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• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Oracle’s MySQL 5.6 spans to NoSQL to offer more agility

  Oracle has released version 5.6 of MySQL, which will hit the “sweet spot of the web market” according to Tomas Ulin, vice-president of engineering

• January 30, 2013 30 Jan'13

  Diabetes BI tool delivers commissioning spend data to GPs

  Diabetes Practice Profiles (DPP) – an online diabetes data dashboard – is a BI tool combining diabetes prescribing and ‘activity’ data

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  IT departments at the ready as FATCA becomes latest banking regulation

  IT departments must be prepared for the latest regulation to hit finance firms, known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Government risks missing benefits of big data with focus on storage

  Government risks missing the opportunities of big data by getting bogged down in storage technologies rather than analytics, according to IDC

• January 17, 2013 17 Jan'13

  Betting site YouWin speeds response times with MongoDB database

  Bookmaker WinUnited has deployed a MongoDB open source non-relational database from 10gen to help it better update betting odds in real time

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  Global business intelligence spending to double in four years

  Spending on business intelligence (BI) software and services will reach $143.3bn in 2016, with two-thirds of this being invested in services

• December 28, 2012 28 Dec'12

  Hospitals to implement child protection database to log children who visit A&E

  The Department of Health is introducing a £9m child protection information system to log children who visit A&E in hospitals

• December 17, 2012 17 Dec'12

  Surrey County Council finds SAP cost savings with Enterprise Support

  Surrey County Council is saving time and reducing user despair in its SAP usage, according to Tahiana Jefferis, SAP competency manager

• December 17, 2012 17 Dec'12

  Bank IT should play earlier compliance role, says think tank

  Financial services organisations could streamline regulatory compliance by involving IT in the process earlier, according to think tank JWG-IT

• December 05, 2012 05 Dec'12

  Computer Weekly European User Awards Criteria and Information

  Read the entry criteria and general information about entering the Computer Weekly European User Awards.

• December 05, 2012 05 Dec'12

  Computer Weekly European User Awards: Categories

  The Computer Weekly European User Awards honours IT professionals across Europe that have excelled in their approach to using technology, focusing on the key areas of networking and mobile; storage; security; datacentre and virtualisation; and ...

• November 12, 2012 12 Nov'12

  EMI gains music taste insight with Microsoft SQL Server 2012

  Record group EMI is joining up data sources through Microsoft SQL Server 2012, to view how artists’ songs sell in different countries.

• November 09, 2012 09 Nov'12

  German retailer Otto invests in neural software to net future sales

  German retail giant Otto improves demand forecasting with neural network technology from Blue Yonder, a predictive analytics start-up

• November 07, 2012 07 Nov'12

  University Hospitals Birmingham reorganises case notes with EMC Documentum

  UHB reduces paper work and organises patient data into one central location through EMC Documentum

• November 06, 2012 06 Nov'12

  EMC Momentum Vienna opens with Documentum product releases

  EMC opened its Momentum show in Vienna with updated and new Documentum product releases from its Information Intelligence Group

• October 31, 2012 31 Oct'12

  Irish construction company reduces SQL Server storage with AvePoint

  Walls Construction has saved €31,000 by moving stale content from SQL Server to cheaper storage, using software from AvePoint.

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  Teradata brings big data into the SQL family

  Teradata addresses the issue of combining unstructured, semi-structured and traditional row-and-column data warehousing in a single architecture.

• October 11, 2012 11 Oct'12

  Solvency II data management confronts regulative uncertainty

  Solvency II, the EU directive to regulate insurance, gets a deadline extension to 2014 to fix data management problems.

• October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12

  Indian IT giant set to win Home Office contract

  Indian IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services is being awarded a contract to support the government’s Disclosure and Barring Service.

• September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12

  Skandia Team GBR analysed its way to victory at the Olympics

  Business analytics software helped British sailing team, Skandia Team GBR, sweep up five medals against a target of four at the London 2012 Olympics.

• August 13, 2012 13 Aug'12

  Companies struggle to get past open source ‘big data’ experimentation

  Open source big data technologies are attracting enterprise interest. Experts say, Experiment, but have business value in mind.

• April 17, 2012 17 Apr'12

  Accenture, Detica: Big data to drive business, trigger privacy concerns

  Consulting firms Accenture and Detica see the big data wave as rich in new business opportunities, but rank with data privacy concerns.

• January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12

  Deloitte spots analytics trends, ethics and open data

  Deloitte identifies four analytics trends: an increased focus on ethics, the rise of open data, new business models and a refusal to do analytics for its own sake.

• January 19, 2012 19 Jan'12

  IT strategic priorities 2012: BI for innovation gains new prominence

  Managing information to improve corporate performance will be a top priority in 2012, according to three new surveys.

• January 11, 2012 11 Jan'12

  European river managers delve into new knowledge management system

  The UK’s Environment Agency has procured a semantic wiki based knowledge management (KM) system to aid river restoration across Europe.

• December 23, 2011 23 Dec'11

  Readers' top 10 stories feature BBC, the Army, Shell

  SearchDataManagement.co.UK top 10 stories focused on getting value from “big data,” gaining a single customer view from master data management and using data visualisation to gain a competitive edge.

• December 09, 2011 09 Dec'11

  'Big data' management: What big data is and how to cope with it

  The “big data” deluge from email, social networks, digital images, sensor output and other sources is putting relational databases out of their comfort zone. How are UK organisations coping?

• December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11

  'Big data' technologies emerge to battle large, complex data sets

  ‘Big data’ technologies that allow the storage, management and analysis of big data are on stream: NoSQL, Hadoop, MapReduce. Mark Whitehorn explains the reasons for their emergence and how they work.

• November 25, 2011 25 Nov'11

  Business agility can be boosted by new approaches to database strategy

  Rethinking database strategy can help to promote business agility and other strategic business goals. As organizations take a fresh look at their database infrastructure, what are the options?

• November 07, 2011 07 Nov'11

  Shell HR gains from structured information quality programme

  Oil giant Shell’s human resources function has been on an information quality journey since 2002, integrating historically decentralized businesses into one assured talent pool.

• November 07, 2011 07 Nov'11

  Statoil’s enterprise information architecture growth starts with DAMA framework

  Statoil is establishing a global enterprise information architecture using a framework from DAMA, an international data management association.

• November 03, 2011 03 Nov'11

  Talend executives vaunt their open source model

  Talend CEO Bertrand Diard evangelizes his company’s open source approach to data management, depicting it as part of a revolution in enterprise software: data as a service to the fore.

• October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11

  Big governance impact expected from data virtualization

  Data virtualization is the wave of the future, analyst Rick van der Lans will tell a forthcoming data management conference in London. Its essential point, he said, is agility.

• October 17, 2011 17 Oct'11

  Before database standardization, check skill sets, compatibility

  Database standardization projects require special attention to internal skill sets, cultural issues and technical factors such as database semantics, according to analysts.

• October 14, 2011 14 Oct'11

  BBC evolves digital asset management with Life

  The BBC’s Life series marked an ongoing shift from film to digital media that is making the need for rigorous metadata and digital asset management in broadcast media more pressing.

• September 21, 2011 21 Sep'11

  Newcastle University finds data integration advantage with Talend

  Newcastle University is reaping the benefits of a data integration programme based on open source technology, Talend Integration Suite, a weapon in this user’s arsenal.

• September 02, 2011 02 Sep'11

  Enterprise data management bedevilled by too many masters

  When one British bank discovers 8,000 of its customers are 150 years old, it’s evident there’s a way to go to reach enterprise data management nirvana. Andy Hayler examines the problem.

• August 09, 2011 09 Aug'11

  Watson’s natural language processing takes crack at unstructured data

  IBM’s Watson computer defeated human contestants on Jeopardy. But Craig Rhinehart styles it more as a computing breakthrough than digital Rain Man. Is it the key to unstructured information?

• August 04, 2011 04 Aug'11

  NAO: Defra’s geographic information systems strategy wanting

  The National Audit Office has questioned whether the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is delivering value on a major technology investment.

• July 27, 2011 27 Jul'11

  Big Data: TDWI delves deeper

  With interest in big data increasing rapidly, TDWI India chapter aptly chose to focus on big data technologies and perspectives at its event in Hyderabad.

• May 16, 2011 16 May'11

  What to look out for when migrating to cloud databases

  Companies going for a mix-and-match approach to migrating databases to the cloud are meeting interoperability problems. Early evaluation is necessary for integration.

• May 09, 2011 09 May'11

  How to select technologies to manage database engine diversity

  Database systems are usually wedded to specific applications, generating database diversity. How best to reduce it?

• April 05, 2011 05 Apr'11

  Internet SMEs look to database strategy to drive business growth

  Two Web startups in the UK are putting their database strategies at the heart of their plans for growth. Other SMEs that aren’t as database-literate may be able to learn from them.

• March 21, 2011 21 Mar'11

  When data goes bad: how data quality analysis can fix problems

  How can data quality be improved for business benefit? Data quality is complex, and thrown into relief by the pressing requirement for analysis. Learn how to clean it up through data quality analysis.

• March 03, 2011 03 Mar'11

  Data management user group directory

  User groups in data management offer a chance for IT developers, administrators and end users to share experiences, solve problems and network with others. Find the right user group in this directory.

• November 11, 2010 11 Nov'10

  Emerging database technologies hit DBMS mainstream, add to choices

  Emerging database technologies such as column-based database software, NoSQL databases and Database as a Service (DaaS) platforms are starting to make a splash in the IT market.

• July 12, 2010 12 Jul'10

  Database concepts 101: Why we use DBMS software

  Get expert insight about fundamental database concepts, including the potential benefits of using DBMS software and situations in which a database engine may not be required.

• March 09, 2010 09 Mar'10

  Choosing a database engine: how to get the right one for your company

  Get expert advice on choosing a database for an organisation, including guidance on who should make the choice and factors to consider when standardising on a database engine.

• December 09, 2009 09 Dec'09

  Gartner ranks data integration vendors

  Analyst frim Gartner has issued new rankings for data intregration software vendors, finding IBM and Informatica ahead of a chasing pack featuring SAP and Oracle.

• November 30, 2009 30 Nov'09

  What if Oracle dumps Solaris on x86?

  Will Solaris on x86 survive the Oracle-Sun acquisition? With minimal market share and limited ISV support, combined with Oracle's investments in Linux, one expert says it's not likely.

• November 24, 2009 24 Nov'09

  Microsoft details cloud BI, data warehousing

  The cloud continues to mature, with Microsoft detailing new hosted business intelligence and data warehousing services.

• November 12, 2009 12 Nov'09

  BAM vs. BPO vs. BPM vs. BPA vs. BPMS

  Learn how to decode the many acronyms for business process re-aligment, so you can tell your BPM from your BAM!

• November 09, 2009 09 Nov'09

  Five ways to boost business intelligence

  Learn how in-database analytics, in-memory analytics, BI appliances, data virtualization and operational BI can boost the performance of your business intelligence applications.

• August 11, 2009 11 Aug'09

  Gartner identifies three types of BI buyers - which one are you?

  Gartner has classified business intelligence buyers into three categories. Which one fits your BI plans best?

• June 23, 2009 23 Jun'09

  Data modeling - and essential practice for business intelligence success

  This podcast explains data modeling, a practice that lays the ground for successful business intelligence implementations.

• June 05, 2009 05 Jun'09

  Business Intelligence goes all 2.0

  Business Intelligence developers are giving their tools "2.0" style makeovers to make them more usable and spur greater adoption.

• February 12, 2009 12 Feb'09

  TPC-E: New IT benchmarks for OLTP database servers

  The Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) has released new benchmarks for online transaction processing (OLTP) database servers and hopes CIOs will use the new measures to inform their purchasing decisions.

• July 31, 2008 31 Jul'08

  Open source databases should be in your strategy

  Analyst Forrester says that open source databases can save you money and therefore deserve a place in your software strategy.

• May 01, 2008 01 May'08

  Data mashups meet business intelligence: "Bashups" explained

  Data mashups can be an integral part of enterprise business intelligence (BI) systems. Learn the benefits of "bashups" and find out how they're developed.

• April 09, 2008 09 Apr'08

  OOXML - is Microsoft's "open" format good business?

  Microsoft is on the brink of having the file OOXML format used by its Office suite an international standard. But is it sensible for standards to be rooted in one vendor's vision?

• January 10, 2008 10 Jan'08

  Data warehouse disaster recovery: What's the plan?

  Data warehouses are more mission critical now, but knowing where they fall in a disaster recovery plan is not always clear.

• September 20, 2005 20 Sep'05

  The five dimensions of business intelligence

  Business Intelligence tools have evolved over the years from simply delivering reports to leveraging advanced visualization techniques to quickly detect key patterns and trends. In his column, Wayne Eckerson discusses the evolution of BI.