Companies seeking to enable enterprise-wide data analytics need a chief analytics officer (CAO) to lead the way, analysts say. The explosive growth in corporate data over the past few years has created both an opportunity and a challenge ...
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A growing army of malware delivery networks, known as malnets, account for two thirds of all cyber attacks, and security firm Blue Coat claims most current technologies offer an inadequate response to the threat, according to new analysis. ...
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The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) has developed a standard for handling 2D barcodes that it hopes will direct mobile phone users to websites more easily. By standardizing the specification for encoding, decoding and resolution of 2D barcodes, ...
When 32-year-old Russian programmer Andrey N.Sabelnikov visited the U.S.for the first time in January,he had a surprise waiting for him. The surprise was an amended civil lawsuit soon to be filed against him by Microsoft,which alleged he ...
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Phil Wise,Senior Poker Analyst at Badbeat.com,looks at non showdown performance"The Red Line"in this month's edition of Bluff Europe magazine.He unlocks the secrets to turn losses into winnings;focusing on areas such as the importance of ...
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A.C.Special Projects(ACSP)have supplied and installed two flown trussing grids complete with motors and control,a winch bar,120 channels of dimming,DMX buffers and a new cabling management and infrastructure to Theatre on The ...
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American food company Odwalla has launched four new food bars - Apple Toffee Pistachio, Chocolate Almond Coconut, Orange Cranberry and Lemon Ginger. The company noted that all food bars are good sources of five essential vitamins and ...
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Vint Cerf–the founding father of the internet–is backing the BCS's call for computer science to be included in the English Baccalaureate(EBacc). In 2015,the EBacc is set to replace the current GCSE examination system in five ...
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French car maker PSA Peugeot-Citroen is planning to unveil the new Numero 9 hybrid concept at the Beijing Auto Show in China this month. Citroen said that the new concept is expected to join the D-segment executive saloon which will be ...
The vaccines division of the Sanofi Group,Sanofi Pasteur,has won Health Canada approval for the use of Menactra,the Meningococcal polysaccharide diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine,as early as nine months of age. Menactra vaccine prevents ...
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Manulife Financial posted a net loss attributed to shareholders of C$300m ($302.6m) for the second quarter of 2012, compared to a profit of C$490m ($493m) during the corresponding period earlier year. The second loss reflects volatile ...
Canada has announced an investment for two new potato research projects,aimed at strengthening the potato industry. This announcement was made by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Member of Parliament Mike Allen at the Centennial ...
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TORONTO --- Even though Sears Canada narrowed its net loss by almost half despite falling sales in the third quarter, its CEO said it's taking too long to implement his turnaround plan for the multi-channel retailer. Revenues for the 13 ...
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TORONTO --- After announcing its blockbuster decision earlier this week to acquire its archrival The Brick, retailer Leon's Furniture posted a 15% decline in net profit for the recently ended third quarter, attributing the fall to increased ...
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Computerworld Hong Kong - Two hotels in Hong Kong are leveraging mobile apps to give guests a new experience during their stay. Both Hotel ICON in Tsim Sha Tsui East and L'hotel A(c)lan in Kwun Tong have integrated apps for guests' use ...