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Oil and Gas Companies Report Increased Spending on Technology to Aid Global Integration and Efficiencies

Accenture and Microsoft survey of upstream sector shows mitigating risks and new drilling regulations are high on companies’ operational excellence agenda. Microsoft PressPass, Information for Journalists – Press Releases

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9 more companies putting a cloud spin on big data

One of the themes of our upcoming Structure:Data conference is “putting big data to work,” and there’s no easier way to get started doing so than with a cloud service. You don’t have to buy hardware, you don’t have to … Continue reading

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Mobile app companies agree to CA rules on privacy policies

California’s Attorney General announced a deal Wednesday with six major mobile apps companies that would require apps in their stores and on their platforms to post privacy policies detailing how they collect personal information before they are downloaded. The agreement … Continue reading

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Boxee clashes with cable companies over encryption

Boxee’s live TV dongle has only been available for a few weeks, but the company is already embroiled in a fight with cable giants like Comcast and Time Warner Cable over it, and is now getting support from groups like … Continue reading

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Google, Cisco top the list of the greenest IT companies

How do the heavy weights of the Internet and telecom stack up in terms of how green their technology, energy consumption and political advocacy are? On Tuesday night Greenpeace released its latest Cool IT leaderboard report, which ranks the world’s … Continue reading

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