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  • 5 strategic tips for avoiding a big data bust

    Failed expectations, increased costs, unnecessary legal risks -- going blind into a big data project doesn?t pay

  • Spiceworks: IT procurement models must adapt or die

    Spiceworks continues to grow in popularity, with a user base of 2.4 million and aspirations to grow to 3 million by the final quarter of this year. But providing a platform that caters to the needs of both IT professionals and vendors is a tricky business, according to co-founder Jay Hallberg.

  • The 19 generations of computer programmers

    If you're searching for a fountain of youth, the easiest way to get that feeling of continual rebirth is to hang around a few tech product launches. Every new rollout comes with the fresh, unabashed feeling that this has never been done before. Ever.

  • IBM: In the next 5 years computers will learn, mimic the human senses

    IBM today issued its seventh annual look at what Big Blue researchers think will be the five biggest technologies for the next five years. In past prediction packages known as "IBM 5 in 5" the company has had some success in predicting the future of password protection, telemedicine and nanotechnology.

  • Standardising cloud encryption is key to improving security

    Valuable data stored in the cloud is sure to be a target. What can be done to make it harder to steal?

  • SSL decryption necessary for security, but employees might 'freak out'

    There are plenty of reasons that a company might want to try and decrypt SSL sessions ? to stop outbound malware botnet connections that are decrypted, or to stop a rogue insider from sending out sensitive corporate information ? but be prepared to hear employees whose data traffic is decrypted complain loudly about their privacy being invaded.

  • Ernst & Young: using forensic analytics to prevent fraud

    Data is generally thought the be the lifeblood of 21st Century business, but the so-called ?information age? is also fraught with risk. Cybercrime continues to grow rapidly, and evidence of fraud, abuse and criminal activity often resides on a myriad of electronic systems.

  • Your mobile strategy will fail without effective application rationalisation

    Mobility in the enterprise, whether it be through, bring your own device (BYOD) strategy, mobile business intelligence (BI), internal application development, or pushing out applications to customers, has been this year?s hot topic for CIOs and senior IT managers.

  • Big Data a big opportunity to discover new revenue streams

    With alarming regularity supposed experts and commentators predict the demise of the chief information officer (CIO) role. Yet if they were to listen to the leading CIOs present at a recent round table dinner hosted with Intel, these commentators would realise just how far off the mark they really are. The evening's topic was Big Data, and the Business IT Hub could summarise the thoughts shared in just two words - big opportunity.

  • HANA is nothing short of dazzling, says SAP, which early customers confirm

    Anyone even loosely following SAP lately should know that the company's goal is to reorient its entire product family around the HANA in-memory database, which first became generally available last year. According to SAP, HANA provides a level of performance improvement that can be nothing short of dazzling.





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