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Old data quality models are ‘so nineties’: Prof

Lionel — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:24:00 +0000

A University of Texas professor has released a study that will help businesses measure the impact of poor data quality on financial performance. The new data attributes he’s identified and why senior execs will pay attention
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HP acquires automation vendor Stratavia

Lionel — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:27:10 +0000

HP buys Stratavia to help enhance its Cloud Service Automation for automatic deployment of databases, middleware and packaged applications in cloud computing environments
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Open Text offers iPad support, cross-tool integration

Lionel — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:44:00 +0000

The enterprise content management vendor offers law firms integration and support for Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010, Apple’s iPad, and integration between Open Text products like Social Workplace and eDOCS Edition 5.3. Law firm Stikeman Elliott LLP shares its SharePoint integration
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Nokia kills social networking application

Lionel — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:22:00 +0000

Nokia’s Messaging for Social Networks might be dead but it will be incorporated into the upcoming N8 smart phone
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Microsoft and Google fight over e-mail, agree on inbox fee

Lionel — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:05:00 +0000

The $5 inbox fee is the standard price for cloud-based e-mail. Find out which other major vendors offer this price
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Google’s march toward social networking

Lionel — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:55:38 +0000

Amid some fits, starts, and failures, the search giant keeps pushing through social networking services. We recap the chronology of Google activity in the realm of social media
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Review your SOA projects to avoid failure

Lionel — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:07:13 +0000

Project reviews coupled with a greater understanding of SOA deployment is vital if systems integration is to be successful. The factor that is cultural change
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Product, food recall site uses geomapping

Lionel — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:37:00 +0000

HealthAndSafetyWatch.com seeks to do what government health and safety sites have failed to do out of lack of technology innovation, says a former Health Canada epidemiologist. His upcoming plans for making food premise inspection data available on the iPhone and BlackBerry
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SOA and cloud don’t mean the same thing

Lionel — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:36:00 +0000

A Gartner analyst explains the difference between paying for an outcome versus a technology and why software is not a very healthy business model
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No mandatory census means no data quality

Lionel — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:16:00 +0000

A Toronto-based veteran demographer said the Conservative government’s decision to scrap the mandatory long-form census means data samples will be skewed and reliability of information collected will be zero. An IDC Canada analyst weighs in on privacy complaints
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