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Open data consultation finds widespread privacy fears
30 January 2012
Privacy was a 'recurring theme' in the responses to the UK government's "Making Open Data Real" consultation, Cabinet Office reveals
- ICO serves Scottish council with record £140k fine 30 January 2012
- US Smart Grid projects failing on security 27 January 2012
- EC reveals data protection reform proposals 25 January 2012
IT Case Studies
Q&A: US Dept of Defense
12 December 2011How the world’s largest government department is deploying semantic technology
- Grid architects
21 November 2011 - Local governance
3 November 2011 - Crisis analytics 3 October 2011
Perspectives & Trends
Is open data under threat?
30 January 2012
Many advocates of open data were dismayed by developments in 2011
- Who controls 'smart' data?
24 January 2012 - The data protection gaffes of 2011
4 January 2012 - Video analytics has matured, says ABI
3 January 2012
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IT's focus shifts to data management
24 January 2012There are signs that data management is eclipsing applications as the IT department’s primary focus
- The revolution continues
17 January 2012 - Big in 2012? 17 January 2012
- Corporate revolution? 28 October 2011
Company Analysis
Oracle throws big iron at big data
24 October 2011The new Big Data Appliance is Oracle's foray into the Hadoop distro wars, one of the key battlefronts in enterprise IT
- NetApp casts itself as EMC’s storage rival 26 September 2011
- Huddle throws down the gauntlet to SharePoint
14 June 2011 - Satalia aims to become the iTunes of algorithms 26 April 2011
| 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 |
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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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