strataconf: Read our initial findings of @amplab's open source benchmark for tracking large-scale Query Engines http://t.co/rGgOVeTHQ8 #strataconf

strataconf: StrataWeek: Wireless body networks bring humans into Internet of Things http://t.co/vRgkRtTTKe Pills & tattoo authenticators & NSA leaks

strataconf: Can data rescue the forest elephant? Yes, with your help. http://t.co/DZBXKRdUcA Read about Elephant Listening Project & send us your ideas

strataconf: Moving to the open healthcare graph http:// http://t.co/YYTUDN3Vzn Achieving the triple aim in healthcare: better, cheaper, safer #stratarx

strataconf: Innovative ways journalists are using data to tell stories http://t.co/y8RVUwHO4G Global open data, scholarships, mapping a civil war & more

strataconf: A roundup of healthcare tools used in the field from #hdpalooza http://t.co/0d2x3OlaeC including @MedCPU @SVBiosystems @CHRankings & more

strataconf: Building Big Data applications now easier http://t.co/jaATalPL4P Hadoop analytic engines simplify creation of low-cost, scalable apps

strataconf: TUE June 11 Best of Strata Webcast: Practical Strategies & Tactics for Moving to Big Data http://t.co/qn4gKSyBvw from #Strataconf + HW2012

strataconf: Humans as nodes, pills & electronic tattoo password authenticators & hiding data in temporal cloaks http://t.co/vRgkRtTTKe #strataconf

strataconf: A detailed agenda for #StrataRx 2013 is now posted: workshops, sessions, speakers + more http://t.co/RtaRpQroaN #healthdata

strataconf: Big data vs big reality http://t.co/D751jk0ntb Data itself has no quality. It’s what you do with it that counts

strataconf: Starts in 1 hour: Best of #Strataconf Webcast - 'Practical Strategies & Tactics for Moving to Big Data'. Watch at http://t.co/qn4gKSyBvw

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strataconf: As infrastructure gets simpler, interesting big data apps can emerge on BDAS, @Cloudera & other Hadoop distributions http://t.co/jaATalPL4P

strataconf: Ways to put the patient first when collecting health data http://t.co/iACckzJjAW @praxagora #stratarx #healthit

strataconf: The Future Is Graph Databases http://t.co/BVxOZwtoKS A Conversation with @EmilEifrem, founder of @Neo4J #strataconf

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China’s Huawei, which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran, produced internal company records in 2010 that show it was directly involved in sending prohibited US computer equipment to Iran’s largest mobile-phone operator.

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