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How Avanade Is Pushing Williams F1 Onto The Podium
Big data and analytics pushing Formula One forward into new era, CIOs reveal
Meet The Big Data Platform Powering This Years’ Tour De France
Dimension Data’s platform makes it easier than ever to cheer on Chris Froome and Team Sky this year
IBM And NVIDIA Launch OpenPOWER Research Centre In France
IBM, NVIDIA and Mellanox say the centre will push research and adoption of Big Data and HPC technologies based on OpenPOWER
Almost All Companies Better Understand Their Customers Thanks To Big Data
Global Study Finds 90 Percent of companies using big data analytics can better understand customers and see higher returns
Spotify Buys Analytics Firm For Big Data Music Streaming
Spotify snaps up analytics specialist Seed Scientific, which previously worked for Apple's Beats Music
MIT Develops Solar-Powered Sensor To Keep IoT Data Flowing
Researchers invent solar-powered sensors to harness Internet of Things potential
IBM Hurricane Planning Software Aids Emergency Services
IBM helps towns plan for hurricanes and scraps official opening of office in Louisiana, whose governor reportedly blamed gay community for Hurricane Katrina
IBM Invests Heavily In ‘Important’ Open Source Apache Spark Big Data Project
IBM pledges technology and 3,500 developers to Apache Spark, which will be used by its analytics and commerce platforms as well as Watson Health Cloud
Royal Bank Of Scotland Aims To Repair Reputation With Customer Service Focus
RBS is banking on decisioning and analytics from Pegasystems to help it become the number one UK bank for customer service
Pegasystems Enhances Pega 7 With Advanced Analytics And Mobility
New capabilities increase productivity and deepen engagement to satisfy customers
HP Readies A Machine Prototype For Next Year
The company is still five years away from having the system ready for market, but developers will be able to get a look at it in 2016
Government And IBM Pledge £313m For Big Data Research
British government and Big Blue funnel £300m into big data and cognitive computing research
Yahoo To Face Lawsuit For Email Spying
American judge orders Yahoo to face class-action lawsuit for alleged snooping of people's emails
Consumer Trust Meltdown With Businesses Over Personal Data
Porkie pie time...study finds consumers deliberately provide wrong information when businesses ask for personal details
5 Reasons SMBs Should Embrace Big Data Analytics
Richard Bradbury, director of alliances and partners for UK & Ireland, SAS, explains why SMBs shouldn't ignore or go it alone with analytics
Nexenta Releases Hyper-Scale Big Data Storage Platform For OpenStack
NexentaEdge for OpenStack to offer 'simplified' management of petabyte-scale repositories
Belgian Privacy Watchdog Hits Back After Facebook Criticism
Tit for tat argument continues as Belgian Privacy Watchdog sharply criticises Facebook and its privacy controls
Robots To Seize Control In 100 Years, Says Stephen Hawking
“Open the pod bay doors, Hal!” ... Humans have 100 years left before the robots take over, warns Professor Stephen Hawking
IBM Launches Watson Analytics Pro
With more and more businesses tapping into the power of IBM Watson Analytics cognitive computing solution, Big Blue announced an enterprise version
RSPB Conservation Efforts Take Flight Thanks To Data Analytics
Wildlife charity using SAS analytics to track threats and develop conservation programmes across the UK
Google Reveals Cloud Bigtable Database
Google opens up its NoSQL database to large enterprises dealing with massive data workloads
EU Reveals Ambitious Plan For Digital Single Market
Europe unveils its plan to tackle American domination of the digital world, but will it work?
IBM Launches Power Systems For SAP HANA
IBM and SAP teamed up to announce a new set of Power Systems solutions for SAP's HANA big data platform
IBM’s Watson Takes On Cancer Screening Challenge
AI system teams up with the Epic and the Mayo Clinic to guide screening at 14 clinics
Major Pivotal Big Data Suite Upgrades Designed To Improve Analytical Performance
Pivotal Big Data Suite accelerates digital transformation with upgraded Apache Hadoop distribution and next generation analytical performance
Build 2015: Microsoft Launches Azure Data Lake
Big Data repository for analytics on Microsoft Azure has been announced at Build 2015
IT Life: Fly Like An Eagle
Euan Robertson, CTO of big data company Aquila Insight, tells TechWeekEurope why finding the right people is the key to success
Public Happy To Share Location Data But Demand Tougher Regulation
Majority of consumers believe that more regulation is needed to ensure responsible usage of location based data
Can Analytics Extend The Careers Of Professional Athletes?
Cricket World Cup 2015: SAP and Australian cricketer Shaun Tait believe analytics could help athletes avoid injury and have longer careers