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)

How to Sponsor @CloudEXPO Silicon Valley | #Cloud #IoT #Blockchain #Serverless #DevOps #Monitoring #Docker #Kubernetes

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 throughout enterprises of all sizes. Register Today and SAVE ▸ Here Speaking Opportunities ▸ Here Sponsorship & Exhibit Opportunities ▸ Here Silicon Valley Faculty ▸ Here Silicon Valley Schedule ▸ Here CloudEXPO Has Been the M&A; Capital For Cloud Companies CloudEXPO has been the M&A; capital for Cloud companies for more than a decade with memorable acquisition news stories which cam... (more)

Gale Goes 'Michigan First' With Technology Career Expo

Gale, part of Cengage Learning, will host a Technology Career Expo on Thursday, April 16, 2009, from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. at its headquarters in Farmington Hills. Gale, a world leader in the publishing of electronic resources, e-books and print reference works for libraries, schools and businesses, is transforming its technology organization and adding experienced Agile development practitioners. read more read more read more read more read more read more read more read more read more read more read more read more read more ... (more)

IBM Must Now Compete with Empowered Oracle

In case you missed it Oracle announced this morning that it will be acquiring Sun Microsystems. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion. This news means the technology landscape is about to radically change and quite possibly, Sun hardware is now dead. The software aspects of the deal actually makes a lot of sense. It certainly seems like a very obvious fit, Oracle is buying Java. Whether Larry Ellison admits it or not, Java is the key to enterprise focused cloud computing. It's the perfect language and format for the fluid movement between existing enterprise data center's and Sun's enterprise focused cloud offering. Both Oracle and Sun have a strong foot hold in the enterprise market, so this merger makes all the more sense purely from a sales point of view. Something Sun hasn't done very well at lately. Other then making tons of money, what Oracle d... (more)

Half of UK Companies failing to heed security breach warnings

Research from The Bunker reveals UK companies aren't taking action on known security concerns 13 June 2012 - Organisations are taking huge risks on a daily basis and while digital security is being addressed, other vital areas are causing concern. This is the headline finding from new research by The Bunker, provider of Ultra Secure Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Colocation, and Outsourced IT services from within Europe's most secure data centres, into the views of senior IT professionals in UK organisations towards security, risk and compliance. 2011 was notable for high profile security breaches reported in the media - Sony, the data security firm RSA, NASA, the European Space Agency, the FBI, The British and French treasuries and Citigroup, along with dozens of other companies and government departments were affected. Over two thirds of respondents to The Bu... (more)

Cambium Helps UK Service Providers Grow with Confidence with New PMP 450 Wireless Broadband Solution

17 October 2012 — Leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, Cambium Networks today launched the Canopy PMP 450 into the UK and Irish markets, on the opening day of IP Expo in London. The new point-to-multipoint (PMP) fixed wireless broadband access solution is designed to deliver the capacity and performance service providers and private network operators require to meet today's demanding and growing need for bandwidth. The PMP 450 utilises a combination of high throughput, low latency and GPS synchronisation that enables service providers to rapidly deploy new services and increase revenue and profitability while realising a much faster return on their investment. With the PMP 450 4G platform, service providers can also meet the demands of enterprise customers who need both high uplink and downlink connectivity (symmetrical service) to support cloud computin... (more)

NextIO to Incorporate Virtualization Technology Into IBM Cluster Solutions

NextIO, a premier provider of next-generation I/O solutions, today announced it is working with IBM to offer customers integrated cluster solutions that incorporate NextIO technology, with availability in 2010. The solution will enable reconfigurable and on demand GPU compute capabilities for IBM iDataplex customers. The announcement was made at the Supercomputing 2009 show in Portland, Ore. The reference architecture for the solution is based on NextIO’s I/O virtualization technology, which provides a flexible, agile, scalable, open and energy efficient platform that supports a variety of GPUs. For example, IBM and NextIO will deliver modular "hot plug" sleds for servicing or upgrading GPUs without incurring system downtime. The GPU virtualization solution will offer the ability for a single IBM iDataPlex™ server to access from one to eight double-wide GPUs or up t... (more)

Primitive Logic Certified as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) by the California Public Utilities Commission

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/25/10 -- Primitive Logic, the premier business consulting and technology services firm, is pleased to announce that it has been certified as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) by the Supplier Clearinghouse, Public Utilities Commission, State of California. This certification enables Primitive Logic to be recognized as a WBE when competing for procurements by public utilities participating in the Utility Supplier Diversity Program. Upon certification, Primitive Logic was placed in a database accessible by participating utilities. Participating utilities, as do many large businesses and government agencies, have WBE Initiatives and Programs, which include 'outreach' to WBEs, inclusion of WBEs in their procurement solicitations, and specific goals for WBEs. "We are very pleased to have been certified as a WBE," said Jill Reber, ... (more)

The Oracle Applications Users Group Celebrates 20th Anniversary

The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), the world’s largest user knowledgebase for Oracle® Applications users, announces it is celebrating 20 years of operation serving the Oracle community. Since 1990, the OAUG has maintained its commitment to helping users of Oracle Applications enhance their knowledge and productivity when using Oracle-related Applications. What started as a small group of seven companies gathering to share collective experiences among Oracle Applications users and to work more closely with Oracle Corp. has evolved into a dynamic assembly of approximately 2,000 member companies with a global reach and a reputation as a leading source of Oracle Applications educational and networking opportunities. Some key accomplishments during the OAUG’s first 20 years of operation include: Establishing a dialog with Oracle that allows members to provide f... (more)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Selects Accelarad's SeeMyRadiology.com Service

ATLANTA, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- SeeMyRadiology.com, Accelarad's new online medical image cloud computing service, today announced its launch with Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), bringing new medical image exchange technology to VUMC, a leader in the Southeast's medical education, research and patient care. VUMC's orthopedic surgeons can exchange medical images in real-time via secure web access or via smartphones and other mobile devices for instant delivery and assessment of patient medical images, streamlining the entire medical image exchange process. This service also brings distinct new advantages to medical image exchange. Unlike other image sharing applications, which only work within the confines of a specific hospital's PACS (picture archiving and communication system) or via laborious VPN connections, SeeMyRadiology.com enables any hospi... (more)

Silver Peak Named to CRN Data Center 100

SANTA CLARA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/23/12 -- Silver Peak Systems, the leader in data center class wide area network (WAN) optimization, has been named to CRN's 2012 Data Center 100 list, an annual list recognizing channel-friendly technology vendors that increase data center efficiency in an environmentally and economically friendly manner. Silver Peak's broad portfolio of physical and virtual WAN optimization solutions are designed for the rigors of data center deployments, providing industry leading capacity and delivering 20-times more end-to-end throughput than competing virtual WAN optimization offerings. This makes Silver Peak WAN optimization both cost effective -- in many instances saving enterprises more than 50% in ongoing bandwidth expenditures -- and energy efficient, even when supporting high-capacity data center applications. "Silver Peak continues t... (more)