Big data With Endeca Buyout, Oracle Edges Closer to Embracing Unstructured Data Up until the point where data starts making sense, by definition, it doesn't make much sense. Information requires analysis. And despite its name and its mission, the Web presents more unstructured, unrelated data than any information source ever created. So it shouldn't surprise anyone that the biggest trend in data management today surrounds… Hack Scott M. Fulton View comments
News Cassandra Reaches 1.0: What's Next? One of the leading NoSQL databases has reached the coveted 1.0 release. Apache announced Cassandra 1.0 today, just two years after entering the Apache Incubator. Originally developed at Facebook, Cassandra has come a long way in a short time. What's new in this release? Cassandra has better performance, better disk space management and data… Joe Brockmeier View comments
Web 2.0 Summit 2011 Visa & AmEx on Data This afternoon at Web 2.0, host John Battelle sat down with John Partridge from Visa and Dan Schulman at American Express, to talk about the future of payments. "It's a little bit like having Coke and Pepsi up here," Battelle said. The unlikely duo discussed how the Web has transformed the industry. Value is shifting constantly, and new… Jon Mitchell View comments
Google Google Makes Search More Secure In a blog post earlier today, Google announced that SSL-encrypted search will be the default when you're signed-in to your account. The secured channel provides for a more secure and private search experience by protecting search terms and search results from being intercepted by a third party. This is especially important if you're accessing the… Alicia Eler View comments
Conferences Will BlackBerry BBX Matter? Assume, if you will, that BlackBerry never existed. That should be easy enough, especially when Research In Motion co-CEO Mike Lazaridis personally shows you how. A new tablet-oriented, multitouch operating system called BBX has been introduced to a legion of developers who are already entrenched in Android, iOS, and HTML5. Essentially, a new… Hack Scott M. Fulton View comments