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• 21 May 2013

• News: SAP to crunch and sell carriers' data on mobile use

  Mobile operators collect huge amounts of data about how their subscribers use mobile data, and that information is starting to go on sale as targeted intelligence that enterprises can use to better reach consumers.

• News: Digital strongboxes won't solve whistleblower problem for journalists

  Strongbox preserves anonymity at the price of authenticty

• News: Telstra in the sights of Privacy Commissioner

  Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has begun an investigation after some Telstra customer's phone numbers, names and home addresses contained in spreadsheets were found online during a Google search.

• News: 5 Reasons to Move to Big Data (and 1 Reason Why It Won't Be Easy)

  Companies of all sizes are beginning to reap the benefits of data analytics technology. If you're not up to speed yet, here are five ways that big data can benefit your business--and one precaution that may well thwart your big data plans.

• 20 May 2013

• News: Planview overhauls the look of its portfolio management software

  Planview has updated the interface of its flagship project portfolio management (PPM) software to make it easier to navigate and appealing to a wider range of potential users.

• News: How India's IT Outsourcing Leaders Can Stay on Top

  After a decade of double-digit growth, India's offshore IT outsourcing leaders must shift strategies if they want to continue to dominate in technology services as growth slows in a maturing market. Here are six things Indian outsourcers need to do to grow.

• News: Opinion varies on action against Chinese cyberattacks

  New cyberespionage attack by People's Liberation Army prompts calls for action such as sanctions, but experts are mixed on best response

• News: Big data can increase competitiveness of businesses

  Big data can improve decision making and increase their competitiveness as per 60 percent of survey respondents of Cisco global study.

• News: Reddit IAmA this week to feature Ethernet inventor Bob Metcalfe

  Bob Metcalfe, co-inventor of Ethernet 40 years ago this week, will get his turn to play social media rock star as the subject of a Reddit IAmA on Tuesday, May 21, at noon EDT.

• News: Ticketek and Carsales extend partnership with Hostworks

  Ticketek and Carsales.com.au have announced that they will extend their hosting arrangements with Hostworks.

• News: Pressure mounts for building in security during application development

  Microsoft survey of IT pros and developers worldwide found only 37% worked for organizations that built products with security in mind

• News: Foxconn reports three possible suicides at factories in China

  Three workers at Foxconn factories in China have fallen to their deaths in recent weeks and police are investigating, according to the company.

• 17 May 2013

• News: No big-bang Apps news at I/O, but some announcements merit attention

  Apps, Google's flagship product for enterprise IT, had a minor presence at this week's I/O developer conference, but some announcements at the show and in prior weeks deserve attention from customers of the cloud email and collaboration suite.

• News: Wall Street Beat: Market stokes tech IPOs, as Tableau and Marketo debut

  A strong stock market could open the floodgates for more tech IPOs in the wake of Friday's solid debut of Marketo and Tableau, but not all segments of IT may be able to ride the wave.

• News: Nation's critical infrastructure cyber defenses weak, DHS tells hearing

  Experts criticize government's threat sharing, noting it wants the private sector to be generous but it's stingy with the private sector

• News: Big Data Investigations: Opportunity and Risk

  Experts say large-scale security analytics can cut through the noise to find key intelligence. But connecting the dots can lead to legal trouble

• News: Experts ding DHS vulnerability sharing plan as too limited

  Without universally availability, plan could miss smaller businesses hackers could use as an entry point to critical infrastructure companies

• News: Australian eHealth messaging trial a success

  A successful eHealth trial of secure message delivery means Australian healthcare professionals will soon be able to share clinical information through online messaging.

• News: Progress at Foxconn factories, but working hours still exceed Chinese laws

  Employees at the Chinese factories of Apple supplier Foxconn continue to work beyond the country's legal limit of 49 hours a month, according to a report from the Fair Labor Association (FLA). But the Taiwanese manufacturer is making overall steady progress in improving the working conditions at a select group of factories in China, it said.

• 16 May 2013

• News: Tibco offers free R to the enterprise

  Hoping to entice more enterprises to use the R statistical programming language directly within their predictive modeling and data visualization jobs, Tibco has released a free version of its R runtime engine.

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