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)

Web 2.0 Is Dead and Web 3.0 Is Five Years Away

http://twitter.com/fuatkircaali Do you remember our Y2K problem eight years ago? On January 1, 2000, all of a sudden, there was no Y2K problem. For many years every software company collectively made billions of dollars on Y2K projects. Y2K became an industry inside the software industry. I recall meeting a computer consultant who claimed to be fixing the Y2K problem on QuickBooks on a local PC used by a local mom and pop shop, a "hire a nurse" small business. Unfortunately Web 2.0 was not so lucky. Forget about the IBMs, Microsofts, Oracles of the industry for a moment that forayed into the Web 2.0 craze simply because of the buzz that started a couple of years ago. For the rest of the software vendors and the VC-based start-ups who bet their entire business on Web 2.0, the season is unfortunately over for now. The new game is played a little differently now in the... (more)

Web Service API and the Semantic Web

As the Semantic Web gains momentum, it's important for Web service developers to keep abreast of its technologies and prepare for a change in their industry. This article looks at how the Semantic Web applies to Web services, including what specifications are under development and how you might prepare for integration with future semantic applications. What Is the Semantic Web and How Does It Impact Web Services? The current World Wide Web presents large volumes of information in a format tailored for viewing by people. A person can surf from link to link, query search engines, or attempt to reach sites by domain name. While the pages retrieved are appealing to humans, to the software that processes the contents they are no more than a string of random characters. Software programs cannot load a random document, Web page, or file and understand the contents of that d... (more)

Java Kicks Ruby on Rails in the Butt

This article tries to demonstrate that Java can be more productive than Ruby. We are going to develop the same application of the article Rolling with Ruby on Rails Revisited (part 1 [1] and part 2 [2]) but using POJO [3]s annotated with JPA [4] and a Model Driven Framework, OpenXava [5] in this case. The result is that with less code, and less time you obtain a more powerful application. Ruby and rails: The regressive framework Ruby on rails [6] is so elegant, so easy, so productive. I cannot avoid read and heard continuously these comments. For example, the article Rolling with Ruby on Rails Revisited of Bill Walton says: “What would you think if I told you that you can develop a web application at least ten times faster with Rails than you can with a typical Java framework?” Oops! Ten times faster! Well, after these comments I decided to learn Ruby on Rails. I ne... (more)

Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) and Floods Hit the Philippines

I was lucky that Typhoon Ondoy did not affect my apartment. We are out in Pampanga two hours from Manila but we did not have a flood in my little neighborhood. But so many people died in this typhoon, and now the world knows what can happen in the Philippines. We get more than 20 typhoons each year and they cause many problems. Typhoon Feria back there in June damaged many houses in Samar Province where I am from. I was visiting then and it was very scary. You know we don't have a radio there or any way to know when a typhoon is coming. We just hope for the best and we know that no one will help us. Two other typhoons in August and September gave us rain for more than one week. A lot of floods and some people died then, too. But I think that nobody outside of the Philippines knows about these things unless they are very, very bad. As I said, my family and friends ... (more)

Ontology Joins Latin American Operators At Futurecom

The industry leading Semantic search technology leader showcases Intelligent 360 apps at Futurecom in Rio de Janerio London, UK - October 5th, 2012: Ontology Systems, the semantic search technology provider for Enterprise Data Alignment, is set to show visitors to Futurecom in Brazil next week how operators can deploy an accurate 360° view of their customers, services and multi-technology network infrastructure using breakthrough semantic search technologies, rather than traditional large-scale integration. Visitors to the conference will be able to see how the award-winning Ontology Intelligent 360 applications are delivered through a live web portal and include: Customer Explorer for Customer Services users who can see, on a single screen, the active state of all the services and infrastructure that the customer is using, enabling them to quickly resolve the ... (more)

Commander of U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency Director, General Keith Alexander, To Keynote Day One of Black Hat USA 2013

SAN FRANCISCO, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Black Hat, the world's leading family of information security events, announced that Gen. Keith Alexander -- Commander, U.S. Cyber Command/Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) -- will present the Day One keynote address at Black Hat USA 2013. Black Hat USA will take place July 27 – August 1, 2013, at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. For more information and to sign up for early registration by May 31, please visit http://www.blackhat.com/us-13/. (Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130514/SF13260LOGO) A highly regarded advocate of battlefield visualization and "data fusion" for more useful intelligence, Gen. Alexander has led NSA/CSS since 2005. NSA/CSS gives the nation a decisive edge to make information and information technology an asset for the United States and a liab... (more)

What CIOs Need to Know Today About SDN

SDN is not just today's fad or buzzword. SDN is a new, dynamic network architecture that transforms traditional network backbones into more intelligent service-delivery platforms. IT leaders can use SDN as a tool to change the way they do business. For example, enterprises can foster closer relationships with their customers by offering greater online access to select data over the enterprise network. A financial services firm can give large corporate customers the opportunity for third-party reporting, governance, or even allow analytics firms to directly access enterprise credit card transactions, obviating the need for intermediate sites and cumbersome manual process steps that are needed to provide sufficient multi-level security. An SDN would create virtual network partitions governed by stringent and limited access policies, and security to decrease unauthoriz... (more)

Dreamforce 2013 Round Up

Dreamforce 2013 was everything I could of imagined and more. All of the hype leading up to this event paid off; the energy was incredible, the advice given by superior digital experts…invaluable, and the fun never seemed to stop. The highlights were many:   Launch of the DocuSign’s new integration for Salesforce1, Salesforce’s new CRM platform. A groundbreaking update was announced at this year’s Dreamforce conference that enables users to collect information, signatures, and payments on the move.  With DocuSign’s new integration for Salesforce1, Salesforce’s new CRM platform, users can now sign anywhere from any mobile device.   Company CEO Keith Krach said: "DocuSign has long offered the most powerful and easiest-to-use eSignature app in the Salesforce ecosystem. With Salesforce1, DocuSign helps Salesforce users close business even more quickly in the cloud and... (more)

Procrastination: The Self-Defeating Behavior and How to Overcome It

If you’re thinking you might put off reading this story, don’t even think about it. In this interview by Anita Bruzzese with Timothy A. Pychyl, author of “Solving the Procrastination Puzzle,” the... Follow The Fast Track on Twitter: http://twitter.com/intuitquickbase & Google+ at https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106377964303068533661/+quickbase ... (more)

McGraw-Hill Education Announces 'Center For Digital Innovation'

New Center Will Extend Company's Success in Digital Education Solutions by Developing First-ever Fully Digital Curricula Aimed at Building 21st Century Skills Announces Two New, Fully Digital Interactive Classroom Solutions for Students BOTHELL, Wash., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Education today announced the creation of its new Center for Digital Innovation, a first-of-its-kind research and development center focused on bringing to elementary and secondary classrooms the same digital environment that today's young people have embraced outside of school. The Center will be led by McGraw-Hill Education's talented and experienced team of classroom educators, expert engineers and software developers who are marrying McGraw-Hill Education's expertise in curricula development and successful record of developing digital education solutions with emerging technolo... (more)