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Database management

• September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

  Brexit disrupts FCA exploration into data use in wholesale banking

  The extra work for banks due to Brexit preparations has caused a delay to FCA work on the use of data in the wholesale banking sector

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  Melbourne researchers uncover privacy lapses in transport dataset

  A team of University of Melbourne researchers has been able to re-identify individuals from a public transport dataset, raising serious privacy, safety and security issues

• August 06, 2019 06 Aug'19

  Oracle Generation 2 cloud service to debut in Australia

  The Sydney Generation 2 cloud region will be delivered from a new datacentre to meet demand for Oracle’s cloud infrastructure and autonomous database services in Australia

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  London Stock Exchange agrees to acquire Refinitiv for £22bn

  The London Stock Exchange has agreed to a multi-billion pound takeover of data giant Refinitiv

• July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19

  London Stock Exchange eyes £22bn acquisition of Refinitiv to expand data capabilities

  The London Stock Exchange is looking at a huge tech acquisition to provide customers access to a wealth of data services built using the latest technologies

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Singapore shores up data protection capabilities

  The Singapore government has developed a skills framework for data protection officers and is looking to certify organisations under a regional cross-border privacy rules system

• July 08, 2019 08 Jul'19

  TfL launches wireless device tracking to gather Tube data

  Transport for London aims to use passenger movement data to make using the London Underground a more pleasant experience

• June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19

  ASEAN CIOs learn to navigate the data economy

  A group of IT leaders in Southeast Asia will converge in Edinburgh this July to delve deeper into issues that have been holding back efforts to become better data-driven organisations

• June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

  Oracle results: Revenue flat, cloud progress claimed

  Full-year 2018-19 results show revenue flat to slight, but executives claim cloud headway and progress on autonomous database uptake

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  Gartner: Blockchain lacks functionality needed by enterprise

  Gartner has found there is generally a lack of understanding of how blockchain can be used in the enterprise

• June 03, 2019 03 Jun'19

  How Alibaba Cloud plans to win over APAC enterprises

  The Chinese cloud supplier is counting on data analytics, industry-specific offerings and its knowledge of the China market to gain a foothold in the Asia-Pacific region

• May 30, 2019 30 May'19

  Salesforce completes Pardot fix after 12 days’ disruption

  Plug was pulled on 17 May after a data script went wrong. Most users have had full access since 18 May, but 10 services remained down

• May 28, 2019 28 May'19

  SAP extends Hana’s reach beyond enterprise applications

  The benefits of Hana Cloud Services are clear to Asia-Pacific customers, although actual adoption will boil down to cost

• May 22, 2019 22 May'19

  Singapore proposes data portability provisions

  The Personal Data Protection Commission is seeking public feedback on proposed provisions that will let consumers move their personal data across organisations

• May 16, 2019 16 May'19

  Huawei debuts AI-powered database

  Huawei is using reinforcement learning to deliver self-tuning and self-healing capabilities for the latest iteration of its GaussDB database