Clouds as Archives Internet Evolution Poll 8/21/2012 3 comments Amazon Web Services' latest announcement of its Glacier enterprise storage archive service prompts questions about whether enterprises are ready to ditch traditional on-premises digital archives and archive old data in the cloud.
Can Twitter Be Pushed Aside? Internet Evolution Poll 8/15/2012 7 comments There are several new social sites on the go, including Evan Williams’s new Medium and microblogging service App.net. What are the chances we’ll see Twitter overtaken sometime soon?
NASA's Curiosity: One for the Nerds Internet Evolution Poll 8/7/2012 13 comments NASA has suffered much past criticism for its technological glitches and outright failures. The success of the Curiosity Mars mission may have turned that tide. What do you think?
Smart Wallets Internet Evolution Poll 5/9/2012 21 comments Digital wallet uptake has been slow, but MasterCard joined the ranks of providers this week. Do you plan to start using a digital wallet this year?
Support for Cispa Internet Evolution Poll 4/16/2012 7 comments What's your take on the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (Cispa), which would make information sharing between security agencies and private Web firms easier?
Enterprise Productivity Internet Evolution Poll 3/26/2012 11 comments Are enterprise productivity tools helping to make you more productive?
Hyper-Connected Internet Evolution Poll 2/22/2012 28 comments Do you feel you're too digitally connected to email, social networks, etc.?
Pay Me, Facebook Internet Evolution Poll 2/6/2012 14 comments Facebook's SEC filing shows the site earns billions of dollars in ad revenue annually, thanks to ads based on users' data. Should users get a slice of the money pie?
Return of Yahoo? Internet Evolution Poll 10/24/2011 38 comments Could a takeover of Yahoo turn the company around?
Clouds vs. Datacenters Internet Evolution Poll 10/10/2011 11 comments Which do you think are more prone to downtime, clouds or datacenters?
Rewarding Failure Internet Evolution Poll 10/3/2011 22 comments Do you believe that tech company CEOs who fail are rewarded too lavishly with bonuses, options, etc., on their way out?
A License to Surf Internet Evolution Poll 9/19/2011 23 comments The White House is working on an online ID verification plan. Would you favor the introduction of an ID system to authenticate user identity on the Web?
Bad Times for GroupOn? Internet Evolution Poll 8/31/2011 16 comments Recent press suggests GroupOn may be headed for a fall. What's your take?
Google's Growth Internet Evolution Poll 8/15/2011 22 comments Does the proposed purchase of Motorola Mobility for over $12B in cash signify Google has gotten too big and is seeking dominance in too many areas?
Pondering Patents Internet Evolution Poll 8/5/2011 15 comments Do you think patent litigation is interfering with Internet innovation?
Internet Withdrawal Internet Evolution Poll 7/26/2011 30 comments How much time can you spend away from the Internet before you feel withdrawal symptoms?
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?
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.
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.
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
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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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. CLICK FOR MORE
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. CLICK FOR MORE