Jack Norris, CMO for MapR Technologies, examines how an enterprise data hub provides an alternative to expanding data silos and spurs innovation within larger organisations. Organisations are increasingly becoming data driven. For commercial enterprises, data is effectively a competitive weapon that underpins innovation and differentiation. Data-driven companies are rapidly gaining market share and big data…
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Grampian Housing goes virtual with Castle Computer Services & VMware
In order to replace an ageing server estate at Grampian Housing Association, Castle Computer Services has completed the implementation of 16 VMware virtual servers and its own Castle DataGuard backup and recovery service. Grampian Housing’s business growth and consequent demand for more complex IT services had resulted in a sprawling estate of around 10 servers,…
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Risk management and technology in social housing
Sir – Risk comes in a number of categories within the social housing sector; it could be operational, financial, legal or even political risk. For example, any housing provider owes a duty of care to its field workers to inform them of potential hazards they may come in contact with during their working day. This…
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The noise of big data
Sir – All of the hype and references to big data are great as it gives us something new to talk about, but is it all that it’s cracked up to be? Sure, there is more data. Social media platforms create loads of data but so what? I’ve looked at Twitter and tried to make…
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Big data, big issue
The big data revolution seems to be sweeping almost invisibly through business, academia, government, housing and everyday life. Defined as the collection, analysis, and visualisation of vast amounts of information, facilitated by clever algorithms, big data is seen by many as the biggest technology innovation since the birth of the internet. A recent survey carried…
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EDM at Port of Leith with Invu
Port of Leith Housing Association is mid-way through a project with Invu to digitise more than 50,000 documents, replacing its previous manual process of filing and storing all paper-based documents. The £32,000 project is expected to be completed this summer, and in doing so will free up significant amounts of storage space amounting to 30…
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