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Join 'People for a Smarter Planet'
Adam Christensen  
12/8/2010   5 comments
Programs like Creekwatch and World Community Grid are just the beginning
New Chips to Speed & Power the Internet of Things
Adam Christensen  
11/9/2010   Post a comment
New IBM semiconductors are expected to improve machine-to-machine networks
Emerging Countries Leapfrogging to Energy & Smart Grid Security?
Adam Christensen  
11/4/2010   1 comment
Countries achieve greater energy security when they reduce their reliance on fossil fuels
Readying Communications Networks for the Smart Grid
Adam Christensen  
9/22/2010   4 comments
The current electric grid is complex, aging, and increasingly overextended
IBM Hosts Twitterstorm on Smart Grids & Electric Vehicles
Adam Christensen  
9/16/2010   Post a comment
Andy Bochman, one of IBM's smart grid experts, will be discussing various topics during a a Twitterstorm this month
Building a Smarter City in Cambridge, Ontario
Adam Christensen  
9/8/2010   2 comments
The Canadian Federal Government’s Gas Tax Funding is partnering with IBM to better manage critical city information and assets
Live from Shanghai. Video: IBM CEO, a Planet of Smarter Cities
Adam Christensen  
6/3/2010   1 comment
Sam Palmisano talks about the challenges and opportunities of building the infrastructure to make more efficient communities
Live From Shanghai: Technology, Urban Development & the Internet of Things
Adam Christensen  
6/3/2010   Post a comment
The opportunity to build from scratch smarter, sustainable cities is a luxury only the developing world enjoys
Live From Shanghai: Pre-Event Update (With Photos)
Adam Christensen  
6/3/2010   Post a comment
We'll be providing a number of means to stay connected to the themes, ideas, and insights from the event
Smarter Cities Shanghai: A Brief Summit Preview
Adam Christensen  
5/27/2010   5 comments
The city provides the perfect backdrop to explore the converging realities of massive urbanization and a scarcity of resources
A Systems Approach to Rethinking Transportation
Adam Christensen  
5/5/2010   Post a comment
The opportunity is that, as we think about transportation as a true system, we have the opportunity to reinvent transportation for the needs of the 21st century
Transparency You Can Understand: Visualizing US Congressional Legislation
Adam Christensen  
4/6/2010   1 comment
A new service, called ManyBills, is aimed at making it easier to explore and understand the legislative process and specific bills
Transportation Forum: The Art of 'Seduction' in Public Transportation
Adam Christensen  
3/4/2010   1 comment
The concept of 'seducing' travelers into transit is one we could do well to emulate elsewhere
The Foundation for an Intelligent, Interconnected, Instrumented Planet
Adam Christensen  
3/3/2010   6 comments
If there’s one topic that underpins nearly everything we’ve addressed here on this blog in the past 18 months, it is data
Quick Notes: Road Pricing in the Netherlands
Adam Christensen  
2/26/2010   Post a comment
I’m simultaneously watching the live video stream of the Smarter Transportation forum in Washington and following the Twitter stream coming out of the event
Join Us for the Smarter Transportation Forum in DC
Adam Christensen  
2/17/2010   Post a comment
If virtual events aren’t your thing, this face-to-face one may be more up your alley
Five Innovations That Will Change Cities in the Next Five Years
Adam Christensen  
12/17/2009   10 comments
Buildings that know when they need to be fixed before something breaks as well as smart water and sewage systems that filter and recycle water. What else is in store for your city?
IBM: Immersed in Smart Water Management (Hudson River)
Adam Christensen  
12/4/2009   Post a comment
From Waterwire: Recent breakthroughs are affecting water management in positive ways around the world
Combining Wind Power & Electric Vehicles in Denmark to Address Climate Change
Adam Christensen  
12/1/2009   Post a comment
The goal is to use this small pilot of only about 15 electric vehicles to develop a model for deploying roughly 200,000 wind-powered EVs nationwide by 2020
Collaborating for Smart Grid Development: The Global Intelligent Utility Network Coalition
Adam Christensen  
11/16/2009   Post a comment
A group of innovative utility companies IBM formed two years ago is aimed at accelerating the use of smart grid technologies
Instrumented Oceans, Cleaner Beaches & Safer Surfing in Ireland
Adam Christensen  
11/2/2009   2 comments
What if we could instrument our beaches with sensors to measure environmental conditions, then use the Internet to connect the sensors and feed that information to consumers in real time?
Mapping Commuters' Pain
Adam Christensen  
10/21/2009   3 comments
Nothing is a more effective motivator for change than the desire to reduce one’s own pain and suffering, right?
Great Expectations for US Healthcare – Smarter Cities Redux
Adam Christensen  
10/21/2009   Post a comment
Among the many highlights of the Smarter Cities summit we hosted in New York City October 1 and 2, Dr. Denis Cortese’s presentation ranks near the top
On Receiving the National Medal of Technology From the White House
Adam Christensen  
10/21/2009   Post a comment
IBM has been awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by the President of the United States




a moderated blogosphere of internet experts
Mary E. Shacklett
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.
Dan Cypra
Dan Cypra   5/23/2013   26 comments
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?
Matt Heusser
Matt Heusser   5/23/2013   7 comments
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.
David Weldon
David Weldon   5/22/2013   15 comments
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.
IETV: the thinkerNet on film
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   4 comments


Whole Foods Global Wine Purchaser Doug Bell told me about some of the constraints on using analytics in the US wine market.
Paul J. Fleuranges
Digital Signage Keeps NYC Subway Straphangers on Track

5|6|13   |   3:51   |   No comments


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.
Kim Davis
Fast Forward to the Future

4|23|13   |   2:29   |   20 comments


A look back at tech writing in the 90s makes us wonder where enterprise IT will be 20 years from now.
Mitch Wagner
Google Launches Its Most Depressing Service Yet

4|15|13   |   2:59   |   10 comments


Google's new Inactive Account Manager lets you control how Google disposes of your accounts when you die.
Second Shooter
Argument Over Top-Level Domains Is 'Stupid'

4|11|13   |   2:07   |   3 comments


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.
Kim Davis
Ladies, Your Tablet Awaits

3|21|13   |   2:22   |   37 comments


ePad Femme is the world’s first tablet “made exclusively for women.”
Wisdom of the Big Chair
NFC Moves Into the Mainstream

3|20|13   |   2:16   |   No comments


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.
Wisdom of the Big Chair
Integrating Security Into Your Cloud Contract

3|19|13   |   3:35   |   No comments


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.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Collects Customer Information

3|18|13   |   1:15   |   No comments


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.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Uses Analytics to Customize Site

3|14|13   |   0:47   |   No comments


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.

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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.

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