Categorised as: Data Management & News
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Facebook wins case to ensure Europeans use real names on social network News
15.02.2013 A German court has ruled in Facebook’s favour in a case where a data commissioner in Schleswig-Holstein wanted Facebook to allow the use of fake names. Facebook argued that it...Categories: Social Media, Servers, Security, Networking & Telecoms, Legal, Internet, Digital Business, Data Management, Communications -
Telefónica Digital selects FeedHenry app tech to power mobile cloud News
15.02.2013 One of the world’s largest mobile operators Telefónica Digital has selected technology made by Irish technology company FeedHenry to enable a one-stop-shop for creating,... -
Twitter eyes the total media prize – acquires social TV firm Bluefin Labs News
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... -
Scorned exes may well share intimate content online - survey News
04.02.2013 Nearly all (94pc) of adults in the US believe their data and revealing photos are safe with their partners, but 13pc of adults have had their personal content leaked to others... -
Big data bounce - organisations are bringing their data back in-house News
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... -
Tech start-up of the week: ExamTime News
03.02.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is ExamTime, a free online platform that’s being developed in Ireland for students to create their own personal learning environment. The solution...Categories: Software Development, Software & Web Development, Software, Internet, Education, Design, Data Management -
Trend Micro’s Cork chief to enter the start-up world News
29.01.2013 After helping cloud security player Trend Micro ratchet up international revenues from US$65m to US$250m, senior vice-president Anthony O’Mara is taking up a non-executive role... -
HP in drive to help car manufacturers reduce waste News
28.01.2013 Hewlett-Packard is getting involved in a shared service to help 34 of the world’s leading car manufacturers wipe out harmful substances from the automotive sector supply chain,... -
European one-stop shop for privacy will rely on ‘consistency mechanism’ News
28.01.2013 Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes – who is working with Facebook to ensure the social network meets its global privacy obligations – said today that while the... -
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 -
Sony fined stg£250,000 over ‘preventable’ PlayStation Network breach News
24.01.2013 Sony has been fined stg£250,000 by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office for what it deemed the preventable hacking of the Sony PlayStation Network platform in 2011 that... -
Google cites an increase in governments demanding citizen data News
24.01.2013 Google’s latest transparency report has shown a steady increase in government and law agency requests around the world for their citizens’ data. -
Everyone’s an innovator – opening data to create value News
23.01.2013 While big data is cited by many experts as the next big thing for business, one respected IT thinker argues that when it comes to making government data and other datasets... -
Trust will be the biggest challenge of the cloud, apps, big data and social age News
22.01.2013 The issue of trust will tower over the matter of struggling to manage the exponential growth in data and will define the cloud age and the consequent explosions in social media,...Categories: Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise, Digital Business, Data Management, Consumer Tech, CIO, Architecture, Apps -
Transatlantic fibre player Hibernia Networks completes US$52.5m refinancing News
17.01.2013 Transatlantic network services player Hibernia Networks has just completed a US$52.5m debt refinancing, with new lenders Fortress Investment group LLC and Bridges Bank taking part. -
Data Edge secures €2.5m contract with Irish Aviation Authority News
17.01.2013 Bray-based Data Edge has won a €2.5m contract with the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) to supply it with air traffic monitoring technology over a 10-year period.Tags: Video, -
Intune’s latest breakthrough – software defined networks across hundreds of miles News
17.01.2013 Dublin technology company Intune Networks this morning claimed it has designed the world’s first distributed switch which is capable of extending Software Defined Networks... -
Smartphones now consume more data than tablet computers News
16.01.2013 Smartphones have overtaken tablet computers in their thirst for mobile data for the first time. According to the latest research from Arieso, 40pc of data is consumed by 1pc of... -
YouSendIt acquires Found Software – deal brings search to consumer cloud News
15.01.2013 YouSendIt Inc has acquired Found Software, an app firm that makes it easy to search for files and documents across your Mac and cloud services on one simple search platform.Categories: Storage, Software & Web Development, Software, Internet, Data Management, Consumer Tech, Communications, CIO -
ISP Airfibre invests in Dublin data centre space to boost colo services News
15.01.2013 Business-to-business ISP Airfibre has invested in spare data centre capacity from a number of data centre providers around Dublin and says it plans to acquire further rack space...