Recovering From Disaster in 140 Characters or Less Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 5/13/2013 18 comments Celina Insurance once used a telephone tree to notify employees about disasters and emergencies. Now the carrier uses Twitter and tells everyone at once, with one click.
Non-Tech Firms Expand Into High-Tech Businesses Editor's Blog 5/7/2013 13 comments Companies like Canadian Tire, Choice Hotels, and Probus One Touch are expanding out of their traditional comfort zones to offer IT products and services such as cloud, hotel-management solutions, and analytics.
Google Glass Privacy Hysteria Misguided Ron Miller 5/6/2013 22 comments Why are technophiles so fixated on Google Glass privacy issues when more intrusive, less expensive devices are readily available today?
Checking In With Choice Hotels' New CIO Todd Davis Executive Clan Editor's Blog 5/1/2013 8 comments Choice Hotels made an early decision to embrace the web and the cloud, a decision that is reaping rewards for newly named CIO and former CTO Todd Davis.
How to Choose an Online School Mary E. Shacklett 5/1/2013 24 comments When you're pursuing an education online, it's important to make sure employers in your field accept degrees from these universities and colleges.
IBM MessageSight: Connecting a Smarter Planet Todd Watson 4/29/2013 2 comments IBM’s Smarter Planet strategy took a major step forward today with the introduction of IBM MessageSight, a new appliance designed to help organizations manage and communicate with the billions of mobile devices and sensors found in systems such as automobiles, traffic management systems, smart buildings, and household appliances.
Rock of the Ageless Todd Watson 4/29/2013 1 comment As IBM Impact 2013 begins today in Las Vegas, remember that it as much about networking as it is about technology.
Breaking for IBM Impact 2013 Todd Watson 4/29/2013 1 comment Couldn't make it to IBM Impact 2013 in Las Vegas? Turbo Todd will keep you up-to-date on the latest news from this year's info-packed event.
Friday File: Don't Kiss the Cook. He'll Rust Editor's Blog 4/26/2013 43 comments Several tech companies celebrated anniversaries this week, but we bet their cakes weren't baked by robots. That's not necessarily the case at one enterprising restaurant in China.
President Could Be Last Hope to Stop CISPA Ron Miller 4/23/2013 35 comments The Senate is expected to vote on CISPA this week. If, as predicted, senators approve this legislation, President Obama has said he will veto it.
Friday File: Grandma Goes Virtual Editor's Blog 4/19/2013 18 comments Google's Schmidt's take on drones, Twitter tackles tunes, and LinkedIn embraces mobile. And, oh yes, granny goes to Tuscany -- without leaving her kitchen.
The Move to Community Datacenters Mary E. Shacklett 4/19/2013 18 comments In response to social media, external competition, and tighter budgets, IT departments are integrating community and collaboration tools to improve services and cut costs.
Enterprises Lure Millennial Entrepreneurs Talha Khalid 4/16/2013 7 comments Looking to dynamically alter their ranks, products, and images, some corporations are hiring bright young people and giving them free reign.
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.
The apartment and house sharing service, Airbnb, now requires members to verify their identities by demonstrating a presence on the web, and by either scanning a government ID or entering detailed personal details. Other enterprises should take a close look at Airbnb's verification policies.
Facebook advertising is a lightning rod. It seems neither brands nor consumers are 100 percent happy about the social media site's policies, placement, or procedures. But the real controversy about Facebook ads and promotions is over whether they work.
By now, you've most likely heard about the 3D-printed gun that Texas-based Defense Distributed demonstrated last week. But we haven't heard the last about the censorship war that began soon afterward.
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.
Subsidized handsets, rather than locked handsets, should be the focus of regulators. We're not getting good deals, not fostering innovation, and weakening our power as buyers.
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