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New Mainframe Products
Todd Watson  
11/20/2009   Post a comment
Ten new software products can help companies lower their application management costs by optimizing their System z mainframes
If I Only Had a New Brain
Todd Watson  
11/18/2009   2 comments
The cognitive computing team, led by IBM Research, has achieved two major milestones that indicate the feasibility of building a cognitive computing chip
Cloudy With a Chance of Prosperity
Todd Watson  
11/16/2009   1 comment
IBM's 'Blue Insight' service will gather information from nearly 100 different information warehouses and data stores to compete with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft
Government Insight
Todd Watson  
11/12/2009   2 comments
A new IBM Analytics Solution Center in Washington, D.C., will focus on breakthrough streaming technologies, mathematical algorithms, and modeling
Defragging Defrag
Todd Watson  
11/12/2009   Post a comment
When combining human intelligence with the speed and reaction of human response, there's no algorithm on Earth that can beat us humans
Gartner: SaaS Clouds Growing
Todd Watson  
11/11/2009   Post a comment
The future of software as a service seems to be so bright you gotta wear a raincoat
Texas News You Can Use
Todd Watson  
11/9/2009   1 comment
Rupert Murdoch's upcoming paid content strategy seems to be counter-intuitive to conventional wisdom about being found on Google News
Yanks in the Clouds
Todd Watson  
11/5/2009   2 comments
After cheering for the 27-time Major League Baseball World Champion New York Yankees, it may be time to enter the IBM Cloud Academy to do a little studying
IBM Launches Health Analytics Center in Dallas
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11/4/2009   Post a comment
IBM's latest center is another in a network of global sites addressing the growing demand for advanced analytics
The Tweeter
Todd Watson  
11/3/2009   6 comments
A new device has all the same functionality of a desktop Twitter client: reading tweets, sending tweets, replying, retweeting, and more
Finishing IOD in the Clouds
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11/2/2009   Post a comment
Please keep a lookout in the next few weeks for the IOD Virtual Conference
Q&A With Malcolm Gladwell
Todd Watson  
10/29/2009   1 comment
Gladwell's first book changed the way many of us think about the way information is shared and disseminated, and how individuals influence one another and, in turn, the crowd
Social Power Is You
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10/28/2009   Post a comment
Think of all the data out there available today that, if it were collected and analyzed in real-time, could prove extremely beneficial
New Intelligence for a Smarter Planet
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10/27/2009   Post a comment
We live in a rapidly changing world, we have enormous inefficiencies, there are loads of opportunities to change things for the better
Mashing Pumpkins: New IBM Cognos Mashup Tool
Todd Watson  
10/27/2009   1 comment
IBM is announcing an expansion of its industry-leading enterprise mashup portfolio
IOD Press Conference: A Trillion Networked Things (Including Cows)
Todd Watson  
10/26/2009   Post a comment
I'm in the IOD 2009 press conference. Frank Kern, VP of IBM's General Business Consulting group, is now speaking
The IM Software Future's So Bright
Todd Watson  
10/26/2009   Post a comment
IBM analyst Stacy Novack expects the IM market to be $237B next year, with software being about $63B of that
Fear & Loathing at Information On Demand
Todd Watson  
10/22/2009   Post a comment
I'm getting desert fever
Car Windows
Todd Watson  
10/22/2009   1 comment
Is anybody but me getting a sudden influx of Facebook spam?
GoogleTunes?
Todd Watson  
10/21/2009   Post a comment
Mike Arrington has posted that Google is soon to be launching a new music service
Leaving Redmond
Todd Watson  
10/20/2009   2 comments
Let me quote freely from this USA Today blog post on the eve of the Microsoft Windows 7 launch that my colleague Bob Sutor Tweeted my way earlier today
Dick Tracy
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10/20/2009   Post a comment
Whew. It's already Tuesday and I'm already hysterical
IBM Q3 Earnings: Up 14%
Todd Watson  
10/16/2009   2 comments
IBM just released its Q309 earnings, and here are the headlines
Traffic Patterns
Todd Watson  
10/15/2009   Post a comment
TechCrunch posted about the Twitter/Facebook horse race, which seems to me isn't much of one these days
Next-Gen Web Analytics
Todd Watson  
10/13/2009   Post a comment
Just got off a Webcast entitled 'Next Generation Web Analytics,' presented by Forrester's John Lovett, who had somehow escaped my radar
IBM & NFL
Todd Watson  
10/13/2009   Post a comment
My Dallas Cowboys looked pretty shaky there in Kansas City yesterday. All I can say is God Bless the emergence of Miles Austin!
Outages
Todd Watson  
10/12/2009   1 comment
My power went out this morning
Man on the Moon
Todd Watson  
10/9/2009   6 comments
My Google Wave beta invite finally appeared in my in-box last evening
IBM Global CIO Study: Smart Makes Small Get Big
Todd Watson  
10/8/2009   2 comments
IBM released today a new global study of Chief Information Officers at high-growth, midsized organizations
That's Just Too Much Information
Todd Watson  
10/7/2009   Post a comment
IBM unveiled its plan for a new Smart Business System called 'IBM Information Archive' at its Information Infrastructure Analyst summit in Boston yesterday
Full Disclosure
Todd Watson  
10/6/2009   1 comment
The US Federal Trade Commission has finally revised its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising
Social Network Analysis: Getting to Know You
Todd Watson  
10/2/2009   3 comments
I don't do Mafia Wars on Facebook
Look Into the Camera
Todd Watson  
10/1/2009   Post a comment
Merger Monday has evolved into Transaction Thursday
Debrief: Austin City Limits Music Festival
Todd Watson  
9/30/2009   Post a comment
It's only two days to the Eighth Annual Austin City Limits Music Festival here in my glorious Austin, Texas
Avoiding the Wave
Todd Watson  
9/29/2009   1 comment
The Official Google Blog has announced that the Google Wave is set to roll out to a larger audience tomorrow
A Small But Moving Matter
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9/28/2009   Post a comment
I would be remiss if I didn't relate the anniversary of September 28
Less Is More?
Todd Watson  
9/24/2009   6 comments
It's good to see some good news these days
Where I'll Be & When I'll Be There
Todd Watson  
9/23/2009   Post a comment
I've just told the whole world I'll be in Viva Las Vegas from October 25-29 for the Information on Demand conference
WPP's Sorrels: Flat Is the New Up
Todd Watson  
9/22/2009   Post a comment
WPP's Martin Sorrels sat down with The Wall Street Journal recently and answered some questions about the state of the advertising and marketing industry
Dell & Perot, Cole & Drogba
Todd Watson  
9/21/2009   5 comments
Providing a broader range of IT services and putting pressure on your rivals in the same day is never dull
From Mean Green Eagles to Flying Elvi
Todd Watson  
9/18/2009   Post a comment
American college football season has kicked into high gear, and there are a lot of happy people across the country and around the world
Adomniture?
Todd Watson  
9/16/2009   2 comments
Adobe's decision to Buy Omniture for $1.8B may have huge repercussions in the Web analytics and content creation market
Life After Lehman
Todd Watson  
9/15/2009   2 comments
It was a year ago this week that Lehman went bust
Smaller Business Gets Smarter
Todd Watson  
9/14/2009   1 comment
IBM's new Cognos Express provides pre-configured business analytics and planning capabilities to help midmarket business execs quickly launch their business analytics strategies
IBM Global CIO Study: Analyze This
Todd Watson  
9/10/2009   2 comments
IBM just released its new global study of more than 2,500 chief information officers (CIOs)
Are We There Yet?
Todd Watson  
9/4/2009   3 comments
IBM recently conducted its second annual IBM Commuter Pain study, and guess what: 55% of those surveyed say they’re unlikely to make a long Labor Day weekend driving trip
The iPhone Is Like a Series of Tubes
Todd Watson  
9/4/2009   1 comment
How do you like the new look? They've been trying to get me to migrate to the new developerWorks blogging platform for some time now
Feed Me, Seymour
Todd Watson  
9/1/2009   6 comments
Do you have too many RSS feeds?
US Open Tennis, Anyone?
Todd Watson  
8/31/2009   1 comment
Lest anyone accuse me of being biased towards golf, I wanted to quickly get this post out to remind everyone that the United States Open tennis championships kick off today
Web Insecurities
Todd Watson  
8/28/2009   2 comments
Earlier this week, IBM released results from its X-Force 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk report
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Dan Cypra
Dan Cypra   11/20/2009   4 comments
A picture is worth a thousand words, or so the old saying goes. So understanding how to use images in e-newsletters effectively is quite important. Here are a few tips to ensure that your images in email newsletters work to your advantage.
Gordon Haff
Gordon Haff   11/20/2009   1 comment
Arms merchant or army? That's a fundamental question for vendors in the cloud computing space. Do they just sell their tooling to any and all comers, who then become the actual purveyors of hosted infrastructure, developer platforms, and software? Or do they offer their own cloud-based services, perhaps even keeping much of their technology in-house for competitive advantage?
Mary E. Shacklett
With the value of toxic assets on the rise, large U.S. and European banks face many challenges on the road to recovery. Sharing key information may help these firms effectively track the way forward.
Matthew Fraser
Matthew Fraser   11/19/2009   5 comments
Most of us go through life knowing that we’re expected to learn from our mistakes and improve. Those who are more conscientious about learning and personal improvement usually reap greater rewards.
Mike Moran
Mike Moran   11/19/2009   12 comments
Marketers are known for exaggerated claims and stretching the truth just a wee bit. But most marketers I know truly believe in what they sell. Their aggressiveness is based on a confidence that what they are promoting truly benefits the customer.
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Todd Watson   11/20/2009   Post a comment
While Google introduces its new Chrome OS (which I'm hearing will be widely available in one year?  Did I mishear that?), IBM announced 10 new products today to help companies using IBM System z mainframe technology.
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Facebook Lacks Social Skills

11|20|09   |   1:53   |   1 comment


Facebook's 'Suggestions' for users demonstrate how little social networking sites understand about true social relationships.
Singer at C-Level
Smart Grid Opportunities

11|20|09   |   2:49   |   No comments


Industry initiatives and government stimulus funds are giving enterprise software vendors a great opportunity to help build out and manage smart grid technologies.
Tom Nolle
Total Telephony Transcends Telepresence

11|20|09   |   2:11   |   2 comments


The problem with telepresence is that it's not universally accepted, because video calling isn't. While we can all do video calling, we also apparently worry too much about how we look. If we want HD telepresence in our future, we have to dress down, mess up our hair, and dive into our online life.
what.the.ferraro
ThinkerNet Wins Min's Award for Best Blogs!

11|19|09   |   1:13   |   4 comments


ThinkerNet wins the Min's award for 'Best Blogs' – Internet Evolution's fifth award this year!
Full Nelson
SanFran.gov

11|19|09   |   8:51   |   No comments


Fritz has an exclusive talk with the mayor and CTO of San Francisco about that city's latest e-government efforts.
Robert D. Atkinson
America Has Much to Learn About Digital Piracy

11|18|09   |   2:09   |   No comments


The US loses about $20 billion a year on pirated software, movies, and music. But public policy can help stem the tide of digital theft. For example, France has recently passed a 'three strikes and you’re out' law, whereby if after two warning letters an individual continues to download pirated software then his Internet access will be cut off. US policy makers should consider adopting similar policies.
Singer at C-Level
Connecting Stakeholders: Part 3

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11|18|09   |   2:09   |   No comments


Financial management planning does not need to include Voodoo economics, but it does help to tap into the knowledge base of your team through some sort of real-time system. We explore your options.
Reiter's Block
Tweeting for Customer Support

11|18|09   |   2:20   |   No comments


When Reiter gets incensed over incompetent Verizon FiOS order-taking and support, he broadcasts it via Twitter. Did it do any good? How should your company offer Twitter support? Watch this for all the answers.
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Dogster.com More Popular Than Gov 2.0

11|17|09   |   2:05   |   1 comment


A lot of attention is being paid to launching Gov 2.0 Websites, but these sites aren't attracting a lot of visitors.
Reiter's Block
Is the BlackBerry 9700 'Bold' Enough?

11|17|09   |   3:07   |   4 comments


The successor to the BlackBerry Bold 9000 – the Bold 9700 – will be available soon in the US. Is it worth upgrading? Reiter's got one, and offers advice.
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