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	Microsoft launches data toolset for capturing 'ambient intelligence' Microsoft is targeting the growing volume of data being generated by both machines and humans: CEO Satya Nadella showed off tools that could help organizations better understand -- and profit from -- this trove of information. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell How iPaaS Supports Today's Hybrid IT Environments Learn how iPaaS differs from middleware, as well as how it provides significant cost and agility improvements for hybrid IT environments. Read now! In this Issue 4 qualities to look for in a data scientist With MongoDB 2.6, NoSQL database gets a speed boost Researchers publicly disclose vulnerabilities in Oracle Java Cloud Service Opinion: The big data security context How MDM works -- or doesn't -- for SMBs Twitter brings the data back in-house with Gnip buy WHITE PAPER: Dell How Master Data Management Supercharges Fast-Moving Everyone in business knows that inconsistent and inaccurate data costs money. Workarounds and make-do solutions have kept a lid on the problem, but as more and more systems get connected up, the cost of inaction is escalating. Read now 4 qualities to look for in a data scientist Every business, it seems, needs a data scientist, but not everyone knows what to look for. The four qualities of a good data scientist described here will help you first write a job description and then evaluate candidates for your data scientist vacancy. Read More With MongoDB 2.6, NoSQL database gets a speed boost Working to keep its place in an increasingly heated competitive landscape, MongoDB has updated its namesake open-source NoSQL database system with considerable performance improvements, a new automated management module and stronger security tools. Read More Researchers publicly disclose vulnerabilities in Oracle Java Cloud Service Security researchers released technical details and proof-of-concept code for 30 security issues affecting Oracle's Java Cloud Service, some of which could allow attackers to compromise business-critical Java applications deployed on it. Read More WEBCAST: CA Technologies LIVE EVENT: 5/7, The End of Data Protection As We Know It. Traditional backup is going away, but where does this leave end-users? Learn more! Opinion: The big data security context I recently had the opportunity to work with various government agencies, organizations within critical infrastructure and general enterprise businesses across Australia and New Zealand. Their primary topic of interest: big data. More specifically, they were interested in determining what needs to be part of a successful big data security strategy. Read More How MDM works -- or doesn't -- for SMBs What about those companies that aren't big enough to be able to afford a mobile device management implementation and a full-sized IT department to manage it? Without the means to centralize the control of mobile devices, here's how can these smaller companies protect their data. Read More Twitter brings the data back in-house with Gnip buy Aiming to play a bigger role in analyzing tweets and sharing the resulting insights with advertisers and other businesses, Twitter has acquired Gnip, its partner for the past few years. Read More
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