Christopher Westphal, CEO, Visual Analytics Inc. IE Radio 9/29/2011 131 comments Chris Westphal is an expert in data visualization, data mining, and analyzing complex data sets. During his career, he has designed analytical systems and provided management expertise to critical government programs addressing organized crime, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, terrorism, tax evasion, insider trading, border crossings, smuggling, and criminal enterprises.
Executive Clan Chat: Another Look at Telecommuting IE Radio 9/26/2011 130 comments Executives often view telecommuting as a drain on productivity. In light of recent reseach, they may be justified. On the other hand, there are benefits that C-suiters should consider before setting policies against telecommuting.
Security Clan Chat: Electoral Success for The Pirate Party IE Radio 9/23/2011 102 comments The Pirate Party's success in German state elections together with its growing international presence suggests there might after all be a future for political activism with roots in underground movements like content piracy and hacking.
Jillian C. York, Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) IE Radio 9/22/2011 82 comments Jillian C. York is the Director of International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). She also holds a position on the Board of Directors of Global Voices Online. We'll talk to her about the intersection of politics, free expression, and the Web in the wake of riots in the UK and uprisings in the Arab world.
Midmarket Clan Chat: Deploying Mobile in the Midmarket IE Radio 9/21/2011 111 comments The time for piecemeal, employee-led integration of mobile into the working environment is over. The midmarket needs to exploit the opportunities created by rapid developments in mobile technology by developing a user profile-based mobile strategy.
IT Clan Chat: When Risk Management Fails IE Radio 9/19/2011 145 comments A recent security breach at global bank UBS raises many questions about the effectiveness of IT-based risk management systems, both at the bank and in other enterprises worldwide.
Rachael Chong, Founder & CEO, Catchafire.org IE Radio 9/15/2011 108 comments Rachael Chong left investment banking for the world of microfinance. She helped start-up the USA branch of BRAC, mobilizing skills-based volunteers to provide financial services and other support to the poor, especially in Asia and Africa. Following the success of BRAC USA, Rachael founded Catchafire.org, an innovative Web-based nonprofit which matches skilled volunteers to meaningful pro bono opportunities, helping nonprofits and social enterprises to leverage the goodwill of trained professionals. We'll talk to her about her latest venture and the state of online giving and activism.
Executive Clan Chat: Yahoo Turns a Corner IE Radio 9/12/2011 166 comments As CEO Carol Bartz is ousted, Yahoo seems to be coming face to face with the issues that have resulted in its underachieving market presence. What the future holds is questionable, though, and Yahoo may not survive as a single company.
Security Clan Chat: Another Certification Authority Goes Down IE Radio 9/9/2011 103 comments Following yesterday's news about the hacking of certification authority DigiNotar, we learn today that another CA, GlobalSign, has suffered a similar breach. Is this the end of security certificates as a digital security tool?
Robert Hernandez, Journalism Professor, USC Annenberg IE Radio 9/8/2011 206 comments Robert Hernandez has made a name for himself as a journalist of the Web, not just on the Web. His primary focus is exploring and developing the intersection of technology and journalism – to empower people, inform reporting and storytelling, engage community, improve distribution, and, whenever possible, enhance revenue.
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
In the fall of 2011, around 160,000 students in 190 countries enrolled in a Stanford-sponsored online course about artificial intelligence. About 23,000 completed the course and got certificates, including 248 who got a perfect score. The university offered the same course the old-fashioned way to students sitting in Stanford classrooms. None of the those students got a perfect score.
As Mitch Wagner discussed today, Yahoo is acquiring Tumblr. The big Internet debate at the moment is whether Tumblr will be good or bad for Yahoo. Regardless of their stances on the future of Yahoo itself, many claim that Yahoo will somehow ruin Tumblr.
Has China stolen a march on the West, developing an Internet architecture that is not only based on IPv6, but is also inherently secure from both internal and external attack?
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.
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Christopher Westphal, CEO, Visual Analytics Inc.
