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Big Data distributor DataStax launches UK office
DataStax, the open source start-up which combines Apache Cassandra (the database developed by Facebook) with Hadoop (the number-crunching platform based on Google?s backend infrastructure), has opened an office in London to address the growing Big Data market in Europe.
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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 cyberattacks or rogue-employee behavior.
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IBM plans to buy e-discovery firm StoredIQ
In a move to expand its portfolio of information governance software, IBM is acquiring e-discovery software vendor StoredIQ.
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Apache Lucene/Solr expands across many servers
The Apache Software Foundation's widely used open source Lucene/Solr search engine package has been upgraded to accommodate its users' seemingly insatiable need to collect and use ever-larger amounts of data.
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Google to drop Mini search appliance, iGoogle, other products
Google will discontinue its Mini enterprise search appliance, as part of the latest batch of product closures the company announced on Tuesday.
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Google to add voice recognition to mobile enterprise search?
Matt Eichner, Google?s general manager of enterprise search, has hinted that companies may soon benefit from voice recognition when searching enterprise data on mobile devices.
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Will Google add voice recognition to mobile enterprise search?
Matt Eichner, Google?s general manager of enterprise search, has hinted that companies may soon benefit from voice recognition when searching enterprise data on mobile devices.
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Tibco adds Hadoop support to its Spotfire in-memory analytics
Tibco has brought its Spotfire in-memory analytics software into the burgeoning ecosystem around Hadoop, an open-source framework for processing large sets of information, the company announced Tuesday.
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Mike Lynch: Autonomy eyes SMB market after HP acquisition
Mike Lynch, founder of British software firm Autonomy, says that the company's acquisition by HP will allow it to serve more small and medium-sized businesses, as well as its traditional enterprise customers.
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HP abandons PC and tablet business, buys Autonomy for £6.7bn
HP, the world's largest maker of computers, has confirmed it is exiting the tablet business and also intends to spin off PC sales, in favour of software and services, and is buying UK software firm Autonomy for $11 billion (£6.7 billion).
