statistics
RSS statisticsOnline banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
News The online fraud statistics go against the overall trend, which has seen a decrease in credit card fraud of 23 per cent from the same period last year. Online banking fraud jumped by 55 per cent during the first six... [07 Oct 2009]
Statistics in government
White Paper Why use statistics? What are the benefits of using an advanced statistical tool? This white paper highlights the strategic advantages of using statistical analysis techniques [07 Oct 2009]
Satisfaction survey analysis using statistics: You'll be delighted with the results
White Paper Satisfaction surveys are an important tool for assessing the satisfaction of your customers, employees, patients and readers. Without a reliable way to analyze the responses, however, you risk making important decisions based on... [07 Oct 2009]
Mac users just can't kick the Windows habit
News Perhaps unsurprisingly given their higher spend on electronics, the statistics show Apple owners tend to be wealthier than the average consumer. While popular wisdom says 'once you go Mac, you don't go back', new... [06 Oct 2009]
Use of JMP for Optimizing a Custom Peptide Microarray to ID Autoantibodies for Multiple Sclerosis
White Paper Analysis of DOE experiments tends to be data- and statistics-rich, which in case was further compounded by the volume of data from one single microarray experiment. Utilizing Design of experiment (DOE) has been standard... [02 Oct 2009]
SQL Server 2008's Dynamic Duo: Management Views and Functions
White Paper Their uses include, at a minimum, getting performance data, index usage statistics, and object dependency information. The dynamic management views and functions, which were introduced in SQL 2005, have increased in... [01 Oct 2009]
Facebook Connect: Wizards and translators aim to connect with more sites
News At last count, about 15,000 sites had implemented Facebook Connect, a product that statistics firm Hitwise says gave the social network enough momentum to propel it past once-bigger rival MySpace in terms of US traffic. [01 Oct 2009]
Avoiding Costs From Oversizing Data Center and Network Room Infrastructure
White Paper Statistics related to oversizing are presented. The physical and power infrastructure of data centers and network rooms is typically oversized by more than 100%. The costs associated with oversizing are quantified. [01 Oct 2009]
Online fraudsters enlist Trojans to run off with your money
News On that server, they saw the LuckySploit administration console and were able to see exactly what types of rules the Trojan was written to follow and statistics on victims. Researchers at security firm Finjan have... [30 Sep 2009]
Is open source software finding a home in Whitehall?
News Another trailblazer for open source in the public sector is the Office for National Statistics (ONS). More ambitiously staff are discussing how to create an open source app store, with its aim being to give out software... [29 Sep 2009]
Intel takes aim at clever TVs as the gogglebox gets connected
News Rattner showed statistics that said there are 12 billion devices in the world that can receive TV content via the internet and 500 billion hours of video content on the net. Intel may not have attained the same dominance... [28 Sep 2009]
HM Treasury strikes five-year IT services deal
News The Treasury is the latest government organisation to access the Flex shared services and joins The Cabinet Office, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, Crossrail and Office for National Statistics. [25 Sep 2009]
Bottom falls out of online pants market but e-tail hits £3.8bn
News By contrast, August's retail sales growth in bricks-and-mortar stores was 2.1 per cent year-on-year, according to Office for National Statistics figures released earlier this month. Online shopping continues to be a... [22 Sep 2009]
Facebook adds Nielsen to friends for ads
News Getting statistics on advertising effectiveness is important for Facebook, especially with a longtime industry player like Nielsen on board. As part of the Advertising Week festivities in New York, Facebook chief... [22 Sep 2009]
A Global Perspective on MAP Inference for Low-Level Vision
White Paper However, in a Maximum A Posteriori (MAP) framework, MRFs inherently encourage delta function marginal statistics. By contrast, many low-level vision problems have heavy tailed marginal statistics, making... [16 Sep 2009]
