Clinton presses EU parliament to back terror data deal (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged the European Parliament not to block an EU-US deal on the transfer of banking data which Washington says is key to the fight against terrorism.
Questioning Crime Data, and Other Data Behind Bloomberg Policy (New York Times)
Results of a crime data survey have made critics and admirers of Mayor Bloomberg wonder about the reliability of data underpinning policy decisions on the budget, education and other issues.
FDA staff questions Cell Therapeutics drug data (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.S. drug reviewers questioned effectiveness data from Cell Therapeutics Inc for an experimental lymphoma drug and said the medicine carried substantial side effects, according to documents released on Monday.
Making Data Work For You (Forbes)
Just because you have an abundance of data and expensive tools doesn't mean you're making good use of them.
German State Says Needs More Time to Decide Swiss Data Purchase (Bloomberg)
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The German state of Baden- Wuerttemberg, the country’s second-richest, needs more time to decide whether to purchase stolen Swiss bank account data, according to a statement on the regional government’s Web site.
Teradata Recognized as a Leader in Analyst Firm's Data Warehouse Database Management Systems Magic Quadrant (dBusinessNews.com)
DAYTON -- Teradata Corporation announced today that Gartner, Inc. has positioned Teradata in the Leaders Quadrant in its 2009 "Magic Quadrant (MQ) for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems (DBMS)," authored by Donald Feinberg and Mark A. Beyer (Jan 28, 2010). The yearly report analyzes the data warehouse DBMS market, vendor vision and execution capabilities.
Data Modelling Fundamentals (IT-Analysis)
This seminar and workshop contains a complete explanation of data modelling concepts and terminology, along with techniques for producing solid relational and dimensional data models.
Operators Could Slash Mobile Data Costs by 60 Per Cent per Year, says Bridgewater Systems Report (redOrbit)
New research highlights cost reduction strategies and new service revenue models for a sustainable mobile data future OTTAWA, Feb.
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-09 01:20 Taiwan stocks rise on trade data; TSMC gains (Interactive Investor)
TAIPEI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks opened 0.14 percent higher on Tuesday, with tech exporters such as TSMC up after the island posted better-than-expected January trade data on Monday.
German States Debate Buying Swiss Data, Riling Coalition Allies (Bloomberg)
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Lawmakers in Germany’s second-richest state, Baden-Wuerttemberg, are deliberating whether to buy stolen Swiss bank account data amid mounting coalition tension at national and regional level over the pursuit of tax evaders.