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Between The Lines Columnist 10 Tools To Prevent Cloud Vendor Lock-in
By Charles Babcock
Nobody wants to be caught in proprietary traps in the cloud. These tools can help you avoid being hemmed in by one vendor.

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Windows 8 is one of those good news-bad news Microsoft products. For every sign of success, unanswered questions or signs of flagging momentum appear.

Anonymous Takes On State Department, More Banks
Hacktivist group says it will release work email addresses for more than 170 U.S. State Department employees in fifth round of Operation Last Resort attacks.

Apple Beware, Samsung Plans Smartwatch Too
Mere days after reports surface about an Apple-made smartwatch, leaked screenshots purport to reveal what Samsung's smartwatch will look like.

Texas Lassos Office 365
State reaches agreement to adopt Microsoft's cloud-based applications after forcing additional security and privacy steps.

Is Healthcare Big Data Ready For Prime Time?
As large healthcare providers test the limits of big data analytics, many smaller groups question the value.

Opera's WebKit Move Isolates Mozilla
Opera makes its browser more broadly appealing but diminishes diversity of the Web browser technology stack.

Big Data Dev Tools Too Slow, Startup Says
Context Relevant, a modeling and analytics software developer, strives to make big data app development faster and less expensive for enterprises.

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Mere days after reports surface about an Apple-made smartwatch, leaked screenshots purport to reveal what Samsung's smartwatch will look like.

10 Best Android Apps Of 2012
Check out these 10 gems that stood out from the crowd of 700,000 Android apps.

Microsoft's Big Data Strategy: An Insider's View
Microsoft executive Dave Campbell outlines plans for Hadoop, machine learning, high-performance computing and data and analytic offerings on Azure.

Microsoft Surface Pro: Right For You?
Microsoft's business-friendly Windows 8 tablet-laptop hybrid isn't perfect. From battery life to weight considerations, we break down whether Surface Pro will suit your needs.

 

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10 Tools To Prevent Cloud Vendor Lock-in
Nobody wants to be caught in proprietary traps in the cloud. These tools can help you avoid being hemmed in by one vendor.   View Now

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Bob Metcalfe Plans Ethernet's 40th
The 'Father of Ethernet' comes back to PARC, the scene of the crime, to talk about Ethernet's future -- including a 40th birthday bash in May.   Watch

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What Are Your Primary Concerns About Using Big Data Software?

Base: 417 respondents at organizations using or planning to deploy data analytics, BI or statistical analysis software
Data: InformationWeek 2013 Analytics, Business Intelligence and Information Management Survey of 541 business technology professionals, October 2012

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What's your attitude about SQL analysis on top of Hadoop?
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Hadoop is for unstructured data; SQL is for relational databases
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