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• Analytics Give HR an Early Warning System

  Payroll processor ADP deployed predictive analytics internally to improve HR decision-making, identify future talent gaps and reduce attrition, says CIO Mike Capone.

• Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2014 to Manufacturing

  The newest version of Microsoft's relational database management system touts in-memory transaction processing and hybrid deployment scenarios.

• Splunk and Tableau Join Forces to Give Machine Data to Business Users

  Splunk and Tableau have formed a strategic alliance through which Tableau's visual analytics business intelligence platform can connect to machine data from Splunk as a native data source. The partners say the alliance will drive new kinds of real-time business analytics.

• 7 Tech Acronyms and Abbreviations That Need to Go Away

  IT is full of shorthand. (Hey, there's one example.) Many abbreviations and acronyms have become standard terms in tech, if not everyday language. But some terms just need to be retired.

• Microsoft's Power BI for Office 365 Is Official, Ties Data Sources to Excel

  After nearly eight months in public preview, Power BI for Office 365 is now generally available. Microsoft is aiming to unlock business intelligence for everyone with the new add-on service for Office 365.

• Facebook Releases Query Engine to Open Source Community

  Facebook has released Presto -- a distributed SQL query engine optimized for running ad-hoc interactive queries on data sources up to petabytes in size -- to the open source community under the Apache license. It says Presto is 10x better than Hive.

• Microsoft's Big Data Service Available After a Year in Preview

  After a year of in-the-field testing, the Windows Azure HDInsight Service, which allows customers to spin up Hadoop clusters in the cloud, gets the green light for release into general availability.

• Teradata turns to the Cloud, offers Data Warehouse as a Service

  Aiming to give customers the flexibility to store, process and leverage their data on-premises, in the Cloud or in a hybrid environment, Teradata is making its portfolio of platforms and services available via the Cloud, including Data Warehouse as a Service, Discovery as a Service and Data Management as a Service.

• Kaseya now lets MSPs offer single pane infrastructure monitoring

  With the Zyrion acquisition complete, Kaseya brings Traverse cloud, virtualization and network monitoring product to market for one-stop infrastructure management. One MSP talks about what the deal means to IT customers.

• Big Data Project Cuts Prescription Costs

  Express Scripts analytics portal helps doctors prescribe more cost-effective medicines.

• Kennametal CEO Uses IT to Keep a Laser Focus on Customers

  For Carlos Cardoso, CEO of Kennametal, a wealth of data about customers' manufacturing plants allows his company to identify ways to boost efficiency

• HR Departments Invaded By Data Scientists

  As leading HR departments turn to 'talent analytics' for a wide range of staffing issues, CIOs are at the center of this data-driven transformation

• Splunk and Pentaho Bring Business Intelligence to Machine Data

  Splunk, a specialist in operational intelligence, and business intelligence platform provider Pentaho have formed an alliance designed to bring Splunk's machine-generated data out from the IT department and make it available to business users.

• Social Media Marries Big Data at Wedding Retailer

  David's Bridal uses data from its social shopping community, where the bride-to-be shares plans with the wedding party, to tie the knot with customers

• Hadoop Is Not Just for Linux Anymore

  The expanded partnership between Microsoft and Hadoop distribution specialist Hortonworks has borne fruit with the release of a beta of Hortonworks' Hadoop Data Platform for Windows.