New EU data regulations receives warm reception from industry

The European Union finally rubber-stamped a refresh of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) that offers greater protection for individuals but at cost of a greater burden on businesses, reportsTelecoms.com.…

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How Intel’s acquisition of Altera could transform IoT and the data centre

After a relatively quiet transaction that began on June 1 2015, in December Intel officially acquired the Altera Corporation and reformed it as an internal department dubbed “Intel Programmable Solutions…

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When the Madness Ends, Social Data Still Flows: The Final March Madness Matchup 

Monday’s March Madness conclusion was a game certainly worthy of its championship title. Two storied and popular teams tipped off at 9:19pm EST, and after the final horn blew, Villanova…

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US increases data centre dominance, research finds

The US has continued to grow its data centre footprint moving further ahead of China and Japan, according to the latest analyst note from Synergy Research. Almost half (46%) of…

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The big data and IoT opportunity is here – so don’t miss out on it

The value of big data equity in the UK was estimated at £12 billion a year or 0.7 per cent of the annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2012. Four…

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Socitm outlines concerns for local government ahead of new data protection regulations

The Society of Information Technology Management, Socitm, has stated that local government bodies should review all information governance arrangements in light of changes to EU-US data protection policies. In its…

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Google announces data centre expansion plans: 12 more regions by 2017

Google has announced a major expansion of its cloud data centres, with two new regions to start running this year and another 10 to be available by the end of…

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The big data and IoT opportunity is here – so don’t miss out on it

The value of big data equity in the UK was estimated at £12 billion a year or 0.7 per cent of the annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2012. Four…

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Salesforce New Community Cloud Brings Big Data Analytics to Entire CRM

  It is not always easy for organizations to stay in touch with customers, partners and employees through home communities. With Salesforce’s new Community Cloud, companies can create their communities,…

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Is it time for virtual reality to influence the data centre?

The part virtual reality (VR) can play in the evolution of the data centre has been mooted as far back as 2013 – but now the future looks good so…

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