Gartner has identified the top technology trends that will play key roles in modernizing information management and infrastructure in 2013. Big data, modern information infrastructure, semantic technologies, the logical data warehouse, NoSQL DBMSs, in-memory computing are some of the top technology trends impacting information infrastructure in 2013. More>>

When former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned of a cyber-attack equivalent to Pearl Harbor, he appears to have understated the threat. Reports from the Department of Defense' Defense Science Board bluntly tells the Pentagon that it's incredibly ill-prepared to handle a full scale cyber assault. More>>

Apple has filed 79 patents that relate to wearable technology and are generally expected to be part of its iWatch effort. Reports also indicate that the company has a team of 100 people working on the iWatch project that includes engineers, design experts, and marketing professionals. The iWatch could be used as

When Telvent, a company that monitors more than half the oil and gas pipelines in North America, discovered that the Chinese had hacked into its computer systems, it immediately shut down remote access to its clients’ systems. Company officials and American intelligence agencies then grappled with a fundamental question: Why had

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