Information management
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10 Sep 2024
Sony Research, AI Singapore to refine Sea-Lion for Tamil
Sony Research and AI Singapore are collaborating to enhance the Sea-Lion LLM for Tamil, a language spoken in Southeast Asia and India Continue Reading
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12 Aug 2024
How JSR is using generative AI to drive insights
JSR Corporation has been using the Cohesity Gaia enterprise search assistant to surface insights from backups of employee mailboxes and OneDrive data Continue Reading
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22 Nov 2013
Jaguar Land Rover builds data sharing infrastructure
Jaguar Landrover (JLR) has used a proposed data sharing standard to improve car development within its product lifecycle management (PLM) system. Continue Reading
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21 Nov 2013
Pegasystems CEO Alan Trefler plans his next move for the $500m software company
Alan Trefler discusses his plans for Pegasystems, the BPM and CRM specialist that has grown into a $500m a year company Continue Reading
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20 Nov 2013
Case study: McGraw-Hill Education mobilises with Salesforce
The educational resources provider utilises Salesforce to develop a mobile app and get its sales reps selling more on campus Continue Reading
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19 Nov 2013
Human Capital Management
Computer Weekly looks at the steps companies have taken to improve talent management; bridging the gap between the cost savings promised by cloud technologies and the value they deliver. 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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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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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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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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06 Nov 2013
IT spending up as companies invest in digital technology
Businesses are stepping up their spending on IT as they invest in strategic digital technologies, a CIO survey by Deloitte reveals 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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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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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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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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22 Oct 2013
Case study: Pumps maker Hayward Tyler’s restructure sharpened ERP business focus
When a restructure arrives half way through an ERP upgrade, it could be a threat to the IT programme. But Hayward Tyler saw it as a chance to ensure business goals were at the heart of its Epicor project. Continue Reading
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11 Oct 2013
Toyota e-learning upgrade aims to cut mechanics' training time by up to a year
Car distributor Toyota Motor Europe is using e-learning to manage the training and certification of motor technicians and engineers Continue Reading
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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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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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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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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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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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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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13 Sep 2013
Businesses hit digital roadblock due to paper processes
A survey of business and IT leaders has found that paper-based processes are creating inefficiencies 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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09 Sep 2013
Executive interview: Andrew Brem, Connected Homes, British Gas
British Gas is digitising energy. Andrew Brem speaks to Computer Weekly about the internet connected home Continue Reading
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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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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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E-Zine
04 Sep 2013
Banks tighten data handling in race for compliance
Data is obviously a valuable asset to any company, but managed poorly it could also be a liability. Data in the financial sector continues to grow at a rapid pace, so getting your house in order will ensure you are not hit with any unwanted fines or receive any negative PR due to data loss. In this issue of CW Europe read how data discipline ensures you avoid data loss, as well as helping you to think clearer and to be organised. Continue Reading
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Tip
03 Sep 2013
Data steward role needs some shepherding itself
Consultant David Loshin gives suggestions for building and managing a data stewardship program that can effectively support data governance. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Aug 2013
Big data adds new complications for data stewards
In order to accommodate big data and the needs of data scientists, data stewards will need to adjust to a more short-term view of data stewardship. Continue Reading
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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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Tip
27 Aug 2013
Coca-Cola overcomes challenges to seize BI opportunities
The Coca-Cola Co. understands that analytics challenges can be overcome and that a team approach helps businesses take advantage of BI opportunities. Continue Reading
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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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Tip
20 Aug 2013
Data governance tools: Part, but not all, of the governance puzzle
While tools designed for data governance are helpful, organizations must also implement best practices and standard processes to be effective. 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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20 Aug 2013
Winning the Paper Wars
This report from AIIM, a global community of IT professionals, assess the ROI of paper free projects, the drivers for eliminating paper, and the hurdles. Continue Reading
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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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16 Aug 2013
Online retailing means the industrialisation of analytics
Figleaves founder and eCommera chief scientist Michael Ross argues that online retailing requires a new type of action-oriented business intelligence Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Aug 2013
Gartner describes the building blocks for a strong MDM program
MDM teams should consider these seven building blocks, outlined by Saul Judah, research director on the information management team at Gartner Inc. Continue Reading
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Opinion
13 Aug 2013
The data fragmentation challenge
Few organisations have policies to guide where data should and should not be stored. The result: data fragmentation Continue Reading
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12 Aug 2013
Case study: How Premier Inn uses mobile analytics
Premier Inn's mobile app has been downloaded more than two million times and 77% of room bookings are made via the app 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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02 Aug 2013
Taylor Wimpey builds cloud forecasting process with Anaplan
Homebuilder Taylor Wimpy teams up with Anaplan to ditch its old Excel suite and head for the cloud 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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26 Jul 2013
Aintree NHS saves £1m a year with electronic patient records
Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust replaces paper medical records with an electronic system to save £1m per year 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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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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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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12 Jul 2013
Indian banks harness big data analysis amid competition
The increasing penetration of broadband and growth in smartphone usage in India are driving the development of IT-based services for bank consumers. Continue Reading
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11 Jul 2013
OpenCorporates makes company data public
Company data is being made available as part of an initiative to place more government data in the public domain Continue Reading
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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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05 Jul 2013
Case study: Toyota fleet management system gathers global fork-lift truck data remotely
Toyota Material Handling Europe develops operational data management system that monitors and controls fork-lift trucks globally Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Jul 2013
From chess to ping pong: How Pegasystems is capturing the Fortune 500
Pegasystems is winning business from the world's leading companies as business process management technology enters the mainstream Continue Reading
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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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02 Jul 2013
NHS IT to embrace open source
A new report from NHS England promises open source will be at the heart of the plans to digitise the health service 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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01 Jul 2013
Oracle 12c database goes to general availability
The Oracle 12c Database is now generally available, its most touted aspect a virtualisation feature called Pluggable Databases Continue Reading
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28 Jun 2013
CIO interview: Paul Clarke, director of technology, Ocado
Paul Clarke is responsible for the technology strategy at online grocer Ocado, where IT is used in every aspect of the business Continue Reading
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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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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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Feature
25 Jun 2013
BI program rescue strategy: Breaking the rules
If business users are losing faith in a business intelligence team, it might be time to throw out the BI rule book and do what needs to be done, writes TechTarget's Wayne Eckerson. Continue Reading
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Opinion
18 Jun 2013
The challenges of information governance in our increasingly litigious age
Formulating the right enterprise-wide information governance policies is essential in heading off potential legal and compliance costs 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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Feature
17 Jun 2013
Is it time to outsource your BI program?
TechTarget's Wayne Eckerson writes that if your business intelligence efforts aren't producing the desired business results, one option to consider might be -- yes -- outsourcing the BI initiative. Continue Reading
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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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12 Jun 2013
Enterprise data quality efforts in good company with MDM, governance
Combining data quality initiatives with master data management and data governance programs can help ensure that data remains accurate and consistent. Continue Reading
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11 Jun 2013
Lloyds customer complaints plummet after automating manual processes
Lloyds is claiming dramatic improvements in the quality of its customer service after automating manual banking processes 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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07 Jun 2013
NHS numbers to be mandated by 2014
NHS providers must use an NHS number to identify all patient data, Tim Kelsey, director for patients and information at NHS England announces Continue Reading
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07 Jun 2013
ICO fines Glasgow City Council for loss of unencrypted laptops
Glasgow City Council has been fined £150,000 for losing two laptops which held personal details of more than 20,000 people Continue Reading
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06 Jun 2013
SAP buys e-commerce company Hybris to move into CRM market
SAP is moving into the CRM market with its purchase of Hybris, a Swiss customer relationship management (CRM) supplier Continue Reading
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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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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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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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03 Jun 2013
Information Governance
This research from AIIM looks at the risk profile around electronic records, the keep-all versus delete-all options, e-discovery, and the implications of social, mobile and cloud on risk management policies. Continue Reading
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Feature
31 May 2013
Six steps to creating a BI competency center
TechTarget's Wayne Eckerson lays out a roadmap for setting up a successful business intelligence competency center, and breaking down BI silos, in a decentralized company. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 May 2013
Aadhaar project data collection: An interview with Mindtree's CEO
Get a view into the data collection efforts for the Aadhaar project from Krishnakumar Natarajan, the CEO at service provider Mindtree. Continue Reading
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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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Feature
28 May 2013
Embedded BI: Largely invisible, but not for long
TechTarget's Wayne Eckerson tracks the ongoing evolution of embedded business intelligence tools and sees big things ahead for the technology. Make that very big things. Continue Reading
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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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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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01 May 2013
British Army data quality programme tackles ‘whole army’ concept
The British Army’s data quality programme faces a challenge with moves to unify regular and territorial soldiers into one force Continue Reading
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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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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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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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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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25 Apr 2013
Spam SMS messages drop following ICO penalty
The number of spam SMS messages has significantly reduced since government regulator ICO issued £440,000 fines last year Continue Reading
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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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Tip
22 Apr 2013
Change management tips for BI program managers
TechTarget's Wayne Eckerson writes that business intelligence managers can learn some valuable lessons from the book "Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard." Continue Reading
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19 Apr 2013
Open data leaders slam government over postcode privatisation
The Open Data Institute has hit out at Whitehall plans to allow details of UK postcodes to continue to be sold for profit Continue Reading