Big data analytics
Big data analytics is the often complex process of examining big data to uncover information -- such as hidden patterns, correlations, market trends and customer preferences -- that can help organizations make informed business decisions.. See complete definition.
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26 Apr 2024
European Parliament approves platform worker directive
The approval of the platform worker directive gives member states two years to incorporate its measures into their national legislation, which includes provisions on how to classify the employment of gig workers and deploy algorithmic decision-making at work Continue Reading
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Podcast
25 Apr 2024
Podcast: How to prepare your data for digital transformation
We talk to Chris Gorton, EMEA managing director at Syniti, about how to prepare data for digital transformation Continue Reading
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News
14 Apr 2014
Are retailers using data analytics to their advantage?
Computer Weekly looks at the challenges the retail sector faces in taking advantage of data analysis Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2014
Workday sees opportunity for cloud financial management in Europe
Workday plans to push cloud finance and accounting services to enterprise in Europe, but observers say its background in HR technology may prove an obstacle Continue Reading
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News
07 Apr 2014
CIO interview: Leandro Balbinot, global CIO, HJ Heinz
Food giant HJ Heinz is gearing up to expand its international presence with a technology modernisation programme encompassing 23 countries Continue Reading
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E-Zine
03 Apr 2014
CW Europe – April 2014 Edition
This edition of CW Europe looks at data protection in Europe after PRISM, asking what the new EU data protection regulation is about and how it could affect your business. CW Europe’s security editor asked industry experts their opinion how the controversial reform and how it could affect the region. Continue Reading
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Feature
31 Mar 2014
Selecting the right SQL-on-Hadoop engine to access big data
Rick van der Lans explains why it's important to evaluate the differences in the technologies that make it possible to access Hadoop data using SQL. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Mar 2014
Using NoSQL databases to gain competitive advantage
NoSQL is attracting growing interest from businesses - we examine three case studies: Amadeus, i2O and Temetra Continue Reading
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News
24 Mar 2014
Analysis: Care.data – where next?
Following the public debate surrounding the NHS Care.data plan, it was unsurprising the topic dominated the UK’s largest health IT event Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Mar 2014
The digital CIO: How digital technology will change the way organisations work
If you are an IT leader, digital technology is likely to be a pivotal factor in your career over the next five years Continue Reading
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News
20 Mar 2014
Mine machine data to boost business value
Businesses risk losing their competitive edge if they are unable to drill down into the information captured by machine-generated data Continue Reading
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20 Mar 2014
Big Digital Leadership
This paper by digital strategist Ade McCormack, offers CIOs advice on turning digital technology trends into a business advantage. Continue Reading
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17 Mar 2014
Committee report calls for “presumption of openness” with public data
The government should have a “presumption of openness” when it comes to public data, the Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) said Continue Reading
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News
14 Mar 2014
Red Bull ramps up network for 2014 F1 championship
An extended relationship with AT&T will support RedBull Infiniti Racing on and off the track as it prepares its 2014 championship bid Continue Reading
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News
13 Mar 2014
British Gas uses SAS analytics to reach customers
British Gas, one of the UK’s energy suppliers, is to use SAS analytics to improve marketing efficiency Continue Reading
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12 Mar 2014
Analytics across the ecosystem
Analytics is a key enabler for life sciences and healthcare organizations to create better outcomes for patients, customers and other stakeholders across the entire healthcare ecosystem, according to this research from IBM. Continue Reading
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News
05 Mar 2014
Channel 4 CTO Bob Harris leaves to set up consultancy firm
Channel 4 chief technology officer Bob Harris is leaving the broadcaster at the end of March to set up his own consultancy business Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Feb 2014
Hadoop 2 opens new vistas beyond current UK data management practice
Hadoop 2 enables a greater range of data-crunching tasks, beyond Hadoop’s previous scope of batch processing, directly within the stack itself Continue Reading
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News
27 Feb 2014
HP Autonomy unveils healthcare analytics system for textual data
HP has unveiled a new healthcare analytics product to enable medical staff to interrogate text and data in relational databases Continue Reading
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29 Jan 2014
Case study: Scottish Fire and Rescue advances national BI strategy with QlikView
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is using QlikView business intelligence software to bring together its data streams for external reporting and operational intelligence Continue Reading
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27 Jan 2014
Teradata launches analytics product as SAP BW replacement
Teradata has released an analytics product for SAP ERP, as a full-blown alternative to SAP BW Continue Reading
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14 Jan 2014
Big Data and Content Analytics: measuring the ROI
There is a high expectation for the potential value of big data analytics early adopters are achieving good results that are helping to drive decision making in the business, this survey of 340 technology professionals reveals. Continue Reading
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News
31 Dec 2013
CW500 Club in 2013
Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the topical challenges they face Continue Reading
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17 Dec 2013
NHS clinical research body uses QlikView to forward open data
The clinical research delivery arm of the NHS is developing an open data platform using QlikView Continue Reading
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News
05 Dec 2013
700,000 benefit claimants miss out on Universal Credit deadline
The secretary for work and pensions has admitted the Universal Credit benefit scheme will miss its 2017 deadline Continue Reading
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News
03 Dec 2013
Tech spend to increase in 2014 as executives explore big data
Over three-quarters of chief financial officers plan to increase technology investments in 2014 Continue Reading
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Opinion
02 Dec 2013
Intel x86 and IBM Power CPUs: Which, when, why?
There are only three processors left in the market for mission-critical applications. Which should you chose ? Continue Reading
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News
29 Nov 2013
Mobile business intelligence adoption slows, BARC BI survey finds
Mobile BI adoption is slowing and much vaunted social media analytics are little deployed, according to the latest BARC BI global survey Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Nov 2013
Procter & Gamble uses Teradata cloud analytics for global marketing
Procter & Gamble has 15,000 websites, but sells almost exclusively through retailers. This makes gathering intelligence on customers tough Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Nov 2013
Future Gazing: The Future of IT in 2020
The next six years will see the influence of technology accelerate, and that will mean radical changes for the role of the IT department and the CIO Continue Reading
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News
14 Nov 2013
CIO interview: Paolo Cinelli, CIO, Ikea
Ikea's priority is to get closer to its customers using a multi-channel approach which combines digital and traditional methods Continue Reading
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News
12 Nov 2013
Big Data analytics: Adoption and employment trends
The report identifies current and future adoption rates for big data by type and size of organisation in the UK Continue Reading
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11 Nov 2013
Data on the Balance Sheet
This report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), discusses the economic arguments for placing 'data' as an asset on the company balance sheet. Continue Reading
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11 Nov 2013
The trust advantage: How to win at big data
Without consumer trust, most of the trillions of dollars of social and economic value promised from big data will go to waste, this report from The Boston Consulting Group reveals. Continue Reading
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News
11 Nov 2013
Hands-on Oracle Application Express security
This book extract demonstrates how Oracle Application Express (APEX) can be vulnerable to SQL injection, using sample code. Continue Reading
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Photo Story
04 Nov 2013
Wellcome Trust maps big data genetics with DDN HPC storage
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has invested in DDN SFA10K HPC storage to support petabytes of big data generated by genetic mapping and research into diseases such as malaria Continue Reading
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News
31 Oct 2013
Companies are not taking advantage of data analytics, research says
Research by Bersin by Deloitte shows that 86% of businesses have yet to progress beyond using their HR data to generate basic reports Continue Reading
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News
31 Oct 2013
Government calls for more data scientists in the UK
The government is calling on industry and academia to help produce more data scientists in the UK Continue Reading
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29 Oct 2013
Emulex ExpressLane and CrossLink boost HBAs for flash and Hadoop
Storage card maker Emulex has added QoS prioritisation for flash storage and leveraged RDMA via Fibre Channel to increase server performance in clustered operations such as Hadoop Continue Reading
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News
22 Oct 2013
BT signs multimillion HR technology contract with Oracle
The project, one of the largest contracts signed so far for Oracle’s Fusion technology, is strategically important both to Oracle and BT Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2013
Rugby Football Union uses analytics to educate and engage with users
The RFU is introducing data analytics technologies for public use to encourage engagement with existing fans and education of the sport Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2013
UK trading sector faces challenges as US regulator prepare rules
UK trading firms will have to makes their trading software more resilient to ensure they comply with the imminent regulations being put together by the US SEC Continue Reading
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News
25 Sep 2013
Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Oracle customers continue to invest in big data
Airbus, Thomson Reuters and the New York Stock Exchange have all implemented Oracle's big data products to improve their businesses Continue Reading
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News
24 Sep 2013
C-level executives cry out for data scientists
Board level executives are putting pressure on their IT organisations to find data scientists, according to Teradata research Continue Reading
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Photo Story
24 Sep 2013
Big trends from Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Big data and cloud
Oracle tackled issues of big data and cloud head on at its annual OpenWorld 2013 user conference in San Francisco Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2013
British Army’s manpower planning saves £770m through SAS BI
The British Army's headquarters is using SAS to analyse and more efficiently allocate manpower and resources Continue Reading
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12 Sep 2013
Quantum upgrades big data storage to StorNext 5
Quantum’s StorNext big data tiered architecture operating software gets a boost to five billion files and a claimed 10x performance jump via multi-threaded CPU ops Continue Reading
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News
05 Sep 2013
Unlocking the value of big data
This independent report provides the first in-depth assessment of the role that data-intensive technology can play in supporting jobs and growth in Ireland over the next five years. Continue Reading
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News
04 Sep 2013
Diageo to change how it manages APIs to support digital strategy
Diageo is contemplating introducing a lightweight middleware layer to better manage the APIs that govern the software services it uses Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2013
eHarmony finds MongoDB the perfect match for data store
Online dating site eHarmony has used open source NoSQL database MongoDB for its data store, to speed up delivery of matches between users Continue Reading
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News
27 Aug 2013
CW buyer's guide: data management
Effective use of data management systems will provide access to consistent, accurate and current information Continue Reading
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20 Aug 2013
Big Data in Big Companies
The International Institute for Analytics (IIA) and SAS, assess how 20 large firms have deployed analytics to generate value from their big data assets. Continue Reading
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News
20 Aug 2013
Privacy and big data
Sixteen key questions companies need to answer when considering the privacy and governance aspects of big data Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Aug 2013
Whiteboard it – the power of graph databases
Graph databases map relationships between entities in a network. They won’t replace conventional relational databases, but for harnessing the value of interconnectedness they mark a breakthrough Continue Reading
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Feature
31 Jul 2013
Virgin Media uses ETAdirect to manage engineers more predictively
Virgin Media is using predictive analytics to get the right engineer out to the right problem. It believes its use of TOA Technologies cloud-based ETAdirect system gives it a competitive advantage Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Jul 2013
Big data journalism exposes offshore tax dodgers
How journalists harnessed big data to challenge offshore financial secrecy Continue Reading
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E-Zine
23 Jul 2013
The need for data speed
In this week's Computer Weekly, we find out how the McLaren Formula One team is using high-speed data analytics to improve race performance. Our new buyer's guide looks at best practices in data management. And we discuss IT leaders' frustrations about the unwanted complexities of software licensing. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2013
The Economic Value of Data
Big data analytics promises to boost the profits of financial services firms, according to this report from Cognizant. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2013
CW500: Back to the Future: Big Data at Channel 4
Bob Harris, Chief Technology Officer of Channel 4 Television, explains the broadcaster's approach to big data in this presentation for Computer Weekly's 500 Club. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2013
Davenport: Travel industry data pioneer has lost way but can be saved
Tom Davenport sees the travel industry as a data pioneer that has lost its way, but can be redeemed Continue Reading
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News
03 Jul 2013
Ocado delivers with in-house software development
Online grocery retailer Ocado built its own software for its own business – and now it delivers for Morrisons Continue Reading
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E-Zine
02 Jul 2013
Business value from the internet of things
In this week's Computer Weekly, we hear from manufacturing giant GE about its plan for gaining business value from the "internet of things", analysing huge amounts of machine data in an industrial internet. Our latest buyer's guide looks at HR management systems. And we look at ways to improve the detection of data breaches. Continue Reading
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News
28 Jun 2013
Datacentres must be tuned to the application in the mobile-cloud era: Cisco
Cloud, big data and mobile applications are challenging the traditional datacentre infrastructure, says Cisco Continue Reading
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News
26 Jun 2013
Data quality more important than fixating over big data, says Shell VP
Johan Krebbers, vice-president of architecture at Shell, says it is more important to get data quality right than to find a ‘big data silver bullet’ Continue Reading
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News
17 Jun 2013
Startup profile: Growth Intelligence
Growth Intelligence is a technology startup offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) product to B2B corporations wanting to search for sales leads. Continue Reading
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News
13 Jun 2013
Inadequate datacentre infrastructure is a barrier to big data analytics
Inadequate datacentre infrastructure and siloed work practices are preventing UK enterprises from benefiting from big data analytics, shows study Continue Reading
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10 Jun 2013
An Information Architecture Vision
The Open Group assesses the "big data" problem and offers an Enterprise Information Planning and Architecture Model to help organisations make the most of their information. Continue Reading
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News
06 Jun 2013
Sports performance data analytics fuels Opta’s business expansion
Football performance data could play a role in clubs’ scouting efforts, and even in footballer market evaluation, according to OptaSports Data Continue Reading
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News
03 Jun 2013
Gartner: Deriving value from Big Data for CRM
Kimberly Collins, research vice-president of Gartner highlights the critical steps organisations should to take to integrate big data into Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Continue Reading
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News
03 Jun 2013
CW500: Back to the Future: Big Data at Channel 4
Bob Harris, Chief Technology Officer of Channel 4 Television, explains the broadcaster's approach to big data in this presentation for Computer Weekly's 500 Club. Continue Reading
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News
29 May 2013
ARI uses HANA to power self-service BI for fleet management
ARI, the leasing and fleet management business, has used SAP HANA to boost business intelligence (BI) and predictive analytics Continue Reading
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News
24 May 2013
Eurovision Song Contest app built and delivered via Google's cloud platform
Service providers Scalr and Grandcentrix used Google Compute Engine to build the app for the second largest television event Continue Reading
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23 May 2013
UCL turns to private cloud to solve its data storage woes
University College London is building a storage infrastructure in the cloud that will scale up to 100PB Continue Reading
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22 May 2013
McLaren uses high-speed data analytics to gain Formula 1 edge
The McLaren Group uses high-speed data analytics as it seeks a competitive edge for its Formula 1 racing team engineers Continue Reading
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22 May 2013
Tesco uses big data to cut cooling costs by up to €20m
Tesco is aiming to save over €20m a year by using sophisticated analytical technology to ensure its chillers work at optimum temperature Continue Reading
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News
21 May 2013
Gartner: Big data will transform customer relationship management technology
CIOs need to start thinking how to integrate big data into their customer relationship management (CRM) systems, says technology analyst Continue Reading
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10 May 2013
Lean analytics to change business decision making
Attending to the “one metric that really matters” is one principle of a “lean analytics” approach Continue Reading
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08 May 2013
SAP readies the Hana-powered enterprise cloud
SAP is making its Hana in-memory database available as a hosted service to power enterprise applications Continue Reading
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News
01 May 2013
Beyond Big Data – The New Information Economy
How information is managed is more important than 'big data', say analysts Clive Longbottom and Rob Bamforth. Continue Reading
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News
01 May 2013
Information Security Breaches Survey 2013
Security breaches cost large businesses an average of £850,000, the 2013 Information Security Breaches Survey reveals. Continue Reading
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30 Apr 2013
Tesco uses supply chain analytics to save £100m a year
Understanding return on capital employed was a driving force behind an analytics programme which saves Tesco £100m in supply chain costs Continue Reading
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News
30 Apr 2013
Big data security: getting a grip on multiple data sources
Big data analyses multiple data points, but how do you ensure that ecosystem is secure? In this podcast, Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust, outlines the key steps in achieving big data security Continue Reading
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News
29 Apr 2013
Case study: Telefonica Ireland uses business intelligence to reduce churn
O2 Ireland, part of Telefonica, has been using Teradata’s data warehousing and Cognos BI to stop customers leaving and entice them with location-based offers Continue Reading
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News
22 Apr 2013
CIO interview: Mike Croucher, head of IT architecture and delivery, British Airways
After changes in IT leadership two years ago, the IT strategy at BA is focusing on infrastructure modernisation and smarter use of customer data Continue Reading
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News
17 Apr 2013
Business Outcomes from Big Data
This research study from CEB evaluates the CIO's role in making big data attainable and useful for the business. Continue Reading
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Podcast
08 Apr 2013
Big data storage: Defining big data and the type of storage it needs
Big data storage: What is big data, what compute/storage system configurations are used for big data analytics, and what type of storage infrastructure does it require? Continue Reading
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News
04 Apr 2013
Enabling the secure use of RFID
Dario Bevilacqua and Keith Mayes describe the design of an UHF RFID system for secure identification and tracking. Continue Reading
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News
04 Apr 2013
Is EMC Greenplum the real Hadoop company?
EMC Greenplum launched two new Hadoop-related technologies to support Big Data deployments. Analyst Group, Nucleus Research assesses their importance. Continue Reading
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News
03 Apr 2013
SAS: Data quality, data governance concerns impede big data programmes
Only 12% of information management professionals are doing big data, according to a survey from SAS and SourceMedia Continue Reading
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News
28 Mar 2013
Strategic investments drive modest growth in IT spending
The relatively stable economic climate has resulted in modest IT investment, according to Gartner’s latest quarterly spending forecast Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2013
Making sense of storage in a big data world
Robert White, executive director for enterprise infrastructure at Morgan Stanley, offers advice on how to develop a strategy for managing big data storage. Continue Reading
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News
22 Mar 2013
42% of businesses use existing IT department for big data projects
Businesses are creating in--house big data functions with 42% of big data pioneers use existing IT resources and 37% creating separate functions Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Mar 2013
What does a petabyte look like?
How can you visualise a petabyte of data? What is it in real terms? Some experts try to make real the colossal size of the mighty petabyte Continue Reading
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News
20 Mar 2013
CIO interview: Darrell Stein, IT director, Marks & Spencer
As M&S develops its multi-channel capability, Darrell Stein and his team are delivering projects focused on innovation and profitability Continue Reading
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News
12 Mar 2013
CW Buyer's Guide: Big Data Infrastructure
Computer Weekly looks at the mindset and technology infrastructure businesses need to analyse big data. Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2013
Businesses and IT suppliers to collaborate on big data
Businesses are to collaborate to work out how to exploit the rapidly growing volume of data generated by social media, mobile devices and the internet of things. Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2013
DDN launches hScaler Hadoop appliance for enterprises
HPC and clustered NAS supplier Data Direct Networks aims at enterprise customers with Hadoop appliance comprising its SFA12K storage and commodity compute components Continue Reading
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26 Feb 2013
Accenture Technology Vision 2013
Accenture's technology vision assesses the impact of digital technology on the enterprise in 2013 and offers action points for CIOs and business leaders. Continue Reading
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News
18 Feb 2013
Innovative business technologies in a converging world
This independently researched report investigates converging business technologies, including cloud computing, big data analytics and business intelligence. Continue Reading
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15 Feb 2013
IT budgets to grow in 2013 as economy bumps along
UK IT departments are planning to spend more on IT in 2013 despite the downturn, a worldwide survey of IT managers has revealed Continue Reading
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News
11 Feb 2013
Gartner: analytics will be more transparent, real-time and automated
Analyst firm Gartner has identified three trends for analytics and BI: transparency, real-time and automation Continue Reading
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News
11 Feb 2013
Skills Forecast: Big Data Analytics
This report analyses the projected demand for IT professionals with Big Data Analytic skills in the UK over the next five years. Continue Reading