Why the world's top computing experts are worrying about your data

Computerworld Data Management August 26, 2015 Why the world's top computing experts are worrying about your data Experts in computer science and mathematics spent an afternoon at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Germany on Tuesday trying to figure out how the widespread collection of data about consumers can be prevented from causing harm. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Real-time computing: Gateway to the Internet of Things? 2. INSIDER Managing data in a mobile and cloud world 3. This Ashley Madison hack story keeps getting worse 4. Dell creates new server division for 'second-tier' hyperscale customers 5. OOPS: Google ''loses'' your cloud data (sky falling; film at 11) 6. Oracle, still clueless about security 7. Tintri covers the bases -- all-flash and hybrid-flash storage 8. Despite Microsoft partnership, NFL leans on Amazon to store new stats data 9. How to drive a Web browser with R (and RSelenium) 10. Fit the chart to the story, not the data 11. 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Worse for website owners Avid Media Group. And worse for the REAL victims, more importantly -- the people named in the hacked data dump... READ MORE Dell creates new server division for 'second-tier' hyperscale customers Dell has formed a new business unit to go after the "second tier" of hyperscale customers -- those with similar needs to those of Google and Facebook but aren't quite as massive. READ MORE OOPS: Google ''loses'' your cloud data (sky falling; film at 11) Google is sorry to report it's lost some cloud customers' data. Lightning struck four times near its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center. From cloud to cloud, as't were, causing some storage to go bye-bye... READ MORE : Entrust, Inc. Trusted Identities in Today's Connected Enterprise Identity underpins our personal life, our work life, and is a core part of how we interact with society. We have no shortage of identity markers, whether it's a government issued ID, website log-in, or access key card. But are we reaching a point of identity overload? Learn More Oracle, still clueless about security Oracle Chief Security Officer Mary Ann Davidson let loose a long rant about people who dare to look into the security of the company's products. Oracle quickly backed away from those remarks, but has it faced up to the fact that its CSO has some wrongheaded notions about her own area of expertise? READ MORE Tintri covers the bases -- all-flash and hybrid-flash storage Choice is, to mangle a marketing line, the choice of a new generation. Tintri aims to offer it in spades to storage customers. From the IDG Contributor Network. READ MORE Despite Microsoft partnership, NFL leans on Amazon to store new stats data Even though the league has agreed to use Microsoft technology in some instances, it's storing new data generated from real-time player tracking with AWS. READ MORE How to drive a Web browser with R (and RSelenium) RSelenium lets you do everything from submitting a simple Web form to testing a Web application in different browsers. Here's how to get started. READ MORE Fit the chart to the story, not the data Finding the best chart to show your data is more about the stories contained within the data than it is about the data types. Knowing the guidelines for a data type is one thing, but the best articulation of the data depends on what the story is. From the IDG Contributor Network. READ MORE Computerworld's IT Salary Survey 2016 is open! IT pros, take our annual IT salary survey for a chance to win one of three $500 AMEX gift cheques. You'll find out how your pay stacks up in our IT Salary Survey 2016 special report next spring. READ MORE White Paper: M-Files, Inc. 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