IBM Acquires Guardium Todd Watson 11/30/2009 2 comments This marks the 28th acquisition to support IBM's Information Management strategy
Midmarket Temp Labor's Promise & Perils Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 11/30/2009 5 comments With an economic recovery on the horizon, enterprises must ensure that they are managing labor costs to properly mitigate risks and drive business value, analysts suggest
Back in Black Friday? Todd Watson 11/30/2009 1 comment It's way too soon to tell who has been naughty, nice, or profitable, and who's simply giving away merch online to get customers in and spending
Some Spam Before Turkey Security Clan Editor's Blog 11/25/2009 13 comments ISPs get a little more proactive on spam filtering and end-user protections
Major Publishers Plan Online Magazine Store Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 11/25/2009 8 comments Magazine publishers are joining together to promote access to an online magazine store, but they've left e-books out of the loop
CIOs Seek Next-Gen Unified Communications Executive Clan Editor's Blog 11/25/2009 4 comments Combining VoIP, conferencing, presence, instant messaging, email, and voice mail into a single platform may pick up where it left off in 2007 as financial markets recover
In Search of 'Cloud-Ready' for Midmarket Sean Gallagher 11/25/2009 8 comments The true benefits of cloud computing may show up on 'Cyber Monday' as retailers will use virtualized servers and load balancing to stay ahead of shoppers
Forecasting the Demise of Social Media Editor's Blog 11/24/2009 25 comments With users buying Friends and Followers and acting as shills for marketers, we may see the carefully crafted coils of the social graph start to come undone
South to North Todd Watson 11/24/2009 2 comments While social media is alive and well in Latin America, its use is a little more tepid and cautious, particularly within business.
FDA Questions Big Pharma's Online Presence John Soat 11/24/2009 8 comments 'Drug pushing' online has come under scrutiny by a recent FDA hearing, resulting in several suggestions about pharma firms' online marketing
New Mainframe Products Todd Watson 11/20/2009 Post a comment Ten new software products can help companies lower their application management costs by optimizing their System z mainframes
Brace Yourself for Web Wars Editor's Blog 11/19/2009 9 comments Tim O'Reilly warns that we're moving away from the 'open Web' due to industry leaders who would prefer to dominate
IT Recession Survivors Brace for Recovery IT Clan Editor's Blog 11/19/2009 6 comments From one 'R' word to the next; the Recession may be ending, but the Recovery could be just as challenging for IT professionals
Banks Cooperate for Better Risk Analytics Mary E. Shacklett 11/19/2009 17 comments Critical information exchanges among the world’s largest banks are being facilitated by the Operational Riskdata eXchange Association
A 'Dash' of BlackBerry Data Integration Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 11/18/2009 2 comments RIM executives are finally turning their attention to the necessity of integrating online data with mobile applications
The Money Pit of Enterprise Security Security Clan Editor's Blog 11/18/2009 9 comments The state of security hardware and software ensures enterprise customers will continue to pay and pay
If I Only Had a New Brain Todd Watson 11/18/2009 3 comments The cognitive computing team, led by IBM Research, has achieved two major milestones that indicate the feasibility of building a cognitive computing chip
Taming Business Intelligence for CXOs Executive Clan Editor's Blog 11/18/2009 5 comments Executives are not only using BI and analytical functionality, but are doing so in a self-service capacity with little or no IT involvement
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.
The apartment and house sharing service, Airbnb, now requires members to verify their identities by demonstrating a presence on the web, and by either scanning a government ID or entering detailed personal details. Other enterprises should take a close look at Airbnb's verification policies.
Facebook advertising is a lightning rod. It seems neither brands nor consumers are 100 percent happy about the social media site's policies, placement, or procedures. But the real controversy about Facebook ads and promotions is over whether they work.
By now, you've most likely heard about the 3D-printed gun that Texas-based Defense Distributed demonstrated last week. But we haven't heard the last about the censorship war that began soon afterward.
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 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.
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.
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