Companies are not getting full value from their data due to the creation of data silos which limit their ability to make insight-based decisions and result in increased IT costs, according to a newly published global survey.
Facebook’s newly launched hosted news publishing platform, Instant Articles, is a first step to a new business model to deliver news, and signifies a significant “shift of power” between the news publishers and social networks, according to a US analytics firm.
Japanese electronics firm Hitachi has chosen Netcomm to enable its remote energy monitoring and management systems for international customers.
Australian customer behaviour data company SkyFii has entered into a reseller agreement with Mnet Mobile to market SkyFii’s data analytics services in Australia and New Zealand.
Australian organisations have been warned they may be placed at risk of litigation through compliance breaches due to the increasing cost of collecting and analysing business data, and that the problem could negatively impact their competitive potential in the wider market.
Australia is up there with other Asia Pacific countries in continuing a steady increase in IT investment in the healthcare sector. China is the fastest growing IT spender, with a new market report showing an expected APAC region annual growth rate in IT spending on healthcare of 8%.
Chip giant Intel has unveiled a new high-end processor, the Xeon E7 v2, designed for "mission critical computing" in a bid to better deal with big data.
News broke last month that Microsoft's Windows Phone has increased its market share worldwide but Forbes has gone one step further, suggesting the mobile OS could overtake Apple's iOS in a mere three years.
Microsoft’s decision to acquire Nokia’s Devices & Services business for US$7.2 billion is a sign of the future to come, according to analysts.
Apple's 'slow but steady' iPhone approach is eroding its market share, with Android now gaining almost 80% of the worldwide market.
Big data analysis company Splunk has announced the beta version of its new product Hunk, which integrates tightly with Hadoop.
The massive popularity of free messaging apps and a decline in SMS iis causing operators to worry about monetizing messaging services, according to global analyst firm Ovum.
PC sales have experienced the steepest decline in two decades of record keeping, plunging a huge 14 percent in the first three months of the year.
If you've ever used Apple's iOS, and then had to suffer through the mishmash of interfaces, front-ends, endless processor and hardware variations and more from the world of Android, it should be absolutely no surprise that Apple was able to reclaim the Q4 2011 top spot.
Despite a fierce attack of Android clones, Apple's iPhone 4S and earlier models have propelled the crunchy kingdom to the top of the smartphone pile in Q4 2011, but it's a neck-and-neck race for supremacy between Apple and its major co-opetitor, Samsung.
QSR International's NVivo 9 qualitative data analysis software has been localised for an additional five languages.
Does Ovum's Tony Cripps see blips in BlackBerry's future, or as the tide that lifts all of RIM's ships?
Analyst firm Telsyte has come forth with the terrific news for tableteers of an increase forecast in Australian 'media tablet sales' to almost 1.2 million units for 'calendar year 2011', while warning Android tablet makers that they need to drop prices.
Broadcasters rate production of 3D content and channels as their lowest technology investment priority, and the lack of programming for consumers who have bought a 3D TV is set to continue, according to Ovum.
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