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Informatica CEO: ‘Data security is an unsolved problem’

A year after going private, the data management specialist is expanding into new realms

By Katherine Noyes

Aug 25, 2016 3 mins

Big Data Cloud Computing Technology Industry

VR, machine learning drive tech job market

Demand for virtual reality experts and machine learning engineers is on the rise

Aug 25, 2016 5 mins

Big Data Careers Virtualization

Tableau turns to AWS for a cloud-savvy CEO

Tableau has hired longtime AWS executive Adam Selipsky as its CEO

By Katherine Noyes

Aug 22, 2016 2 mins

Analytics Big Data Enterprise Applications

High technology: How IT is fueling the budding cannabis industry

From APIs to dispensary robots, new innovations are popping up like weeds

By Katherine Noyes

Aug 22, 2016 8 mins

Big Data Cloud Computing Microsoft

A new algorithm can hide messages in your favorite dance music

It encodes information by subtly varying the tempo

By Katherine Noyes

Aug 18, 2016 2 mins

Analytics Big Data Enterprise Applications

How Adobe uses machine learning to drive marketing success

Adobe's new data science tool, Segment Comparison for Analysis Workspace, leverages machine learning to help marketers uncover the key characteristics of the audience segments driving KPIs.

By Thor Olavsrud

Aug 18, 2016 3 mins

Analytics Big Data Cloud Computing

How the internet could increase global warming

The huge anticipated growth of IoT threatens to use so much power that carbon emissions will be impossible to tame and global warming will escalate, researchers say

By Patrick Nelson

Aug 17, 2016 3 mins

Big Data Internet Internet of Things

How Lyft gets a lift from Amazon’s cloud

Ride-hailing company processed 14 million rides last month, all in AWS

By Brandon Butler

Aug 17, 2016 4 mins

Amazon Web Services Big Data Cloud Computing

TmaxSoft is using clear licensing to woo Oracle database users

Its Tibero database promises simpler terms and a sweeter deal

By Katherine Noyes

Aug 15, 2016 4 mins

Big Data Cloud Computing Enterprise Applications

HPE aims for a big-data boost with $275 million SGI buy

The price looks good but will it help to revive HPE's fortunes?

By Katherine Noyes

Aug 11, 2016 3 mins

Analytics Big Data Data Center