MeadWestVaco (MWV), Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) and Ellis Paperbox have joined Ecodesk, the open data sustainability platform to measure and analyze supply chain energy use and carbon emissions. The companies join an on-going ...
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, has joined the Cabinet Office in welcoming eight new countries to the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The OGP was launched in September 2011 by the UK and seven other founding ...
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The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) today launched a beta of its discovery portal and open platform. Two years in the making, the DLPA will make available to the public 2.4 million records at its launch, including electronic ...
The African Development Bank Group this week announced the launch of what it calls an open data platform in 20 African countries. The move comes as part of the group’s Africa Information Highway initiative, which is aimed at ...
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Microsoft has joined the Open Data Center Alliance, a user-led organization that aims to simplify the purchasing of data center and cloud services by promoting interoperability and common standards. The alliance has gathered over 300 ...
The Open Data Institute (ODI) opened for business in December, underlining the UK’s position as a world leader in the field. The Technology Strategy Board is a key funder of the new institute providing £2 m per year over the ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft today patched 12 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and several server and development products, but as it hinted last week, did not come up with a fix for the Internet Explorer (IE) bug that cyber criminals have ...
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December 31, 2012 - TE Connectivity is now an “Adopter” member of the Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA), an independent IT consortium comprised of global IT players who have come together to work toward a unified customer vision ...
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Transport for London (TfL) has finally released live bus data, several months after it delivered the information via its Countdown Live Bus Arrivals website. Launched in October 2011, Countdown Live Bus Arrivals was procured prior to the ...
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Publishers of TimeControl extend the relationship with Microsoft that started in 1995 HMS Software, the publisher of TimeControl, one of the world's most popular timesheet systems has announced that they have renewed their Microsoft ...
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The Open Data Institute (ODI), which opens this week, has received its first investment of $750,000. Philanthropic investment firm Omidyar Network will provide the investment over two years to help develop UK open data businesses. ...
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The government could save up to £33bn a year by applying big data analytics to departmental information, claims a new report from think tank the Policy Exchange. The Policy Exchange estimated up to £22bn could be found by ...
A long time ago, when Web 2.0 was just Web 1.0, we had to ask people for directions, copy them down, and hope we had a foldable map to help us find our way. Then along came MapQuest, followed by Google Maps in 2005. Today, it seems ...
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Brocade yesterday announced that it will acquire privately held Vyatta in an all-cash transaction. Vyatta is based in Belmont, Calif. and is a networking industry innovator through its software-based network operating system that is ...
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The government lacks a clear evidence-based policy on whether or not to charge for data and should investigate the economic benefits of making all data free, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has said in its report on the government's ...
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