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$100 bill printing error: Over $110 billion unusable

New special paper doesn't go through a printer correctly. Sound familiar? It just happened to U.S. government presses printing 1.1 billion $100 bills.

December 7, 2010 by Andy Smith

Experian challenged over massive data leak in Brazil

Consumer rights body criticizes explanations from the credit bureau in relation to the data exposure of over 220 million citizens.

February 20, 2021 by Angelica Mari

The top ten most common database security vulnerabilities

What are the most common, and serious, database vulnerabilities that businesses should be aware of?

June 26, 2013 by Charlie Osborne

PDF-eXPLODE

For standard invoices and reports requiring efficient delivery, PDF-eXPLODE could well be a lifesaver. It can be a bit touchy on occasion, but once your document templates are set up properly it should be plain sailing.

March 30, 2007 by Michael Palamountain

Insight Platforms as a Service

Remember how we noted data is going the way of the cloud? While there are no signs of this slowing down, there's another interesting trend unraveling, the so-called Insight Platforms as a Service (IPaaS). The thinking behind this is simple: if your data is in the cloud anyway, why not use a platform that's also in the cloud to run analytics on them, and automate as much of the process as possible?

December 18, 2017 by George Anadiotis

Salesforce acquires Tableau Software in $15.7 billion deal

Salesforce is ramping up its analytics and digital transformation game with the massive purchase.

June 10, 2019 by Charlie Osborne

Alation revamps UX, adds analytics to its data catalog platform

With a search-centric interface, improved analytics and a new cloud-friendly architecture, Alation sees its 2020.3 release as the biggest it's put out in years, or maybe ever.

October 6, 2020 by Andrew Brust

Puppet acquires data visualization startup Reflect

The IT automation company should be able to incorporate Reflect's capabilities into its products almost immediately.

June 7, 2018 by Stephanie Condon

Open source observability, meet data transformation: Grafana 7.0 promises to connect, unify, and visualize all your data

Grafana Labs sets the bar for open source observability with Grafana 7.0: more developer friendly, more data sources, data transformation, and growth in the cloud and on premise

May 18, 2020 by George Anadiotis

Singapore to pilot common data platform in bid to plug supply chain gaps

With COVID-19 highlighting the need for robust supply chains, Singapore believes the use of a common data platform is essential for resolving critical pain points and linking key stakeholders including importers, shipping companies, and financial institutions.

November 17, 2020 by Eileen Yu