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In the beginning, there was IBM, and for years it dominated computer hardware and software. In the 1970s, the independent software industry emerged, spawning companies like  0 comments
A new approach to analyzing large volumes of data, something called stream processing, or complex-events processing (CEP), is changing how companies keep up with the world and  0 comments
Today’s regulatory environment is enough to make a data manager’s head spin. From legislation such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and  0 comments
The Cold War is over? Think again. Sure, the East-West geopolitical standoff may have subsided, but the cryptographic arms race rages on, largely behind closed doors, rarely  0 comments
The World Wide Web was supposed to make life easier. And it has, but increasingly, it may seem like too much of a good thing: too much information, too many moving parts, too many  0 comments
It took the lights going out in her 27,000-square-foot facility for a light bulb to go off in Brenda MacDonald’s head.  “Suddenly, it was a lot cooler than when we had  0 comments
Long before President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package committed billions of dollars to bring medical records into the digital age, officials at Long Beach Memorial  1 comment
Roxboro, N.C., wasn’t always a town struggling to survive. “We used to be able to attract industries because of our community college, plenty of water, good churches, good  0 comments
eBay has always been known for creating high-stakes drama. Back in its heyday, the San Jose, Calif.-based online auction giant prompted countless consumers to bid on everything  1 comment
By now, they’re familiar to anyone who has been around the Web a few times, showing up wherever comments or votes are solicited or visitors are asked to sign in or register  1 comment
Of all the machines that make business tick, the digital computer has long stood out—indeed, it has been revered—as perhaps the cleanest and greenest of them all. Quiet,  0 comments
In 2007, the computer staff at the venerable New York Times faced a daunting task: quickly convert 11 million articles, all previously scanned from newspaper editions published  1 comment
Could algae, the green slime that crowds out life in ponds and rivers, be a sustainable fuel source? Could it power cars, factories and keep the industrialized world  3 comments
You can walk end to end on Carabane, a tiny island off the coast of the West African nation of Senegal, in half an hour. The residents have cell phones, but no reception. There is  1 comment
The Consumer Electronics Association estimates that the average American has 24 gadgets in his home. Of that potential “e-waste,” only a scant 18 percent is recycled,  3 comments
 
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