Enterprises Need to Teach the Facts of Cloud Computing Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 8/31/2012 7 comments Most Americans don't know what cloud computing is, but they know it's important. That's a triumph of marketing hype, but IT must address employee ignorance that could threaten enterprise adoption.
The Danger of Recruiting With LinkedIn Christine Parizo 8/31/2012 59 comments LinkedIn's Hiring Solutions suite is a bestseller. But the site's redesigned résumé format could make it an enterprise HR liability.
Self-Service Clouds Help Firms Break Into Analytics Mary E. Shacklett 8/30/2012 15 comments Real-time analytics are being offered in public cloud services, and many enterprises are finding this a great way to get going on a strategy relatively cheaply.
Reddit Crashes During Historic Obama Chat IT Clan Editor's Blog 8/30/2012 32 comments Reddit's site caved in under the weight of traffic from a chat session with President Obama -- forcing questions about proper IT preparation.
Enterprises Lag in Governance, Risk & Compliance Executive Clan Editor's Blog 8/29/2012 6 comments Enterprise GRC isn't just about security or internal auditing anymore. But many firms aren't taking meaningful action to broaden its scope as much as needed.
5 Dangerous Online Behaviors Christine Parizo 8/29/2012 42 comments For many, online behavior that seems innocent can lead to dire offline consequences, including robbery and murder!
Big Tennis Meets Big-Data Todd Watson 8/29/2012 Post a comment Major sporting events serve as living laboratories for how big-data can translate into big business.
How to Fix Klout Seth Grimes 8/29/2012 29 comments Is reducing social-platform popularity to a simplistic score more than a weak indicator of any real form of influence? Klout thinks so, but it needs to fix that.
Master Marketing With Our New Leadership Reports CMO Clan Editor's Blog 8/28/2012 Post a comment Our two new reports, "Measure Twice, Market Once: Using Metrics for Success" and "Navigating the Shifting Social Media Landscape," can help marketers boost their brands.
Evernote Gets Enterprise-Friendly Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 8/24/2012 10 comments Evernote Business is designed to make it easier for IT to give the popular service its blessing. Because users are using it anyway.
Honeymoon Is Over for Social Network Investors Chris Poley 8/24/2012 105 comments Early investors and insiders are cashing in their shares of Facebook, Groupon, and Zynga, signaling a loss of perceived value in these social networks.
This Week's Best Community Comments Editor's Blog 8/23/2012 6 comments Business transformation and Google authentication came under the IQ Crew's skeptical eye on the message boards this week.
Why US Broadband Is Stuck in the Slow Lane Jason Mick 8/23/2012 18 comments The latest FCC report on US broadband shows deployment still not up to desired levels. Blame the carriers, legislators, and yourselves, voters!
A Cinderella Golf Story Todd Watson 8/22/2012 2 comments Have you ever done something for 30-something years, only to discover that you've been doing it all wrong?
BPM Could Change More Than Your Value Chain Executive Clan Editor's Blog 8/22/2012 7 comments The integration of business process management with mobility, social networking, cloud computing, and other elements could lead to some big surprises for corporate leaders.
Clouds Blameless for Most US Data Loss Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 8/20/2012 2 comments A closer look at data about security breaches in the US and cloud use raises questions about laying blame on clouds.
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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