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• Opinion Digital transformation driving wide-scale Hadoop adoption

  

  Marc Wilczek

  Digital strategist

  New research reveals how organizations are taking advantage of it, and what the challenges are when deploying it.

  Big data June 26

  Big data June 26

• 7 AI vendors on the leading edge in healthcare

  

  Hindsait, Medial EarlySign and Zebra Medical Vision are among the top providers of artificial intelligence for health providers, says Gartner.

  Artificial intelligence David Weldon June 26

  Artificial intelligence David Weldon June 26

• Anthem to pay $115M in largest ever data breach settlement

  

  The 2015 cyberattack compromised information on 78.8 million people, marking what attorneys in the case called the largest such agreement in history.

  Data breaches Pamela Maclean June 26

  Data breaches Pamela Maclean June 26

• Google to remove private medical records from search results

  

  The firm had previously only removed webpages with identifying financial information, such as credit card numbers, and with content that violates copyright laws.

  Health data Mark Bergen June 26

  Health data Mark Bergen June 26

• Waymo hires ex-Tesla engineer to lead self-driving auto efforts

  

  The hire is the latest in a series of high-profile talent acquisitions and departures to rock the fiercely competitive autonomous driving landscape.

  Driverless Dana Hull June 26

  Driverless Dana Hull June 26

• SoftBank's $100B Vision Fund eyes quantum computing

  

  This experimental science is being researched by companies such as Google and IBM to succeed current computer processor technology.

  High performance computing Jeremy Kahn June 26

  High performance computing Jeremy Kahn June 26

• Cyberattack hits U.K. Parliament, limits MPs' email access

  

  In order to stop the attack from spreading, the government blocked members from accessing their official accounts from outside official buildings,

  Data security Jeremy Kahn June 26

  Data security Jeremy Kahn June 26

• Washington State University breach compromises data of one million

  

  Stolen hard drive held information gleaned from a WSU survey of healthcare consumers.

  Data breaches Joseph Goedert June 26

  Data breaches Joseph Goedert June 26

• 8 key steps for moving to a new information system

  

  A strategy for transitions includes anticipating disruptions and heading off potential complaints.

  Information systems June 23

  Information systems June 23

• AI, business process automation the hardest skills to find

  

  The most difficult to acquire talent this summer are IT pros with experience in artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, says CompTIA.

  Analytics David Weldon June 23

  Analytics David Weldon June 23

• Opinion Keeping content secure by leveraging metadata

  

  Antti Nivala

  Chief technology officer M-Files Corporation

  Here are two ways organizations can leverage the technology to bolster information security and mitigate the risk of data breaches.

  Data management June 23

  Data management June 23

• Alert: There are too many cybersecurity alerts

  

  Banks are getting hundreds of thousands of security alerts a day — way too many for humans to handle, a new study reveals.

  Data security Penny Crosman June 23

  Data security Penny Crosman June 23

• Opinion Using automation to tap unknown and undocumented data

  

  Sanjay Srivastana

  Senior VP and chief digital officer Genpact

  Artificial intelligence will truly make its mark with complex decision-making, based on pattern recognition - something we all do intuitively thanks to our memories.

  Automation June 23

  Automation June 23

• Fully charged: What truckers can teach coders

  

  Trucking is attractive to Silicon Valley’s machine learning specialists because the industry will be somewhat easier to automate than passenger cars.

  Driverless Max Chafkin June 23

  Driverless Max Chafkin June 23

• Trump meets with tech executives on drones, Internet of Things

  

  While several CEOs have been critical of the administration, they have flocked to the White House this week seeking to influence the government’s technology policies going forward.

  Internet of things June 23

  Internet of things June 23