In the last year or more, we have heard the Prime Minister time and time again declare that Government is “following the science”, whilst millions of citizens have found themselves spending time staring at charts and monitoring trends. During this time, the link between the data that government collects and the outcomes it drives has suddenly assumed a place at …
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Dealing with unstructured data is becoming quite the problem for organizations everywhere. According to a new report from data migration software provider Datadobi, data management costs are expected to grow by more than a quarter (26 percent) in the coming year. The biggest challenges include storage management, disaster recovery requirements, cost and migration. To tackle these issues, organizations are forced …
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The boundary between chief data officers and chief digital officers has become blurred, according to a new report from analyst firm Gartner. Based on a survey of 469 chief data officers, the report states that most data and analytics (D&A) leaders with digital initiatives are either leading, or are heavily involved in their organization’s digital transformation efforts. “The results indicate …
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Agreeing to ransom demands does not guarantee the safe return of data following a ransomware attack, a new report from security firm Sophos suggests. Polling 5,400 IT decision-makers from organizations all over the world, Sophos found that just eight percent of ransomware victims managed to get all their data back after paying the ransom. Almost a third (29 percent) got …
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As we get closer to summer, data center operators across the UK and Europe will have another cooling-related problem to worry about: remaining compliant with new regulations. This is according to a new report from temperature control equipment supplier Aggreko, which claims that European data centers with mechanical cooling systems need to be particularly careful when refurbishing or replacing their …
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In its latest Global DataSphere Forecast, IDC predicts that the amount of data that will be created over the next three years will be more than the data created over the past thirty. In 2020 alone, the analyst house estimates that more than 59 zettabytes of data will be created, captured, copied and consumed. To put this into perspective, a …
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While most businesses understand they should be encrypting customer data, the reality is a little different, according to a new report from the Ponemon Institute. The report states that most organizations consider encrypting customer data the most important security practice. However, businesses are more likely to encrypt financial records, payment-related data, employee/HR data, and intellectual property instead. The Ponemon Institute …
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Only a small minority (13 percent) of organizations are able to properly deliver on their data strategies, despite understanding the importance of data in generating actionable insights. This is according to a new report from business continuity solutions provider Databarracks and MIT Technology Review, based on a poll of 351 C-level executives, which states that scaling machine learning remains a …
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Back in February, Gartner issued a very timely warning: that organizations using traditional analytics techniques that relied heavily on large amounts of historical data have had to wake up to a significant post-Covid reality; as many of these models are no longer relevant—and that the pandemic has rendered a lot of that data essentially useless. That’s going to come as …
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Covid-19 has led organizations to use cloud for a wider range of use cases, especially as means of data backup. Despite the increase in usage, however, most organizations are still not in the clear about their responsibilities regarding data security and recovery. This is according to a new report from data protection firm StorageCraft, based on a poll of 709 …
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