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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Today, Black Hat Europe, produced by UBM TechWeb, has announced that the schedule for the 2012 Amsterdam event is now live. Black Hat Europe 2012 will welcome top security researchers to take the stage including David Litchfield, Chris Wysopal, Felix 'FX' Lindner, Rafal Los, Shane MacDougall, and Shreeraj Shah. Black Hat Europe 2012 is expected to host high-level security professionals for the most timely, actionable security presentations of the year. Black Hat is the world's biggest and most important family of information security events, and its European edition is taking place March 14-16, 2012 at the NH Grand Krasnapolsky Hotel in Amsterdam. For more information and to sign up for early-bird registration by February 29, visit https://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-eu-12/bh-eu-12-home.html. Here are a few choice picks from... (more)

Empower MediaMarketing Forms Independent Agency Network, Merges Creative, Word of Mouth and Data Mining Services With Powerhouse Factories

CINCINNATI, OH -- (Marketwire) -- 02/17/12 -- To position itself for continued growth, Empower MediaMarketing has created The Empower Group, an independent network of agencies. Empower MediaMarketing also is taking three of its service offerings and merging them with Powerhouse Factories, a brand design consultancy. Both companies are now part of The Empower Group, one of the ten largest networks of its kind in the United States with annual billings of $250 million. "An unprecedented rate of change continues to transform the marketing landscape," said Jim Price, Empower MediaMar... (more)

Big Data in Telecom: The Need for Analytics

Networks have become a strategic asset, the life blood of organizations. Once considered a "techy thing," networks are now mission-critical for every member of the organization - from the IT manager to the marketing VP to the CEO. An increasing number of companies now recognize the impact network quality has on the customer experience and, in turn, on the bottom line. Providing a great customer experience, every time, is vital for limiting churn and building loyalty. This has led many organizations to adopt a strong quality assurance program to test and monitor all contact center ... (more)

TyMetrix Legal Analytics Puts Big Data to Work to Manage Legal Spend

HARTFORD, CT -- (Marketwire) -- 02/15/12 -- The bottom line matters in business -- and in the legal business, an increased focus on its importance is changing the industry. Today, corporations expect legal departments to operate with an eye toward cost-efficiency, while law firms are searching for new ways to deliver value and maintain their profitability. There is now a solution available to help legal professionals use "big data" to drive efficiency and profitability. TyMetrix, the global leader in intelligent solutions to better manage the business of law and a part of Wolters... (more)

Oracle Announces Availability of Oracle Advanced Analytics for Big Data

REDWOOD SHORES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/08/12 -- Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) News Facts Oracle today announced the availability of Oracle Advanced Analytics, a new option for Oracle Database 11g that bundles Oracle R Enterprise together with Oracle Data Mining. Oracle R Enterprise delivers enterprise class performance for users of the R statistical programming language, increasing the scale of data that can be analyzed by orders of magnitude using Oracle Database 11g. R has attracted over two million users since its introduction in 1995, and Oracle R Enterprise dramatically advances c... (more)