MongoDB is the go-to NoSQL database for Big Data and small projects alike, says 10gen CEO Max Schireson,
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US Bank Hits Prove DDoS Attacks Are Scarily Powerful
US bank attacks prove that DDoS hits are getting much nastier. Businesses should be more than a little concerned, says Tom Brewster
IT Life: Extracting The Intelligence From Big Data
Charles Clark served in the army and the City, but finds Big Data - in the shape of cloud business intelligence - more exciting
Microsoft Takes The Data Centre Naughty Chair
Microsoft got caught burning energy simply to reduce a fine. That's just symptomatic of data centres, says Peter Judge
Cisco: Antivirus Isn’t The Way Forward For Mobile Security
Cisco doesn't think antivirus is right for protecting business mobiles
Can Nokia Gain From The Apple Maps Mishap?
Apple Maps is a big mistake by Apple, and plays to Nokia's major strength in mapping, says Michelle Maisto
iPhone 5 Is A Celebrity, Not A Smartphone
Stop thinking of the iPhone 5 as a technological gadget. It's a celebrity in its own right, says Peter Judge
IT Life: We All Live On A Nuclear Submarine
Neil Thomson is currently the CTO of Microgen, but he was once an academic and worked on control systems for nuclear submarines
Dreamforce 2012: JP Rangaswami – I Hope Salesforce Stays A Start Up Forever
Salesforce is still a start-up and should remain so, chief scientist JP Rangaswami tells TechWeekEurope
Dreamforce 2012: Is Benioff Right To Follow Facebook In All-Social Strategy?
Analysis: Benioff tells TechWeekEurope he loves Facebook but is he right in borrowing from a firm that has had a difficult year after its troubled IPO?
Google Protests German Copyright Proposal
GERMANY: Google's Ralf Bremer is up in arms about charges for linking to stories
Five Successful Consumer Big Data Applications
Mark Young rounds up five popular everyday big data applications and asks what inspiration businesses might be able to take from them
IT Life: Putting Innovation To Good Use
Ian Osborne of Intellect is busy in the Government's Knowledge Transfer Networks, helping put innovation to work
Five Things To Consider Before Moving Into The Cloud
For Dominic Pollard, preparation is everything
What Makes An Open Source Tech Success?
A great open source project is one that delivers benefits for both the business and the community, says Tom Brewster. Tell us what you've done and be in with a chance of winning a Tech Success Award
The WEEE Directive Is Great! Oh, Wait, What Is It Again?
Readers like the EU's waste-reducing WEEE Directive, says Peter Judge. But they don't know what it is
Orange And T-Mobile To Live On? You Must Be CrazEE
Orange and T-Mobile are already doing the danse macabre after yesterday's EE launch, says Tom Brewster
Nokia Lumia 920 To Spark A Surge In Wireless Charging
Analysis: the Nokia Lumia 920 could spark a surge in wireless charging, thinks Michelle Maisto
Finding Tech Success In The Public Sector
Public sector IT has a bad name, says Peter Judge. Could you help change that?
IT Life: Putting Food On The Table
David Morris is the Head of IT at Nisa Retail, but he once wanted to be a footballer
Is Your Big Data Project Clever Enough To Be A Tech Success?
We want to hear of Big Data projects that are breaking the mould, says Peter Judge
VMworld Has Become A Big-League Show
VMworld, is now a major event, as virtual data centres take over, says Chris Preimesberger
If We Cool Our Data Centres With Liquid, What Do We Do Next?
Well done Intel for getting a PUE of 1.02, says Peter Judge. Now let's look beyond the PUE measurement for efficiency
What Makes A Cloud Project A Tech Success?
The best cloud projects probably major on business, not technology, says Peter Judge
Apple Samsung Patent Ruling Is Nonsense
The Apple Samsung patent ruling will most likely change on appeal. Wayne Rash thinks the whole thing is nonsense
Solving E-Waste Will Take More Than A New WEEE Directive
Other rules have to change if we are going to re-use and recycle our e-waste properly, says Peter Judge
BlackBerry 10 Will Re-Make Multi-Tasking, Says RIM CEO
Users need a better way to get from app to app, says RIM CEO Thorsten Heins
MP Peter Hain: Anonymous Hack Was Attack On Freedom Of Speech
Labour MP tells TechWeekEurope Anonymous hack of his site was irrational
IT Life: Changing TV Channels
We chat to Steve Plunkett, CTO at Red Bee Media, about the evolution of TV, the cloud and predicting technological developments
Patent Wars Could Ruin Apple
Wayne Rash says Apple increasingly looks like Ashton-Tate - the company which was eventually destroyed by patent litigation