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Jessica Twentyman provides editorial and in-depth analysis in our regular bulletin on the technology market. Read the latest articles from our range of experts, guest bloggers and contributors.

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Azure, meet Hadoop: Microsoft’s cloud is ready for big-data crunching

25 Mar 2013

Software giant finally releases public preview of HDInsight, its cloud-based big data service based on the Hortonworks distribution of Apache Hadoop.

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Case study: Griffins tracks down fraudsters using big data

25 Mar 2013

IBM technology instrumental in helping company solve cases of money laundering, corporate theft and rogue-trader activities.

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What’s on CIOs 2013 wish lists?

25 Mar 2013

A survey of EMEA technology leaders, conducted on behalf of Riverbed Technology, show that virtualisation and consolidation programmes are top priorities for this year.

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EMC’s grip on disk storage systems market grows stronger

25 Mar 2013

Recently released 2012 market figures from IT analyst firm Gartner reveals winners and losers in race to meet customers’ big data needs.

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ARM announces Warren East to retire as CEO

20 Mar 2013

As one of last year’s IP EXPO top keynoters stands down, the hunt begins for presenters to top the bill at IP EXPO 2013.

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Interview: Box CEO takes company ‘on tour’

13 Mar 2013

Aaron Levie talks to IP EXPO Online about jetlag, his international ambitions for the cloud-based content storage and collaboration company and the dangers he sees in ‘overshooting’ customers’ needs.

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University of Leeds tests ‘revolutionary’ liquid-cooled server

13 Mar 2013

When energy generated by computers can be captured and redeployed, it might not be long until our homes are heated by our PCs and TVs, says Iceotope CTO Pete Hopton.

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Will 2013 be the Year of Big Data?

13 Mar 2013

Analysts at IT market research company Gartner reckon so and are predicting that, by 2015, 20 percent of Global 1000 companies will focus on ‘information infrastructure’ just as firmly as they do on application management today.

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Microsoft launches new Office 365 options for businesses

07 Mar 2013

Choose carefully, buyers: there are now nine Office 365 bundles available for business buyers to choose from - and that’s not including the ones for education, government and consumers.

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GSMA: Data revenue to surpass voice by 2018

26 Feb 2013

Mobile operators will soon be making more money from data use than from voice calls, but the ‘tipping point’ will be reached sooner in some areas of the world, says a report launched to coincide with the opening of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

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Interview: Virtustream talks cloud exchanges

26 Feb 2013

IP EXPO Online sits down with Simon Aspinall, chief of vertical markets, strategy and marketing at cloud company Virtustream, to discuss how the company is betting on the evolution of cloud exchanges, where communities of companies will buy and sell spare compute capacity.

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Nursing and Midwifery Council penalised for data loss

26 Feb 2013

DVDs containing witness interviews with vulnerable children, intended for a nurse’s ‘fitness to practice’ hearing, were lost while being couriered to Cardiff hotel, ICO report reveals.

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Cloud computing helps SMEs ‘think big’, says study

26 Feb 2013

New study by cloud provider Rackspace sees companies reinvest the cash they save by using cloud computing to fund innovation, sales, marketing and headcount.

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Is Google working on a UC solution?

20 Feb 2013

Google is keeping its cards close to its chest and not commenting on speculation that it’s preparing to launch a unified communications solution. The idea that it’s doing so is all over the Internet, although it should be stressed that there is nothing official confirmed as yet.

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Microsoft Lync 2013 Conference: Opening Takeaways

20 Feb 2013

Microsoft Lync product manager Steve Tassell gives us the key takeaways on the Tony Bates keynote from the Microsoft Lync Conference in San Diego.

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