Putting predictive analytics to work

	From boring to personal: Challenges of Data Management | Aaron Davis: Verifying identity for crowdsourced translation: Moving forward
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	Putting predictive analytics to work Predictive analytics involves both art and science, but getting started isn't for high rollers only. Here's how to ensure a successful outcome. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec An interactive eGuide: Backup Solutions In this eGuide, Computerworld and sister publications CSO, CIO, and Network World, examine many of the issues that mid-sized companies grapple with today regarding disaster recovery, business continuity, and backup. Read on for expert advice and analysis to help companies protect themselves in the face of disaster. Read Now! In this Issue From boring to personal: Challenges of Data Management Aaron Davis: Verifying identity for crowdsourced translation: Moving forward Splunk search extended to Microsoft Active Directory Olympics Website Leans on Open Source, Akamai for Winning Results Red Hat releases NoSQL database for enterprise Java FTC files lawsuit over data breaches at Wyndham Worldwide Facebook yanks mobile location-tracking feature WHITE PAPER: M*Modal Speech Understanding: The Intelligent Speech Alternative This white paper reveals how cloud-based Speech Understanding technology and services convert the physician narrative into a high quality and customized electronic record that improves the quality of clinical data, while accelerating and automating the documentation process. Learn More From boring to personal: Challenges of Data Management The world of data management has become much more challenging in the past two decades, but in terms of NetApp's business, that's a good thing because it gives plenty of room to innovate, says Dave Hitz, executive vice president and founder. Read More Aaron Davis: Verifying identity for crowdsourced translation: Moving forward "The simple definition of globalization is the interweaving of markets, technology, information systems, and telecommunications networks in a way that is shrinking the world from a size medium to a size small."   -Thomas Friedman, author of The World is Flat   Read More Splunk search extended to Microsoft Active Directory Through a new plug-in, Splunk has extended the capabilities of its namesake machine data search engine so it can mine operational information about Microsoft Active Directory deployments. Read More WEBCAST: Autonomy, an HP Company' Understand Your Data: The Future of Backup and Archiving Featuring special guest Sheila Childs, Research Director in Gartner's Storage Strategies and Technologies Group, this webcast explores the convergence of data protection and information governance and how these systems can now be merged with intelligent filtering for risk management, eDiscovery, mobile user productivity and compliance requirements. View Now! Olympics Website Leans on Open Source, Akamai for Winning Results Like the athletes themselves, the official website of the London 2012 Olympics gets only one chance to reach peak performance under intense pressure. To meet that demand, the site has been load tested to handle a million unique visitors per hour. Read what else CIO.com columnist Bernard Golden learned from his conversation with the operations consultant behind the site. Read More Red Hat releases NoSQL database for enterprise Java Enterprise open source software provider Red Hat has jumpedinto the emerging NoSQL market, releasing an in-memory data store as part of an update of its JBoss management platform. Read More FTC files lawsuit over data breaches at Wyndham Worldwide The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against hotel operator Wyndham Worldwide and three of its subsidiaries after three data breaches at Wyndham hotels in less than two years, the agency announced Tuesday. Read More Facebook yanks mobile location-tracking feature Facebook has quickly pulled a feature it launched Sunday that allowed mobile users of the social network to find fellow members who may be nearby. Read More
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