DALLAS, Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Amid the proliferation of real time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors, log files and transactional applications, Big Data has found a host of vertical market applications, ranging from fraud detection to R&D. Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140821/138541 "Big Data Market: 2014 – 2020 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts" Key Findings: In 2014 Big Data vendors will pocket nearly $30 Billion from hardware, software and professional services revenues Big Data investments are further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% over the next 6 years, eventually accounting for $76 Billion by the end of 2020 The market is ripe for acquisitions of pure-play Big Data startups, as competition heats up between IT incumbents Nearly every large scale IT ven... (more)

Bureautique 2.0 : Google Apps, la maturité et... la synchronisation !

Que de chemin parcouru en deux ans, depuis ce 22 février 2007, le jour où Google annonçait à Paris la toute première version de Google Apps Premier Edition (GAPE), ses outils Bureautique 2.0 pour les entreprises. Que de chemin parcouru en deux ans ! GAPE est aujourd’hui une solution Bureautique 2.0 collaborative qui a atteint l’âge de raison et peut (doit ?) être déployée dans toutes les entreprises. Google Apps : la maturité Google Apps est une excellente illustration du processus d’innovation continue propre aux solutions SaaS, Software as a Service.  La notion traditionnelle de “version” n’existe plus. Toutes les semaines, tous les mois, Google enrichit son offre GAPE de nouvelles fonctionnalités. Responsables informatiques et bureautiques, j’ai une très bonne nouvelle de plus pour vous ! Vous pouvez mettre aux oubliettes : - Les achats de nouvelles licences. - La... (more)

The Cloud Computing Kettle Heats Right Up

4th International Cloud Expo Photo Album on Ulitzer The past month has seen an unprecedented concentration of Cloud-related articles, events, tweets, and - above all - product launches, partnership announcements and M&A moves. So is Cloud Computing, after three years, finally coming to the boil? Here, by way of allowing you to judge for yourself, SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Journal brings you a timeline of the trajectory of the Cloud so far. NOVEMBER 13, 2006 Jeff Bezos' Risky Bet - BusinessWeek publishes a cover article on Amazon's "Elastic Compute Cloud" (EC2) - a totally new on-demand, pay-as-you-go storage and computing service launched earlier that year, in August 2006. [From the article: "Bezos wants Amazon to run your business, at least the messy technical and logistical parts of it, using those same technologies and operations that power his $10 billion online ... (more)

Shelly Palmer Radio Report – March 9, 2012

_wpaudio.enc['wpaudio-4f59f57177f0a'] = '\u0068\u0074\u0074\u0070\u003a\u002f\u002f\u0077\u0077\u0077\u002e\u0073\u0068\u0065\u006c\u006c\u0079\u0070\u0061\u006c\u006d\u0065\u0072\u002e\u0063\u006f\u006d\u002f\u0069\u006d\u0061\u0067\u0065\u0073\u002f\u0075\u0073\u0072\u006e\u002f\u0031\u0032\u0030\u0033\u0030\u0039\u005f\u0053\u0048\u0045\u004c\u004c\u0059\u0050\u0041\u004c\u004d\u0045\u0052\u005f\u0047\u0045\u004e\u005f\u0042\u0045\u0044\u002e\u006d\u0070\u0033'; Click to play ... Facebook is introducing a new way to sort your newsfeed with Interest lists. Soon you’ll be able to organize your feed by through user created feeds comprised of content from public brands and pages. For example, if you like football, you could subscribe to a curated list of NFL-related pages. In other news, the Justice Department is allegedly planning to sue Apple and five major publishers for ... (more)

VoIP: 3CX wächst in Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz (DACH) um 50 Prozent

3CX zeigt auf der CeBIT nahtlose Smartphone-Integration für sein Windows-basiertes Telefonsystem München, 6 März 2013 - 3CX, internationaler Hersteller des gleichnamigen VoIP-Telefonsystems für Microsoft Windows, stellt auf der diesjährigen CeBIT in Hannover (05.-10.03.2013) die nahtlose Integration von Android- und iOS-basierten Endgeräten für das 3CX Phone System vor. 3CX ist ein leistungsfähiges VoIP-Telefonsystem für Microsoft Windows mit professionellen Unified Communications (UC) und Call Center Features und einer komplett deutschsprachigen Benutzerführung. Die Einbindung mobiler Endgeräte erlaubt es Mitarbeitern, die von unterwegs oder im Home Office arbeiten, die gesamte Funktionalität des 3CX-Telefonsystems direkt über ihr iPhone, iPad oder Android-basiertes Endgerät zu nutzen. 3CX Tunnel bindet Android- und iOS-basierte Endgeräte nahtlos ein Die nahtlose I... (more)

WSJ: Google Demoed a Set-Top Box, Focused on Google+ Hangouts, in January

Google’s home-entertainment experiments extend beyond the gadget the company announced Wednesday, which turns TV sets into an extra screen for watching Web videos and other content. The Internet giant in January used the Consumer Electronics Show to privately show off a prototype of a previously unreported set-top box device, similar to existing digital-media hubs sold by companies such as Apple and Roku, said people briefed on the device. These people said Andy Rubin, a Google executive at the time, led the demonstrations of the set-top box, which was powered by the company’s Android operating software and had as a core feature Google’s video-conference service, Hangouts. The device as demonstrated had a video camera and motion sensor, they said. A Google spokeswoman declined to comment Thursday. Read the full story at the Wall Street Journal. ... (more)

Saxo Bank Continues International Expansion With New Office in Prague

PRAGUE, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The opening of the Prague office is a strategic move by Saxo Bank to strengthen and expand its position as a leading provider of online solutions for investment in Forex, stocks, stock derivatives, commodities and bonds in Central Eastern Europe. Saxo Bank increased its business in the CEE region by 212% in 2008 compared to 2007 and intends to grow its client and partner base by offering a more extensive local service and a wider range of investment products. The Prague office will be headed by Karol Piovarcsy, who says: "Sustainable success is driven by customer focus and the new office, the first in the Central Eastern European region, will enable us to have greater access to clients and partners in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. While clients will continue to benefit from Saxo Bank's aggregated Tier-1 liquidity and technol... (more)

GenArts Software Dominates List of 2010 Visual Effects Oscar Nominees

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/04/10 -- GenArts Inc., the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, television and video industries, has again dominated the list of visual effects Oscar nominees. The company says artists who worked on nominees such as Avatar, District 9 and Star Trek created many of the films' stunning visual effects using GenArts Sapphire™, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences took note for the 13th consecutive year. "At Hydraulx, GenArts Sapphire™ was our go-to tool of choice to help us attain a realistic feel in the shots we worked on in Avatar," said Eric Liles, Visual Effects Supervisor at Hydraulx. "Anything that comes directly out of CG is super crisp and sharp. It just looks fake -- nothing in the real world is that razor-sharp. Sapphire takes the edge off. It just makes CG look more realistic... (more)

Paragon Software Launches Six Most Popular Explanatory and Bilingual Merriam-Webster’s Dictionaries for Android Phones

Paragon Software Group, a leading software developer for mobile devices and desktop computers, has launched the series of Merriam-Webster’s bilingual and explanatory dictionaries for Android phones. The product line includes Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition; Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged; Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary; Merriam-Webster’s Pocket; The Merriam-Webster Dictionary; Merriam-Webster's English-French Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's English-Spanish Dictionary. The original dictionary titles from America’s foremost publisher were adapted for the mobile screen and supplemented with the new functionality providing fastest definition look-up, audio pronunciations, finger-friendly interface, ‘Search by Voice’ option (enabled by Google), ‘Word of the Day’ widget and search option directly on the Home sc... (more)

Nexage to Introduce iPad SDK and Nexage Campaign Manager at CTIA Wireless 2010

BOSTON, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- At CTIA Wireless 2010 in Las Vegas, Nexage (www.nexage.com), a leading provider of mobile advertising yield optimization and mediation solutions, will announce the release of its new iPad SDK and the availability of the Nexage Campaign Manager - two new tools that round out Nexage's resources that help publishers optimize mobile advertising performance and monetization. The Nexage Campaign Manager enables publishers to flight mobile ad campaigns that they have sold, with rich media across all mobile platforms and devices. This new tool, which integrates with Nexage's AdMax ad-optimization platform, addresses demand from publisher customers, who are seeking a more comprehensive solution for monetizing their inventory. Nexage's new iPad SDK comes just in time for the launch of Apple's new iPad on April 3, enabling developers and ... (more)

Fans Are Finding 16,000 Final Four(R) Tickets From 16 Ticket Sites With FanSnap(R)

PALO ALTO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/30/10 -- FanSnap®, the leading live event ticket search engine, today announced the availability of thousands of great NCAA Final Four tickets, even for those sessions that are already 'sold out.' Fans searching for NCAA tickets with FanSnap are benefiting from a tremendous choice of tickets to the Final Four® in Indianapolis, from 16 ticket sites representing hundreds of sellers. For Final Four Semifinal games, fans can find: - Lower level end tickets from $658 to $2,077 - Lower level middle tickets from $1,800 to $8,800 - Upper level middle tickets from $396 to $3,299 - Upper level end tickets from $220 to $2,200 NCAA tournament tickets are unique in that hoops fans have very little time to make ticket and travel arrangements once the pairings are revealed, and throughout the month they must react quickly if they are fortunate enough ... (more)