Supermarket giant Tesco is to step up its battle with Amazon and Apple by launching a keenly priced tablet computer in time for Christmas. The company, which has had its profitable entertainment business hit by Apple and Amazon, is to ...
Tags: Amazon, Apple, Computer Products, webservice
Earlier this month,?Lavabit?and?Silent Circle?-?two privacy-minded email providers – decided to shut up shop rather than give the US government the chance to access their customer data. Shortly thereafter, Lavabit owner Ladar ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Internet surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA), leaked to the media by ex-contractor Edward Snowden, has shifted companies' priorities when sizing up cloud services providers in and outside the U.S., experts say. The economic ...
Tags: Cloud, Computer Products
An EPoS and e-commerce solution from two technology companies specialising in apparel retail, LOIS Systems and J2 Retail Systems, is the subject of new investment by a Guernsey-based independent retailer. Its two stores, Holeshot and HS2 ...
Tags: Fashion Retailer
Two encrypted email services have shut down because they feel threatened about having to turn over customer information to the government. Lavabit and Silent Circle both offered encrypted email services, but both have decided to ...
Tags: Email Vendor, Physical Ties
HP would put up a fight for its customers' data if the US authorities came calling to access it, according to HP's privacy officer EMEA, Daniel Pradelles. The US Patriot Act enables authorities in the US to seize data if they believe it ...
Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) has received a $100m minority investment from the merchant banking division of Goldman Sachs in a deal that APT describes as the largest investment in predictive analytics to date. Further reading How ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Big data has the potential to transform how travel companies - including airlines, airports, rail operators and hotels - operate, and make the experience better for both businesses and customers alike. That's according to a global study ...
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Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, announced Haggar Clothing Co. has selected and implemented Epicor Retail Software to support the ...
Tags: Haggar Clothing, Epicor, Expansion
Microsoft is seeking permission to disclose "aggregate statistics" about the number of requests for data it receives under the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, following a similar move by Google earlier this month. FISA has ...
A programme of educating staff about cyber threats and updating hardware has helped Miami International Airport counter cyber threats, resulting in hack attempts dropping from a previous figure of 20,000 a day. That's what Maurice ...
Tags: Cyber Attacks, Miami International Airport, Hack Attempts
The way businesses use customer information gathered from data through the use of business intelligence and analytics tools needs to tread carefully in order to not cross over from creating a personal, customised experience into being ...
Tags: SITA, Customer Data
Yahoo has received between 12,000 to 13,000 requests for user data from law enforcement agencies in the U.S. between Dec. 1 and May 31 this year, the company said Monday. The most common of these requests concerned fraud, homicides, ...
Tags: Yahoo, User Data, Law Enforcement Agencies
Apple has revealed that it received 5,000 US government requests for customer data between 1 December 2012 and 31 May 2013, making it one of the most scrutinised tech companies by the NSA-run surveillance group last week revealed to be ...
Tags: Apple, Data Request, US Government
Pub chain Mitchells & Butlers, which is currently two-thirds of the way through a total IT infrastructure revamp, is preparing to put out to tender on a new retail system that will be rolled out to all of its 1,600 outlets in the UK. The ...
Tags: Mitchells&Butlers, Retail System