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SAS Takes Major Steps Toward Moving Analytics Platform to the Cloud

Scot Petersen | April 21, 2016

SAS Institute introduced its Viya platform, which will make it easier to deploy SAS analytics applications to cloud computing environments.

Worldwide iPhone Shipments Plunge 43.8% in Q1, Market Report Finds VIDEO

eWEEK Staff | April 19, 2016

DAILY VIDEO: Global iPhone shipments down 43.8% in Q1, report finds; Microsoft Edge users can now make Skype calls without plug-in; Microsoft keeps Power BI insights private with ExpressRoute; and there's more.

Why Big Data Analytics in the Cloud's Time Has Come SLIDESHOW

Darryl K. Taft | April 15, 2016

While CRM software and applications like payroll and expense reporting have moved steadily toward the cloud, business intelligence (BI) and big data analytics have been slower to follow the lead. But as the cloud becomes more mainstream, all signs point to "go" for analytics to get out of the...

Facebook Unleashes Big Data Workload of News at F8

Chris Preimesberger | April 12, 2016

Social network unveils Chatbots for Messenger, expanded development tools, a design for a 360-degree 3D camera, and a 10-year plan of development action.

Open Network Insight Project Builds on Big Data to Improve Security

Sean Michael Kerner | April 04, 2016

The open-source effort, which is backed by Cloudera, Intel, eBay and others, is seeing early adoption, as organizations aim to gain the upper hand on attackers.

BlueTalon Brings New-Gen Security Layer to Hadoop Systems

Chris Preimesberger | April 01, 2016

BlueTalon provides a software package that secures all data streams into a Hadoop instance from wherever they emanate.

AtScale Tackles BI on Hadoop User Security

Pedro Hernandez | March 30, 2016

With the release of AtScale Intelligence Platform 4.0, the company is removing barriers that are keeping enterprises from running analytics tools directly on Hadoop.

Microsoft Expands Its Cloud Big Data Analytics Lineup

Pedro Hernandez | March 29, 2016

A new preview of R Server for HDInsight, upgraded Spark for HDInsight and the general availability of Azure Data Catalog headline Microsoft's announcements at Strata + Hadoop World.

Google Releases Cloud Marketing Analytics Suite

Jaikumar Vijayan | March 16, 2016

Google's Analytics 360 suite joins products from Adobe, Salesforce, Oracle and others in the fast growing marketing analytics field.

Six Considerations for Choosing the Right Analytics Solution SLIDESHOW

Darryl K. Taft | March 16, 2016

Data is an important asset and can be part of a strategic product offering. In fact, companies are increasingly using data as a monetization tool. In fact, the Economist Intelligence Group estimates that 60 percent of organizations are already generating revenue from their data and will continue...

Mobile Power BI Users Can Now Dig Deeper Into Their Data

Pedro Hernandez | February 25, 2016

Users can now use their iPhones to dive into reports created in Microsoft' cloud-powered business intelligence software.

Caringo Launches Converged Object Store for Big Data Loads

Chris Preimesberger | February 17, 2016

In an industry in which 30 percent to 40 percent usage of storage capacities is common, using 95 percent capacity is revolutionary.

Executive Order Lays Out American AI Initiative

DAILY VIDEO: POTUS signs an order aimed at boosting AI in federal agencies, and Ericsson and Intel partner on a 5G platform.

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Intel Processors, Storage Set New Dell Servers Apart

Dell’s latest Intel-based PowerEdge servers bring new levels of operational efficiency and flexibility while extending industry-leading reliability and uptime.