How the Flash Boys effect on financial trading will change Canadian IT
Canada’s investment industry responds to Michael Lewis’ controversial book, but there’s one thing about this technology you can count on
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How TD Bank faces overwhelming IT security risks head-on
A senior executive gives a rare glimpse into the myriad threats to its systems and customer data, and the most important tool to mitigate them
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What network admins should fear this year
As gadget-lovers marvel at the future of consumer technology at CES 2014, IT professionals need to be aware of the evolving nature of security threats that will follow
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One simple chart shows what CIOs will focus on for the foreseeable future
IDC presents its annual forecast of key technologies and trends for 2014. Find out what’s coming of age, and what’s still a ways off
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Banks won’t benefit from big data on their own
Financial institutions that gathered at the recent international Sibos confernce organized by SWIFT say they want to get more value from information, but one major obstacle remains
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The safety-first approach to using Hadoop for big data
Unstructured information needs to be protected, but the most-hyped tool that manages it has some pros and cons. Consider these five critical steps
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Big Data Professionals Are in Big Demand
Today’s IP news roundup highlights some of the latest headlines in big data, cloud and more:
According to a McKinsey & Co. study, the United States might face a 35% shortfall in the number of qualified big data professionals by 2018. This includes “people with advanced training in...
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The oil and gas industry error rate that big data could reduce
A recent report shows firms are spending lots of money to acquire information, but the mistakes in exploration, extraction and processing keep piling up. Use these key questions to drive an analytics agenda
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Imagine a democracy built upon big data analytics
Our ongoing look at analytics in the public sector continues with a look beyond privacy concerns to the real value governments could derive from unstructured information
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New Data Scientist Certification Program Sets Standards for Big Data Professionals
Today’s IP news roundup highlights some of the latest headlines in big data, network security and more:
To help meet the need for qualified data scientists, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) has launched a Certified Analytics Professional (CAP)...
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When does big data become too Big Brother?
There are incredible opportunities for government to improve service delivery by getting a better grasp of unstructured information, but privacy concerns abound
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Three can’t-miss posts from the Riverbed blog
We highlight some of the best insights from the online community of one of our key partners in the managed services space. Bookmark these URLs
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The competitive edge IT departments should start carving out now
Cisco’s global service provider network marketing vice president talks about growing data traffic, evolving QoS expectations and the potential of enterprise content delivery networks
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90% of CIOs Are Planning for Big Data
Today’s IP news roundup highlights some of the latest headlines in big data, network security and more:
By 2015, 90% of the world’s data will be unstructured. This increase in unstructured data – from sources such as email, instant messages and social media – will drive big data...
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Big Data May Lead to Almost 2 Million New IT Jobs
Today’s IP news roundup highlights some of the latest headlines about IT job trends, big data, cloud and more:
According to CNNMoney, US companies will need 1.9 million new techies by 2015. The demand is driven by big data, as “data analytics [is] now one of the fastest growing fields in...
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Big Data May Make It or Break It for Job Seekers
Today’s IP news roundup highlights some of the latest headlines in big data, virtualization and more:
Big data is reshaping human resources. The process of hiring someone often relies on gut instinct and standard practices that may not result in ideal hires. However, an article in The New...
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31% of Enterprises Plan to Deploy Storage Systems for Big Data Within the Next Six Months
Today’s IP news roundup highlights some of the latest headlines in big data, unified communications and more:
IDC’s first survey on storage infrastructure for big data and analytics (BD&A) revealed that the need for storage will increase as more organizations adopt big data. Just under...
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More Than 70% of Big Data Adopters Struggle to Gain Control of Their Information
Today’s IP news roundup highlights some of the latest headlines in big data, unified communications and more:
Big data adopters face data overwhelm. According to the Experian QAS blog, big data adopters are collecting so much information that they are struggling to find the gems that will...
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Budget for big data by ‘timesharing’ a data scientist
It’s becoming more affordable for firms of almost any size to get access to big data tools via a sort of “insights as a service” model. But has the democratization of data truly arrived?
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62% of Businesses Believe Big Data Can Give Them an Advantage
Today’s IP news roundup highlights some of the latest headlines in big data, network security and more:
PwC’s latest Digital IQ Survey revealed that 62% of global IT and business leaders believe big data can give them a competitive advantage. However, according to CIO.com, 58% of the 1,108...
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5 Things You Need to Know about Big Data
Big data is on everyone’s radar and that was no different at day one of the Dx3 conference in Toronto. Marketers, agencies and IT departments unite with their big needs to make sense of all this data.
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Investors Increase Funding for Big Data Start-Ups
Today’s IP news roundup highlights some of the latest headlines in big data, network security and more:
Big data has attracted nearly $5 billion in funding over the past five years. Now’s a good time to be a big data start-up. Yahoo! Finance reported that 2012 was the best year for...
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The biggest learnings from Big Data Congress 2013
The New Brunswick Information Technology Council’s CEO offers his takeaways”from the cheap seats” at a recent gathering of high-profile thinkers in St. John
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RIM Announces New Name at BlackBerry 10 Launch
Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the IP news roundup. Here are the latest headlines in big data, virtualization, disaster recovery and more:
RIP RIM … long live BlackBerry. At the BlackBerry 10 launchtoday, Research In Motion announced that it’s changing its company name to...
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Atlantic Canada May Get Economic Boost from Big Data
Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the IP news roundup. Here are the latest headlines in big data, cloud and more:
With the Big Data Congress taking place in Saint John this week, the Chronicle Herald ran an article on how the growing big data industry will impact Atlantic Canada.According to...
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