HP creates HAVEn big data platform from several acquisitions
HP has combined the technologies that it's picked up through its acquisitions to provide a big data offering called HAVEn.
Software group warns against privacy fears
Privacy fears have the potential to stifle big data's potential, and a software industry group is warning against strict regulations that would arrest big data's development.
Big data could predict cyber attacks
Big data can play a large role in fighting cybersecurity events by helping to predict when events will occur, but challenges remain.
CIA invests in analytics firm
In-Q-Tel investment in Narrative Science shows continued interest in tools that can mine vast amounts of data.
IBM creates chief innovation officer for federal business
Jane Snowdon brings her research skills and Smart Cities experience to IBM federal as the group's first chief innovation officer. What will be her focus?
What the Amazon-IBM battle says about the market
IBM's protest of Amazon's CIA cloud computing contract is about more than just two companies squaring off over a $600 million contract. It's about a new player in the market, and a shift in what the government expects from its contractors.
China increasingly interested in big data
The Chinese government has expressed interest in increasing its big data capabilities, and many Chinese firms have followed suit, incorporating big data into their strategies.
GE sees big data as big opportunity
General Electric sees big data as a great opportunity for its business because of how much money it could save its customers.
Too much data collection could lead to misconduct
Data on consumer behavior is very valuable to companies who collect it, but it's also very attractive to other businesses and governments, presenting a privacy concern, ZDNet reports.
Big data could help more accurately predict weather
Big data is the future of forecasting; using it could help prevent or temper disasters like Superstorm Sandy or the recent devastating tornado that hit Moore, Okla.
Do you have critical big data skills?
Big data has everybody feeling good about the future of technology, but the truth is, only a few professionals actually have the technical "know how" to make use of it. Which skills are hiring managers looking for when it comes to big data?
DISA cancels sole-source data storage contract
DISA has reopened competition for a sole-source contract that calls for the development of a big data cloud service.
Opinion
The noise surrounding LPTA, sequestration masks a deeper shift in the market
In this exclusive analysis, Washington Technology explores how the noise surrounding lowest price contracting and budget cuts are disguising a profound shift in the market. In part one of a two-part series, industry expert Jim Kane explores how this shift impacts contractors and the risks they take on in their government projects.
15 small-biz teams win $22B DHS Eagle 2 awards
Fifteen companies will compete for task orders under the $22 billion DHS Eagle 2 contract to provide IT program support services such as strategic planning, enterprise architecture and data management. We breakdown the winners and their teammates.
Crowdsourcing as disease fighter
Because of the information that can be gleaned by using big data, it is helping eradicate diseases by giving researchers more data to work with, and to learn from.
Digitize your paper documents, use it as big data
Paper documents are still important to businesses, but in the era of emerging big data, these documents would be better off digitized, as they would fit together with the way companies use big data, and will lower costs and increase efficiency.
Twitter acquires big data startup
Twitter has acquired Lucky Sort, a company with an engine called TopicWatch, which can sift through unstructured data of any given kind, and pull out information, as well as summarize its content in real time.
Inside the engine that mines Twitter
Datasift evolved its RSS analytics offering into a social media big data analytics tool that can mine Twitter and Facebook and deliver intelligence to its customers.
Splunk, Cloudera team to take big data across the enterprise
Splunk and Cloudera have teamed up to offer big data across its enterprise, according to the Wall Street Journal.
HR ripe candidate for big data use
Because of all of the people data that human resources has already collected, it's in a good position to begin using big data, which will help it make better decisions about its business.
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