Information management

HP Autonomy unveils healthcare analytics system for textual data

HP has unveiled a new healthcare analytics product to enable medical staff to interrogate text and data in relational databases Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Living with Google Glass – not quite useful enough to overcome the dork-factor

Businesses will use Google Glass first, says Simon Dring after spending a few days living with the technology. Continue Reading

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• Simon Dring

Rural broadband roll-out row

In this week’s Computer Weekly, a small Lancashire village is at the centre of a row over rural broadband – we examine the complex arguments on both sides of an issue that goes to the heart of criticisms of the UK’s roll-out plan. The move to cloud and hosting is changing the market for datacentre technologies – we look at the implications for IT managers. Have you heard of Sepa? We explain why you need to know about the upcoming financial regulation. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Case study: Scottish Fire and Rescue advances national BI strategy with QlikView

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is using QlikView business intelligence software to bring together its data streams for external reporting and operational intelligence Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Teradata launches analytics product as SAP BW replacement

Teradata has released an analytics product for SAP ERP, as a full-blown alternative to SAP BW Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

HB Fuller sticks with HR in the cloud

Cloud based HR system gives adhesives maker the ability to manage its global workforce Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Using data profiling techniques -- and estimating the effort required

Data profiling is a key part of data quality efforts. Here's a simple formula for calculating the amount of time needed to profile a data set. Continue Reading

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• David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity Inc.

Big Data and Content Analytics: measuring the ROI

There is a high expectation for the potential value of big data analytics early adopters are achieving good results that are helping to drive decision making in the business, this survey of 340 technology professionals reveals. Continue Reading

Big data salary increases present cost pressure for Indian CIOs

As pressure mounts on CIOs to drive business growth through customer acquisition big data skills, which come at a premium, will put pressure on budgets. Continue Reading

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• Viraj Desai

More than 1,100 DWP workers disciplined over benefits snooping

More than 1,100 employees at the Department for Work and Pensions have received official warnings since 2008 for prying into benefits records Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Minerals firm Imerys upgrades IFS ERP as economy lifts

Imerys has 30 different ERP systems around the globe. A plan to move to a single instance of ERP, thrown off course by recession, was achieved in 2012; other business benefits have accrued Continue Reading

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• Lindsay Clark

CW500 Club in 2013

Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the topical challenges they face Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

NHS clinical research body uses QlikView to forward open data

The clinical research delivery arm of the NHS is developing an open data platform using QlikView Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Case study: London Borough of Islington’s smart working journey

The London Borough of Islington is using technology to ensure its staff are as productive as possible travelling along a ‘smart working journey’ Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Nokia Solutions Networks HR rejects best of breed for best of platform

Nokia Solutions and Networks has chosen a ‘best of platform’ approach for its global HR programme in the wake of a reduction in staff from around 80,000 to 50,000, consequent to a restructure in 2011 Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

700,000 benefit claimants miss out on Universal Credit deadline

The secretary for work and pensions has admitted the Universal Credit benefit scheme will miss its 2017 deadline Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Tech spend to increase in 2014 as executives explore big data

Over three-quarters of chief financial officers plan to increase technology investments in 2014 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Intel x86 and IBM Power CPUs: Which, when, why?

There are only three processors left in the market for mission-critical applications. Which should you chose ? Continue Reading

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• Terry Keene

Mobile business intelligence adoption slows, BARC BI survey finds

Mobile BI adoption is slowing and much vaunted social media analytics are little deployed, according to the latest BARC BI global survey Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

IT budgets to rise by 3% in 2014 as companies step up spending on mobile

IT spending will increase by 3% in 2014, up from 1.8% last year. But shadow IT spending will add another 40% to technology budgets Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Jaguar Land Rover builds data sharing infrastructure

Jaguar Landrover (JLR) has used a proposed data sharing standard to improve car development within its product lifecycle management (PLM) system. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Pegasystems CEO Alan Trefler plans his next move for the $500m software company

Alan Trefler discusses his plans for Pegasystems, the BPM and CRM specialist that has grown into a $500m a year company Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Case study: McGraw-Hill Education mobilises with Salesforce

The educational resources provider utilises Salesforce to develop a mobile app and get its sales reps selling more on campus Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Human Capital Management

Computer Weekly looks at the steps companies have taken to improve talent management; bridging the gap between the cost savings promised by cloud technologies and the value they deliver. Continue Reading

Procter & Gamble uses Teradata cloud analytics for global marketing

Procter & Gamble has 15,000 websites, but sells almost exclusively through retailers. This makes gathering intelligence on customers tough Continue Reading

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• Lindsay Clark

Future Gazing: The Future of IT in 2020

The next six years will see the influence of technology accelerate, and that will mean radical changes for the role of the IT department and the CIO Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

CIO interview: Paolo Cinelli, CIO, Ikea

Ikea's priority is to get closer to its customers using a multi-channel approach which combines digital and traditional methods Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Big Data analytics: Adoption and employment trends

The report identifies current and future adoption rates for big data by type and size of organisation in the UK Continue Reading

Data on the Balance Sheet

This report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), discusses the economic arguments for placing 'data' as an asset on the company balance sheet. Continue Reading

The trust advantage: How to win at big data

Without consumer trust, most of the trillions of dollars of social and economic value promised from big data will go to waste, this report from The Boston Consulting Group reveals. Continue Reading

Hands-on Oracle Application Express security

This book extract demonstrates how Oracle Application Express (APEX) can be vulnerable to SQL injection, using sample code. Continue Reading

IT spending up as companies invest in digital technology

Businesses are stepping up their spending on IT as they invest in strategic digital technologies, a CIO survey by Deloitte reveals Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Wellcome Trust maps big data genetics with DDN HPC storage

The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has invested in DDN SFA10K HPC storage to support petabytes of big data generated by genetic mapping and research into diseases such as malaria Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Companies are not taking advantage of data analytics, research says

Research by Bersin by Deloitte shows that 86% of businesses have yet to progress beyond using their HR data to generate basic reports Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Government calls for more data scientists in the UK

The government is calling on industry and academia to help produce more data scientists in the UK Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Emulex ExpressLane and CrossLink boost HBAs for flash and Hadoop

Storage card maker Emulex has added QoS prioritisation for flash storage and leveraged RDMA via Fibre Channel to increase server performance in clustered operations such as Hadoop Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

BT signs multimillion HR technology contract with Oracle

The project, one of the largest contracts signed so far for Oracle’s Fusion technology, is strategically important both to Oracle and BT Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Case study: Pumps maker Hayward Tyler’s restructure sharpened ERP business focus

When a restructure arrives half way through an ERP upgrade, it could be a threat to the IT programme. But Hayward Tyler saw it as a chance to ensure business goals were at the heart of its Epicor project. Continue Reading

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• Lindsay Clark

Toyota e-learning upgrade aims to cut mechanics' training time by up to a year

Car distributor Toyota Motor Europe is using e-learning to manage the training and certification of motor technicians and engineers Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Rugby Football Union uses analytics to educate and engage with users

The RFU is introducing data analytics technologies for public use to encourage engagement with existing fans and education of the sport Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

UK trading sector faces challenges as US regulator prepare rules

UK trading firms will have to makes their trading software more resilient to ensure they comply with the imminent regulations being put together by the US SEC Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Oracle customers continue to invest in big data

Airbus, Thomson Reuters and the New York Stock Exchange have all implemented Oracle's big data products to improve their businesses Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

C-level executives cry out for data scientists

Board level executives are putting pressure on their IT organisations to find data scientists, according to Teradata research Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Big trends from Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Big data and cloud

Oracle tackled issues of big data and cloud head on at its annual OpenWorld 2013 user conference in San Francisco Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

British Army’s manpower planning saves £770m through SAS BI

The British Army's headquarters is using SAS to analyse and more efficiently allocate manpower and resources Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Businesses hit digital roadblock due to paper processes

A survey of business and IT leaders has found that paper-based processes are creating inefficiencies Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Quantum upgrades big data storage to StorNext 5

Quantum’s StorNext big data tiered architecture operating software gets a boost to five billion files and a claimed 10x performance jump via multi-threaded CPU ops Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Executive interview: Andrew Brem, Connected Homes, British Gas

British Gas is digitising energy. Andrew Brem speaks to Computer Weekly about the internet connected home Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Unlocking the value of big data

This independent report provides the first in-depth assessment of the role that data-intensive technology can play in supporting jobs and growth in Ireland over the next five years. Continue Reading

Diageo to change how it manages APIs to support digital strategy

Diageo is contemplating introducing a lightweight middleware layer to better manage the APIs that govern the software services it uses Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Banks tighten data handling in race for compliance

Data is obviously a valuable asset to any company, but managed poorly it could also be a liability. Data in the financial sector continues to grow at a rapid pace, so getting your house in order will ensure you are not hit with any unwanted fines or receive any negative PR due to data loss. In this issue of CW Europe read how data discipline ensures you avoid data loss, as well as helping you to think clearer and to be organised. Continue Reading

Data steward role needs some shepherding itself

Consultant David Loshin gives suggestions for building and managing a data stewardship program that can effectively support data governance. Continue Reading

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• David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity Inc.

Big data adds new complications for data stewards

In order to accommodate big data and the needs of data scientists, data stewards will need to adjust to a more short-term view of data stewardship. Continue Reading

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• Beth Stackpole

eHarmony finds MongoDB the perfect match for data store

Online dating site eHarmony has used open source NoSQL database MongoDB for its data store, to speed up delivery of matches between users Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Coca-Cola overcomes challenges to seize BI opportunities

The Coca-Cola Co. understands that analytics challenges can be overcome and that a team approach helps businesses take advantage of BI opportunities. Continue Reading

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• Ed Burns

CW buyer's guide: data management

Effective use of data management systems will provide access to consistent, accurate and current information Continue Reading

Data governance tools: Part, but not all, of the governance puzzle

While tools designed for data governance are helpful, organizations must also implement best practices and standard processes to be effective. Continue Reading

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• David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity Inc.

Big Data in Big Companies 

The International Institute for Analytics (IIA) and SAS, assess how 20 large firms have deployed analytics to generate value from their big data assets. Continue Reading

Winning the Paper Wars

This report from AIIM, a global community of IT professionals, assess the ROI of paper free projects, the drivers for eliminating paper, and the hurdles. Continue Reading

Privacy and big data

Sixteen key questions companies need to answer when considering the privacy and governance aspects of big data Continue Reading

Online retailing means the industrialisation of analytics

Figleaves founder and eCommera chief scientist Michael Ross argues that online retailing requires a new type of action-oriented business intelligence Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Gartner describes the building blocks for a strong MDM program

MDM teams should consider these seven building blocks, outlined by Saul Judah, research director on the information management team at Gartner Inc. Continue Reading

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• Emma Preslar

The data fragmentation challenge

Few organisations have policies to guide where data should and should not be stored. The result: data fragmentation Continue Reading

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• Tony Lock, Freeform Dynamics

Case study: How Premier Inn uses mobile analytics

Premier Inn's mobile app has been downloaded more than two million times and 77% of room bookings are made via the app Continue Reading

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• Graham Jarvis

Whiteboard it – the power of graph databases

Graph databases map relationships between entities in a network. They won’t replace conventional relational databases, but for harnessing the value of interconnectedness they mark a breakthrough Continue Reading

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• Andy Hogg, Contributor

Taylor Wimpey builds cloud forecasting process with Anaplan

Homebuilder Taylor Wimpy teams up with Anaplan to ditch its old Excel suite and head for the cloud Continue Reading

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• Kayleigh Bateman, Computer Weekly

Virgin Media uses ETAdirect to manage engineers more predictively

Virgin Media is using predictive analytics to get the right engineer out to the right problem. It believes its use of TOA Technologies cloud-based ETAdirect system gives it a competitive advantage Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Big data journalism exposes offshore tax dodgers

How journalists harnessed big data to challenge offshore financial secrecy Continue Reading

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• Duncan Campbell and Craig Shaw

Aintree NHS saves £1m a year with electronic patient records

Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust replaces paper medical records with an electronic system to save £1m per year Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

The need for data speed

In this week's Computer Weekly, we find out how the McLaren Formula One team is using high-speed data analytics to improve race performance. Our new buyer's guide looks at best practices in data management. And we discuss IT leaders' frustrations about the unwanted complexities of software licensing. Continue Reading

The Economic Value of Data

Big data analytics promises to boost the profits of financial services firms, according to this report from Cognizant. Continue Reading

CW500: Back to the Future: Big Data at Channel 4

Bob Harris, Chief Technology Officer of Channel 4 Television, explains the broadcaster's approach to big data in this presentation for Computer Weekly's 500 Club. Continue Reading

Indian banks harness big data analysis amid competition

The increasing penetration of broadband and growth in smartphone usage in India are driving the development of IT-based services for bank consumers. Continue Reading

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• Viraj V Desai

OpenCorporates makes company data public

Company data is being made available as part of an initiative to place more government data in the public domain Continue Reading

Davenport: Travel industry data pioneer has lost way but can be saved

Tom Davenport sees the travel industry as a data pioneer that has lost its way, but can be redeemed Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Case study: Toyota fleet management system gathers global fork-lift truck data remotely

Toyota Material Handling Europe develops operational data management system that monitors and controls fork-lift trucks globally Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

From chess to ping pong: How Pegasystems is capturing the Fortune 500

Pegasystems is winning business from the world's leading companies as business process management technology enters the mainstream Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Ocado delivers with in-house software development

Online grocery retailer Ocado built its own software for its own business – and now it delivers for Morrisons Continue Reading

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• Lindsay Clark

NHS IT to embrace open source

A new report from NHS England promises open source will be at the heart of the plans to digitise the health service Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Business value from the internet of things

In this week's Computer Weekly, we hear from manufacturing giant GE about its plan for gaining business value from the "internet of things", analysing huge amounts of machine data in an industrial internet. Our latest buyer's guide looks at HR management systems. And we look at ways to improve the detection of data breaches. Continue Reading

Oracle 12c database goes to general availability

The Oracle 12c Database is now generally available, its most touted aspect a virtualisation feature called Pluggable Databases Continue Reading

CIO interview: Paul Clarke, director of technology, Ocado

Paul Clarke is responsible for the technology strategy at online grocer Ocado, where IT is used in every aspect of the business Continue Reading

Datacentres must be tuned to the application in the mobile-cloud era: Cisco

Cloud, big data and mobile applications are challenging the traditional datacentre infrastructure, says Cisco Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Data quality more important than fixating over big data, says Shell VP

Johan Krebbers, vice-president of architecture at Shell, says it is more important to get data quality right than to find a ‘big data silver bullet’ Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

BI program rescue strategy: Breaking the rules

If business users are losing faith in a business intelligence team, it might be time to throw out the BI rule book and do what needs to be done, writes TechTarget's Wayne Eckerson. Continue Reading

The challenges of information governance in our increasingly litigious age

Formulating the right enterprise-wide information governance policies is essential in heading off potential legal and compliance costs Continue Reading

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• Doug Miles

Startup profile: Growth Intelligence

Growth Intelligence is a technology startup offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) product to B2B corporations wanting to search for sales leads. Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Is it time to outsource your BI program?

TechTarget's Wayne Eckerson writes that if your business intelligence efforts aren't producing the desired business results, one option to consider might be -- yes -- outsourcing the BI initiative. Continue Reading

Inadequate datacentre infrastructure is a barrier to big data analytics

Inadequate datacentre infrastructure and siloed work practices are preventing UK enterprises from benefiting from big data analytics, shows study Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Enterprise data quality efforts in good company with MDM, governance

Combining data quality initiatives with master data management and data governance programs can help ensure that data remains accurate and consistent. Continue Reading

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• Alan R. Earls

Lloyds customer complaints plummet after automating manual processes

Lloyds is claiming dramatic improvements in the quality of its customer service after automating manual banking processes Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

An Information Architecture Vision

The Open Group assesses the "big data" problem and offers an Enterprise Information Planning and Architecture Model to help organisations make the most of their information. Continue Reading

NHS numbers to be mandated by 2014

NHS providers must use an NHS number to identify all patient data, Tim Kelsey, director for patients and information at NHS England announces Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

ICO fines Glasgow City Council for loss of unencrypted laptops

Glasgow City Council has been fined £150,000 for losing two laptops which held personal details of more than 20,000 people Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

SAP buys e-commerce company Hybris to move into CRM market

SAP is moving into the CRM market with its purchase of Hybris, a Swiss customer relationship management (CRM) supplier Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Sports performance data analytics fuels Opta’s business expansion

Football performance data could play a role in clubs’ scouting efforts, and even in footballer market evaluation, according to OptaSports Data Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Gartner: Deriving value from Big Data for CRM

Kimberly Collins, research vice-president of Gartner highlights the critical steps organisations should to take to integrate big data into Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Continue Reading

CW500: Back to the Future: Big Data at Channel 4

Bob Harris, Chief Technology Officer of Channel 4 Television, explains the broadcaster's approach to big data in this presentation for Computer Weekly's 500 Club. Continue Reading

Information Governance

This research from AIIM looks at the risk profile around electronic records, the keep-all versus delete-all options, e-discovery, and the implications of social, mobile and cloud on risk management policies. Continue Reading

Six steps to creating a BI competency center

TechTarget's Wayne Eckerson lays out a roadmap for setting up a successful business intelligence competency center, and breaking down BI silos, in a decentralized company. Continue Reading