 10 at 9 AM at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. The biggest news is the release of the new Android 3.1 Operating System, which is tend to bring Android Smartphone and tablet together and give developers convenience. Now users of Motorola Xoom can choose [...] ... (more)

Google’s New Privacy Policy Shares Your Data Across Products

Google is consolidating its privacy policy to share your data across all of its products. The new terms will combine over 60 current privacy policies, letting Google offer more personalized content. The new policy takes effect on March 1st and is another step towards Google unifying its experience. Read the full article at TheNextWeb.com ... (more)

When Your Department is Ignoring a Workplace Security Policy

A reader asks: My company has a written security policy requiring us to authenticate all requests we receive by phone or email before acting on the... Follow us! Twitter: @IntuitQuickBase & Google+: +QuickBase ... (more)

Yahoo Adds Twitter Results to Desktop, Mobile Searches

Yahoo on Thursday announced a new partnership with Twitter that will see tweets brought directly into the company’s homepage newsfeed. The new integration will be rolling out “over the next few days” on Yahoo’s US site, available to both desktop and mobile Web users. Yahoo says it plans to include “relevant and personalized tweets” alongside its stories. If the partnership bears fruit, however, it’s fair to say Yahoo will look to expand it to its mobile apps as well as overseas. Yahoo’s justification for the inclusion of tweets is fairly straightforward. The company sees the social network as a source for news, and since its homepage is still largely centered around delivering just that to its users, adding Twitter support is just one of many steps in its attempt to become relevant again. “Updates direct from politicians, celebrities, media outlets, and other publis... (more)

Austrian Broadcasting company uses ITSM software to monitor transmitters at nearly 450 sites nationwide

ORS, (Austrian Broadcasting Services) has chosen IT service management software developed by iET Solutions to centralize all the information needed to monitor and manage its national network of transmitter stations at around 450 locations. The iET ITSM software was chosen for its flexibility. Today ORS manages around 80,000 data records using a configuration management database and broadcasting database, which was implemented using software from iET Solutions. Norbert Grill, ORS Managing Director said: ''ORS is responsible for almost all TV and radio programme providers in Austria, as well as for digital television. Our systems have to run as smoothly as the broadcasting of our TV programmes." iET Solutions' Austrian partner, softpoint electronic, implemented the IT service management software, iET ITSM, within a year. The system went live in the middle of 2012. ... (more)

On the Growing Importance of Google Fiber

Google Fiber is Coming to Austin, TX If you are like us, for the past few years you have been rabidly following the development, the implementation, the road blocks and the growing success of Google Fiber. With a growing presence in the Kansas City area and now a growing sphere in Austin, TX, Google Fiber is begining to branch out to various parts of the country supplying consumers with 1 gig connections that are putting pressure on other Internet/broadband providers locally and nationally. But the question remain, with the promise of 1 gig speeds, what is the true importance of Google Fiber? Is it the connectivity speed and what we can do with it or is it the impact 1 gig connections are having on regional broadband providers? The Importance of a 1 Gig Connection Here is the thing, as noted by Gigaom writer, Stacey Higginbotham: “You may be wondering why you, in pa... (more)

Find a Class for Personal Enrichment or Career Advancement: Courseopedia.com Launches in California

HAYWARD, Calif., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether you're looking for a class in French, Java programming, cosmetology, photography, taekwondo or an esoteric interest like Islamic art, a new search engine called Courseopedia.com makes quick work of finding everything that's offered in your local area. Just in time for the new school year, the site is launching with listings for California schools and will gradually expand to create a nationwide source of information on personal enrichment, vocational and career advancement courses - including those offered by private instructors. The launch coincides with the beginning of the fall semester, a time when post-grads watch students head back to school and begin to consider the possibilities of a continued education. Courseopedia is designed to eliminate tedious searches through multiple online college catalogs, alert... (more)

International Meetings on Culture, Economy and the Media, With Frédéric Mitterrand, Minister for Culture and Communication

PARIS, October 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on the success of last year's premiere, the second International Forum d'Avignon will bring together for two days, between November 19th - 21st, 300 personalities from all over the world (*) including artists, directors, producers, economists, internet and media company managers, politicians etc... For the blossoming of cultures. (*) Algeria, Germany, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, China, Spain, Great Britain, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Mali, Norway, Quebec Singapore, Sweden, Tunisia, USA, and so on... These decision makers from both the public and private sectors will debate a major issue in view of the financial crisis and the crisis of values which we are currently experiencing: "cultural strategies to succeed in a post-crisis era". How can culture contribute towards the recovery from this crisis? What are the strategies of t... (more)

The Big Money Facebook 50 Unveiled Today

The first annual list of The Big Money Facebook 50, a ranking of the top fifty companies making the best use of the social networking site, Facebook, was unveiled today by Slate’s The Big Money.com. Later this week The Big Money will release the Twitter 12, twelve brands making strategic and successful use of Twitter. Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) landed in the top spot on The Big Money Facebook 50, besting forty-nine other national and international brands. Companies that made their way onto The Big Money’s new feature span various industries and sectors including fashion, technology, media, etc., with some surprising honorees, such as JCPenney and Dippin’ Dots. “While lists measuring corporate value based on dollars and cents are common, at The Big Money we see real value in recognizing companies that are performing well in the nebulous but all-important realm of social me... (more)