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Mary E. Shacklett
Mary E. Shacklett   bio   5/24/2013   7 comments
Social media has been with us for a decade -- but employer policies and the law are anything but firm about the most appropriate usage of this powerful tool.
Dan Cypra
Dan Cypra   bio   5/23/2013   18 comments
Businesses often struggle to decide which domain to use. When it comes to purchasing a domain name, you have plenty of extensions to choose from, ranging from .com and .net, to .me, and even .mobi. But which one should you pick?
Matt Heusser
Matt Heusser   bio   5/23/2013   7 comments
I've been writing about how the next evolution of the Internet might just be an advertising revolution, and how corporate IT can stay involved as the enablers and providers of the technologies that make this possible.
Kim Davis
Kim Davis   bio   5/23/2013   13 comments
At the IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit here in Nashville, I'm hearing many stories about how businesses have adapted their IT strategies in response to this rapidly changing, pressurized, data-driven commercial world.
Mitch Wagner
Mitch Wagner   bio   5/23/2013   5 comments
A pair of IBM studies show how advanced IT tools help drive value in two very different business functions: marketing and procurement.
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine
5|21|13   |   2:23   |   4 comments

Whole Foods Global Wine Purchaser Doug Bell told me about some of the constraints on using analytics in the US wine market.
Paul J. Fleuranges
Digital Signage Keeps NYC Subway Straphangers on Track
5|6|13   |   3:51   |   No comments

New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
Kim Davis
Fast Forward to the Future
4|23|13   |   2:29   |   20 comments

A look back at tech writing in the 90s makes us wonder where enterprise IT will be 20 years from now.
Mitch Wagner
Google Launches Its Most Depressing Service Yet
4|15|13   |   2:59   |   10 comments

Google's new Inactive Account Manager lets you control how Google disposes of your accounts when you die.
Second Shooter
Argument Over Top-Level Domains Is 'Stupid'
4|11|13   |   2:07   |   3 comments

The whole Amazon.reader debate is a double-stupid. It's stupid to think that there's any e-book buyer who doesn't know Amazon's URL, and it was stupider to let ICANN launch the whole free-form TLD initiative to start with.
Kim Davis
Ladies, Your Tablet Awaits
3|21|13   |   2:22   |   37 comments

ePad Femme is the world’s first tablet “made exclusively for women.”
Wisdom of the Big Chair
NFC Moves Into the Mainstream
3|20|13   |   2:16   |   No comments

While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Wisdom of the Big Chair
Integrating Security Into Your Cloud Contract
3|19|13   |   3:35   |   No comments

Enterprises would like to move to cloud computing but are hesitant because they are concerned about providers’ ability to secure company data. Here are some tips that help to ensure that if breaches occur, the business is not left holding the bag.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Collects Customer Information
3|18|13   |   1:15   |   No comments

Edmunds separates customers into segments based on the info it collects on its site and from partners, and uses that to push out custom content, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Uses Analytics to Customize Site
3|14|13   |   0:47   |   No comments

The automotive website uses propensity modeling to target ads and customer registration forms, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
Second Shooter
Locked Handsets Aren't the Problem – Subsidies Are the Problem
3|13|13   |   2:09   |   10 comments

Subsidized handsets, rather than locked handsets, should be the focus of regulators. We're not getting good deals, not fostering innovation, and weakening our power as buyers.
Wisdom of the Big Chair
Big-Data Engineers Command Big Bucks
3|8|13   |   2:30   |   No comments

Big-data has become a big point of emphasis for many businesses. While the technology is available to deploy these applications, the needed personnel often is not. As a result, analytic engineers' salaries have blown past the six-figure mark, and hiring these experts has become a challenge for IT managers.
Second Shooter
Firefox OS Points to Possible New Directions for Google
3|4|13   |   2:08   |   6 comments

A "Chromephone" would allow Google to regain the control it lost from Android.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Drives Conversions With Analytics
3|1|13   |   1:20   |   No comments

The automotive website uses propensity modeling of customer behavior to convert more site visitors into leads, says Brian Baron, director of business analytics, in an interview at the Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
Second Shooter
Terrorists Attack Our Refrigerators!
2|28|13   |   2:22   |   No comments

50 billion household devices will be on the Internet by 2020, according to Cisco. And we're hearing foreign governments are hacking our infrastructure. Surely our refrigerators are next!
Mitch Wagner
Brands Make the Most of Limited Online Resources
2|27|13   |   2:46   |   3 comments

Marketers at companies such as Whole Foods are putting colleagues in other departments to work on social media to make up for their own scant budgets.
Alison Diana
Florida Girl Battles for Life With Social Media Help
2|25|13   |   1:40   |   9 comments

Internet Evolution's Alison Diana describes how her daughter and friends are using social media to stay connected with a girl in their social group who's battling leukemia.
Mitch Wagner
'Digital Nomads' Work From Anywhere & Everywhere
2|14|13   |   2:35   |   20 comments

New tools like laptops, tablets, smartphone, and wireless connectivity let us work from San Diego to Katmandu, and anywhere in between. But time management remains a problem.
Second Shooter
It's Not Tablets That Threaten the PC
2|13|13   |   2:21   |   8 comments

Blaming the PC's gloomy future on tablets is an oversimplification.
Wisdom of the Big Chair
Make Your Videoconferencing Techs Happy
2|11|13   |   2:02   |   2 comments

Increasingly, companies are using videoconferencing technology to help employees collaborate with co-workers, partners, and customers. As a result, demand for technicians is rising, and companies are finding it difficult to retain their quality workers.
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Friday May 3, 2013 3:06:42 PM
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Friday May 3, 2013 3:06:26 PM
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Friday May 3, 2013 3:05:28 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: The radio show and chat will be archived for anyone who was unable to attend the live event.
Thinkernetter
Friday May 3, 2013 3:05:24 PM
Thinkernetter
Friday May 3, 2013 3:05:17 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: It was great to learn about some of the many initiatives you're working on in Kansas City, MO!
Thinkernetter
Friday May 3, 2013 3:04:52 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: Wow... I see we're already past 3:00 and have run out of time. Thank you Mary for sharing your Friday afternoon with us. 
Thinkernetter
Friday May 3, 2013 3:03:59 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: On Big Data - we are discussing.  We recently went live with a open data site and are working our stratagy as it is movign forward.   this was an iniative from the City Manager's...
Rank: Cave Painter
Friday May 3, 2013 3:03:58 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: @Mitch-Unity can simplify things for everybody enormously today!
Thinkernetter
Friday May 3, 2013 3:01:42 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: Are there steps you are looking at taking to encourage employees to use Lync? Why don't some people like it? (There are always holdouts!)
Thinkernetter
Friday May 3, 2013 3:01:13 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: Tools cont...  SharePoint is part of Office 365 and we are rolling it out.  
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Friday May 3, 2013 3:00:44 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: Here it is: @Mary I've been talking to people this week about where local government IT is at with respect to big data and analytics.  Do you fall into the camp of not yet discussing...
Thinkernetter
Friday May 3, 2013 3:00:16 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: @ Allison - tools, We have lync which gives us IM and video chat.  In some areas they use it such as our 3-1-1 center but it has not caught on for others.  
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Friday May 3, 2013 3:00:13 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: I know Kim had a question that ties in with the data silos... let me find it. It was about big data/analytics.
Thinkernetter
Friday May 3, 2013 2:58:39 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: Follw up on Silos - in some cases yes but overall no.  We house all but Water Aviation and Fire's department specific data at Central IT.  the issue is more when they got to...
Rank: Cave Painter
Friday May 3, 2013 2:58:06 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: And a follow-up to Alison's question -- do the employees use consumer collaboration tools for those purposes? GChat, Skype, Hangouts, Google Docs, Dropbox, etc.?
Thinkernetter
Friday May 3, 2013 2:58:02 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: If people are creating their own workflows, data silos, etc., they're constantly reinventing the wheel - and disrupting all the efficiencies that Mary and her team are charged with doi...
Thinkernetter
Friday May 3, 2013 2:57:01 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: I meant it as working together for the betterment of the entire organization: In this case, Kansas City.
Thinkernetter
Friday May 3, 2013 2:56:09 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: Do employees use collaboration tools like IM, video chat, etc., a lot to get their work done, Mary?
Thinkernetter
Friday May 3, 2013 2:55:59 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: Great question, Alison.  I wonder if agencies go ahead and implement IT decisions without involving Mary's department?  Must be hard to guard against.
Thinkernetter
Friday May 3, 2013 2:55:43 PM
Re: IE Radio: Mary Miller, CIO, Kansas City, MO: Aum007/Aum007 - Is unity desirable, or should each business make decisions based on what's best for it?
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine
5|21|13   |   2:23   |   4 comments

Whole Foods Global Wine Purchaser Doug Bell told me about some of the constraints on using analytics in the US wine market.
Paul J. Fleuranges
Digital Signage Keeps NYC Subway Straphangers on Track
5|6|13   |   3:51   |   No comments

New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
Kim Davis
Fast Forward to the Future
4|23|13   |   2:29   |   20 comments

A look back at tech writing in the 90s makes us wonder where enterprise IT will be 20 years from now.
Mitch Wagner
Google Launches Its Most Depressing Service Yet
4|15|13   |   2:59   |   10 comments

Google's new Inactive Account Manager lets you control how Google disposes of your accounts when you die.
Second Shooter
Argument Over Top-Level Domains Is 'Stupid'
4|11|13   |   2:07   |   3 comments

The whole Amazon.reader debate is a double-stupid. It's stupid to think that there's any e-book buyer who doesn't know Amazon's URL, and it was stupider to let ICANN launch the whole free-form TLD initiative to start with.
Kim Davis
Ladies, Your Tablet Awaits
3|21|13   |   2:22   |   37 comments

ePad Femme is the world’s first tablet “made exclusively for women.”
Wisdom of the Big Chair
NFC Moves Into the Mainstream
3|20|13   |   2:16   |   No comments

While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Wisdom of the Big Chair
Integrating Security Into Your Cloud Contract
3|19|13   |   3:35   |   No comments

Enterprises would like to move to cloud computing but are hesitant because they are concerned about providers’ ability to secure company data. Here are some tips that help to ensure that if breaches occur, the business is not left holding the bag.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Collects Customer Information
3|18|13   |   1:15   |   No comments

Edmunds separates customers into segments based on the info it collects on its site and from partners, and uses that to push out custom content, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Uses Analytics to Customize Site
3|14|13   |   0:47   |   No comments

The automotive website uses propensity modeling to target ads and customer registration forms, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
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