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Social networks to augment analytics
News Relational links between people are being applied to refine business analytic findings and reduce rate of false positives, says SAS executive.
Tags: Data mining & analysis, Strategic analysis, Data warehousing/business intelligence, SAS Institute, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, business analytics, public sector, business intelligence, social networking
As crunch bites, don't neglect the logs
Insight Managing log files may seem like a mundane issue but doing it well tightens data security and boosts compliance efforts, says Quocirca analyst.
Tags: Business security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Data security, Security, Organization, Electronics, PCI, Fran Howarth, compliance
UK govt rules out data breach notification law
News The U.K. government says it won't implement a data breach notification law, but will increase fines for companies violating data protection legislation.
Tags: Data security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Regulations, Phishing, Notification Law, European Parliament, Europe, data sharing, Government
IBM: Computing rivaling human brain may be ready by 2019
News Leading scientist, working with colleagues from several top universities, has pioneered computational analysis that rivals that of a cat's cortex. Human brain could be just a decade away.
Tags: Supercomputing, Multiprocessor servers, Brain, IBM Corp., Nanotechnology, Computing, Computer, DARPA, financial system, financial
Web-based malware infections rise rapidly, stats show
News Nearly 6 million Web pages are infected with malware, double previous estimates earlier in the year, according to Dasient.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Google Inc., Malware, Twitter Inc., Dasient, SQL, Infection, Web Application
Study paints Kindle e-reader a dark shade of green
News Are electronic readers better for the environment? An analysis by the Cleantech Group finds, when used to replace paper, Amazon's Kindle is less polluting over its lifetime.
Tags: Green IT, Carbon Emission, E-book, Cleantech Group, New York Times Co., carbon dioxide, Amazon Kindle, sustainability, media company, analysis
Bing sees slight uptick in July
News Microsoft's Bing gained a little more search market share in July and now stands at nearly 10 percent, according to new figures by Web analytics company.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Analytics, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Yahoo Search, U.S., analysis, Web, Web browsers
Google announces Project 10^100 themes
News More than 150,000 ideas were submitted following Google's call for world-changing ideas, and the company has finally identified 16 categories of ideas for further voting.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Business Strategies & Functions, Idea, public sector, strategy, sustainability, spokesman, RFP, analysis
EMC offers tool for managing virtual systems
News The company has announced an analysis tool that it says can help IT managers understand the relationships between virtual servers, physical servers and the network.
Tags: Virtualization, Data centers, Smarts Server Management, EMC Corp., Tool, VMware Inc., analysis tool, Environment, Server, virtual server
McKinsey: Energy efficiency could save US$700B
News Rather than invent new sources of energy, reducing waste in appliances, homes and business could yield savings of US$1.2 trillion on a US$520 billion investment over 10 years, consulting firm says.
Tags: Green IT, Infrastructure/architecture management, Investments, Combined Heat and Power, greenhouse gas emission, McKinsey & Co., greenhouse gas, energy efficiency, Canada, barrier
Analysis firm IDC cuts 5 percent of staff
News The Framingham, Mass.-based firm says the cuts include 26 research analyst positions.
Tags: Layoffs, International Data Corp., Gartner Inc., market research company, Framingham, Massachusetts, research analyst, Worker, analyst, market research
Study: 68 percent of IT projects fail
Techguide A new report, notes that success in 68 percent of technology projects is "improbable". Are well-defined requirements the key to successful projects?
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Computer Associates International Inc., Project, business analysis, Consulting, Michael Krigsman, software, CEO, information technology
BT finishes trial, expects to use Phorm
News The company has said it will probably go ahead to deploy Phorm's ad-serving technology, following the completion of a third trial.
Tags: Advertising, Direct marketing, Internet advertising, Trial, Cookie, British Telecommunications, Advertisement, Direct marketing, European Commission, analysis
Holiday report: E-commerce dips, electronics plummet
News One of the first reports out on holiday sales shows that e-commerce was down 2.3 percent year over year, while the electronics category took a 26 percent dive.
Tags: E-commerce, Sales/revenue, E-business, Electronics, MasterCard International, Sales, Amazon.com Inc., credit card company, News.com, credit card
IBM launches System S stream computing
News System S is a business analytics tool, built following five years of research into the real-time analysis of large amounts of unstructured business or scientific data.
Tags: Business applications, Data Management, IBM Corp., Multi-core, Computing, Data, Cell, Hardware, software, biomedical
