IT Operations

Are We Too Stupid to Let Watson Make Us Smarter?

Intel wants to be the ‘operating system’ for big data

The new Intel Data Platform features the latest version of its Hadoop distribution

Quick guide: Which freaking database should I use?

Denial-of-service vulnerability puts Apache Tomcat servers at risk

Attackers can cause Tomcat processes to use all available CPU resources by sending malformed HTTP requests

Companies looking to DevOps to automate and save time

Survey results confirm that time constraints force us to automate.

Microsoft addresses critical IE vulnerabilities for Patch Tuesday

For this month's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft covers 24 vulnerabilities found in Internet Explorer

Red Hat and Hortonworks hook up for Hadoop

Hortonworks courts Red Hat's user base, while Red Hat extends its data virtualization product to Hadoop

Red Hat and Hortonworks Expand Strategic Big Data Alliance

Ransomware like Cryptolocker uses Bitcoin, other virtual currencies for payment

Judging in the Olympics and IT Security: Subjective vs. Objective

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and often times so is risk management.