This article discusses software tools that are available free to use online or as open-source software with downloadable source code, including a real-time Big Data search engine for Hadoop.
Intel's August announcement that it was acquiring McAfee was greeted by head-scratching and primarily negative comments. Observers questioned how Intel could help McAfee grow fast enough to justify the $7.7 billion acquisition price. But a closer look shows that Intel could do very well from the deal even if its new McAfee division stagnates.
I am grateful for the plenty of positive coverage my book, The New Polymath, has received. The coverage though, has focused mostly on all the innovators I profile in the book, which isn't surprising because the vast majority of the book focuses on innovations. But the small slice of the book that is negative contains alarming IT data points and trends I believe deserve attention on their own.