BT and Hadoop
In this video, Phillip Radley, BT’s Chief Data Architect, gives a short talk explaining how BT used Hadoop to gain a 15-fold increase in the velocity of processing customer data.
EU Single Digital Market Strategy is Vague
The final version of the EU’s Single Digital Market Strategy says less about how it will reform Europe’s communications market than the previously leaked draft.
Virus Sent to 123-reg Domain Name Customers
Customers of 123-reg, the UK’s largest web domain name registrar, have received phoney emails with a malware-laden ‘invoice’ attached.
Spring RAG Content Available for Download
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Spring meeting of the Revenue Assurance Group (RAG). For those who missed it, four presentations can now be downloaded from the RAG website.
Swimming with Sharks: Stratecast Margin Assurance ‘Deep Dive’
Stratecast seemingly ignored information which contradicts their recent assertions about margin assurance.
NSA Mass CDR Collection Was Not Authorized
The US government was defeated when an appeal court ruled the NSA did not have the authority to collect CDRs en masse.
Futurist Talks to Assurance Audience
Watch the video of futurist Gerd Leonhard speaking to fraud and assurance managers at Subex’s user conference, giving his views on the evolution of business and how comms providers should respond to uncertainty.
Advanced Analytics for Smaller Operators
Ryan Guthrie of ATS explains how they use cloud computing to harness Hadoop and run scalable, reliable and cost-effective Big Data analytical queries on behalf of their customers.
Commsrisk Quiz Defeats the World?
In Lunch Time Teaser 14, quizmaster Lee Scargall has delivered his most devilishly difficult puzzle yet. Nobody has submitted a correct answer. Can you find the solution, and claim the prize?
Five Steps to Better RA Conferences
The Spring meeting of the Revenue Assurance Group was packed, but if people do simple things to show interest, then RAG could benefit an even larger number of people.