2012 was the year of big data.2011 had been a good year for the hyped concept,too,and 2013 is more than likely to see a continued glut of big data discourse in the IT market. But there are other themes in this collection of top 10 ...
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December 12, 2012 - IEEE announced updates to four wireless communications technologies in the 802 family of standards, as well as a new 802 standards-development project. The new standards support the global utility industry’s needs ...
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Mobile networks have been the focus of a lot of regulation, debate and rumour in the past few years, but this has mainly focused on the strengthening of existing 3G networks or the future of 4G deployments. However, whilst all the ...
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A team of IT undergraduates from the University of Warwickhave told Computer Weekly about a smart mobile application they developed as part of a competition between IT students at universities in Europe and India. The team of Computer and ...
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A major trial of smart metering technologies will be carried out in the Ipswich area to test long-range radio communications networks for connecting smart meters to energy providers. The trial is being carried out by Scottish Power, ...
The world is becoming increasingly connected, so the need for security and privacy is integral to modern society says Raj Samani, vice-president and CTO of McAfee Europe. With everything becoming connected, from smart meters to cars, ...
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Four leading executives from US big data and analytics companies tell a similar story of imminent increased big data analytics adoption in the UK and Europe.Senior executives from MapR,Cloudera,ParAccel,and Pentaho traced out the likely ...
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RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has announced availability of the RFFM6903 front-end module (FEM), which meets or exceeds the system requirements for AMI/AMR smart meter applications operating in the 868-960MHz frequency band. ...
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The South East Health Technologies Alliance (SEHTA) has launched a UK Healthcare Innovation Hub, which will act as a meeting point for entrepreneurs, academics, researchers and policymakers to develop new and innovative healthcare concepts. ...
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Wasser Berlin International,the meeting place of water industry experts,is strengthening its image.The trade fair for water and wastewater,which takes place from 23 to 26 April 2013,has developed a concept that takes the changing situation ...
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British Gas chief information officer(CIO)David Cooper likes to keep things low-key.But the scale of his multimillion-pound technology transformation,and the impact his team's work has on customer spending,makes his one of the ...
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Smart metering is by many seen as a catalyst for transformation of the utility sector, with the potential to rewrite the roles and dynamics between the consumer, supplier and distributor and spearhead the development of smart grid. ...
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Switzerland's largest retailer is working with IBM to use business analytics to turn its refrigerated warehouses into part of a future smart electricity grid in the country. Migros, the Swiss supermarket, is part of a project involving ...
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Utility giant E.ON has outsourced application services to Capgemini as part of a five-year restructure of its IT services in a deal worth about €50m. The deal will see Capgemini provide application lifecycle services for E.ON's ...
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Anglian Water has started a phased roll-out of a SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition intranet portal to improve the flow of information around the business. Implemented by Infosys, the portal, called Hawk, is integral to the strategic ...
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