Jaikumar Vijayan

Articles by Jaikumar Vijayan

FAQ, What’s the big deal about Duqu?

It could pose a grave threat to the industrial control systems

Hadoop ready for corporate IT, execs say

HADOOP WORLD CONFERENCE Reps from JP Morgan Chase and eBay say the open source data storage and analysis framework is ready for primetime enterprise play

Oracle does an about-face on NoSQL

The product is being positioned by Oracle largely as something that companies can use to acquire and organize unstructured data before passing it on to its Exadata appliance

Don’t get carried away by Hadoop’s ‘gee-whiz’ factor

Much of Hadoop's growing popularity lies in its ability to break up large data sets into smaller data blocks that are then distributed across a cluster of commodity hardware for faster processing

Data breach affects 4.9M active, retired military personnel

A backup disk containing unencrypted personal data is missing from TRICARE, a health system for servicemen

New Oracle database appliance aims at SMBs

Analysts don't expect Database Appliance to cannibalize Oracle's Exadata enterprise offering

How predictive analytics can deliver strategic benefits

Historical data can help predict future performance. How one health-care provider relies on analytics to predict chronic illness

Non-profit must rehire workers fired for Facebook comments

NLRB judge's ruling sets some rules for companies seeking to implement social media policies

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