Physical location of data will become irrelevant by 2020, says Gartner

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Advertisement ISSUE DATE:  03 July 2014 TODAY'S TOP STORIES Physical location of data will become irrelevant by 2020, says Gartner Facebook apologises over psychological experiments UK internet porn filters a failure, says Open Rights Group Case Study: Marston's Telecoms taps Blue Coat Wi-Fi manager

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BLOGS Dear HP, Microsoft (and others) - stop bleating, start competing There's an interesting story in The Independent today that highlights the issue I wrote about on this blog last week - about the Cabinet Office policy of trying to make the old "oligopoly" of big IT suppliers change their behaviour by breaking contracts into smaller chunks and forcing them to compete with smaller rivals.  Watch out for a businesses harnessing your personal data bubble You can't do anything without producing data these days. Even the morning jog is no longer a private affair but one that gives you and potentially businesses information about you and your behaviour.

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