Benchmarks soared on Wednesday primarily boosted by the encouraging minutes from the central bank’s policy meeting. Fed officials are said to be in favor of hiking rates only when they are sure about the economic recovery. Alcoa’s positive quarterly numbers boosted its share price, somewhat driving the broader market as well.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, […]
The European Technology Platform for Software and Services NESSI, together with partners from the FP7 project Big, has drafted a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) on Big Data Value for Europe. The objective of the SRIA is to describe the main research challenges and needs for advancing Big Data Value in Europe in the next 5 to 10 years.
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I.B.M.Mainframe computer sales — once the centerpiece of I.B.M. — now account for an estimated 3 percent of the company’s revenue. Scott Gnau, president of Teradata Labs, seemed a little irritated by all the attention being showered on the big data marketplace. Big-data exuberance has surged with the recent news about how much money was raised by Cloudera, the frontrunner […]
Earth Science Data Analysis in the Era of Big DataBy Kuo, et al , posted on April 4th, 2014 in Informatics Theme K.-S. Kuo1,2, T. L. Clune2, R. Ramachandran31. Bayesics, LLC, Bowie, Maryland2. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland3. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AlabamaAn illustration of data. Image Credit: r2hox.Anyone with even a cursory interest in information […]
Stock Trading Alert: Stocks Continue Long-Term Uptrend By: Paul Rejczak | Thu, Apr 3, 2014 SharePrintEmailStock
Trading Alert originally published on Apr 04, 2014, 6:54 AM:Our intraday outlook is neutral, and our short-term outlook is now bullish,
following breakout above month-long consolidation:Intraday (next 24 hours) outlook: neutralShort-term (next 1-2 weeks) outlook: bullishMedium-term (next 1-3 months) outlook: […]
Markets snapped two days of losses and ended higher on Friday boosted by encouraging consumer spending data. However, benchmarks lost some of their initial gains as the bio-tech stocks adversely impacted markets in late afternoon. Microsoft’s strong gains following its announcement of launching Microsoft Office on iPads propelled the Dow to end in the green.For a look at the issues […]
Stock Trading Alert: Further Uncertainty As Stocks Continue To Fluctuate By: Paul Rejczak | Mon, Mar 31, 2014 SharePrintEmailStock
Trading Alert originally published on Mar 31, 2014, 6:48 AM:Our intraday outlook is neutral, and our short-term outlook remains neutral:Intraday (next 24 hours) outlook: neutralShort-term (next 1-2 weeks) outlook: neutralMedium-term (next 1-3 months) outlook: neutralLong-term outlook (next year): […]
Benchmarks ended in the red zone, dragged down by declines in the Technology and Materials sector. Possibilities of further sanctions on Russia intensified selling pressure post mid-afternoon. The day’s initial gains, largely a result of encouraging durable orders numbers, were eroded by the end of the trading session.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) fell 0.6% to close Wednesday’s trading session […]
By Catherine Crump and Matthew Harwood. Crump is a staff attorney with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project and a non-residential fellow with the Stanford Center for Internet and Society and an adjunct professor of clinical law at NYU. Her principle focus is representing individuals challenging the lawfulness of government surveillance programs. Follow her on Twitter at @CatherineNCrump. Harwood […]
NVIDIA GPU accelerators have emerged in High-Performance Computing as an energy-efficient way to provide significant compute capability. The Green500 supercomputer list makes this clear: the top 10 supercomputers on the list feature NVIDIA GPUs. Today at the 2014 GPU Technology Conference, NVIDIA announced a new interconnect called NVLink which enables the next step in harnessing the full potential of the […]
