The Obama administration funding for a smart grid is winding down. Energy leaders are now assessing how the project has progressed. Opponents to the smart grid and smart meters remain vocal in their opposition to the project, citing ...
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Related Arlington, Va. — The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) released its 2014 Public Policy Agenda: Retailers Strengthening Communities, which outlines the industry’s top public policy priorities for 2014, and ...
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Congressional lawmakers held hearings this week to determine what, if any, changes can be made to U.S. government surveillance programs, with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) calling for increased transparency into federal data collection ...
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IBM kicked off its IOD 2013 conference in Las Vegas today by launching several new big data analytics-based products. The company announced an expansion to its BLU Acceleration offering, with new software that it says "will enable clients ...
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Enterprise image and data management company CoActiv Medical has announced the issuance of a new patent in the US for its web-based image sharing technology EXAM-SENDER. CoActiv Medical's EXAM-SENDER technology automatically sends medical ...
Virtualisation giant VMware's push into the networking space may have strained its relationship with partner Cisco - which specialises in the area - but VMware believes that it will patch things up with the San Jose, California-based firm. ...
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Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) has not saved end users a vast amount of money to date, and saving costs is not the main reason that organisations opt for VDI, according to VMware's head of public services strategy, Andy Tait. ...
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Virtualisation giant VMware will need "several data centres" in Europe to satisfy data privacy legislation across the EU and to allay any fears customers have over data location, according to VMware's senior vice president of hybrid cloud ...
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Microsoft has joined Google and Facebook in plotting a replacement for the cookie. For many years the humble cookie, a small text file that browsers download when they visit a web site, has been one of the mainstays of online advertising, ...
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RSD, a leading provider of information governance solutions for the enterprise, today announced that RSD GLASS® the industry leading information governance platform has been selected as a KMWorld 2013 Trend-Setting Product. “We ...
British drug maker GSK is set to open its individual patient data pertaining to the clinical trials of an array of medicines, which will enable researchers to leverage them in their specific scientific purposes. The drug company, which ...
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Google's 'back up my data' feature for Android could be providing users' Wi-Fi passwords to the likes of US National Security Agency (NSA) and the FBI, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has warned. A bug report posted by the ...
A privacy debate has erupted in Japan over a new service from a major rail operator that sells private e-ticket records as marketing data. This week East Japan Railway (JR East), the country's largest rail company, has begun offering for ...
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The EU cookie Law "is a disaster" according to HP's privacy officer EMEA, Daniel Pradelles. The law is part of the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications, and means that websites need to obtain users' consent before ...
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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 ...