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7 Keys To Building A Successful Big Data Infrastructure
Zillow Uses Analytics, Machine Learning To Disrupt With Data
Gartner's Integration Magic Quadrant: Atlantis, Pivot3 On The Move
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Recall Will Cost Company Billions
HP To Cut Up To 4,000 Jobs As PC Market Declines
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Millennials A Growing Target Of IT Support Scams
Kelly Sheridan, Associate Editor, InformationWeek
News
New Microsoft-NCSA study finds that two out of three customers have been exposed to tech support scams in the last 12 months.
By Kelly Sheridan Associate Editor, InformationWeek, 10/17/2016
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McDonald's Cooks Up Digital Document Infrastructure
Curtis Franklin Jr., Executive Editor, Technical Content
Commentary
McDonald's worldwide has to onboard more than 700,000 people a year. A new cloud-based document infrastructure lets the company save money and time while keeping consistency high.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Executive Editor, Technical Content, 10/17/2016
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OpenCAPI Opens New Realm Of Data Handling
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
News
IBM, Google, HPE, Dell, and others have combined resources to promote the OpenCAPI standard, which aims to boost the performance of data center servers tasked with analyzing large amounts of data.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 10/17/2016
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HP To Cut Up To 4,000 Jobs As PC Market Declines
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
In a filing with the SEC, HP said the cuts are part of a restructuring designed to reduce costs. The news came the same week that Gartner reported an 8th consecutive quarter of declining PC shipments.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 10/17/2016
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Hacking Voting Systems: A Reality Check
Carson Sweet, Co-Founder & CTO, CloudPassage
Commentary
Can democracy be hacked? Yes, but not in the way you might think.
By Carson Sweet Co-Founder & CTO, CloudPassage, 10/17/2016
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Hadoop: Pros And Cons For Enterprise Users
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
There's been plenty of buzz about how Hadoop can store, process, and analyze huge files and large volumes of files like no other technology before it. But is this open source distributed big data system really suited for enterprises? We look at the pros and cons.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 10/17/2016
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Zillow Uses Analytics, Machine Learning To Disrupt With Data
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
Industry disruptor Zillow leverages data about residential real estate and makes it available to the general public. The company's senior director of data science and engineering shares the secrets behind Zillow's data stack.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 10/14/2016
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Encryption: A Backdoor For One Is A Backdoor For All
Joe Levy, Chief Technology Officer, Sophos
Commentary
We need legislation that allows law enforcement to find criminals and terrorists without eroding our security and privacy.
By Joe Levy Chief Technology Officer, Sophos, 10/14/2016
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Recall Will Cost Company Billions
Scott Ferguson, Director of Audience Development, UBM Tech
News
In an Oct. 14 statement, Samsung estimated that the recall of its Galaxy Note smartphone will cost the company as much as $3 billion over the next several quarters. So far, Samsung has received 96 reports of overheating and fire associated with device.
By Scott Ferguson Director of Audience Development, UBM Tech, 10/14/2016
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7 Keys To Building A Successful Big Data Infrastructure
Curtis Franklin Jr., Executive Editor, Technical Content
News
The infrastructure you build for big data, whether you're looking at software or hardware, will have a huge impact on the analysis and action your big data systems will support. Here are 7 factors that can make a big difference when building your big data architecture.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Executive Editor, Technical Content, 10/14/2016
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80% Of IT Pros Say Users Set Up Unapproved Cloud Services
Kelly Sheridan, Associate Editor, InformationWeek
News
Shadow IT is a growing risk concern among IT pros, with most reporting users have gone behind their backs to set up unapproved cloud services.
By Kelly Sheridan Associate Editor, InformationWeek, 10/13/2016
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7 Ways Electronic Voting Systems Can Be Attacked
Jai Vijayan, Freelance writer
News
Pre-election integrity tests and post-election audits and checks should help spot discrepancies and errors, but risks remain.
By Jai Vijayan Freelance writer, 10/13/2016
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Gartner's Integration Magic Quadrant: Atlantis, Pivot3 On The Move
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
News
Young startups and seasoned seven-year-olds are moving into Gartner's Magic Quadrant on Integrated Systems, which takes the temperature of the hyperconverged infrastructure market.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 10/13/2016
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IoT Default Passwords: Just Don't Do It
Daniel Riedel, CEO, New Context
Commentary
The rise of the Internet of Things makes the use of default passwords especially perilous. There are better options.
By Daniel Riedel CEO, New Context, 10/13/2016
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SAP's S/4HANA Migration Pivot Offers Lessons For IT Pros
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
Enterprise application giant SAP made an unplanned change to its own migration to its updated S/4HANA ERP and in-memory database platform. Here's how the acquisition of Concur changed SAP's approach.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 10/13/2016
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Russia, Russia, Russia: What Clinton Or Trump Can Do About Nation-State Hacking Gone Wild
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark Reading
News
US mulls 'proportional' response to Democratic Party hacks in midst of an unprecedented presidential campaign clouded by cybersecurity concerns (among other things).
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 10/12/2016
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PC Market Still Declining, But Not As Sharply
Scott Ferguson, Director of Audience Development, UBM Tech
News
IDC and Gartner have released new numbers for the global PC market that show a decline in the third quarter of 2016, but one not as sharp as those of the past two years.
By Scott Ferguson Director of Audience Development, UBM Tech, 10/12/2016
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Farmers Insurance Transitions Customer Service With Salesforce Mobile App
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
News
Farmers Insurance CEO Jeffrey Dailey explained at this month's Dreamforce how his firm was migrating the customer experience into the digital age.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 10/12/2016
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Netflix Gives IT Pros Front-Row View Of Its Data Stack
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
Kurt Brown, Netflix's director of data platform, recently provided an inside look into the company's data stack, its evolving technologies, and its plan for the future. Here are the technologies that run Netflix's data.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 10/12/2016
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Executable Files, Old Exploit Kits Top Most Effective Attack Methods
Kelly Sheridan, Associate Editor, InformationWeek
News
Researchers for the new 'Hacker's Playbook' analyzed 4 million breach methods from an attacker's point of view to gauge the real risks today to enterprises.
By Kelly Sheridan Associate Editor, InformationWeek, 10/12/2016
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