Microsoft Eyes Buys Yammer IT Clan Editor's Blog 6/14/2012 18 comments Microsoft is reportedly looking at buying enterprise social media platform Yammer.
Top IT Time & Resource Wasters IT Clan Editor's Blog 5/31/2012 9 comments Are you running IT efficiently? Take a look at these issues that could doom your organization to budget overruns.
Free Training Unites Tech Talent With Jobs IT Clan Editor's Blog 5/24/2012 23 comments A database technology firm in Florida offers a program of free training to veterans and underemployed candidates who show tech aptitude.
The Hybridization of IT IT Clan Editor's Blog 5/10/2012 1 comment If there is one way to summarize the trends in IT, it's the term hybridization. Here's why.
Security May Be Too Big a Job for IT IT Clan Editor's Blog 5/3/2012 10 comments A report from IBM says the chief information security officer is likely to move out of a traditional IT role over the next two years.
Google's Surprising & Scary Revelation IT Clan Editor's Blog 4/26/2012 20 comments The SDN revolution is very real, and Google stands to win dramatically, thanks to its unique position relative to the Internet. That's a scary thought.
Environmentalists Clash With Cloud Providers IT Clan Editor's Blog 4/19/2012 6 comments In a report on the use of renewable energy by cloud service providers, environmental group Greenpeace points to the failure of Apple and other leading cloud providers to go green.
IT Jobs: Growth, Change, & Controversy IT Clan Editor's Blog 4/12/2012 6 comments IT jobs are on the rise in the US, but there is controversy about who is taking those jobs and which areas are most likely to expand.
California Flushes $2B IT Project IT Clan Editor's Blog 3/29/2012 14 comments What went wrong with the 10-year, $2 billion IT project known as the California Case Management System? Check it out.
Security Report Warns of New Vulnerabilities IT Clan Editor's Blog 3/22/2012 21 comments Though IT has admirably improved security in many enterprises, mobile phones, clouds, and social sites present fresh vectors of risk.
Where Embedded Systems & IT Touch IT Clan Editor's Blog 3/15/2012 5 comments Here are some key areas where IT and embedded systems used in The Internet of Things will likely intersect.
IT Pros Takes 'Email Inventor' to Task IT Clan Editor's Blog 2/23/2012 44 comments The Washington Post upset the IT community when it stated last week that a 14-year-old high school student invented email.
How to Safely Buy From IT Startups IT Clan Editor's Blog 2/16/2012 2 comments Can you benefit by buying from an IT startup? The answer is yes, if you weigh the risks and decide they don't outbalance the advantages.
China's IT Startups Surge IT Clan Editor's Blog 2/2/2012 1 comment China's IT startups outstripped Europe for the first time in terms of venture capital funding in 2011.
How 'Technical Debt' Can Pay Off IT Clan Editor's Blog 1/19/2012 4 comments The concept of technical debt can serve IT professionals as a yardstick of a product's value to the firm.
Enterprise IT Keeps an Eye on CES IT Clan Editor's Blog 1/12/2012 34 comments This week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is likely to showcase devices and trends that IT pros will eventually have to address.
Smarter Commerce: Tutorial Lays It Out IT Clan Editor's Blog 1/5/2012 4 comments Internet Evolution's latest Web Wise World Tutorial on Smarter Commerce is easy to read, informative, comprehensive, and interactive.
Pondering the Limits of Intuition IT Clan Editor's Blog 12/29/2011 23 comments Human intuition still has a place in business and IT, but its role is becoming subordinate to that of analytics.
Oracle's Stock Tanks, Teaching IT a Lesson IT Clan Editor's Blog 12/22/2011 15 comments Oracle's disappointing earnings report this week holds news about the IT market in general. And it may not be news you expect.
In Memoriam: Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 IT Clan Editor's Blog 10/6/2011 14 comments Steve Jobs was a force of nature in the technology world, but he was also a countercultural hero to many in IT.
IBM Report: Mobile Security Risk to Double IT Clan Editor's Blog 9/29/2011 2 comments IBM's X-Force 2011 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report offers a grim view of various corporate security risks, including smartphone ones.
Enterprise IT Enters the Internet of Things IT Clan Editor's Blog 9/22/2011 5 comments The addition of input from embedded systems and remote sensors to corporate apps is becoming a requirement for enterprise IT.
When Risk Management Fails IT Clan Editor's Blog 9/15/2011 9 comments News that global bank UBS lost up to $2 billion to a rogue trader has enterprises everywhere examining their risk management strategies.
IT & US Jobs Creation IT Clan Editor's Blog 9/8/2011 10 comments The IT sector will be a source of employment and economic growth in the US, though obstacles loom.
IBM Buys Analytics for Crime Detection IT Clan Editor's Blog 9/1/2011 5 comments IBM's planned purchase of the analytics firm i2 could offer intriguing new services for fraud, crime, and military applications.
IT Faces Specter of Insider Threats IT Clan Editor's Blog 8/18/2011 14 comments The threat of insider tampering and sabotage seems to be rising; and naturally, it's become IT's responsibility to stem the tide.
Choosing IT Vendors in the Age of Big Data IT Clan Editor's Blog 7/28/2011 3 comments IT vendor strategies can wind up confusing even the most discerning professionals. An analyst offers some observations to help.
Parting Shots From the Federal CIO IT Clan Editor's Blog 7/21/2011 18 comments The outgoing federal CIO has some choice words for his soon-to-be-former employer that apply to other enterprises as well.
Wanted: Enterprise Architects IT Clan Editor's Blog 7/14/2011 22 comments The enterprise architect is emerging as a kind of unicorn in the IT pantheon, possibly signaling what's needed more than who's being hired.
Social media has been with us for a decade -- but employer policies and the law are anything but firm about the most appropriate usage of this powerful tool.
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.
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
