TechTarget News - Week of Jun 01, 2014
Tue Jun 3, 2014
High availability strategy key to saving costs, says Sungard AS
The cost of IT downtime is extremely high for businesses – but must all systems and applications be highly available all the time?
Tue Jun 3, 2014
SAP announces program to develop industry-focused cloud apps
SAP says its plan to build industry-focused cloud apps will give customers new options for meeting business-specific needs in this news roundup.
Wed Jun 4, 2014
Apache Spark goes 1.0, looks to improve on MapReduce performance
The Apache Software Foundation released Version 1.0 of Spark, a processing framework aimed at outpacing MapReduce for machine learning and other uses.
Thu Jun 5, 2014
Unilever appoints Jane Moran as global CIO
Former CIO of Thomson Reuters, Jane Moran, has joined Unilever as its new global CIO
Thu Jun 5, 2014
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c R4 focuses on cloud, IT efficiency
Oracle announced Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Release 4, an upgrade that offers new features for managing both enterprise stacks and private clouds.
Fri Jun 6, 2014
Vodafone blows lid on government spy networks
Vodafone reveals secret mobile phone-tapping network and joins Microsoft and Cisco in calling for debate on electronic surveillance