Articles by Dice Staff
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Big Data Meetup Crunches Numbers In a New Way
Big data is all about numbers, right? Wrong. If you follow the logic of Tom Jacobs, organizer of the Big Data Analytics: Mobile, Social and Web meetup in Silicon Valley, there are trends and topi… -
After Sandy, Thinking About Offsite Backup
Data backup, archiving and recovery aren’t exactly sexy. They are mundane tasks that IT doesn’t get too excited about. But then along comes a once-in-a-decade event like Superstorm Sandy, and sud… -
How to Get Started as an App Developer
Apple's highly anticipated iPad Mini with its 7.9-inch screen is going head to head with Google's Nexus 7. Apple also says that it has sold 100 million iPads and that customers have downloaded 35… -
Windows Leader Sinofsky Exits Microsoft
Steven Sinofsky, one of the brightest minds behind Microsoft's Windows, will leave the company after 23 years. Julie Larson-Green, who's been with Microsoft since 1993, will takeover his position… -
Why Hams Make Great Mobile Developers
Hurricane Sandy knocked out approximately one fourth of all cell sites across ten states, according to the Washington Post. What's more, nearly the same amount of cable customers lost their servi… -
New Tools for Real-Time Processing of Big Data
Here's a little secret about how Apache Hadoop can help in processing Big Data: It does it in a batch processing mode. At present, Hadoop can't process data in real-time, or even near real-time.…