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New Multistakeholder Initiative: “My Data Belongs To Me”

June 13, 2014March 3, 2016 Staff Writer

A new initiative by the World Summit Award (WSA) initiative seeks to use its global multistakeholder network to push forward personal data ownership and big data issues at UN discussions. At an open discussion, the WSA invited participants to share views on issues with the current system of data use, the need for permission-based access, and steps for further action. The workshop on “Data citizen rights, my data belongs to me” was organised by the WSA on 9 June, parallel to the United Nations World Summit of the Information Society…

Business networks buckle as workforces gobble more data and adopt new working patterns

December 20, 2013December 20, 2013 Staff Writer

The Barracuda Networks study aimed to identify the issues affecting the performance of critical business applications By Sam Shead | Techworld | Published: 10:46, 20 December 2013 Research out today reveals that there is an increasing gap between the capabilities of network infrastructures and what network administrators need to do their jobs effectively. The findings, highlighted in a survey by analyst house Freeform Dynamics on behalf of storage vendor Barracuda Networks, show that approximately 52 percent of businesses are struggling with managing application performance, availability and security because of a…