We propose a notion of causal influence that describes the ‘intrinsic’ part of the contribution of a node on a target node in a DAG. By recursively writing each node as a function of the upstream noise terms, we separate the intrinsic information added by each node from the one obtained from its…
Welcome to insideBIGDATA’s “Heard on the Street” round-up column! In this regular feature, we highlight thought-leadership commentaries from members of the big data ecosystem. Each edition covers the trends of the day with compelling perspectives that can provide important insights to give you a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Accurate sell-in and sell-out forecasting is a ubiquitous problem in the retail industry. It is an important element of any demand planning activity. As a global food and beverage company, Nestle´ has hundreds of products in each geographical location that they operate in. Each product has its…
Welcome to insideBIGDATA’s “Heard on the Street” round-up column! In this regular feature, we highlight thought-leadership commentaries from members of the big data ecosystem. Each edition covers the trends of the day with compelling perspectives that can provide important insights to give you a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
The Trusted Computing Group and the National Institute of Standards and Technology Tuesday joined to give their blessing to the union of two technologies that each have championed: TCG with its network-access control standard called Trusted Network Connect, and NIST with its desktop-security configuration standard called the Security Control Automation Protocol.
Sony's gaming business is moving towards profitability this year -- something that's eluded the company each year since the PlayStation 3 was launched in 2006.
It's been less than three weeks since Activision's "Call of Duty: Black Ops" went on sale. The game quickly broke entertainment sales records, with worldwide revenue of US$650 million during its first five days in stores. The game's online component is wildly popular, with hundreds of thousands of players simultaneously logged in to battle each other, and is creating some big numbers of its own.
I've had the opportunity to visit several infrastructure and operations industry events already this year. Each targeted the same basic message: a return to innovation. But I have to wonder, are we really ready for innovation? The last 18 months have been marked by a consistent and constant effort to demonstrate return on investment (ROI). Why, as we now enter 2010, is there a sudden emphasis on innovation? The answer is what I refer to as "new shiny object syndrome."
This directory includes laws, regulations and industry guidelines with significant security and privacy impact and requirements. Each entry includes a link to the full text of the law or reg as well as information about what and who is covered.
At Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, investment in research and development is a reflection of corporate culture. This three-part piece examines the different approaches taken by each of these influential tech companies. Hewlett-Packard prides itself on its pragmatism, while Microsoft holds the flag of basic research aloft -- and IBM continues to file more patent applications, year after year, than any other tech company.
This year's winners drive strategy and innovation in top-tier IT departments. Click through for photos of each honoree, as well as interesting personal tidbits like their first job, best career advice and the title they'd like to hold someday.
Four years ago, Cincinnati-based Chiquita Brands International Inc. launched an ambitious, multimillion-dollar effort to consolidate its financial accounting systems and create a centralized budget planning and forecasting system. The company has three semi-autonomous units -- bananas, salads and other food products -- each of which has multiple lines of business worldwide.
Count Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) among those companies that believe IT governance done right frees up time and money. When education publishers Houghton Mifflin and Harcourt merged in 2007, IT leaders on each side knew the stakes. Sixteen million dollars of the merger's $300 million savings was to come from IT spending, says CIO Paul Wilcox. "We had to flush a significant amount of expense out of both IT groups," Wilcox says, "and still had to bring the company forward."
Infoblox and Neustar have inked a partnership that allows the two companies to resell each other's DNS products to enterprise customers and hints towards tighter integration of these offerings in the future.
The number seemed staggering, but there it was. The cost of conducting the census has, on average, doubled each decade since 1970. If that rate of cost escalation continues into 2020, the nation could be looking at a $30 billion census.
Businesses are eyeing a transition to Microsoft Windows 7, and with a wealth of security features that are part of it, it's worth figuring out the good and bad about each of them, says Gartner analyst Neil MacDonald, who notes in some cases, third-party security products might be the better fit.
Over the last few years, Schneider Electric grew internationally as a collection of businesses, each of which had its own CIO, CFO and other shared services. When corporate leaders decided to shift the organization to a single structure, they started with IT, and David Patzwald was suddenly no longer CIO of Schneider Electric North America--in the new simplified, global structure, he is SVP of Integration Services, Schneider Electric.
It's not enough to share documents, says Geoffrey Moore, the consultant and expert on technology adoption. Daily decisions can be made more quickly if employees, especially middle managers, can use text messaging, video and social-media tools to engage directly with each other.
The Center for Internet Security and the Open Group's security division have each published comprehensive risk-management guides, the first defining a basis for security metrics and the second a high-level view on the pros and cons of risk-assessment approaches.