What does 'big data' really mean?

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	What does 'big data' really mean? Big data is an IT buzzword nowadays, but what does it really mean? When does data become big? At a recent Big Data and High Performance Computing Summit in Boston hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), data scientist John Rauser mentioned a simple definition: Any amount of data that's too big to be handled by one computer. Read More WHITE PAPER: Imation Scalable Storage 7 Simple Truths About Tiering Your Data Dealing with the explosion of extreme data means more than containing it all. It's about determining what data is most useful to your business and where "speed meets need." Learn how you can use data tiering to transform unstructured data into "content" while keeping protection high and costs low. View Now In this Issue Cloud Security Alliance pushes for open security certifications Mozilla hits Microsoft with complaint about Windows RT browser choices SAP gets tough on violation of software use terms Judge declines to eject Google's 'fair use' defense from Android trial Apple patches Safari, blocks outdated Flash Player WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper discusses general concepts regarding how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Deploy SharePoint quickly at lower total cost on AWS Cloud. Learn how Cloud Security Alliance pushes for open security certifications If the cloud is to become a viable platform for the enterprise, security is critical. Cloud providers and users need to be working from the same basic cloud blueprints to ensure that Vendor A's cloud-based storage, Vendor B's compute services, and Vendor C's cloud platform interoperate securely to ensure that Customer Q's operations are safe and in compliance with applicable laws. To that end, Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has announced the CSA Open Certification Framework, a program to develop flexible, multilayered certification for cloud providers. Read More Mozilla hits Microsoft with complaint about Windows RT browser choices Mozilla complained Wednesday that Microsoft prohibits running any browser except Internet Explorer (IE) on Windows RT, hampering choices for users. Google said on Thursday it shares the concerns. Read More SAP gets tough on violation of software use terms A recent crackdown by SAP AG on companies that it considers are indirectly accessing its software without paying for it could spell trouble for some longstanding customers of the software vendor, an analyst firm said this week. Under SAP's licensing terms, an indirect access scenario occurs when a company's employees or business partners, who are not licensed SAP users, accesses SAP software via a third-party application interface. Read More Judge declines to eject Google's 'fair use' defense from Android trial Oracle was dealt a minor setback in its lawsuit against Google on Wednesday when a judge denied its motion to toss out one of Google's key defenses against copyright infringement. A jury on Monday found Google had infringed Oracle's copyrights on the APIs (application programming interfaces) in Java, but was unable to agree on whether that infringement was protected by "fair use," which allows for copying under certain circumstances. Read More Apple patches Safari, blocks outdated Flash Player Apple on Wednesday patched four security vulnerabilities in Safari and blocked outdated versions of Adobe's Flash Player from running in its browser. The Flash blocking move was similar to one Apple made last month when it stopped the Java plug-in from launching automatically. Read More
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