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Healthcare Cloud to Grow Exponentially in US by 2020

Cloud has matured from a fringe technology into being the preferred delivery model for those who want to deliver IT resources but stay within the bounds of laws such as HIPAA. At the end of 2013, Frost & Sullivan estimated that the cloud services market for healthcare IT stood at $903.1 million.read more

The Search for Big Data Security Solutions

by Gil Allouche By this point, it’s undeniable that big data is experiencing some monumental growth throughout the world. This observation is even backed up by the statistics. In fact, in 2013 alone, the big data market experienced growth of 58%, with experts predicting it to hit more than $50 billion by the time 2017…
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As Moore's Law approaches 50, Intel's battling to keep up

With advances in chip technology, it’s becoming more difficult for Intel to keep up with Moore’s Law, but the company’s CEO says that remains the key baseline when it comes to adding performance and functionality to its processors.“Our job at Intel is to make sure it lives on as long as possible,” Brian Krzanich said during a keynote at the Intel investor meeting in Santa Clara, California, Thursday.Next year marks the 50th year anniversary of Moore’s Law, and Intel is planning to mark the event, Krzanich said.Moore’s Law is based on an observation by Gordon Moore, who co-founded Intel in 1

Retailers Brace for the Holiday Breach Season

Holiday shopping season is upon us and is the busiest season of the year for hackers and shoppers alike. 2014 will be no exception and we should brace ourselves for more high profile cyber-attacks although this time, they are likely to gain much less public attention. Consumers have rightfully learned that they suffer little harm from payment card hacks.
So who does suffer?

IBM Gives Retailers A Crystal Ball This Holiday Season

With just a week until the most important five-day shopping period of the year, retailers and marketers are putting the final touches on their holiday campaigns.  Once again, the most important tool in their arsenal – and the closest thing they have to a crystal ball – is big data and analytics.

Microsoft Taps into India’s Booming Cloud Market

Last week, Microsoft announced that it will be investing over US$200 million in cloud computing infrastructure in three Indian cities. New data centers will be set up as the technology giant seeks to boost its competitiveness by tapping into one of the world’s fastest growing cloud markets.
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Big Data: Big Business, Big Privacy Issues

Big data is now big business. In recent years, due to the exponential growth of databases (spurred at least in part by social media and cloud storage) and of the capability of technology to undertake data analytics on a massive scale, organisations have started to appreciate the potential hidden value that could be derived from their data.

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