06.06.2013 Human errors and system glitches caused two-thirds of data breaches in 2012, which, on average, cost companies about US$136 per compromised record. However, data breaches caused by malicious attacks remain the most costly for companies worldwide.
16.05.2013 This week is National Volunteering Week and, to help those willing to give up their time to help others, Volunteer Ireland has created a searchable online database of volunteering opportunities, as well as a mobile app.
25.04.2013 Google has launched the largest update of its Street View service yet, to mark the occasion of reaching 50 countries this week. The major new update sees the search giant add picturesque new 'Trike View' collections and imagery to go with 563,270 km (350,000 miles) of road.
19.04.2013 By embracing open data and providing citizens with fair and equitable access to knowledge, nations can empower a new generation of entrepreneurs, Emer Coleman told this morning’s Digital Ireland Forum in Dublin. Coleman has played a key role in guiding UK open government strategy.
09.04.2013 Ireland’s State broadcaster RTÉ, as part of its strategy to preserve the memories of a nation in digital form, is to collaborate with SFI’s recently announced mega CSET the Insight Centre to employ big data and the semantic web to make hundreds of thousands of hours of audio and video content available at the touch of a button.
08.04.2013 Only 56pc of Irish business executives believe big data will be a priority in the next five years compared with the EU average of 76pc, a Vanson Bourne study on behalf of data centre player Interxion has found.
05.03.2013 Business intelligence player Jaspersoft says its European HQ in Dublin, which employs 20 people – 95pc of them multilingual – has been responsible for driving a 50pc increase in software sales in the last three years.
08.02.2013 IBM’s TryTracker will use predictive analytics to provide play-by-play insights to fans during this Sunday’s pivotal RBS 6 Nations encounter between Ireland and England.
05.02.2013 Twitter’s claim to be a media company that has technology at its core is becoming clearer. Just one day after it saw over 24.1m tweets flutter during the Super Bowl it has emerged that the social network turned media giant has acquired social TV analytics company Bluefin Labs.
04.02.2013 In what must be a surprise to telcos, data centre and managed services providers, organisations are changing tack and are bringing their data back in-house, according to new research from Oracle.
