IBM X-Force Midyear Risk & Trend Report Todd Watson 8/26/2010 1 comment IBM found 4,396 new vulnerabilities were documented by the X-Force R&D team in the first half of 2010, a 36 percent increase over the same time period last year
Within Cooee Todd Watson 8/24/2010 2 comments IBM's latest executive study reveals 98 percent of CEOs say they need to restructure the way their organizations work
Oh, the Places You’ll Go Todd Watson 8/20/2010 8 comments Is it my imagination, or is Google starting to get way out-innovated by Facebook?
The Web Is Dead, Long Live the iPad Todd Watson 8/18/2010 5 comments I want my iPad and iPhone apps! I want my Netflix! I want them now, and I don’t want to have to work to get to where I need the Information Superhighway to take me!
IBM to Acquire Marketing Software Firm Unica Todd Watson 8/13/2010 2 comments The acquisition will expand IBM’s ability to help organizations analyze and predict customer preferences and develop more targeted marketing campaigns
Santa Wants an iPad Todd Watson 8/12/2010 2 comments US retailers of electronics and appliances are expected to increase sales of those products by $739M in September and October alone
IBM Acquires Datacap Todd Watson 8/10/2010 1 comment Datacap customers are among the most visionary organizations, using document capture and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions to streamline and transform their businesses
Predictive Perspectives Todd Watson 8/10/2010 1 comment If you've wanted to get the lowdown on SPSS, and how predictive analytics can help your organization, look no further
I’m Lovin’ It! Todd Watson 8/5/2010 5 comments IBM has signed a three-year agreement with McDonald’s to provide a new cashless payment solution across the UK and Ireland
My Big Hack Attack Todd Watson 8/3/2010 19 comments There are times when you need brute force, rainbow tables, and Low RAM mode – not to mention help from The Google
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.
Facebook advertising is a lightning rod. It seems neither brands nor consumers are 100 percent happy about the social media site's policies, placement, or procedures. But the real controversy about Facebook ads and promotions is over whether they work.
By now, you've most likely heard about the 3D-printed gun that Texas-based Defense Distributed demonstrated last week. But we haven't heard the last about the censorship war that began soon afterward.
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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