(INFORMATIONWEEK)–“The leading Hadoop platform is now the most secure.” Commercial Hadoop vendor Cloudera announced Tuesday that they had successfully purchased big data security firm Gazzang, stepping up their game to offer their customers encryption as well as security solutions to issues of storing, processing and analyzing of data. VP of products Charles Zedlewski says that […] More

Kim Stevenson, corporate vice president and chief information officer of Intel, has been appointed to the board of directors at enterprise data management firm Cloudera. “Kim’s experience and strategic role as CIO of Intel are particularly valuable as she represents the voice of the customer and has a deep understanding of how data and insight can transform […] More

Teresa Carlson, vice president for the global public sector business at Amazon Web Services, and Kay Kapoor, president of AT&T Government Services, have joined the Professional Services Council’s executive advisory board for technology policies, FCW reported Tuesday. Jonathan Lutton writes other new additions to the Technology Policy Council include Attain LLC Chairman and CEO Greg Baroni and […] More

Between Feb. 24 and Feb. 27, Mobile World Capital Barcelona hosted the 2014 Mobile World Congress, the annual conference and exhibition that attracts keynote speakers from some of the world’s foremost corporations, and exhibitions of the next-generation of cutting-edge innovations and technologies. The theme of this year’s event was “Creating What’s NEXT” and many participants […] More

Mark Straton has been appointed senior vice president of sales and marketing at energy management systems provider GridPoint after previously holding the marketing SVP role. “The enterprise energy management industry is ripe for re-imagining as the Internet of Things (IoT) technology such as sensors, big data, cloud-based communication and wireless capabilities continue to advance fields like ours […] More

Praescient Analytics is a finalist in the technology innovator category of SmartCEO magazine’s Voltage Award, which recognizes companies that the publication deems as innovators in the big data field. SmartCEO highlighted Praescient’s work with executives and leaders and policymakers to combine human characteristics with technology in big data organizations, the company announced Wednesday. The publication […] More

Christopher Dziekan, formerly vice president of product strategy for business analytics at IBM, has joined Pentaho as chief product officer and will lead that company’s blended big data discovery and advanced analytics initiatives. “We are excited to have Chris join Pentaho to drive our product strategy and continue to differentiate Pentaho’s big data and embedded analytics […] More

AT&T, Cisco, General Electric, IBM and Intel have launched a nonprofit group in an effort to accelerate industry-wide adoption of technology for managing big data and machine-to-machine communications. The Industrial Internet Consortium will work to develop best practices, interoperability standards and reference architectures to help enterprises adopt systems that can link machines, devices and people, […] More

Robert Zapfel has been named the president of Xerox‘s services business and the corporate executive vice president, effective April 1. Zapfel will replace Lynn Blodgett, who will retire at the end of 2014, the company announced Monday. Blodgett, who joined the company in 2010 after the acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services, will assist in Zapfel’s transition […] More

Citrix has updated its XenMobile enterprise mobility management tool with the goal of helping businesses and agencies manage diverse sets of devices, workforce productivity, security and compliance. The company said Wednesday that XenMobile 8.7 includes FIPS 140-2 compliant encryption for mobile apps, one-click access to communication and collaboration apps such as WorxMail, support for email and collaboration products and operating […] More

Razorsight has appointed four communications industry veterans to its board of advisers as the company looks to grow its cloud analytics offerings in the communications and media market. Geoffrey Axton, Norman Fekrat, Patricia Gottesman and Don Upson are the newest members of Razorsight’s advisory board, the company announced Tuesday. Axton currently serves as chief operating […] More

Jim Cushman was named the new senior vice president of commercial and products division of Novetta Solutions where he will handle the marketing and implementation of the company’s analytics offerings for data problems. Cushman was most recently the vice president of business process and decision management at IBM, the company announced Thursday. “[Cushman] has an […] More