Cisco has made a significant bet on the rapidly expanding data demands of the consumer Internet.
And, again, they'll be relaying all kinds of data back to the company's expanding data farms.
Australia's privacy watchdog recently warned that an expanded data retention scheme would increase the risk of privacy breaches.
Over that time, the carbon dioxide emissions attributable to the electricity consumed by rapidly expanding data centers will rise fourfold, the study says.
As the Washington Post reported last month, the NSA is set to expand data access to all sorts of federal agencies, and potentially local law enforcement.
As urban areas expand, data and computer models confirm how their environmental effects, including rainfall and air pollution, extend hundreds of kilometres further away.
"I am now planning to expand data protection legislation to other areas," Ms. Reding said in the speech.
ALTHOUGH China's financial links with the rest of the world are expanding, data about them remain scant.
Africa's biggest mobile-phone operator, Vodacom, said yesterday that it had secured the continent's first third-generation license and would focus on expanding data services as part of its growth strategy.
She said that the association takes no official position on state legislation, but that in general the industry supports expanded data collection on accidents and an education program to teach drivers to use cell phones wisely.
