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Lending a Helping Hand
Todd Watson  
9/30/2012   2 comments
The Cúram International User Conference focuses on helping social services help others.
RIM's Enterprise Play Collides With BYOD
Alan Reiter  
9/28/2012   65 comments
RIM is holding its own for now, but if its BB10 can't make it with BYOD users, things could turn worse.
Learn to Bridge Marketing & IT
Editor's Blog  
9/28/2012   1 comment
Learn how the CIO and CMO can work together.
A Ryder Cup 2012 Preview: Just Go for It!
Todd Watson  
9/27/2012   Post a comment
After such a stellar 2012 golf season for the PGA Tour, and golf more broadly around the world, the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah in Chicago will be a fitting climax to the golf year, especially considering the caliber of players lined up on both the American and European sides.
What's Keeping China From Global IT Domination
Maria Korolov  
9/27/2012   76 comments
With a robust Internet, plenty of educated young people, and a growing economy, China should be on top of the IT market. Here's why it's not.
The Dangers of Corporate WiFi & How to Sidestep Them
Christine Parizo  
9/27/2012   46 comments
Corporate WiFi presents a range of dangers to organizations. Here are the main ones to avoid.
Emerging IT Jobs That Are Tough to Fill
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
9/27/2012   21 comments
Here are some of the toughest posts to fill in any IT organization.
IBM’s New Global Cloud Initiative: Delivering Simpler IT
Todd Watson  
9/26/2012   Post a comment
Today IBM announced a broad set of global initiatives to position clients to take advantage of cloud opportunities.
Why Executive Rage Is a Losing Battle
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
9/26/2012   30 comments
Angry executives are finding it tough to lead in these social times.
How One Restaurant's Tech Upgrade Could Drive Customers Crazy
Alan Reiter  
9/26/2012   73 comments
A restaurant chain is reviewed for its mishmash of mobile payments, digital coupons, and other elements of modern mobile commerce.
IBM Board Elects Virginia Rometty as Chairman
Todd Watson  
9/26/2012   Post a comment
She succeeds Samuel J. Palmisano, who is stepping down from the board effective Monday.
Senate Stalls on Privacy Amendment
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
9/26/2012   5 comments
Senator Patrick Leahy's opportunistic attempt to drive through a useful amendment on digital privacy has been derailed.
What to Consider Before Posting Ads on Your Site
Taimoor Zubair  
9/26/2012   34 comments
Here are some things to consider if you're thinking about advertising on your enterprise Website.
Chatting to Connect
Todd Watson  
9/25/2012   Post a comment
Join IBM for a Twitter Chat Thursday at 9:00 p.m. ET to talk about its upcoming InterConnect event.
Analytics Is the Glue for the Internet of Things
Analytics Clan Editor's Blog  
9/25/2012   9 comments
The Internet of Things still faces challenges, but matching it with predictive analytics will make it an increasingly attractive proposition for enterprises.
Iran's Private Internet Could Cripple Its Business Community
Ron Miller  
9/25/2012   22 comments
Iran wants to cut off access to the public Internet, but history has proven the dangers for any country that takes this approach.
7DEE Final Two Days: Sweating the Details, Wrapping It All Up
Editor's Blog  
9/25/2012   Post a comment
Learn how to make big changes by making small decisions better, and how to meet the needs of today's more demanding customer using analytics, today and tomorrow on 7DEE. Join us!
Manageability Distinguishes Apple's iOS 6
Jason Mick  
9/25/2012   22 comments
Apple's Configurator app offers enterprises and mobile device management firms a way to manage BYOD along with company-issued phones.
Thinking Big @ Information On Demand 2012
Todd Watson  
9/24/2012   Post a comment
The IBM Information on Demand 2012 event is imminent. Here are some useful resources for prospective attendees.
PGA’s New Champion: Brandt Snedeker
Todd Watson  
9/24/2012   Post a comment
Well, it was a wild and wooly weekend at the PGA TOUR Championship at East Lake in Atlanta, Georgia, and also the culmination of the 2012 US PGA golf season with the awarding of the FedExCup to Tennessean Brandt Snedeker.
The Midmarket Is Networking
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
9/24/2012   10 comments
Data confirming the importance of social networking to SMBs comes as no real surprise.
A Firsthand Experience of Healthcare IT
Mansur Hasib  
9/24/2012   67 comments
The author traces his experience with healthcare IT from electronic medical records in the doctor's office through to automated prescription fulfillment.
Self-Defense: A Different Approach to Cloud Security
John Barnes  
9/24/2012   32 comments
In a new approach to cloud security, applications take care of their own protection and watch out for others'.
How Cloud Computing Has Changed the Insurance Business
Cloud Clan Editor's Blog  
9/24/2012   6 comments
Cloud computing has done more than streamline IT for insurance companies; it's changed the way they do business.
IBM X-Force Mid-Year Report: Security Attacks Focused on Browsers, Mobile, Social
Todd Watson  
9/21/2012   1 comment
The security environment remains troubling, with increased attacks on browsers, and renewed concerns about social and mobile.
Apple's Passbook: Lots of Promise for Enterprise Developers
Alan Reiter  
9/21/2012   49 comments
Apple's newly released Passbook may not be quite ready for prime time, but that may not matter to enterprises eager to get started.
The Tiger Roars Again
Todd Watson  
9/21/2012   1 comment
The first round of the TOUR Championship.
New Patent Law Crowdsources IT Expertise
Maria Korolov  
9/21/2012   31 comments
A law President Obama signed last week provides an online forum for outside comments on pending patents and even patents already granted.
22 Great Apps for Your New iPhone 5
Editor's Blog  
9/21/2012   54 comments
Here are nearly two dozen great apps to help your iPhone help you with navigation, weather, productivity, health and fitness, and more.
Webinar Today: Citi’s Frank Eliason Taps Customer Voices on Social Media
Editor's Blog  
9/21/2012   Post a comment
The man who launched a customer service revolution on Twitter with the @ComcastCares account shows you how to tap the power of customer voices on social media, today at 2:00 p.m.
IBM Survey: Social Media Impacting Threats From Reputational Risk
Todd Watson  
9/20/2012   Post a comment
IBM recently released its 2012 Global Reputational Risk and IT Study, and the findings suggest that companies are viewing their IT investments through a new lens.
IBM X-Force Report Describes BYOD Threats
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
9/20/2012   10 comments
Smartphones and mobile access are simply new openings for online criminals. IBM's latest X-Force report describes the threats and recommends protections.
Twitter Ruling Threatens Personal & Enterprise Users
Chris Poley  
9/20/2012   74 comments
A new legal ruling against Twitter could change the way companies control what employees post and how the organization protects itself against potential subpoenas.
Analyze Your Analytics
Todd Watson  
9/20/2012   4 comments
Proper use of analytics will change how organizations are structured, how daily operations are managed, and where new investments are made to create value. Make sure you're doing it right.
7DEE Today: Big Data + Big Analytics = Big Wins
CMO Clan Editor's Blog  
9/20/2012   Post a comment
Tune in today at 2:00 p.m. EDT to find out how to combine market research data, internal company data, and big-data pulled from the Internet to help your business succeed.
A Case Study in Inadequate Analytics
Jason Mick  
9/20/2012   18 comments
Customer analytics are only as good as the algorithms used to derive them.
The Turbo TOUR Championship Preview
Todd Watson  
9/19/2012   Post a comment
Turbo looks ahead to the TOUR Championship.
William & Kate's Ineffectual Injunction
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
9/19/2012   23 comments
The British palace discovers that the Internet can easily outrun their legal maneuvers.
Lenovo Buys Stoneware for Cloud BYOD Management
Cloud Clan Editor's Blog  
9/19/2012   2 comments
With its purchase of Stoneware, Lenovo takes aim at the issue of BYOD in a clever and cost-effective way.
President Obama Wants to Set IT Security Standards
Ron Miller  
9/19/2012   39 comments
The Obama administration seems intent on getting involved in advising IT professionals on how to do their jobs.
7DEE Today: Getting Ahead of Demand – Deliciously
CMO Clan Editor's Blog  
9/19/2012   Post a comment
Learn how to use analytics to get ahead of demand today at 2:00 p.m. with Kraft's Frank Cotignola.
Internet Tech Leaders Push Change Through Philanthropy
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
9/19/2012   7 comments
Executives and companies are drawing praise and criticism for their charitable donations.
Sentiment Analysts Gear Up for Presidential Race
Karyl Scott  
9/19/2012   12 comments
Prognosticators and news mavens are turning analytics on social media in an effort to predict the outcome of the US presidential election.
In Search of the Mobile Enterprise
Todd Watson  
9/18/2012   Post a comment
Work is no longer a place you go. It's what you do.
Volume & Velocity of Feedback Necessitate Analytics
Analytics Clan Editor's Blog  
9/18/2012   6 comments
When the world is your focus group, use analytics to anticipate and respond to the social feedback loop.
Back to School Goes In for Analysis
Todd Watson  
9/18/2012   Post a comment
"Back to school" is now a key shopping period demanding e-commerce analysis.
Top Enterprise Controversies of the 3D Web
Maria Korolov  
9/18/2012   24 comments
For companies, the emerging 3D Web, hypergrid, or "metaverse" requires facing up to a handful of tough challenges that won't be resolved quickly or easily.
7DEE Today: Why Haters Gotta Hate & What You Can Do
Editor's Blog  
9/18/2012   3 comments
Paul Gillin discusses how you can measure negative sentiment online, and use that intelligence to solve problem, at our next 7 Days of Executive Education Tuesday at 2 PM EDT. Join us!
Google's Running Out of Excuses for Autocomplete Snafus
Robert McGarvey  
9/18/2012   39 comments
Thanks to a lawsuit in Germany, enterprises and individuals may soon be free of embarrassing Google Autocompletes in search results pertaining to them.
It's Time to Put Storage on the Strategic IT Roadmap
Mary E. Shacklett  
9/17/2012   25 comments
Enterprises can no longer afford to treat storage as an afterthought in the age of cloud computing and big-data.
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Social media has been with us for a decade -- but employer policies and the law are anything but firm about the most appropriate usage of this powerful tool.
Dan Cypra
Dan Cypra   5/23/2013   14 comments
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?
Matt Heusser
Matt Heusser   5/23/2013   4 comments
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.
David Weldon
David Weldon   5/22/2013   15 comments
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.
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

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Whole Foods Global Wine Purchaser Doug Bell told me about some of the constraints on using analytics in the US wine market.
Paul J. Fleuranges
Digital Signage Keeps NYC Subway Straphangers on Track

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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.
Kim Davis
Fast Forward to the Future

4|23|13   |   2:29   |   20 comments


A look back at tech writing in the 90s makes us wonder where enterprise IT will be 20 years from now.
Mitch Wagner
Google Launches Its Most Depressing Service Yet

4|15|13   |   2:59   |   10 comments


Google's new Inactive Account Manager lets you control how Google disposes of your accounts when you die.
Second Shooter
Argument Over Top-Level Domains Is 'Stupid'

4|11|13   |   2:07   |   3 comments


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.
Kim Davis
Ladies, Your Tablet Awaits

3|21|13   |   2:22   |   37 comments


ePad Femme is the world’s first tablet “made exclusively for women.”
Wisdom of the Big Chair
NFC Moves Into the Mainstream

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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.
Wisdom of the Big Chair
Integrating Security Into Your Cloud Contract

3|19|13   |   3:35   |   No comments


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.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Collects Customer Information

3|18|13   |   1:15   |   No comments


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.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Uses Analytics to Customize Site

3|14|13   |   0:47   |   No comments


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
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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.

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