Cloud database: Oracle supports Raspberry Pi Weather Stations for Schools 7. May 2015 by Ralph Novak The Oracle Academy program and the British Raspberry Pi Foundation have launched the joint project Oracle Raspberry Pi Weather Stations for Schools.
Online banking: Turkey is European mobile banking champion 7. May 2015 by Ralph Novak In Europe, Turkey is the country with the most customers using mobile banking. Here, 65% of those surveyed said that they do their banking on the go; a further 20% plan to do so next year.
Information lifecycle management: Tape prototype stores 220 terabytes 28. April 2015 by Ralph Novak Fujifilm and IBM have set a new record for data storage on tapes, managing to store 220 TB of uncompressed data on a cartridge. That’s 88 times more than will fit on currently used tapes. An LTO cartridge with a barium-ferrite magnetic tape was used.
Hybrid clouds: Automated network setup saves 26 hours in the VM test 28. April 2015 by Ralph Novak The biggest stumbling blocks for mixed cloud environments are found at the network level. Manual processes take quite long, keep multiple IT teams occupied and cause errors.
Big data: Social media forecast coming wars 28. April 2015 by Ralph Novak Scientists are currently trying to predict wars and other political conflicts using computer-based text analysis. To this end, they analyse masses of archives and online data.
Software development: Java is the most popular server programming language 28. April 2015 by Ralph Novak For 54.4% of programmers, JavaScript is the most popular programming language, closely followed by SQL with 48.0%. With Java, the first server-side language ranks third at 37.4%.
E-commerce: End customers love loyalty points – and data privacy 28. April 2015 by Ralph Novak Despite all the excitement over digitisation in retail, data privacy plays a major role for many customers – although the extent varies.
Retail: Retail stores stand out when it comes to customer retention 28. April 2015 by Ralph Novak Although the number of pure online buyers is steadily growing, consumers still prefer to make purchases over the counter: 44% want to actually touch the product and take it along right away.
Mobile shopping: Modern customers expect a high-tech shopping experience 28. April 2015 by Ralph Novak Mobile devices and social media are playing an increasingly important role in B2C buying decisions: almost 60% make their purchases via apps or social media platforms.
Investments: Major IT buyers invest even more 28. April 2015 by Ralph Novak Global IT spending rose to around US$ 895 billion in 2014, with about US$ 45.3 billion attributable to the ten companies with the highest investments in IT. Compared to 2013, nine of them increased spending by between 2 and 10%.
