TechTarget News - Week of Jul 27, 2014
Mon Jul 28, 2014
Oracle in-memory option creates licensing pain and audit risk
A former Oracle employee has highlighted a major issue in the way the new Oracle Database 12c Release 12.1.0.2 is licensed
Tue Jul 29, 2014
Hacker and UFO hunter Gary McKinnon launches SEO business
Hacker Gary McKinnon has set up a search engine optimisation business after winning a 10-year battle against extradition to the US
Tue Jul 29, 2014
Large Indian B2C firms lead analytics push
Consumer-facing businesses in banking, telecoms and retail are leading adoption of analytics internally to support the business
Tue Jul 29, 2014
Tackle IAM with a risk-based approach, says KPMG
A risk-based approach is the best way to tackle identity and access management, says KPMG
Wed Jul 30, 2014
Lack of coding skills may lead to skills shortage in Europe
European Commission urges people to learn coding, warning that a lack of coding skills could see Europe facing skills shortage by 2020
Wed Jul 30, 2014
Anaplan opens York office in search of engineering talent
Anaplan turns to York for R&D engineers as companies struggle to find talent in California
Thu Jul 31, 2014
£700m government hosting deal limits bidders to North-East England datacentre
Want to win the £700m Crown Hosting Service contract? You'll need a major datacentre near Newcastle to stand any chance
Thu Jul 31, 2014
Bitcoin mining firm CoinTerra signs multi-megawatt datacentre deal
CoinTerra, the firm that provides the hardware and software that power the bitcoin blockchain ecosystem, signs a multi-megawatt datacentre deal
Thu Jul 31, 2014
IT needs to improve network infrastructure for future of retail
IT departments need to up their game and improve networks for the retail sector which is on the brink of massive technology change
Thu Jul 31, 2014
The benefits and drawbacks of regulatory compliance automation
Increasingly complicated compliance mandates have led some businesses to implement automated processes to save resources. Participants in July's #GRCChat said compliance automation can assist data management, but also warned of unintended consequences.
Thu Jul 31, 2014
Paddy Power hit by data breach in 2010
Gambling firm Paddy Power owns up to 2010 data breach after recovering a compromised dataset in Canada
Fri Aug 1, 2014
Russian blogger law comes into action
A new information security law which places restrictions on Russian bloggers and social media users has come into force today
Fri Aug 1, 2014
Fingerprint scanners most popular alternative to banking passwords
Fingerprint scanning technology is the most favoured biometric security alternative to passwords for UK bank customers
Fri Aug 1, 2014
Cameron announces £300m big data human genome database project
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced £300m government support for a big data human genome mapping project in England
Fri Aug 1, 2014
VMware-AirWatch integration details, new features revealed
VMware continues to drop details about its integration with AirWatch for end user computing. Among the new items coming is a mobile container that brings together many different technologies from both companies.