Exalytics, a high-end server appliance for near-real-time business intelligence applications and a big part of Oracle’s big data response, debuted Sunday night at Oracle OpenWorld 2011. The Exalytics box–the younger sibling of the Exadata database machine and Exalogic middleware-and-application server–was front and center during Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s opening keynote. “I’ve been reading about this...
Exalytics, a high-end server appliance for near-real-time business intelligence applications and a big part of Oracle’s big data response, debuted Sunday night at Oracle OpenWorld 2011. The Exalytics box–the younger sibling of the Exadata database machine and Exalogic middleware-and-application server–was front and center during Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s opening keynote. “I’ve been reading about this...
A Twitter hacker caused chaos in Thailand after gaining access to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s account. The account was compromised for around twenty minutes on Sunday, during which eight tweets critical of the government and its policies, including the below – translated by Asian Correspondent - were sent. Is it time already that our country...
Awesm developer Jeremiah Cohick posted the following Facebook status earlier today, postulating that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is too busy wheeling and dealing to actually use Facebook, “In the same way drug dealers don’t use the product they sell, I doubt Zuckerberg is on Facebook all day. Visionaries don’t idle online.” Well, the proof...
It may not be long until Indian mobile users have 4G technology at their fingers as Bharti Airtel’s plan to deploy wireless broadband advances. Bharti, India’s largest operator, has asked Chinese telcom equipment giant ZTE to begin phase one of its 4G network roll-out initially in the Kolkata region only, according to a report...
A post from Google+ Games product manager, Satyajeet Salgar, sparked an interesting discussion revolving around the use of hashtags outside of Twitter. Having already compared the dos and don’ts of Twitter hashtags in the past, I found it interesting that some users have taken to using hashtags outside of the platform where, for the most...
Where the hell did all the infographics come from, anyway? One moment they’re relegated to the pages of USA Today, enlightening people about such burning issues as How is America getting to the mall today? (private auto, 57%; public transportation, 25%; foot or bicycle, 12%; part of a marauding mob of looters, 4%; taxi,...
I’m blessed, in my job for The Next Web, that I get to immerse myself in cultures across the United States numerous times each year. In doing so, I’ve traveled to Florida, Nevada, California, Colorado and many others, each time trying my level best to get a feel for not only the area but...
It hasn’t been a week since Amazon let forth their torrent of news, dropping a new Kindle, the Kindle touch, and the Fire in one swooping event. Our own Paul Sawers compared the pre-hype of the occasion to an Apple event. When all was said and done, his statement was proven to be accurate....
I was able to attend Metaio’s InsideAR 2011 conference last week in Munich and check out many new and updated Augmented Reality concepts at the event. Several concepts I saw at the trade show portion resonated with where consumer AR is headed and some were merely for entertainment. But pretty much everything I saw tried,...