Friday, May 13, 2011

Stuff that's linked to junk that's ridiculously ginormous May 9-13 2011

Big Wins for Open Source

RightNow CEM Weaves Together Social, Business Interactions
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/72398.html

Open-source use goes unmeasured, unchecked

ORACLE BI UPDATE ADDS SUPPORT FOR MICROSOFT, SAP, IPAD
http://go.techtarget.com/r/13831576/2433922

Knowledge Management Provider RightAnswers Mobilizes Support Solution

EMC unveils Hadoop appliance, BI software

Search-Based BI – the Next Innovation

Cloud Computing Era Could Mean MSP Extinction

Oracle Partners Gain Linux Specialization

Microsoft, RIM take on Google in mobile search

Panorama Software Debuts Its Next Gen BI Solution - Necto
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4610165&access=EH

Living Legend: Vint Cerf on the Internet and out-of-this-world communications

IBM Delivers Technology to Help Clients Protect and Retain "Big Data"

http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4607163&access=EH

Microsoft goes on the defensive with Skype acquisition

EMC Delivers Hadoop 'Big Data' Analytics to the Enterprise

http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2011/20110509-03.htm

New EMC Atmos 2.0 Manages Big Data—5x Faster and 65% More Efficient

Thanks for Being Average

First Ever Twitter Message Sent from Top of Mount Everest

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49067.php?s=h

World's servers process 9.57ZB of data a year

Seeing Is Believing with Invisibility Cloaks

Who in the World Wants to Just be Structured?

RIM and Microsoft: Dance of the Zombies
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/2491227/5553367/198452/0/

Apple Will Beat Google, Microsoft, VC Says
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/2491227/5553367/198454/0/

SAP has some explaining to do at Sapphire

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9216514/SAP_has_some_explaining_to_do_at_Sapphire?taxonomyId=77

DataStax Releases Dramatically Simpler, More Reliable, High-Performance Hadoop Solution http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4607112&access=EH

EMC Enhances Management of Virtualized Microsoft Applications

SAP Takes Tepid Step On Collaboration

Customer Analytics Spotty Across Enterprise

U.S. Intelligence Connects The Dots On Bin Laden

Terrorist Leader Security Challenge Turns to Data

http://www.information-management.com/news/binLaden_computer_data_intelligence-10020297-1.html?ET=informationmgmt:e2183:2252192a:&st=email&utm_source=editorial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IM_Daily_050911

Deloitte buys Oco for BI, analytics

Web inventor Berners-Lee fights to keep it open

Dreaming of Doomsday for DRM
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/72414.html

Google I/O: What Android Needs

Watson teaches 'big analytics'

SnapLogic offers 'big data' tool for Hadoop users

http://newsletters.networkworld.com/t/5580645/258824959/264887/0/

Living Legend: Vint Cerf on the Internet and out-of-this-world communications

http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2011/25thanniversary/050911-anniversary-cerf.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_special_alert_2011-05-09

Steve Jobs Ranked Third in Engineering Heroes List
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/2497248/5553367/198918/0/

Graphene Modulators Could Break Network Speed Limits
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/2497248/5553367/198935/0/

DataStax Releases Dramatically Simpler, More Reliable, High-Performance Hadoop Solution
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4607112&access=EH

IBM Delivers Technology to Help Clients Protect and Retain "Big Data"
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4607163&access=EH

Homomorphic encryption: Can it save cloud computing?

5 New Hadoop Products Launching Today: EMC Greenplum HD, DataStax Brisk and More

http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2011/05/5-new-hadoop-products-launchin.php

EMC Makes a Big Bet on Hadoop

http://ow.ly/4QPXm

SnapLogic demos 'Hadoop for humans'

http://ow.ly/4QPUR

Navigating the Public Cloud

Did cloud computing help catch Osama bin Laden?

NetSuite aims at enterprises with 'unlimited' push

EMC CEO Tucci: Cloud Disruption Means Opportunity

EMC News: EMC World 2011 Kicks off Live in Vegas and Online

EMC Outlines Strategy to Accelerate Flash Adoption

EMC Isilon Delivers World’s Largest Single File System for Big Data

EMC Delivers Hadoop ‘Big Data’ Analytics to the Enterprise.

Iomega Expands Network Storage Offerings with New High Performance Scalable NAS Devices

10 things end users do that drive me crazy

Supercomputer Simulates Extreme Physics

Microsoft to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion

Google Images adds 'sort by subject' feature

Hadoop And Enterprise Storage?

http://www.networkcomputing.com/storage-networking-management/hadoop-and-enterprise-storage.php

VS INSIDER: SQL or No SQL for Big Data in the Cloud?

REDMOND DIARY: NoSQL, No Peace

DATA DRIVER: SQL to NoSQL to NewSQL? Come on!

IN-DEPTH: Build Big-Data Apps in SQL Azure with Federation

Google may have missed mark with search page experiment

Facebook joins Google in taking on Groupon

EMC Tackles 'Big Data'

How Microsoft And Skype Embarrassed Google

CEOs Gone Wild: You Can't Make This Stuff Up
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/72404.html

Red Hat Launches OpenShift Platform-as-a-Service

Red Hat Unveils CloudForms Private and Hybrid Cloud Platform

Top Signs You Need NoSQL For Your Data

Microsoft, Skype combo could be great for the enterprise

Invisible touch interface creates multitouch 'force field'

Deloitte To Buy SaaS Business Analytics From Oco

25 Ways IT Will Morph in the Next 25 Years
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/2504172/5553367/199424/0/

Pop Your Internet 'Filter' Bubble
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/2504172/5553367/199425/0/

Jaspersoft Adds Big Data Support for EMC Greenplum HD
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4608424&access=EH

EMC Takes Symmetrix VMAX Higher Into The Cloud
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4609008&access=EH

New EMC VPLEX Geo Redefines Cloud Storage
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4609038&access=EH

EMC VNX Connector for Google Search Appliance Delivers More Up-To-Date Search Results From VNX Storage Systems
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4609074&access=EH

EMC Delivers "Cloud to Ground" Root-Cause Analysis for Data Centers
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4609084&access=EH

EMC and Box Deliver Enterprise Content Management Mobility Through the Cloud
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4609097&access=EH

Microsoft Acquires Skype, Creates New Division
http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=7916519:822354

LEGACY APPLICATION MODERNIZATION: MAKE SOA WORK FOR YOU
http://go.techtarget.com/r/13830931/2433922

USING ZABBIX FOR OPEN SOURCE NETWORK MANAGEMENT
http://go.techtarget.com/r/13830884/2433922

Microsoft meets Skype: It's about the video conferencing plumbing

Another reason Microsoft wants Skype: Advertisers, advertisers, advertisers

With Skype, Microsoft's multiplatform strategy solidifies

Microsoft CEO Ballmer's email about Skype acquisition: 'Exciting times!'

The Microsoft Skype deal: what might happen (warning, humor ahead)

The State Of Google's Operating Systems

Microsoft Says Email Not Dead Yet

Can Open Source Solve Big Data For SMBs?

Microsoft to Acquire Skype

Google Unveils Music Storage Service

For Microsoft, Skype Opens Vast New Market in Telecom

Google to introduce music service without major label support

Top Signs You Need NoSQL For Your Data

Facebook as Web

Five Steps to an Agile Infrastructure

Q&A: Integrating Social Media and BI

Q&A: Tackling Today's Data Integration Issues

VIDEO: Agile BI: Delivering Customer Value in Weeks, Not Months

Microsoft in Trouble

Glenn Weinstein: Where does the cloud end?

World's servers process 9.57ZB of data a year

Index Engines extends e-discovery appliance to Data Domain

EMC unveils real-time data replication over thousands of miles

Microsoft's Skype Scoop: What's in It for Facebook?
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/72431.html

RightNow CEM Weaves Together Social, Business Interactions
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/72398.html

DISNEY DISCOVERS A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF DATA WAREHOUSE BEST PRACTICES
http://go.techtarget.com/r/13842123/2433922

SAP DATA ARCHIVING AN ESSENTIAL PART OF SAP OPERATIONS, GARTNER SAYS
http://go.techtarget.com/r/13839765/2433922

Microsoft-Skype Deal Could Be a Win for Everyone

The BI Software-Plus-Services Convergence Trend

MDM-Aware Apps

The New Intelligent Enterprise

The Dichotomy Paradox, Data Quality and Zero Defects

Vint Cerf's Final Frontier: The Inteplanetary Internet

EMC's Hadoop Move Points To Analysis Arms Race

Microsoft-Skype deal: 3 ways it benefits enterprises

Microsoft's Skype Scoop: What's in It for Facebook?
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/72431.html

Skype purchase highlights a weakness in "free enough" philosophy

Zynga Moves Into Open Source with cocos2d Acquistion

Ballmer: Microsoft won't tie Skype to Windows

Google Music and Movies: Your Questions Answered
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/2512883/5553367/199872/0/

Google I/O Day One: A Complete Rundown
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/2512883/5553367/199876/0/

Five Reasons Microsoft Had to Buy Skype
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/2512883/5553367/199879/0/

Microsoft Deal Will Boost Open Skype Alternatives
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/2512883/5553367/199887/0/


Google I/O Day One: 5 Coolest Apps
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/2512883/5553367/199890/0/

Google I/O: Do Androids Dream of Speaking?
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4610484&access=EH

DON'T MISS OUT: THE MOST INTERESTING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCES OF 2011
http://go.techtarget.com/r/13841831/2433922

The State Of Google's Operating Systems

How Microsoft And Skype Embarrassed Google

Solution Providers To Microsoft: Don't Mess With Skype

Google to Launch Chrome Laptops

Skype Investors Will Reap a Windfall

Microsoft's Plans for an Office-Flavored Skype

Google I/O: Top takeaways and reality checks

Microsoft's Ballmer $7.7-Billion Skype Blunder

Open Source: Not Just for Geeks

Deloitte buys Oco for BI, analytics

Microsoft's Skype Acquisition: 10 Burning Questions

TIBCO Spotfire launches new version of analytics platform

Using Predictive Analytics to Improve Customer Service

Informatica To Deliver The Power Of Hadoop With EMC

http://www.informatica.com/news_events/press_releases/Pages/05092011_EMC.aspx

Google 'Chromebooks' Promise Era Of Managed Computing

Hands On With Google's Music Beta Cloud Service

Josh Stephens: The Data Link Layer: Understanding one of my favorite layers of the OSI Model

With Skype buy, Microsoft plays keep-away with Google

Microsoft's Skype buy could boost unified communications

YouTube launches full-length movie rentals
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7334089/7006273/511351/0/

Secure Access To Relational Data

Why Microsoft's Skype Buyout Makes Perfect Sense

Social Media Shapes Up As Next Analytic Frontier

EMC, NetApp Go Open Source With Hadoop

http://www.crn.com/news/storage/229500053/emc-netapp-go-open-source-with-hadoop.htm;jsessionid=amNcs54h8v7wkMoq9Md3RA**.ecappj01

GARTNER: BI BENEFITS HINGE ON ORCHESTRATION OF TOOLS, PROCESSES
http://go.techtarget.com/r/13851343/2433922

As 'big data' grows, IT job roles, technology must change

EMC To Bridge Server, Storage Gap With Project Lightning

Facebook Hires PR Guns to Ambush Google
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/72441.html

Microsoft: 'Incredible Economies Of Scale' Await Cloud Users

DOJ Wants Wireless Carriers To Collect Location Data

Why Hadoop Has Google Fans (and Rivals) Excited

http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Web-Services-and-SOA/Why-Hadoop-Has-Google-Fans-and-Rivals-Excited-719325/?kc=BSLNLEDP05132011B

Facebook-Google 'cold war' suddenly gets hot

Microsoft shakes up CRM release cycle

Why Hadoop Has Google Fans (and Rivals) Excited

http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Web-Services-and-SOA/Why-Hadoop-Has-Google-Fans-and-Rivals-Excited-719325/?kc=BSLNLEDP05132011B

Analytics for Smaller Companies

IT Blogwatch: Osama bin Laden email body found on USB sticks

As 'big data' grows, IT job roles, technology must change

EMC Unveils All-Flash PCIe Serverlike Device

Google I/O Product Plans Offer Clues to Future Growth

Google Maps Shows bin Laden Hideouts

Talend delivers converged platform for better data services integration across multiple applications

Disappointed in data governance

Do-not-track me!

Facebook: we did not authorize anti-Google campaign

Microsoft's Skype Buy Will Shake Up VOIP, Video Chat

WWSJD? What If Steve Jobs Took Over HP

IT Blogwatch: Osama bin Laden's email store found on USB sticks

With Skype buy, Microsoft plays keep-away with Google

Microsoft's Skype Acquisition: 10 Burning Questions

IBM Upgrades Its 'Big Data' Tape, Archiving Lineup

New Startup in Predictive Analytics Market

4 Hadoop Helpers Promise Speedy Big-Data Analysis http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/info_management/229500154

Isilon clustered NAS customers talk big data challenges at EMC World
http://go.techtarget.com/r/13858311/2433922

Is OpenFlow a go?

Enterprise note to Microsoft: Please make Skype easier to manage!

Will 'Groupon Fatigue' Doom the Daily-Deals Business?
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/2529893/5553367/200673/0/

EMC Isilon Announces 15-Petabyte NAS

How Skype does, and doesn't, work