Most global organisations have “too many data centres in too many countries”, according to analyst Gartner, and that in order to cut costs and optimise service delivery, they only need two on each continent they operate in. ...
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The demand for big data experts in large companies is expected to more than double by 2017 to 69,000, according to a study sponsored by data analytics specialists SAS. In 2013, there were 31,000 people employed as big data specialists at ...
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Stockport-based schoolwear supplier Rowlinson Knitwear has implemented a new foreign exchange strategy to help protect the firm from currency volatility risk. Working with HSBC's Manchester Commercial Centre, Rowlinson has ensured ...
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Australia is a good potential investment target in the shale gas sector for Chinese companies as the domestic industry hopes that its own developments there can help meet soaring demand, according to several experts in the field. "It is a ...
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Google Glass and other smartglass technology will force CIOs to take a fresh look at their bring-your-own-device (BYOD) schemes as wearable computing begins to make headway into the workplace as early as 2017. That's according to ...
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Systems giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced plans to migrate its mission-critical HP NonStop technology to the Intel x86 server architecture, providing customers with an alternative to Intel Itanium-based systems. At the same time - ...
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Global largest asset management firm Blackstone Group and ICBC International acquire stakes in SCP (SZITIC Commercial Property Group Co., Ltd.) have acquired a 40% and 6% stake respectively in SCP. According to the statement released by ...
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Critical vulnerabilities in SAProuter, the SAP module used to connect users of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) software with SAP's update services, could be compromising their security, according to Alexander Polyakov, chief ...
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Daimler Trucks Mexico, a commercial vehicle division of German automaker Daimler, is delivering two new large orders from Mexican companies, Arca Continental and Transmex, for 369 Freightliner trucks. Arca Continental has ordered 273 ...
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Judging by the designer shoes this young Chinese entrepreneur is sporting, his business, a cozy Italian restaurant in an upscale Shanghai neighborhood, must be doing rather well. The new car parked outside reinforces that observation. On ...
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European non-performing loans (NPLs) held by banks have increased to €1.2 trillion (up by nearly € 100 billion in 12 months) driven mainly by reported increases in Italy, Greece, Spain and Ireland, says PwC in its latest market ...
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Reacting to the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy Statement 2013-14, Dr A Sakthivel, Chairman AEPC, stated that, “The synergistic efforts of all the stakeholders including Govt. has resulted in the average export growth of ...
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The German economy is on the verge of an upturn driven by domestic demand. The improving global economic climate and decreasing uncertainty are fuelling investment. Private consumption is benefitting from favourable employment and income ...
The Commercial and Industrial Association of Barcelos (ACIB), in the North of Portugal, has signed an agreement with the government of Brazilian state of Bahia, with the support of local investors to set up the Portuguese firm Polo ...
International financial services organization Goldman Sachs Group has divested a majority stake in its UK pension insurance business Rothesay Life to a group of companies. Based on the release by the company, Singapore wealth fund GIC and ...
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