Hortonworks brings Hadoop to Windows

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	Hortonworks brings Hadoop to Windows Hortonworks is bringing the popular open-source Apache Hadoop data processing platform to Microsoft shops. The company has released a beta version of its Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) Hadoop distribution for Windows and expects to release the final, enterprise-ready version in the months to come. Read More WEBCAST: LogMeIn Top Reasons to Innovate Customer Service It's all about the customer experience, right? Make that experience a peerless one and your company has a distinct competitive advantage. And the key to doing so lies in optimizing interactions with customers at various touch points and by various means. View Now In this Issue Firefox to auto-block third-party ad cookies by summer Samsung reveals Galaxy Note 8 but holds back on price HP unveils big data security strategy Mozilla previews Firefox OS with four phone makers Samsung bolsters BYOD management with a Fort Knox approach RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Greenplum Presents HADOOP The Foundation for Change On February 25th, EMC Greenplum will unveil product and technology innovations that will make Hadoop bigger, better, more accessible and meaningful than ever before. Join us as we reveal how Hadoop becomes the Foundation for Change. Register for the Live Streaming Event. Firefox to auto-block third-party ad cookies by summer Mozilla will automatically block third-party cookies starting with Firefox 22, which is slated to ship this summer, according to the Stanford University researcher who coded the change. The move, which will make it more difficult for online ad networks to track users' activities, was only the latest skirmish in a war between advertisers and some browser makers. Read More Samsung reveals Galaxy Note 8 but holds back on price Samsung has introduced the Galaxy Note 8 tablet with an 8-inch display, adding a new screen size to its expanding lineup of Note products. The tablet is 25 percent lighter thinner than the company's Galaxy Tab 2 tablets, said Shoneel Kolhatkar, director of product planning at Samsung. It can display images at 1,280-by-800 pixel resolution, and comes with optional 3G connectivity for making calls and using mobile broadband networks. It will connect to HSPA+ networks. Read More HP unveils big data security strategy HP today took the wraps off its Big Data Security strategy, describing how combining the enterprise search and knowledge management resources from its Autonomy subsidiary with its ArcSight security-event and information management (SIEM) can yield new ways to detect cyber attacks or rogue-employee behavior. Read More Mozilla previews Firefox OS with four phone makers Mozilla previewed the first commercial build of its Firefox OS and announced several operator and smartphone rollout plans on Sunday at Mobile World Congress. The OS is being pitched as a better alternative for low-end smartphones in developing markets and is built around applications written using HTML5. Read More Samsung bolsters BYOD management with a Fort Knox approach Samsung Monday announced an improved version of its SAFE management and security system for popular Samsung-branded Android smartphones and tablets. Samsung dubbed the updated tool set Knox, after the famous Fort Knox in Kentucky where much of the U.S. gold reserves are stored. Read More
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