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Navigating eDiscovery
A predicted boom in litigation and regulatory cases, together with heavy bills from legal outsourcers, is fuelling the rise of eDiscovery technology as companies take matters into their own hands
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Information Management Systems and Strategy
Information management technology, records management, databases and archiving comprising web and enterprise content management systems, ECM, knowledge management (KM) for the collection, organisation, control and dissemination of information. Company analysis, features, information technology management case studies, issues, policy, news, perspectives and trends, lists of corporate information management software suppliers and whitepapers.
News
EC gives Oracle go ahead to buy Sun
21 January 2010European Commission says "competition and innovation will be preserved" as software giant buys systems maker
- Government shuns social media 19 January 2010
- Google stands up to China government over censorship 13 January 2010
- ICO to gain power to fine £500k for data breaches 13 January 2010
IT Case Studies
Business intelligence helps BAT reach global understanding
3 February 2010British American Tobacco deployed a global BI platform to achieve a common definition of its business
- ASDA launches transparency strategy 10 December 2009
- Aster Data pushes the application into the database 19 November 2009
- Using BI to improve visibility 14 September 2009
Perspectives & Trends
Confidence in planning and reporting grows
22 January 2010
The economic downturn has driven businesses to place greater confidence in their strategic planning and reporting processes, according to Oracle
- Social media's untapped potential 14 January 2010
- Challenge of deriving meaning from data unbowed by recesssion 14 January 2010
- Building global consensus on data protection 10 December 2009
Features
The open enterprise
10 December 2009Social and technological change is forcing business to become more transparent
- Intelligent moves 18 November 2009
- From data to insight 18 November 2009
- Reality check 14 September 2009
Company Analysis
Information explosion drives explosive growth for Datanomic
27 January 2010UK data quality provider Datanomic celebrates fourth year of triple digit growth as businesses wrestle to make sense of their oceanic supplies of data
- oneDrum’s bold bid to sew the fabric of collaboration 19 January 2010
- Information Management Innovation Award 10 December 2009
- Information Age Index: A return to growth? 19 November 2009
| Company | Period | Revenue ($m) | Rev Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Isaac Corp | 1Q09 | $163.5 | -14% |
| Nuance Communications Inc | 1Q09 | $216.8 | 11% |
| SPSS Inc | 4Q08 | $74.1 | -7% |
| Teradata Corp | 4Q08 | $493.0 | 6% |
| Beta Systems Software AG* | 4Q08 | $122.0 | 2% |
| Actuate Corp | 4Q08 | $33.2 | -15% |
* Figures converted to US dollars
More Financial Results in Information Management| Acquirer | Target | Price ($m) |
|---|---|---|
| Informatica | AddressDoctor | n/a |
| Affiliated Computer Services | Xploite's Anix sub | 31.5m |
| Open Text | Vignette | $310m |
| Datamonitor | Brown-Wilson Group | n/a |
| Oracle | Sun Microsystems | $7.4bn |
| Oracle | Relsys | n/a |
Research
Business Applications Innovation Award
BravoSolution's e-procurement tool won the Information Age Innovation Award in the Business Applications Category
Security Innovation Award
Websense took the Information Age Innovation Award for the Security category for its integrated approach to web, email and data security
Data Centre Innovation Award
Digital Realty Trust won the Information Age Innovation Award in the Data Centre category for developing a set of standard for building sustainable data centres
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