Jobs related to big data are rising in the ranks of executives' hiring priorities, according to a new survey
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EMC Launches Server Joint Venture With Lenovo
Storage giant EMC has now officially launched its server joint venture with PC maker Lenovo
Imation Enters Data Centre With Nexsan Buy
Imation has bolstered its enterprise data centre storage portfolio with the acquisition of Nexsan
Will 2013 See Smart Meters Fail?
Smart meters are supposed to roll out this year, but the programme looks ill-conceived and ill-prepared, says Peter Judge
Opera Uses Big Data To Fight US Health Insurance Fraud
Opera Solutions is working with the US federal government to detect fraud in the country's new health insurance exchanges using big data techniques
Splunk SDKs Ramp Big Data Application Development
Splunk's new software development kits for Java and Python allow development on top of the big data platform
IBM Beefs Up Big Data With StoredIQ Purchase
IBM is adding to its growing 'big data' arsenal with the decision to acquire software maker StoredIQ
Google Expands Apps Vault Archive Availability
Google Apps Vault, the search engine's data governance solution, is now available to existing customers
Apotheker Reacts To HP Autonomy Blame
Ex-HP chief executive Leo Apotheker has said HP's directors must share the responsibility for problems surrounding the company's $11 billion acquisition of Autonomy
IT Life: Making Online Adverts Personal
Aaron McKee of Struq needs the cloud and Big Data to serve people ads they can use
Apple Blocks Update For SkyDrive App – Report
Apple is said to be blocking an update for the SkyDrive app as it clashes with Microsoft over profits
Big Data Experts Cloudera To Open European HQ In The UK
Doug Cutting’s Hadoop powerhouse is coming to London
IBM Chip Breakthrough Makes Light-Borne Data A Real-World Proposition
Silicon nanophotonics should supplement speed up computers for Big Data
MapR Begins European Expansion With London Office
We talk with Jack Norris, VP of marketing at MapR, about the Big Data market in the UK and upcoming products
EMC And VMware To Fold Products Into New Cloud Entity
EMC has revealed plans to create a new entity that combines its and VMware's data analytics and cloud apps portfolios
HP Discover: Autonomy ‘Even More’ Central To HP
Far from hiding Autonomy away, HP is relying on it, says vice president Brian Weiss
HP Discover: HP, Autonomy And Vertica Units Launch Combined Big Data Push
HP bumps up Big Data appliances while Autonomy legal suite could prove useful in HP's Autonomy legal cases
SevOne Appliance Targets Big Data Growth
SevOne has released an application and a mobile application aimed at large enterprises that face massive network growth and big data challenges
Toshiba Increases Hard Disk Drive Capacity To 4TB
Toshiba has unveiled the 3.5-inch, 7,200 rpm MG Series line of SATA and SAS disk drives, all holding 4TB of storage, the company's highest capacity yet
HP Discover: HP Ugrades Primary And Backup Storage
Autonomy features heavily despite the legal issues that erupted last month
Dropbox To Open International HQ In Dublin
The new office will handle sales and support, and employ 30 to 40 staff
Amazon Web Services Cuts Storage Prices Again
Amazon Web Services storage prices have been reduced again, and more functionality added to its ElastiCache service
Newzbin Dies A Miserable Death
Newzbin gives up the ghost after staff leave, payments firms pull out and ISPs block access to the site
Google Drive And Gmail To Allow 10GB Attachments
Gmail users now have the ability to send 10GB file attachments in their emails thanks to Google Drive integration
NetApp Improves E-Series Storage Performance
NetApp has updated its high-end E-Series storage platform, which is designed for big data-type systems
TechWeekEurope Announces Tech Success Awards Shortlist
Our Tech Success awards scheme is off to a flying start with a strong shortlist for the first year
Neat Company Takes Digital Filing System To The Cloud
Neat Company has created a cloud service that goes with its digital filing system products
IBM Adds Entry-level Storage Array For SMBs
Big Blue has updated its lower-end storage portfolio with the entry-level Storwize V3700, aimed at SMBs
UK Government Threatens Businesses Over Open Data
Government urges companies to open up under midata initiative
Microsoft Research: Beyond Kinect, And Open Source Robots
Scanners, sensors and a football-playing chair – just another day at Microsoft Research Cambridge