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	Cloudera, MapR, Splunk update Hadoop tools As organizations continue to evaluate Hadoop for large scale data analysis, Hadoop software vendors are refining their products for enterprise use, addressing concerns around reliability and expanded use. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sophos, Inc. 2012 Buyers Guide to Web Protection Learn about today's most critical web threats and get checklists that help you identify and evaluate the security capabilities you need for the best web protection. Learn more. In this Issue INSIDER How to find (and hire) big data pros Early SAP HANA customers separate reality from the hype Internal SAP document reveals potential plans for next-gen BI, 'HANA Explorer' Big data to create 1.9M IT jobs in U.S. by 2015, says Gartner Peter Eicher: How big is your big data? Facebook to use 'cold storage' to deal with vast amounts of data IBM refreshes analysis offerings Cloud storage specification gets ISO approval RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Voice Transformation: Taking the First Steps Voice has been - and will continue to be - a foundational component in business communications. But the aging, disconnected voice infrastructures of today are doing more than just impeding productivity, they're impeding progress. Find out in this AT&T article how to transform voice communication in your enterprise today. Click Here INSIDER How to find (and hire) big data pros Staffing shortages are holding back companies ready to dive into big data. Here are three ways they're coping with the talent gap. (Insider - free registration required.) Read More Early SAP HANA customers separate reality from the hype Anyone even loosely following SAP lately should know that the company's goal is to reorient its entire product family around the HANA in-memory database, which first became generally available last year. According to SAP, HANA provides a level of performance improvement that can be nothing short of dazzling. Read More Internal SAP document reveals potential plans for next-gen BI, 'HANA Explorer' SAP is working on a number of potential next-generation BI (business intelligence) technologies meant to exploit the company's HANA in-memory database, including a new version of the popular Explorer visualization tool, according to an internal document posted on the company's website. Read More Big data to create 1.9M IT jobs in U.S. by 2015, says Gartner Big data is becoming an engine of job creation as businesses discover ways to turn data into revenue, according to research firm Gartner. Read More WHITE PAPER: Verisign Inc. DDoS Mitigation – Best Practices DDoS attacks are increasing in sophistication, and the amount of damage they can cause threatens financial and other organizations' brand, reputation and revenue. Verisign has identified a set of best practices that help financial services and other organizations keep pace with DDoS attacks while minimizing impact on business operations. Learn more. Peter Eicher: How big is your big data? Snapshots are effective for data protection because they are fast and allow you to capture and restore data quickly. They also let you deal with very large amounts of data. In fact, they may be the only way to do so. Read More Facebook to use 'cold storage' to deal with vast amounts of data Facebook is rethinking the way its process for storing data to cope with the 7 petabytes of new photos uploaded to the social network every month. Read More IBM refreshes analysis offerings At IBM's Information On Demand and Business Analytics Forum, the company announced a number of new add-ons and services designed to help organizations analyze their expanding data sets more quickly. Read More Cloud storage specification gets ISO approval The Cloud Data Management Interface has been approved as a standard by the International Organization for Standardization, clearing the path for adoption among vendors and government agencies alike. Read More
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