IBM Unveils New POWER8 Systems, Built for Big Data | Data Center …

IBM unveiled new Power Systems servers Wednesday, leveraging POWER8 technology for a new era of big data and open innovation. Through the OpenPOWER Foundation, IBM also released detailed technical specifications for its POWER8 processor, inviting collaborators and competitors alike to innovate on the processor and server platform.The new scale-out IBM Power Systems servers culminate a $2.4 billion investment, three-plus years of development and […]

Momentum Stocks Got You Down? Try A Low Risk Trade On The …

SummaryThe plunge in momentum stocks has created a fresh and trade-able divergence among components of the S&P 500.
A low-risk way to play this divergence combines indices on the high beta and low volatility components versus the entire S&P 500 index.
Paying attention to the logic […]

Driving Big Data: Why Your Car Is the Next Media Frontier / Say Daily

Driving Big Data: Why Your Car Is the Next Media FrontierApr. 4, 2014 in Home Page, Media Insight, Mobile, The Week in VennData is the next Intel Inside.- Tim O’ReillyThe highway and the information superhighway have literally merged and your car is becoming the center of your connected universe, churning out an amazing amount of big data (and media) […]

CEOs Of Stock Exchanges Brawl On CNBC As NYSE Floor Traders …

CNBC screenshotBrad Katsuyama and Bill O’BrienTwo CEOs of exchanges got in a nasty brawl on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” over high-frequency trading.
William “Bill” O’Brien, the CEO of BATS, slammed Brad Katsuyama, the CEO and president of IEX, and author Michael Lewis.Katsuyama is the hero in Michael Lewis’ new book, “Flash Boys.” His firm, IEX, is an alternative exchange. “I’ve been […]

NYSE floor trader blasts high-frequency trading – CNBC.com

Read MoreMark Cuban rips high-frequency trading This is a disaster for the U.S. capital markets. It only weakens and threatens the very existence of a strong, vibrant, robust capital market. It causes mispricing in stocks and clear frustration among asset managers. You have to ask: Why do we need 90+ venues to trade stocks? Unlike […]

Japan robot suit firm lists on stock market – Phys.org

Cyberdyne, the maker of a battery-powered exoskeleton robot suit, made its stock market debut on Tuesday, as the firm looks to raise money to boost its research.

The Japanese robot venture provided 10.85 million shares, which […]

FEATURED SPEAKER – Luke Moore, European Sales director …

Ahead of next week’s #SMWF Europe we speak to Luke Moore, European sales director at Crimson Hexagon to find out about how the company is helping businesses learn more from social media conversations. Social media has long been referred to as the world’s biggest focus group and its potential for learning more about the customer has always been huge. In fact […]

Launched in the Alley: Market Prophit – AlleyWatch

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Market Prophit is the first service ever to provide rankings of financial bloggers in social media to generate unique, real-time sentiment signals (bullish/bearish) based on identifying the mavens or “Market Prophits” in the crowd, delivering a top-level view of what’s hot and what’s not.In other words, it’s a financial big […]

Big Data suits up : Strata recap + more | #BigDataSV | SiliconANGLE

Our #BigDataSV was a smash hit this week, broadcasting live from theCUBE on SiliconANGLE.tv a host of interviews with Big Data practitioners, thought-leaders, vendors, venture capitalists, and analysts. This week’s Best of theCUBE series is a great place to start, with an awesome interview with Eron Kelly, GM of Product Marketing – Data Platform at Microsoft, and John Kreisa, VP […]

Turning Social Sentiment Into Opportunity – Dynamics Café: CRM …

Are people saying Your Brand SUX on social media?Did you know that 44% of today’s consumers complain via social media?For most organizations, fear of negative publicity is a major reason they have yet to embrace the power of social media. But, whether you’re online or not, your customers and prospects are. So, how should you respond to contain the situation, […]