IBM Strengthens Effort to Support Open Source Spark for Machine Learning

IBM is providing substantial resources to the Apache Software Foundation’s Spark project to prepare the platform for machine learning tasks, like pattern recognition and classification of objects. The company plans…

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IBM acquires Optevia for public sector CRM SaaS play

  IBM has announced the acquisition of Microsoft software as a service (SaaS) specialist Optevia, ramping up its offering for CRM SaaS in the public sector. Optevia’s specialism in Microsoft…

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Gartner: Top Security Technologies for 2014 and Safety of the Future

Organizations are dedicating increasing resources to security and risk. Security and risk leaders need to fully engage with the latest technology trends if they are to define, achieve and maintain…

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Looking for a Budget-Friendly Smartphone? Check out Micromax

If you are too budget-conscious, you might not want to spend your entire fortune on a smartphone, at least not your entire paycheque. But, you may want your phone to…

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ENISA Publishes Security Framework for Public Cloud Adoption in Europe

The evolution of global standardization bodies and government policy is paving the way for businesses and government agencies benefit from the use of the cloud. Each region of the world…

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Is it time for virtual reality to influence the data centre?

The part virtual reality (VR) can play in the evolution of the data centre has been mooted as far back as 2013 – but now the future looks good so…

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SQL Server 2016 Running On Linux Signals Positive Change For Microsoft

Microsoft is expanding the potential user base for the soon-to-be-released flagship database server: Microsoft SQL Server 2016 will be able to run on Linux. Yes, you read that right. Microsoft…

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Our Picks For Best Female Characters From The Past Year

We've encountered plenty of admirable female protagonists recently, which is refreshing considering a large amount of women as main characters has not alway been the case. In contrast, last year's…

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Why I’m Excited for No Man’s Sky

With Hello Games’ space exploration title No Man’s Sky finally given a release date of June 21, one Game Rant writer explains why they are looking forward to the game.…

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Microsoft Azure First to Adopt ISO 27018 for Data Privacy in the Cloud

If there is one area in which the cloud operators all agree, this is the one related to the protection of personal data. A highly strategic niche that aims to…

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