Huawei Accepts White Hat Help Security Clan Editor's Blog 10/31/2012 12 comments Huawei's engagement with a critic may signal greater maturity in the enterprise on security issues, or it may be just a PR manoeuvre.
Why IT Failure Is Key to Success Mansur Hasib 10/30/2012 39 comments IT professionals can learn as much from failure as from success -- as long as people are allowed to do so.
Sandy Will Put Cloud Services to the Test Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 10/29/2012 9 comments Enterprise eyes are on AWS, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Rackspace as the storm of the decade makes landfall in the northeastern US.
Sandy Todd Watson 10/29/2012 1 comment Hurricane Sandy is on the go; here are some tips and updates.
Data Protection Relief for EU Midmarket Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 10/29/2012 Post a comment As the EU looks to extend the scope of its data protection laws, the European Justice Commissioner holds out hope of relief for some SMBs.
Why BYOD Is B-A-D for Enterprise IT Christine Parizo 10/29/2012 66 comments BYOD presents a host of problems for IT managers. It may be time for a single, employer-provided platform that leaves no question as to who really owns the device.
Midtier IT Bypassed by Big Research Firms Gary Kern 10/29/2012 36 comments Research and analyst firms aren't addressing the problems of midtier and small IT shops. This CIO has firsthand experience and suggestions.
The 'Moneyball' Election Editor's Blog 10/26/2012 67 comments This year's Presidential election is a massive test case for business leaders who believe analytics, rather than gut feelings, should be the basis for decisions.
Internet Marketers Hit Big Snags in China Maria Korolov 10/25/2012 18 comments International marketers face problems in the Chinese market as US search engines fade in popularity and the government continues to block Internet traffic.
Live @ Information On Demand 2012: Big on Business Analytics Todd Watson 10/24/2012 Post a comment Turbo looks at the Analytics Quotient, a self-analyzing quiz IBM created and released for customers last year. About 70 percent of the 6,000+ respondents year-to-date indicated they are in the “novice” or “builder” categories, and only 30 percent in the “leader” or “master” categories.
Cyber Retaliation Begins Security Clan Editor's Blog 10/24/2012 37 comments Retaliatory cyberattacks by Iran on US businesses in the Gulf present an ethical and political dilemma.
Safe Bets for Analytics in 2013 Analytics Clan Editor's Blog 10/23/2012 6 comments Predictions for 2013 in analytics are flooding in, and some of them are just obvious.
7DEE: Getting Clued In to the Cloud Editor's Blog 10/23/2012 7 comments 7DEE: Getting Clued In to the Cloud is a seven-day online course that will teach you what you need to know about deploying the cloud in your enterprise, including security, customization, public vs. private vs. hybrid, and more.
How to Link Mainframe to Mobile Mary E. Shacklett 10/23/2012 15 comments Linking mainframe data to Web applications is vital to enterprise IT; here are some suggestions for making a successful connection.
Live @ Information On Demand 2012: Analyze This Todd Watson 10/22/2012 Post a comment Techno DJ futurist Jason Silva (formerly of Al Gore’s Current TV) kicked off the Information On Demand 2012 event here at the Mandalay Bay Arena by telling us all to “Think Big.”
Approach Windows 8 With Caution Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 10/22/2012 11 comments Windows 8 comes packaged with confusion and concerns, and enterprise IT will take a long, hard look before upgrading.
Why Politics on Social Media Matters to Brands CMO Clan Editor's Blog 10/22/2012 4 comments How the thoughts and feelings of the electorate are reflected in social media will mean a lot to marketers looking to harness sentiment analysis for their brands.
IBM Announces New Security Solutions, Focuses on Cloud, Mobile, Big-Data Todd Watson 10/19/2012 Post a comment IBM made a move designed to reduce the biggest security inhibitors that organizations face in implementing cloud, mobile, and big-data initiatives with the announcement of a broad set of security software to help holistically secure data and identities.
Hiring a CISO? Screen for Ethics & Integrity Mansur Hasib 10/19/2012 23 comments The chief information security officer must have more than technical knowhow to fit this highly sensitive post. Screen for character, as well.
The US National Security Agency learned the hard way that it can be dangerous to give a contractor too much money and access, with too little scrutiny. The NSA and other government agencies hire tens of thousands of contractors
a year to analyze data. Edward Snowden -- who revealed himself as the NSA leaker after fleeing the country -- was one such contractor, reportedly holding a $122,000 salaried position at Booz Allen Hamilton at the time of his departure.
Midsize businesses rarely achieve the same standards of security in their own datacenters as professional providers that specialize in delivering these services to organizations.
Big-data and analytics tools enable marketers to understand customers as individuals, identifying unmet needs and addressing each customer as a "segment of one," says John Kennedy, VP corporate marketing, IBM.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit in Monaco kicked into high gear today, and we've already begun to see news emerging from that lovely city-state by the sea.
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