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Could Nokia Be Sold?

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| June 18, 2013

Nokia is betting on devices such as the Lumia 620 to help it make a comeback.

Rumors suggest Huawei is interested in buying Nokia. Is the Finnish manufacturer an acquisition target?

Accel Investing $100 Million in Big Data Startups

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| June 18, 2013

It takes a whole stack of cash to fund a Big Data startup.

The venture-capital firm wants to invest its money in data-analytics startups that focus on end-user experience.

Cray Brings Hadoop to CS300 Supercomputers

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| June 17, 2013

Cray's CS300, as seen in a promo video.

Cray is leveraging Intel’s Hadoop distribution as part of its CS300 supercomputers.

Apple Offers Some Data on Law-Enforcement Requests

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| June 17, 2013

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Based on the data, Google and Microsoft deal with far more law-enforcement requests on a regular basis.

Supercomputers and Analytics: Figuring Out the Human Brain

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| June 14, 2013

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The OpenfMRI project is using medical imagery and analytics to figure out how we tick.

Twitter Opens Analytics Dashboard to the Masses

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| June 14, 2013

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Individuals and small companies can access Twitter analytics previously available only to advertisers.

Amazon, IBM Battling for CIA Cloud Contract: Report

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| June 13, 2013

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Amazon won a private-cloud contract from the CIA earlier this year, but IBM convinced the GAO to reopen the approval process.

GE Healthcare Devoting $2 Billion to Analytics Development

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| June 13, 2013

Analytics could help hospitals deliver treatments more efficiently.

GE Healthcare’s effort is part and parcel of GE’s larger “Industrial Internet” initiative.

HP’s HAVEn Wants to Become a Big Data Contender

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| June 12, 2013

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The platform incorporates technology from HP’s Autonomy unit, which has faced more than a little controversy.

Keeping Your Data Private from the NSA (and Everyone Else)

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| June 12, 2013

The EFF's handy visualization of the protections afforded by HTTPS and Tor.

If current reports are accurate, the NSA’s surveillance programs are enormous and sophisticated. Do you have any hope of keeping your data private?

Big Data’s Next Big Battle: IBM Versus… GE?

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| June 11, 2013

Industrial operations: better with sensors.

IBM and GE are both interested in how analytics and sensors can improve their respective clients’ operations.

Apple’s iWork for iCloud: Danger for Microsoft, Google?

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| June 11, 2013

Apple's iWork for iCloud.

Apple has jumped into the cloud-productivity space with iWork for iCloud, which could challenge Office 365 and Google Docs.

Salesforce Makes Data Analytics Play with EdgeSpring Buy

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| June 10, 2013

This man's useless super-power is shooting data visualizations from his fingers.

Salesforce clearly wants to face down its rivals in the business-intelligence and analytics space.

Big Data and the End of Secrecy

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| June 10, 2013

Edward Snowden.

The current fervor over the NSA’s activities won’t be the last of its kind.

How Apple Could Make iOS 7 a Winner

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| June 7, 2013

iOS 6: Scheduled for renovation.

Apple’s iOS needs more than a design makeover. If Apple wants to stay ahead of Android, it needs to boost its OS’s features.

The Downside of BYOD

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| June 7, 2013

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BYOD grows like a weed; the ability of corporations to deal with it grows like… petrified wood.

Cloudera Offers Search Platform for HDFS and HBase

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| June 6, 2013

Cloudera's distribution including Apache Hadoop, with Cloudera Search's position highlighted.

Cloudera Search is a framework much like MapReduce and Cloudera Impala.

Knowing What’s Best for your Data: Flash Array or PCIe Flash Card

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| June 6, 2013

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How to determine whether PCIe Flash cards or a Flash array is best suited for your needs.

How Monsanto Is Expanding Its Footprint Through Data Analytics

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| June 5, 2013

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The maker of genetically modified crops (a point of significant controversy) is using data analytics and other tools to increase its presence.

Oracle’s Dell Alliance a Confusing Shift in Strategy

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| June 5, 2013

A deal with Dell seems to run contrary to Oracle's own hardware aspirations.

Oracle spent years pushing its hardware and software as a combined stack. So why is it embracing a rival as a hardware partner?

IBM Makes IaaS Play with SoftLayer Acquisition

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| June 4, 2013

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The purchase could accelerate IBM’s presence in the public business-cloud space, but the competition is waiting.

Can Microsoft Survive If Windows Doesn’t Dominate?

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| June 4, 2013

Dediu's projection of Windows' decline.

Windows and Office are more than cash cows for Microsoft. They help fund the company’s more experimental endeavors.

Microsoft Chopping Azure Prices to Better Compete in IaaS Realm

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| June 3, 2013

Microsoft wants to make its Virtual Machines a cheaper proposition.

But the pricing war between Google and Amazon could make it hard to win a (profitable) race to the bottom.

NSA Needs Geeks in Utah

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| June 3, 2013

If you can manage a data center while keeping quiet about it, the NSA might have a job for you.

The NSA is building a $1.2 billion data center in Utah, and asked the University of Utah for some help in assembling experts to run it.

The Effective Way to Hire Software Developers

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| May 31, 2013

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Hire for talent, not skills.