Gaining a better understanding of customers is the main motivation for big data programmes. This is one finding from a SearchDataManagementUK survey of 184 UK and continental European IT and business professionals who are primarily ...
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Facebook shares have hit a new low of $19.82 before closing at $20.04 after the social network reported slowing growth and admitted more than 83 million accounts may be fake. The shares have lost nearly half their value since May, when ...
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Nationwide has reached a major milestone in its five-year transformation project, with the roll-out of a mortgage application system to some 740 branches. In 2008, Nationwide embarked on a 1bn project to transform its technology after ...
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Public Wi-Fi is beginning to find its way into every corner of the UK. It is no longer the domain of the American-style coffee shop, with pubs, retailers and even theme parks offering their own connections. However, this is not enough for ...
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University deploys Violin flash storage array Anglia Ruskin University has implemented a Violin 3000 Series flash storage array to support a project to virtualise nearly 1,000 desktops for 32,000 students. The virtual desktop ...
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Stringent iPhone 5 production specifications established by Apple and supply issues with new components like the Lightning port and larger screen could be responsible for Foxconn's delays of the handset, analysts said on Wednesday. ...
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This report provides information in respect of the second year of the scheme (1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012). It includes information relating to how Licensed Electricity Suppliers have complied with their obligations in this period, and ...
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Federal initiatives to make more spectrum available for mobile services are likely to take off running after President Barack Obama's re-election on Tuesday, a member of a presidential technology commission said. The government is trying ...
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been slammed by disabled charities for awarding more than £540m in contracts to Atos and Capita to test the eligibility of disabled people receiving benefits. The DWP has awarded three ...
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This report provides information in respect of the second year of the scheme (1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012). It includes information relating to how Licensed Electricity Suppliers have complied with their obligations in this period, and ...
Tags: Ofgem, Feed in Tariff, generators
Virtualisation can improve security, but only if it is done correctly, says Rik Ferguson, director of security research at Trend Micro. Improved security can be achieved in virtual environments because security can be abstracted away from ...
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The jury found that Marvell infringed two university's patents A federal jury in the US ordered chipmaker Marvell Technology to pay$1.17bn in damages for patent infringement following a lawsuit filed by Carnegie Mellon University in 2009. ...
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More than a third (36%) of Which? members who get paid for the electricity they generate from solar panels told us they have had a problem getting their feed-in tariff (FIT) paid, an exclusive Which? survey has revealed. Energy companies ...
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Viruses targeting virtual machines (VM) are growing in numbers and will soon be the dominant force in the world of cyber crime. Speaking at this week’s SNW Europe conference in Frankfurt, Joe Llewelyn, head of global sales training ...
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International escrow and assurance services provider NCC Group is to acquire US-based Matasano Security in £8.4m deal. Matasano is a US security testing services provider with numerous blue chip clients particularly in software, IT, ...