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RIP George Moore – big data and cloud industry visionary News
24.05.2013 George Moore, an Irishman who was one of the founding fathers of the decision analytics industry and who foresaw the rise of cloud computing and big data, has died. -
Facebook most linked with cyberbullying through lens of Irish media News
05.04.2013 Analysis of media reportage of cyberbullying in the aftermath of the tragic suicides of a number of teenagers and a senior politician earlier this year in Ireland found that... -
Tech giants and colleges join forces to make execs masters of the big data universe News
15.03.2013 If data is going to be the oil of the 21st century, business leaders will need an edge when it comes to capitalising on opportunities in big data. Tech giants EMC and SAS have...Categories: Leadership & Management, Education, Economy, Digital Business, Data Management, CIO, Business Intelligence, Analysis -
Data analysis ‘strongly indicates’ particle is Higgs boson - CERN News
14.03.2013 An analysis of data pertaining to an elementary particle found in the atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in July “strongly indicates” it is the elusive Higgs boson... -
Pinterest rolls out new web analytics tool for website owners News
12.03.2013 Social media player Pinterest has revealed a new analytics tool called Pinterest Web Analytics that gives users and businesses access to data on what people are pinning the most.Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Development, Design, Apps, Analysis -
Global enterprise search market to reach US$4.68bn by 2019 – Frost & Sullivan News
25.01.2013 The global enterprise search market reaped revenues of more than US$1.47bn in 2012 and that figure is forecast to be US$4.68bn by 2019, analysis by business consulting firm...Categories: Search, Management, Financial, Enterprise, Data Management, Business Intelligence, Analysis -
George Moore named Enterprise Ireland’s start-up ambassador to the US News
18.12.2012 Louth man George Moore, viewed by many as the founding father of the decision analytics industry – aka big data – has been named by Enterprise Ireland as its start-up ambassador...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Search Engines, Search, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Business, Database, Computers, Analysis -
The future of big data (infographic) News
08.12.2012 Big data will be drawn together in ways that will improve social, political and economic intelligence, according to 53pc of respondents to a survey, whose results are... -
Post-budget briefing asks what implications for the ICT sector (video) News
06.12.2012 The morning after Ireland's Budget announcement, the Irish Internet Association and the Digital Hub hosted a post-budget briefing session to review the Budget specifically in... -
Windows 8 not selling as fast as Windows 7 at launch, StatCounter claims News
30.11.2012 Windows 8 is slower out of the traps than its predecessor Windows 7 one month after launch, according to internet usage data compiled by StatCounter. By 26 November, Windows 8...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Operating Systems, Internet, Digital Media, Analysis -
The first battle of big data wars – Twitter vs PeopleBrowsr News
29.11.2012 For most people the words big data sound important but few know what they really mean; something to do with cloud, perhaps. The current court battle between Twitter and... -
Humanising big data (infographic) News
30.10.2012 Most (77pc) of executives said more employees need access to big data to make informed decisions, a new infographic based on a global survey conducted by the Economist... -
Private social app Brewster that makes sense of relationships goes live in Europe (video) News
23.10.2012 A social app aimed at individuals only that allows them to analyse all their social connections across the major social networks from Twitter to Facebook and LinkedIn is now...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Database, Business Intelligence, Apps, Analysis -
Fewer than half of organisations analyse external data, report reveals News
17.10.2012 Most big data initiatives being deployed by organisations are aimed at improving the customer experience yet less than half of organisations taking part in big data initiatives... -
Munich Re to create 17 new jobs as it establishes strategic R&D operation in Dublin News
15.10.2012 Munich Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurers serving 40m clients in 30 countries, is to create 17 new jobs in Dublin at a strategic R&D facility as part of an €8m investment.Categories: Research, R&D, Investments, Financial Services, Digital Business, Business Software, Business Intelligence, Analysis -
Tibus’ Andrew Maybin: educating the business is key to reaching the connected consumer (video) News
06.09.2012 From his vantage point at one of Ireland’s top digital agencies, Tibus director Andrew Maybin has his finger on the pulse of how firms are handling the challenges and... -
Organisations grapple with big data initiatives - study News
13.09.2012 Most organisations need to address various core data needs and technology infrastructure issues before launching big-data initiatives, research by the non-profit association for... -
OPINION: New York at the centre of tech News
28.07.2012 It sounds like a small thing, but when more and more of your new client meetings are taking place beyond the confines of the suits, skyscrapers and tourist haunts of midtown... -
Facebook spices up its Social Graph with unique user analytics News
24.05.2012 Social network Facebook has added the ability within the Insights dashboard to allow app developers to monitor the number of unique people seeing and accepting their... -
Weekend news roundup: Facebook smartphone and the end of Silicon Valley's Golden Age News
21.05.2012 The weekend newspapers' tech coverage was full of interesting insights into the Facebook IPO but what's coming next is what most folks would really need to know. One Silicon...