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22 March 2010

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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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Unleash the Power of Agile - Live webcast on Tuesday 23 March 2010

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Lighten the burden of compliance | Live Webinar

Don't forget to sign into the Ontrack PowerControls Webinar 11am Tuesday 23rd March.  Find out how you  can dramatically cut the time it takes to restore archived material, thereby lightening the burden of compliance.

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Cloud Computing - What does it really mean?

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Selecting the right IT strategy in 2010

CEOs of fast-growing companies want IT-applications that accelerate competitive advantage and improve operational efficiency. This free whitepaper helps you plan and choose the right IT strategy for your business in 2010. Download ‘Selecting The Right Software Vendor’.

News

Google '99.9% certain' on China exit

15 March 2010

Search engine company draws up plans for closure of Chinese operation, press report claims

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IT Case Studies

Deutsche Börse reduces risk with open source

12 March 2010

Deutsche Börse Systems employed open source software and open standards to accelerate access to trading risk calculations

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Perspectives & Trends

Should businesses put a price on privacy?

19 March 2010

Experts react to the Information Commissioner's proposal that business place a financial value on their customers' privacy

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Information Age Poll

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Features

The open enterprise

10 December 2009

Social and technological change is forcing business to become more transparent

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Company Analysis

MDM key to IT recovery, acquisitions suggest

12 February 2010

Master data management (MDM) is poised to become one of 2010’s critical technologies, as reflected in January’s acquisition activity

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Financial Results in Information Management
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

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M&A 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
     
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Research

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Business Applications Innovation Award

BravoSolution's e-procurement tool won the Information Age Innovation Award in the Business Applications Category

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Security Innovation Award

Websense took the Information Age Innovation Award for the Security category for its integrated approach to web, email and data security

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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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White Papers

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1Z0-040 Oracle Database 10G New Features for Administrators Practice Exam

Oracle 9i administrators can certify on Oracle 10G by passing this exam. The ExamForce 1Z0-040 Oracle Database 10G New Features for Administrators practice exam provides their unique triple testing mode to instantly set a baseline of your knowledge and focus your study where you need it most.

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70-680 Windows 7 Configuring Exam Prep Special Edition

ExamForce's Windows 7, Configuring CramMaster will prepare you to pass the Microsoft 70-680 exam. CramMaster 70-680 practice exam provides their unique triple testing mode to instantly set a baseline of your knowledge and focus your study where you need it most.

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A Computer Geek's Smart Productivity Guide

In this free twenty-paged PDF, you will find out the most common productivity mistakes, as well as a number of applications to improve your touch typing, your time organization, and your global workflow.

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