Microsoft has released a number of enhancements to Windows Azure that will make it easier to deploy and manage Hadoop clusters and integrate more mobile apps with the cloud platform. To simplify the roll out of big data applications, ...
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Three UK, the mobile phone network, is using "big data" at the heart of its business to work out where to locate mobile phone masts and to help personalise the "experience" of its subscribers. Speaking at Computing's Big Data Summit in ...
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The US DOE, the IES, and the IALD used LEDucation 7 as a stage to announce that 28 products were recognized as winners in the 2013 Next Generation Luminaires indoor SSL design competition with three of those luminaires also selected as Best ...
In a statement published this morning (21 March), the Chesterfield-based business said that revenue decreased by 2% to £21.2m (2011: £21.5m) but underlying volumes increased by 2%. Robinson said the revenue reduction stemmed ...
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In February, the Port of Charleston, South Carolina experienced its 12th consecutive month of year-over-year growth as container volume increased nearly 11 percent compared to February 2012 with 131,634 20-foot equivalent units (TUEs) ...
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The Australian Federation of International Forwarders (AFIF) and Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) have prepared a detailed submission in response to the NSW Draft Freight and Port Strategy focusing on key operational issues. Port expansion ...
Richardson Oilseed plans to expand its canola processing facility in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, a move which will more than double the processing capacity at the facility. The expansion will also enhance efficiencies at the facility ...
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Russia-based steel pipe producer ChTPZ Group has announced its production results for 2012. For the full year of 2012, ChTPZ shipped 1.724 million mt of steel pipes to customers, representing a 4.1 percent decrease compared to 2011, ...
After the quietest year for mergers and acquisitions last year since the global financial crisis, bankers and lawyers are hoping deals in their pipelines will soon come to market and lift volumes. However, activity this year is down more ...
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Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that sales in the manufacturing sector slipped 0.2 percent in January to $48 billion, the fourth decline in five months. Sales in January were down in the transportation equipment industry as well as the ...
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China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steelmaker in Taiwan is going to release its list prices for electric furnace (EF) Al-killed wire rods for April. The Taiwanese screw makers suggested CSC remain the prices unchanged as the ...
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Tony Abbott's pledge to improving road safety should be welcomed, but as the rail industry well knows, measures that get trucks off the roads will always be best option for improving road safety. It is only when the Coalition makes a ...
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The 2 Sisters Food Group expects the horsemeat scandal to cause "considerable volume reduction" to its ready meals business, according to its latest financial results for the 13 weeks to January 26. 2 Sisters said the horsemeat crisis ...
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Cree, Inc. announces the release of its second-generation SiC MOSFET, enabling systems to have higher efficiency and smaller size at cost parity with silicon-based solutions. These new 1200-V MOSFETs deliver industry-leading power density ...
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Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Steel Dynamics, Inc. said Monday that it anticipates Q1 2013 earnings to be in the range of $0.17 to $0.21 per diluted share, and excluding a Q4 2012 favorable tax adjustment of $0.07 per diluted share, the Q1 ...
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