How to find (and hire) big data pros

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	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 (registration required) Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: mNext mNext Conference: Free Admission, 11/28-29, Santa Clara Enterprise MobileNext, is the one event focused on the enterprise and is THE conference where executives influencing mobile- management innovation and transformation will come together with IDC analysts and invited experts. Register now for complimentary admission. In this Issue 'No free lunch' with Office on Windows RT for business, says analyst A tour of DreamWorks Studios' data center Apple financial data may be unsealed in Samsung case Microsoft breaks silence, slates preview of Windows 7's IE10 next month Google turns its data centers into an art show AOL launches Alto cloud-based mail, aggregates Gmail and others Amazon's Whispercast to help schools, businesses centrally manage Kindle devices FCC clears the way for AT&T to use untapped spectrum Actress asks US court to order YouTube to remove anti-Islam video Darlene Storm: Pacemaker hacker says worm could possibly 'commit mass murder' RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hortonworks Live Webinar Series: The Future of Apache Hadoop Hadoop has evolved rapidly to become the leading platform for managing, processing and analyzing big data. Join us in this 4-part series with the core committers of the Apache Hadoop projects to gain insight into Pig, Ambari, Zookeeper and YARN. Learn use-cases and best practices on how to get started with Hadoop and live Q&A. Register now! 'No free lunch' with Office on Windows RT for business, says analyst Microsoft confirmed that owners of Windows RT hardware, including the company's own Surface RT, must acquire a commercial license for Office 2013 to use those devices' bundled Office apps at and for work. Read More A tour of DreamWorks Studios' data center DreamWorks Studios is busy producing eight to 10 films at any given time, and each film produces 120,000 frames of film and uses 200TB of storage. In recent years, 150 engineers have been working on creating software that can take advantage of 25,000 CPUs in a parallel fashion. Read More Apple financial data may be unsealed in Samsung case Information about sales, profits and margins for specific Apple products should be made public, the judge hearing the company's lawsuit against Samsung Electronics ruled, though a higher court's decision could keep the data from ever being revealed. Read More Microsoft breaks silence, slates preview of Windows 7's IE10 next month Microsoft said it will ship a preview of Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) for Windows 7 next month, but would not commit to a timetable for a final release. Read More Google turns its data centers into an art show Google is offering a look inside its data centers with a series of stunning photographs that would be more at home in an art gallery than a technology manual. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Virtualization and Business Continuity Learn more about Virtualization and Business Continuity using HP´s Converged Storage to develop/enhance business resiliency in VMware Environments. Read Now! AOL launches Alto cloud-based mail, aggregates Gmail and others AOL offered a limited preview of a new cloud-based email service that sorts content automatically to help combat "inbox fatigue" and doesn't force users to get a new address. Read More Amazon's Whispercast to help schools, businesses centrally manage Kindle devices Amazon.com launched a free online tool that will help schools and businesses centrally control and distribute content on Kindle devices to their students and staff. Read More FCC clears the way for AT&T to use untapped spectrum The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has voted to approve an agreement that will bring an end to a 15-year fight over interference concerns over mobile broadband service in the 2.3GHz band of spectrum. Read More Actress asks US court to order YouTube to remove anti-Islam video The actress shown in a controversial anti-Islam video has filed before a federal court in the U.S. for a temporary restraining order on Google to pull down the YouTube video. Read More Darlene Storm: Pacemaker hacker says worm could possibly 'commit mass murder' After security researcher Barnaby Jack showed how an attacker with a laptop, located up to 50 feet from a victim, could remotely hack a pacemaker and deliver a deadly 830-volt shock, Jack talked about how an attacker could create malicious firmware that could potentially be like a "worm with the ability to commit mass murder." Read More
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