Microsoft, Informatica take on cloud analytics migrations

Enterprise analytics is going through a "renaissance" as companies work to manage and analyze collected data to determine patterns, said Microsoft's John "JG" Chirapurath.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 6, 2019

HPE acquires MapR assets, extending lifeline to troubled analytics company

Hewlett Packard Enterprise will own MapR's technology, intellectual property, data analytics solutions and "domain expertise" in AI and ML.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 5, 2019

5 things to know about Capital One's breach

Even with a detailed disclosure and a swift arrest, a dark cloud lingers over the bank.

By Samantha Schwartz • Updated Aug. 1, 2019

Capital One's data breach hits 106M customers

The company expects incremental costs between $100 million and $150 million in 2019 because of the incident. 

By Samantha Schwartz • July 30, 2019

Data compliance lagging issue for US businesses, yet 42% vulnerable to fines

U.S. companies' resistance to compliance correlates with the federal government's slow crawl to passing a comprehensive data privacy law.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 16, 2019

Micron takes on smart manufacturing to fuel memory-hungry sectors

In the early 2000s, Micron's customers were PC-centric. But smartphones, internet of things devices at the edge, cloud computing and data centers are pushing the limits of memory technology.

By Naomi Eide • July 16, 2019

Cloudera flips the open source switch in search of consistency, innovation

The move will streamline policies in the wake of a merger between Hortonworks and Cloudera. But it's also a business play.

By Roberto Torres • July 12, 2019

Microsoft database turns to the cloud as support ends for SQL Server 2008

The company wants its customers to readily consume Azure and end of support for SQL Server 2008 is as good an instance as any. 

By Naomi Eide • July 9, 2019

Cloud database management grows as on-prem 'Stockholm Syndrome' persists

Gartner expects the future of on-premise DBMS — IBM, Teradata, SAP HANA and​ Yellowbrick — to be "limited."

By Samantha Schwartz • July 2, 2019

Alphabet rolls cybersecurity moonshot into Google Cloud

Google Cloud's addition of Chronicle feeds a recent cloud market trend: hyperscalers like Amazon, Google and Microsoft are emerging as cybersecurity vendors.

By Roberto Torres • June 28, 2019

IBM still sees value in Hadoop-based technologies

Cloudera and Big Blue laid out plans for a joint go-to-market strategy aimed at the Hadoop market.

By Roberto Torres • June 21, 2019

Beyond the data breach: How retail is addressing cybersecurity

Experts say companies need to implement data protection strategies including training employees across departments and vetting third-party partners.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 11, 2019

Weighing device interoperability standards requires a data overcollection gut check

If interoperability is done poorly, superfluous connections could overburden companies with junk data, blocking the smooth delivery of actionable insights.

By Naomi Eide • June 7, 2019

Checking for vitals: Inside the Quest Diagnostics, LabCorp supply chain breach

The intrusion happened inside the American Medical Collection Agency, but responsibility is shared through its partner ecosystem.

By Samantha Schwartz • June 6, 2019

Facial recognition tech deemed 'not ready for primetime' in House committee

Members took issue with the technology on Tuesday, while law enforcement and federal government agencies defended its use.

By Chris Teale • June 6, 2019

Deciding on major tech updates, IT managers need empathy and common sense

When most of IT is running on older frameworks like Java 8, flashier platforms issue siren calls. Should tech managers mute them or heed their allure?

By Roberto Torres • June 4, 2019

How 3 CIOs gather — and use — data

Organizations are challenged to quickly amass data and put it to work, delivering insights for business and creating new revenue streams.

By Naomi Eide • June 3, 2019

Data is important, but insights drive restaurant growth

To remain competitive in a digital market, operators must walk the tightrope of processing as much diner data as possible without ceding control to third parties or alienating customers. 

By Emma Liem Beckett • May 31, 2019

Playing by the rules: How Adobe centralized its data management

Before the operating standard, departments had different internal systems and processes for managing the data that meant the most to them.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 31, 2019

Where data privacy is law

Nevada's extension to an existing law for data collection security is set to go into effect on Oct. 1 but has a narrower scope than the CCPA. 

By Taylor McKnight, Samantha Schwartz • May 30, 2019

The true impact of GDPR is emerging now

Businesses need the ability to easily trace data lineage if organizations hope to survive any kind of audit, Snowflake's Kent Graziano writes. 

By Kent Graziano • May 20, 2019

Rightsizing data science: How to architect analytics around the business need

The growing wave of big data applications and activities, along with plenty of media hype and publicity, can supercharge the expectations and demands of business leaders.

By Wes Chaa​r • April 9, 2019

Is big tech too big? FTC's new technology competition task force may soon have an answer

Major antitrust action brought against the likes of Facebook, Google or Amazon could serve up the largest technology competition case since Microsoft's troubles in the '90s. 

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 27, 2019

As an era of self-regulation ends, businesses fear uncharted, risky waters for data privacy

"For many companies, if you get this wrong, you could very well be out of business," the ANA's Dan Jaffe told Marketing Dive about the upcoming California Consumer Privacy Act.

By Peter Adams • Feb. 26, 2019

Report: Billion-dollar FTC fines could mark new era for privacy in US

Facebook is negotiating a multibillion dollar fine for the settlement of an investigation into its privacy practice blunders, sources familiar with the matter told The Washington Post and The New York Times. 

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 15, 2019