QR Codes Bridge Marketing Gaps Taimoor Zubair 2/29/2012 51 comments Companies have used QR tags in innovative ways in marketing communications and product placement.
A CIO's Evolved Take on Social Media Nigel Fortlage 2/28/2012 52 comments How I learned to let go of my 'IT guy' fear of social media and recognize the benefits it could bring to my organization.
Isis Announces Bank Participants Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 2/28/2012 1 comment The joint venture of several big carriers has announced the banks that will help it offer a variety of mobile wallet services.
Don't Be Ambushed by Your Cloud Provider Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 2/27/2012 21 comments One ISP engineer reports that not knowing the details of his cloud contract resulted in hours of unnecessary downtime.
Match Play Todd Watson 2/27/2012 Post a comment The IBM Pulse2012 event, being held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas March 4 to 7, will focus on several key areas, including cloud, mobility, smarter physical infrastructure, and security.
Uggie & Hunter Todd Watson 2/27/2012 Post a comment From Toronto, Turbo muses on the Oscars and the Accenture World Golf Championship.
10 New Surveillance Methods Editor's Blog 2/24/2012 57 comments Increased connectivity means increased surveillance. Here are 10 new ways you're being watched online.
Obama's Internet Bill of Rights Editor's Blog 2/23/2012 14 comments The White House's framework for Internet privacy legislation faces hurdles with industry and Congress.
T-Mobile to Launch LTE in 2013 Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 2/23/2012 Post a comment Ironically, T-Mobile will be able to launch LTE service in 2012 because its buyout by AT&T Mobility didn't go through.
IT Pros Takes 'Email Inventor' to Task IT Clan Editor's Blog 2/23/2012 44 comments The Washington Post upset the IT community when it stated last week that a 14-year-old high school student invented email.
New Tools Make Help Desks Rock Mary E. Shacklett 2/23/2012 16 comments Real-time capabilities, remote control, videoconferencing... New management tools are helping IT create help desks that rock.
IBM: Helping to Shape the Future of Medicine Todd Watson 2/22/2012 1 comment Here's how IBM is helping hospitals, insurance companies, and healthcare providers use digital information and electronic records to improve patient care.
CIOs Look to Consolidate Security Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/22/2012 3 comments IBM and other big IT vendors are releasing platforms that integrate multiple security solutions to address enterprise threats.
Lamar Smith, Anonymous & the Perfect Storm Security Clan Editor's Blog 2/22/2012 24 comments With Anonymous already spoiling for a fight, Lamar Smith's new attempt to impose surveillance on Web browsing seems set to throw fuel on the fire.
The High Cost of Data Breaches Is Getting Higher Maria Korolov 2/22/2012 12 comments A series of legal decisions and regulations are putting companies in the hot seat when it comes to warning customers about -- and paying for -- data breaches.
Reservations About SaaS Analytics Clan Editor's Blog 2/21/2012 7 comments SaaS skeptics may be underestimating both the flexibility of the best SaaS proffers, especially in the field of analytics, and the real cost of alternatives.
Google 'Solve for X' Sounds Familiar Editor's Blog 2/21/2012 15 comments Google's Solve for X sounds like a cross between TED.com and a proposal from a Project 10^100 submitter (one who wasn't selected as a winner).
Online Dating for Midmarket Enterprises Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 2/20/2012 3 comments A startup allows midmarket enterprises to cruise for investments or collaborate on deals in a social business environment that resembles a dating site.
Report: Google 'Tricked' Millions of Browsers Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 2/20/2012 38 comments Google and three other online advertising companies have been accused of deploying software to bypass Apple's Safari privacy settings.
Clearwire's LTE Slated for 2013 Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 2/17/2012 2 comments Enterprises and consumers using Sprint Nextel and Clearwire who are champing at the bit for LTE will get coverage through Clearwire in 2013.
Hate Spam? Change Your Email Service Maria Korolov 2/17/2012 42 comments Good email services can reduce spam volumes significantly. It's worth it to make the change if you still find spam a problem.
European Court Rejects Piracy Filter Editor's Blog 2/16/2012 7 comments The European Court of Justice held that compelling social networks to monitor for piracy would infringe on both the networks' freedom to do business and their users' privacy.
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?
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.
In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M.
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
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.
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M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet David Weldon In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M. CLICK FOR MORE
M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet David Weldon In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M. CLICK FOR MORE
