NFS -- a distributed file system protocol -- allows access to files on a remote computer in a manner similar to how a local file system is accessed.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big data analytics should be a slam dunk for utility companies, which manage networks of devices that continuously generate streams of data.  A new report from IDC reveals that utilities are uncertain about what they're doing or why they're doing it.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - August 5, 2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Data warehousing specialist Kalido and business intelligence stalwart Noetix have been merged into a new meta-entity: Magnitude Software.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - July 22, 2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Long ignored, data archiving in most organizations today needs to be rethought and upgraded so it achieves modern goal.
                    
			            - By Philip  Russom, Ph.D.
 - July 22, 2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Instead of forecasting whether a prospect will take an action once they're contacted, persuasion modeling attempts to measure whether customers will take an action only if they're contacted.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    From continuous analytics to operational intelligence to good old complex event processing, the future is one of streams: lots and lots of streams.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - July 22, 2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In an effort to protect their privacy, consumers may be providing merchants with inaccurate data.
                    
			            - By Mike  Schiff
 - July 15, 2014