Executive Clan Chat: How Not to Succeed In China IE Radio 8/29/2011 110 comments Despite high expectations of the burgeoning China Internet market, many firms have met disappointment and even failure in the People's Republic. Groupon's recent problems illustrate what executives in any sector should avoid when starting a business in China.
Midmarket Clan Chat: Meet Me in the Clouds IE Radio 8/24/2011 107 comments Skype's purchase of GroupMe opens up intriguing opportunities for the integration of its existing business telecommincations services with rapid group conferencing functions. It's a sign, too, that business meetings will increasingly migrate to the cloud.
IT Faces Specter of Insider Threats IE Radio 8/23/2011 274 comments The threat of insider tampering and sabotage seems to be rising; and naturally, it's become IT's responsibility to stem the tide.
Selmer Bringsjord, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute IE Radio 8/18/2011 110 comments Selmer Bringsjord currently holds appointments in the Department of Cognitive Science, the Department of Computer Science, and the Lally School of Management & Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute (RPI) in Troy, N.Y. He has advised many companies in the realm of intelligent systems.
Executive Clan Chat: 'Recession 2.0' Tips for C-Suiters IE Radio 8/15/2011 157 comments The looming "Recession 2.0" will test the abilities, knowledge, and stamina of enterprise executives. Here are some tips from experts about how to survive and even thrive in these troubled financial times.
Ivan Cash, Art Director & Founder of Snail Mail My Email IE Radio 8/11/2011 142 comments Ivan Cash is an artist, designer, and art director who has worked full-time as an art director with Venables Bell in San Francisco and with Wieden+Kennedy in Amsterdam. His professional credits include a social media campaign for Coca-Cola and an all-digital advertising campaign for Intel. His latest project, Snail Mail My Email, aims to show the value of the written word over its digital counterpart.
IT Clan Chat: The New Federal CIO and IT Reform IE Radio 8/8/2011 124 comments New federal CIO Steven L. VanRoekel believes in cloud computing and federal IT reform. But he faces a host of challenges, including recalcitrant government agencies and security issues related to the adoption of cloud computing. This live chat will focus on the progress made by VanRoekel's predecessor and whether that will continue under VanRoekel's tenure.
Sascha Meinrath, Director, New America Foundation IE Radio 8/4/2011 121 comments Sascha Meinrath is the Director of the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative. Described as a "community Internet pioneer" and a well-known expert on community wireless networks (CWNs), he'll talk about the United States's plans for "Internet Freedom" and the work being done to build independent networks in other nations.
Executive Clan Chat: Eyeing the Debt Crisis IE Radio 8/1/2011 145 comments As the US Congress and the White House move toward the deadline without a solution to the national debt quandary, enterprises are readying their strategies. Predictive analytics could help. And there may be an upside to it all.
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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Executive Clan Chat: How Not to Succeed In China
