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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)

[f2c] Muni Wifi

[Note: All of these conference bloggings are rough notes, wrong, incomplete, poorly paraphrased, full of spellping errors, etc.] Esme Vos begins by saying that municipal wifi is far from dead. The companies that failed at it generally failed not because they were doing muni wifi (e.g., Earthlink). She talks about some cities where it’s working. E.g., Riverside, Minneapolis, Cleveland. Philadelphia is now succeeding; they got some muni “anchor applications” and is expanding from there. About 50% of logins to the Philadelphia system are Apple products; the Phila project is not a failure. Esme also talks about Lompoc CA, which had been considerd to be a failure, but it’s been turned around. Sascha Meinrath says his role these days is “to translate geek into wonk.” He says we need “alternative media dissemination and through these networks institute fundamental changes... (more)

Cloud Security Summit on September 30!

First things first. I want to offer a big "Thank you" to the 1,000 or so people who joined my webinar earlier this week on the topic of Cloud Computing Security. I was completely amazed by the turnout and sincerely hope that the talk was both entertaining and thought provoking! I also wanted to thank Subra Kumaraswamy, Joel Weise, and Luc Wijns for their herculean efforts answering the fast streaming list of questions from the audience! Clearly, this is a lot of interest out there for Cloud Computing and security! For those who were not able to join the live event, the presentation and replay are both now available. If you have a chance to check them out, please be sure to send along your feedback! We definitely want to hear from you! On the heels of this event, I did want to let you know about another web-based event to be held on September 30, 2009. At this eve... (more)

Mobile Health News Weekly – Week of February 9, 2014

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends. Also read Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly Also read Field Mobility News Weekly Also read M2M News Weekly Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobility News Weekly Looking for an enterprise mobility solution?  Read the Mobile Solution Directory Here! Archelon Enclosures, a leading manufacturer of iPad® and tablet enclosures for the retail, hospitality and healthcare industries, has announced it will introduce the new iPad Air solution to the healthcare industry at HIMSS14, the HIMSS Annual Conference and Convention.  Read Original Content Remote patient care just got a new friendly face with Honeywell HomMed's recently unvei... (more)

Terracotta Announces Purchase of Ehcache, Creating the Market Leader in Caching and Java Application Scalability

Terracotta, a recognized leader in infrastructure software for enterprise Java scalability, today announced the purchase of privately-held Ehcache. Ehcache is by far the most widely-used Java caching solution in the world today, with enterprise production deployments numbering in the hundreds of thousands, including the vast majority of the Global 1000. Ehcache also ships as a component within many other Java products, including Hibernate ORM, Spring Framework, Alfresco CMS and Liferay portal. The ubiquitous, high-performance caching technology of Ehcache combined with the enterprise-proven fault-tolerance and data integrity features of Terracotta that are used by some of the world’s largest companies will give enterprises the data management tools they need to seamlessly scale their applications in flexible, cost-effective ways. Enterprises are struggling with appl... (more)

Accelera Solutions Achieves Microsoft Services Ready Program Status in Virtualization

Accelera Solutions, an IT solutions provider specializing in virtualization solutions, today announced it has completed all necessary requirements for members of the Microsoft Services Ready program recognizing Accelera’s services expertise. Members of the Services Ready program go through an extensive process to incorporate best practices and materials from Microsoft Services specifically designed to improve customer outcomes. Accelera Solutions implements tailored virtualization solutions that help drive cost savings, improve security and maximize efficiency for greener computing in government and commercial organizations. By providing end-to-end virtual computing infrastructures, Accelera helps simplify an organization’s IT systems into a centralized, easy to manage computing environment. “The Microsoft Services Ready designation reflects Accelera Solutions’ on... (more)

Authernative Granted US and Japanese Patents for User Authentication

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Authernative, Inc., a leading developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that it recently has been granted three patents, two from the United States Patent Office and one from the Japanese Patent Office for its user authentication methods. The newly issued patent number US 7,681,228 titled "Method of one time authentication response to a session-specific challenge indicating a random subset of a password or PIN character positions" and patent numbers US 7,644,433 and JP 4421892 titled "Authentication System and Method Based upon Random Partial Pattern Recognition" describe "what user knows" authentication methods which provide stronger security than traditional passwords. The three patents add to Authernative's intellectual property portfolio for authentication ... (more)

International RFID Technology Leaders NXP Semiconductors, MTI, austriamicrosystems, and RF-iT Partner to Demonstrate PlugNPlay Solution, A Major Step Towards the Internet of Things

Connecting everyday items to the internet through embedding short-range mobile transceivers enables a new medium of communication between people and objects and between objects themselves. Novel EPCglobal C1G2 RFID products, including USB Dongle UHF RFID reader and Gen2 Tag with advanced capabilities, are presented allowing large scale integration of ubiquitous computing in a way triggering innovative ideas of high value applications for the everyday life. Easy to install, one-click downloadable software makes the technology utilizable for experts and novices alike in a simple and fast way to access the Internet of Things. MTI’s game changing RFID USB Dongle (RU-888-100) based on austriamicrosystems AS3992 high-performance, completely-integrated silicon solution provides a global, affordable, mobile and enabling EPCglobal C1G2 integrated UHF reader complete with em... (more)

Bayer Implements Global IT Strategy With SAP

WALLDORF, Germany, July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bayer, one of the world's leading companies in the areas of health, nutrition and high-grade synthetic materials, has finalized a global enterprise agreement (GEA) with SAP AG (NYSE: SAP). With this agreement, the two companies will focus on supporting Bayer's IT strategy based on the comprehensive, long-term deployment of standardized SAP® solutions across Bayer's worldwide operations. Global enterprise agreements such as this five-year GEA with Bayer are targeted toward large enterprises that choose SAP as their preferred software provider. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050310/SFTH009LOGO-a) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050310/SFTH009LOGO-a) Under this agreement, SAP will support close collaboration in the globally standardized implementation of SAP business applications at Bayer.... (more)

GSMA gibt weitere Aktualisierungen zum Mobile World Congress 2012

LONDON, February 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Facebook CTO Bret Taylor hält Präsentation auf Mobile World Congress; neue Unternehmen treten dem mPowered Brands Programme sowie App Planet und der Forum Series bei Die GSMA gab heute weitere Aktualisierungen zum kommenden Mobile World Congress bekannt, der vom 27. Februar bis 1. März 2012 in der Fira de Barcelona Montjuic in Barcelonastattfinden wird. Dabei thematisierte die GSMA aktuelle Entwicklungen im Konferenzprogramm und meldete, dass sich neue Unternehmen an App Planet und dem mPowered Brands Programme beteiligen werden. "Mit über 60.000 erwarteten Teilnehmern in Barcelonabefindet sich der Mobile World Congress 2012 auf dem besten Weg, sich zur bisher aufregendsten Auflage der Veranstaltung zu entwickeln", so Michael O'Hara, Chief Marketing Officer der GSMA.  "Angesichts der beispiellosen Auswahl unmittelbar in da... (more)

CA Technologies Security Chief Mike Denning and Research Director Dr. Carrie Gates to Deliver RSA Conference Keynote

ISLANDIA, N.Y., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced Mike Denning, general manager, Security business, CA Technologies, will deliver a keynote speech at RSA® Conference 2012 on March 1 at 2:50 p.m. PT in the Moscone Center, San Francisco. CA Technologies is a platinum sponsor of the event. Denning's keynote, "Protecting Business in the New World Order," will highlight how security can improve the performance of an organization and enable the business. Dr. Carrie Gates, CA Technologies distinguished engineer and director of Research for CA Labs, will join Denning on stage to showcase security scenarios with respect to big data, near field communications and more. Other CA Technologies activity at RSA Conference 2012 includes: "The Rise of Identity as a Service," Monday, February 27 from 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. PT at the Westin San Fran... (more)

IoT & Smart Cities Stories
As you know, enterprise IT conversation over the past year have often centered upon the open-source Kubernetes container orchestration system. In fact, Kubernetes has emerged as the key technology -- and even primary platform -- of cloud migrations for a wide variety of organizations. Kubernetes is critical to forward-looking enterprises that continue to push their IT infrastructures toward maximum functionality, scalability, and flexibility. As they do so, IT professionals are also embr...
The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) is a non-profit organization that provides business support services to companies expanding to Japan. With the support of JETRO's dedicated staff, clients can incorporate their business; receive visa, immigration, and HR support; find dedicated office space; identify local government subsidies; get tailored market studies; and more.
At CloudEXPO Silicon Valley, June 24-26, 2019, Digital Transformation (DX) is a major focus with expanded DevOpsSUMMIT and FinTechEXPO programs within the DXWorldEXPO agenda. Successful transformation requires a laser focus on being data-driven and on using all the tools available that enable transformation if they plan to survive over the long term. A total of 88% of Fortune 500 companies from a generation ago are now out of business. Only 12% still survive. Similar percentages are found throug...
AI and machine learning disruption for Enterprises started happening in the areas such as IT operations management (ITOPs) and Cloud management and SaaS apps. In 2019 CIOs will see disruptive solutions for Cloud & Devops, AI/ML driven IT Ops and Cloud Ops. Customers want AI-driven multi-cloud operations for monitoring, detection, prevention of disruptions. Disruptions cause revenue loss, unhappy users, impacts brand reputation etc.
Atmosera delivers modern cloud services that maximize the advantages of cloud-based infrastructures. Offering private, hybrid, and public cloud solutions, Atmosera works closely with customers to engineer, deploy, and operate cloud architectures with advanced services that deliver strategic business outcomes. Atmosera's expertise simplifies the process of cloud transformation and our 20+ years of experience managing complex IT environments provides our customers with the confidence and trust tha...
At CloudEXPO Silicon Valley, June 24-26, 2019, Digital Transformation (DX) is a major focus with expanded DevOpsSUMMIT and FinTechEXPO programs within the DXWorldEXPO agenda. Successful transformation requires a laser focus on being data-driven and on using all the tools available that enable transformation if they plan to survive over the long term. A total of 88% of Fortune 500 companies from a generation ago are now out of business. Only 12% still survive. Similar percentages are found throug...
In his general session at 19th Cloud Expo, Manish Dixit, VP of Product and Engineering at Dice, discussed how Dice leverages data insights and tools to help both tech professionals and recruiters better understand how skills relate to each other and which skills are in high demand using interactive visualizations and salary indicator tools to maximize earning potential. Manish Dixit is VP of Product and Engineering at Dice. As the leader of the Product, Engineering and Data Sciences team at D...
As you know, enterprise IT conversation over the past year have often centered upon the open-source Kubernetes container orchestration system. In fact, Kubernetes has emerged as the key technology -- and even primary platform -- of cloud migrations for a wide variety of organizations. Kubernetes is critical to forward-looking enterprises that continue to push their IT infrastructures toward maximum functionality, scalability, and flexibility.
Today's workforce is trading their cubicles and corporate desktops in favor of an any-location, any-device work style. And as digital natives make up more and more of the modern workforce, the appetite for user-friendly, cloud-based services grows. The center of work is shifting to the user and to the cloud. But managing a proliferation of SaaS, web, and mobile apps running on any number of clouds and devices is unwieldy and increases security risks. Steve Wilson, Citrix Vice President of Cloud,...
When Enterprises started adopting Hadoop-based Big Data environments over the last ten years, they were mainly on-premise deployments. Organizations would spin up and manage large Hadoop clusters, where they would funnel exabytes or petabytes of unstructured data.However, over the last few years the economics of maintaining this enormous infrastructure compared with the elastic scalability of viable cloud options has changed this equation. The growth of cloud storage, cloud-managed big data e...