Many advocates of open data were dismayed by developments in 2011
The UK’s coming smart meter roll-out will set the precedent on how much control individuals have over data collected by ‘smart’ systems
A look back at some of the worst infringements of data protection by businesses and the public sector last year
Research firm finds video analytics technology grew 21% in 2011, having matured to the point of practicality
The government plans to share anonymised NHS data with businesses, but can patients’ identities really be disguised?
Businesses in the UK use more sources of data than the global average, but those sources are less likely to be integrated, Information Builders-backed survey finds
Cultural barriers are seen as the largest barrier to adoption of enterprise-wide adoption of analytics, say IBM and the MIT Sloan Management Review
Ovum software market forecast sees investment moving from back office functions to information management and analysis
The US president recently used a 19th Century innovation to sign in a law while visiting France
James Gleick, the author who popularised chaos theory in the 1980s, could well repeat the trick with his new book on information theory
The market for business intelligence and analytics grew by 13.4% in 2010 to break the $10 billion barrier
Two thirds of IT professionals surveyed by Forrester Research said collaboration software delivers "little to no benefits"
How Google, Yahoo! and Facebook laid the ground work for 'big data' analytics
Storage software vendors enjoyed "sustained recovery" in final quarter of 2010, IDC finds
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Privacy was a 'recurring theme' in the responses to the UK government's "Making Open Data Real" consultation, Cabinet Office reveals
Midlothian Council posted details of children in care to wrong recipients on five occasions in as many months, prompting ICO's largest ever penalty
Report reveals that around a third of US Smart Grid projects that have received Department of Energy funding did not meet security requirements
Reforms seek to unify data protection laws across member states and introduce new obligations for businesses
There are signs that data management is eclipsing applications as the IT department’s primary focus