Live @ Information On Demand 2012: Big on Business Analytics Todd Watson 10/24/2012 Post a comment Turbo looks at the Analytics Quotient, a self-analyzing quiz IBM created and released for customers last year. About 70 percent of the 6,000+ respondents year-to-date indicated they are in the “novice” or “builder” categories, and only 30 percent in the “leader” or “master” categories.
Live @ Information On Demand 2012: Analyze This Todd Watson 10/22/2012 Post a comment Techno DJ futurist Jason Silva (formerly of Al Gore’s Current TV) kicked off the Information On Demand 2012 event here at the Mandalay Bay Arena by telling us all to “Think Big.”
IBM Announces New Security Solutions, Focuses on Cloud, Mobile, Big-Data Todd Watson 10/19/2012 Post a comment IBM made a move designed to reduce the biggest security inhibitors that organizations face in implementing cloud, mobile, and big-data initiatives with the announcement of a broad set of security software to help holistically secure data and identities.
Big Study on Big-Data Todd Watson 10/17/2012 5 comments Most big-data initiatives are aimed at improving the customer experience, yet less than half of these organizations are currently collecting and analyzing external sources of data, like social media.
Did You Hear That Pin Drop? Todd Watson 10/15/2012 2 comments The new Raspberry Pi is now shipping with double the RAM (512MB!) at the same tiny price tag of $35.
Singapore Redux Todd Watson 10/8/2012 1 comment Singapore is very futuristic and forward-thinking, having invested early on in commercialization of the Internet and hosting a robust mobile computing infrastructure.
Connecting @ IBM InterConnect Singapore Todd Watson 10/8/2012 Post a comment IBM clients, business partners, employees, and others in the IBM ecosystem began landing in Singapore over the weekend to attend the IBM InterConnect event.
New & Smarter Systems Todd Watson 10/3/2012 Post a comment IBM introduced upgrades to its Power systems, paving the way for companies to establish a more aggressive posture in what it calls "cognitive computing."
News to Go... & Lots of It Todd Watson 10/2/2012 5 comments A new study from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism indicates that half of all US adults now have a mobile connection to the Web through either a smartphone or tablet.
Europe Keeps the Cup Todd Watson 10/1/2012 Post a comment The recent Ryder Cup was the most exciting event in golf, and maybe in all sports, for true golf fans.
The Electric Filling Station Todd Watson 10/1/2012 Post a comment IBM today announced that it has teamed with ESB ecars to roll out electric vehicle public charge points across Ireland.
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?
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.
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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