Fear & Loathing at the Venetian Todd Watson 4/30/2012 Post a comment Here are some tips for attendees arriving at the IBM Impact 2012 event at the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
The Smarts for Big-Data Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 4/30/2012 3 comments With adoption of business intelligence by small to midtier enterprises growing, the question is whether lack of know-how is impeding the evolution to big-data analytics.
How Clouds Speed Up Workflow for Large-File Apps Scott Koegler 4/30/2012 8 comments For large-file app users, such as creative workers, new clouds feature a high level of integration between applications and storage platforms, removing location dependence and speeding workflow.
Rape Victim Betrayed on Twitter Robert McGarvey 4/30/2012 24 comments Ethical issues have surfaced in the case of a UK rape victim whose name surfaced on Twitter after appearing in a Sky News video feed.
The Top Myths of E-Commerce Steve Francia 4/27/2012 27 comments After working for years in the field of e-commerce, this exec has compiled a list of false beliefs that are still widely circulated.
Imagining the Web, Post-CISPA Editor's Blog 4/27/2012 44 comments The contentious Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act has passed the House and threatens to change the future of the Web.
What You Should Know About Tech IPOs Chris Poley 4/27/2012 48 comments Of the upcoming technology IPOs, the ones who succeed will likely be analytics or software infrastructure firms, not social networks.
YouTube Marketing: Not Quite the Super Bowl CMO Clan Editor's Blog 4/26/2012 10 comments Equating YouTube advertising with Super Bowl advertising is a stretch, but AdWords for video does present CMOs with opportunities worth exploring.
Futbol & Football Todd Watson 4/26/2012 1 comment Researchers from SUNY Buffalo are using IBM analytics technology to study more than 2,000 genetic and environmental factors that may contribute to multiple sclerosis.
Google's Surprising & Scary Revelation IT Clan Editor's Blog 4/26/2012 20 comments The SDN revolution is very real, and Google stands to win dramatically, thanks to its unique position relative to the Internet. That's a scary thought.
How to Sidestep the BYOD Quicksand Maria Korolov 4/26/2012 42 comments If your enterprise opts for a Bring Your Own Device strategy, here's how to avoid potential problems that could negate the benefits.
Cyber Insecurity Todd Watson 4/25/2012 1 comment VMware says proprietary source code theft does not put customers at risk.
Cloud Moves in on Bioscience Joe Stanganelli 4/25/2012 9 comments At a conference this week, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has unveiled a cloud service featuring data management tools for genomic scientists who aren't programmers.
US Makes No Progress on Cybersecurity Security Clan Editor's Blog 4/25/2012 27 comments With the House set to consider bills representing limited measures, progress toward securing the national cyberspace remains stalled.
Internet Hall of Fame Showcases Unsung 'Connectors' Executive Clan Editor's Blog 4/25/2012 8 comments The Internet Society's first set of Hall of Fame inductees includes a list of little known but influential contributors to the spread of the Net.
Why Clouds for Tablets Won't Work for All Alan Reiter 4/24/2012 27 comments Cloud services that bring office applications to tablet users offer advantages but could be improved in performance, support of key Office features, and other areas.
Facebook IPO: The Beginning of the End Editor's Blog 4/24/2012 68 comments Facebook's profit has already fallen, ahead of its IPO. That's just one clue that its entrance into the grown-up space may herald its demise.
The Right & Left Hand Todd Watson 4/23/2012 2 comments Turbo's air conditioning service vendor might do well to attend the IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit coming up in Madrid.
Having Impact Todd Watson 4/23/2012 Post a comment IBM's Impact 2012 Global Conference from April 29 until May 4 should prove to be exciting and informative -- plus the Goo Goo Dolls are playing.
Businesses Need Better Sentiment Analysis Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 4/23/2012 10 comments Sentiment analysis continues to be dogged by accuracy problems, but shrewd deployment can still have a business impact.
Original Content Won't Save Netflix, Hulu Editor's Blog 4/20/2012 73 comments Netflix and Hulu are both creating original content to serve to their viewers. This strategy, while creative, may just be a waste of time and resources.
Designing the Shape of TV to Come Editor's Blog 4/19/2012 26 comments The television of the future will be a virtual package of content retrievable on any device with a screen.
Environmentalists Clash With Cloud Providers IT Clan Editor's Blog 4/19/2012 6 comments In a report on the use of renewable energy by cloud service providers, environmental group Greenpeace points to the failure of Apple and other leading cloud providers to go green.
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.
Civil libertarians are outraged at the revelation the NSA is reportedly spying on more than one-third of Americans -- obtaining phone records from phone companies, in case it might need them for later use. Edward Snowden, the man who leaked details of that program, also revealed a second effort dubbed “Prism,” which represented a more aggressive grab of email and other communications. (See: Prism Exposes Unwritten Privacy Rules.)
In the past few weeks, Evernote, Twitter, and LinkedIn have implemented an optional security feature: two-step verification. It's time -- perhaps even past due -- for enterprises to consider offering this feature as well.
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.
So here we are, the last day of the 2013 US Open Golf Championship at Merion, and Phil Mickelson -- who has been a US Open runner-up five times now but never taken the trophy -- is right up there at the top of the leaderboard.
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