Is Cloud Computing a Benefit or Threat? Tom Nolle 4/30/2008 16 comments We may be risking the creation of a fearsome monster in the cloud computing market. Who's watching the big players in cloud computing?
Is T-Mobile Launching 3G on May 1? Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 4/30/2008 Post a comment There is a rumor that T-Mobile will be launching its 3G service in New York City on May 1, according to Boy Genius Report
Free Is Not a Business Model Joel Smernoff 4/29/2008 17 comments Ambitious young tech entrepreneurs with promising ideas about offering free services and eventually adding advertising must realize that 'free' is not a business model!
Verizon Wireless Expands Broadband-Capable Devices Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 4/29/2008 12 comments This fiscal quarter, Verizon Wireless reports about 58 percent (that's 38 million) of their subscribers have devices that use the company’s broadband network
Stop Talking, Start Scaling Todd Watson 4/29/2008 1 comment IBM has introduced a new category of server that is designed to address the needs of companies and organizations that practice Web 2.0-style computing
Support Your Social Network! Chris Minnick 4/28/2008 3 comments Social networking sites are tapping into a growing trend of creating communities to help members advance professionally or just become better people
Vista & Apple TV: Losers! Editor's Blog 4/28/2008 3 comments The big losers in last week's reader poll asking which Apple and Microsoft products were the greatest disappointments are Vista and Apple TV
Why Facebook’s Valuation Is So Absurd Andrew Keen 4/28/2008 7 comments Facebook needs to prove that it’s a viable business by becoming accomplished in all that boring stuff – like generating revenues – a real media company does
We Are Smart Dust, We Are Golden... Alan Reiter 4/25/2008 33 comments The increasing miniaturization of chips, batteries, antennas, and radios will eventually produce 'smart dust'... and the implications are staggering
Video Overload: Then & Now Peter Bowman 4/24/2008 5 comments Video has proven to be an extremely effective online medium, but corporations remain curiously reluctant to engage the opportunity
What's Next for Social Platforms? Editor's Blog 4/23/2008 Post a comment Five representatives from social platforms spoke on a panel about data portability, third-party developers, and making money – concluding that the social Web is still a learning experience
A New Approach to Cyber Defense Kenneth Geers 4/23/2008 4 comments When it comes to crime, everything that happens in the real world also happens in cyberspace. A focused, multinational approach is the best way to take away the power and anonymity of a cyber attacker
Next-Gen Telcos: Take Your Partner Graham Finnie 4/23/2008 10 comments As their core businesses erode, incumbent telcos will have to start working better with third parties if they're to have any future
Vysr Beats Yahoo to the Punch With RoamAbout Editor's Blog 4/22/2008 2 comments Vysr unveils new product RoamAbout at the Web 2.0 Expo, attempting to start the move away from a site-centric Web to one that is user-centric
When Free Content Remains Captive Cyan Banister 4/21/2008 9 comments In today's immature Internet landscape, most everyone is still pursuing the ad-supported business model of the broadcast dinosaurs
The Online Shadow Economy Maksym Schipka 4/21/2008 4 comments The online shadow economy is driven by a sophisticated online black market with tens of thousands of participants
Thinkers in the New Web Age Yihong Ding 4/18/2008 25 comments Whereas Web 1.0 was an age for technological revolution, Web 2.0 has seen the emergence of great 'thinkers' by turning raw data into collective knowledge
The Future(s) of the Internet Editor's Blog 4/17/2008 6 comments Five industry mavens offer perspectives about the future of the Internet, essentially admitting they are wholly unaware of where it's headed
Twitter in 30 Seconds Todd Watson 4/17/2008 2 comments Some users reported spotting ads in their Twitter streams. I've seen no ads myself, but let me just say: What took them so long?
Zoning the Internet to Protect Children Cheryl B. Preston 4/17/2008 23 comments It is time to consider how Internet architecture can be harnessed to protect children from being exposed to sexually explicit material
In Search of Online Gods & Spaghetti Monsters Chris Minnick 4/16/2008 6 comments From the Church of the Subgenius to the Church of the Spaghetti Monster, the Internet has spawned a plethora of fringe and parody religions
Here's Peering at You, Kid Editor's Blog 4/15/2008 3 comments Gomez Peers rake in a few dollars a month for allowing Gomez to perform Website performance monitoring from their PCs
Us vs. Them on ‘The Internets’ Alan Reiter 4/15/2008 21 comments The Internet has become battleground as citizens around the world rally to publicize government abuses while the authorities try to block the attempts
Multimedia Content: The Semantic Web Challenge Tom Wilde 4/14/2008 8 comments As we move toward a 'Semantic' Web, text remains a key factor in driving search – but how will the Semantic Web account for audio and video content?
Ethernet Backhaul: DIY on the Rise Patrick Donegan 4/11/2008 2 comments Cellular networks operators are looking at a self-build strategy for the early part of their transition to Ethernet backhaul
Yahoo Moves: Strategic or Insane? Editor's Blog 4/10/2008 7 comments Yahoo plays hard-to-get with Microsoft by flirting with Google and AOL. Is this good strategy or sheer madness?
Midsize businesses rarely achieve the same standards of security in their own datacenters as professional providers that specialize in delivering these services to organizations.
It was about 10 years ago when a new generation of software-as-a-service (SaaS) alternatives started to gain acceptance and adoption among organizations of all sizes. And it has only been about five years since Amazon Web Services captured the marketplace's attention with Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3, which opened the door to a vast array of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings. Now, the third piece of the cloud computing puzzle is beginning to win over organizations seeking to build their own apps: platform-as-a-service (PaaS).
Energy consumption is a primary contributor to global warming. At the end of 2012, 40 percent of energy consumption in the US came from commercial and residential buildings.
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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