Implementing Oracle Business Intelligence in the Right Way
The Oracle Business Intelligence comprises of various set of tools that support the end users to access reports and analysis for decision making purposes. Now, what can be the different tools for implementing business intelligence (BI)? They are discussed in the following. KPI (Key Performance Indicators): These are the kind of indicators that are used to monitor the present status and then forecast and anticipate the future performance of the organization. They can be considered as the health indicators of the industry and a proper guide to performance management. Data Warehousing: DWH or data warehousing are often considered as the first step towards BI. It is the main pool of…
Google CIO Ben Fried: "Data Is Incredibly Important"
Tech companies tend to focus on creating the next new and shiny big thing. Space-age gadgets and ingenious apps might get the headlines, but according to Google CIO Ben Fried, their importance pales in comparison to data. “People think about the next app or the next little bit of technology to solve the next problem,” Fried said recently in a Daily Telegraph interview, “but really the long-term benefits come from thinking about the importance of data, securing it, sharing it and governing it.” Fried’s philosophy certainly sheds light on why Google has become such a data mining powerhouse. Tools like Google Analytics are helping smaller companies understand who their customers are,…
How to Safely Store Your Data in the Cloud
Using the Internet for business purposes is becoming one of the main reasons in general for using the global network. Of course, this statement is negotiable if we know how many kids are on social networks 24/7, but a certain hedge can be comprised in the claim that most employed adults today come to the Internet in order to improve their business results. To go further, it is not too bold to say that even those workers who don’t use the Internet as a business mediator or the means of handling their business(es), but just for fun, have their business results also dependent on the time they spend on the…
Armenian Government Ministries Websites Suffered from Cyber Attack
A group of Azerbaijan hackers from Azerbaijan Hacker Team has hacked a number of Armenian Government ministers' websites, and placed a video on their defaced page. There are a total of 64 websites hacked including Ministry of Education, police, city districts, Artsakh State University, Football Federation of Armenia and several other Armenian websites.
German Users’ Data Compromised Due to Botnet Malware Attack
16 million German users suffered from a Botnet malware attack whose digital identities had been stolen. The data was linked with Facebook accounts, mail accounts, Amazon accounts, and other online services. The attack was revealed when Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) ran a Botnet analysis.
How to Connect Your Mobile Lifestyle With the Rest of Your World
Worldwide use of mobile devices is on the rise. During the second quarter of 2013, 432 million phones were delivered to eager customers across the globe, the International Data Corporation reported. For that same period one year ago, that number sat at (a still-impressive) 400 million. According to the security company Sophos, the average American carries around three mobile devices. Sure, some of these pieces of equipment are connected to other pieces of equipment (we’ll talk about tethering shortly), but most of the devices are being used wirelessly. E-book readers, smartphones, tablets, laptops—they’re all accessing the Internet with no cord. However, it’s not just the Internet people are accessing while…
The Jetsons are Jealous of Your Future Smart Home
Smart homes have been a dream for many consumers. A George Jetson kind of home where you can control everything from small handheld devices and voice commands seemed like science fiction until very recently. Now it appears the pieces are all there, but now we find ourselves a bit overwhelmed and scrambling to get all of those tech features to fall into place.
A Log-in Finger Ring? Google Working on Password Alternatives
The big G (Google) is said to be working on another innovation. Have you ever noticed the hassle we all have with passwords? Yeah I'm sure you have. The I.T. department suggests that we keep changing our passwords every few months, try to have something random, get a unique one for each site and basically asks us for the impossible.
How to Keep your Images and Videos Safer on Android Devices
Saving some of our very personal videos and images on our Android device has become an unchangeable habit of ours, as these devices have become an important part of life these days. But while we are trying to keep some of the most cherished and most precious moments of ours close to our self it's important that we stay proactive towards their safety as well.
Five Modern Day Overreactions
The availability and speed at which we can get almost anything in the modern world is amazing, but it comes with dramatic overreactions to small failures every day. This article will consider five of the most common modern day overreactions and will provide some simple solutions to prevent their doom.
7 Useful Tips and Tricks for PayPal Users
PayPal is one of those online entities like Google that everyone knows something about. You may be surprised about what you don't know about PayPal, though. Whether you're using it to pay for purchases on eBay, to sell some things, or to run a full-blown online business, here are a few tips and tricks to help you get the most out of PayPal:
Easy Tech Support – Part 3: Communication
In this post, most of the videos are centered around Google's email service, Gmail. However, most email services work in a similar way, so the videos would still be helpful for non-gmail users. For example, if you know someone that might be vulnerable to phishing scams, send them the video titled: "How to know if an email is real".