Companies are not taking advantage of the new technology as data source.

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This unchecked flow of data is a new source of sensitive information and creates security loopholes for serious cyber attacks.

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Taking advantage of digital data at the source can even create new business opportunities.

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Ahead of the data dump, The New York Times obtained the documents from a source who remains anonymous.

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EBay also adopted new tools for big-data processing, such as the open-source software framework Hadoop and a system called Mobius that was developed in its labs.

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In addition to a higher storage capacity than past LTO generations, LTO 5 also offers new architecture features such as the LTFS file system that turn magnetic tape into a directly addressable data source, like a hard disk drive.

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Unlike early pioneers SAS and SPSS (now owned by IBM), Revolution Analytics fits the mold of other key new players in the big data world: it supports and sells the commercial version of an open-source product, built and nurtured over many years by a dedicated community of enthusiasts.

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