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- 10/31/2011

Editor's Blog 10/31/2011 6 comments
Join us for 7DEE Analytics. Courses begin Tuesday at 2 PM ET.

- 10/31/2011

Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 10/31/2011 10 comments
It's time to review the learnings gleaned from IE's Cloud Month -- with an eye to Analytics Month in November.

Todd Watson 10/31/2011 2 comments
IBM is headed to Harvard with Watson.

- 10/31/2011

Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 10/31/2011 8 comments
The cloud makes increasing sense for fast-growing, agile midmarket enterprises.

- 10/31/2011

- 10/30/2011

- 10/29/2011

- 10/28/2011

Todd Watson 10/28/2011 1 comment
Measuring social sentiment during a great baseball series.

- 10/28/2011

Wisdom of the Big Chair 10/28/2011 3 comments
The Oak Ridge Lab is building a supercomputer for such tasks as simulating nuclear explosions.

- 10/28/2011

- 10/27/2011

IT Clan Editor's Blog 10/27/2011 16 comments
Well, it's nearly arctic: Facebook's plan to build a datacenter in northern Sweden has the industry buzzing.

The Big Report 10/27/2011 5 comments
Here are the 15 most frightening individuals influencing our technological lives.

- 10/27/2011

Charles Murray 10/27/2011 36 comments
"Uncanny valley" refers to the revulsion that humans feel when they see a humanoid robot.

- 10/27/2011

Ron Miller 10/27/2011 28 comments
Greece? Poland? According to Akamai, the fastest Internet connections in the world are turning up in unexpected places.

Editor's Blog 10/27/2011 9 comments
Bitly's Hilary Mason talks reputation management, real-time search, and using analytics for greater purposes than targeted advertising.

- 10/27/2011

- 10/26/2011

Todd Watson 10/26/2011 2 comments
Michael Lewis and Billy Beane take the stage at Information on Demand 2011.

Mary E. Shacklett 10/26/2011 7 comments
As cloud services become more widespread, clouds tailored to specific vertical industries and skillsets will evolve.

- 10/26/2011

Bernie Spang 10/26/2011 1 comment
Here's how to save money by using systems that are optimized to run a specific type of business workload.

- 10/26/2011

Executive Clan Editor's Blog 10/26/2011 8 comments
IBM's new CEO is one of several IT leaders who have opted out of traditional divisions of products and services, with great success.

- 10/26/2011

- 10/25/2011

Analytics Clan Editor's Blog 10/25/2011 4 comments
Hadoop, a framework for running operations on data distributed over many servers, can support analysis of big unstructured data sets.

- 10/25/2011

Todd Watson 10/25/2011 1 comment
Content analytics can be deployed to understand the present and predict the future in healthcare.

Todd Watson 10/25/2011 1 comment
More on the big data challenge from Information on Demand 2011.

- 10/25/2011

Allan Yogasingam 10/25/2011 14 comments
UBM TechInsights conducted a teardown of the Apple iPad 2 3G version tablet.

Maria Korolov 10/25/2011 43 comments
For Google to succeed in social media, it must open up its platform to developers and become more "sociable."

Editor's Blog 10/25/2011 7 comments
Our 7DEE sessions on Analytics begin next week. Sign up today!

- 10/25/2011

Ann Cavoukian 10/25/2011 9 comments
Ontario's information commissioner explains how technology can be used to protect privacy.

- 10/25/2011

- 10/24/2011

Todd Watson 10/24/2011 Post a comment
Today, here at Information On Demand 2011 in Las Vegas, IBM unveiled new software that brings the power of managing and analyzing big data to the workplace.

- 10/24/2011

Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 10/24/2011 8 comments
Oracle's $1.5B purchase of the social CRM supplier RightNow could be the start of significant growth in this segment.

- 10/24/2011

Todd Watson 10/24/2011 Post a comment
The opening session of IBM's conference in Las Vegas included reminiscence about the company's years of contributions to data management and a view of its ongoing participation in managing global information.

- 10/24/2011

Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 10/24/2011 2 comments
Communications-as-a-service provides some integrated options for midtier enterprises.

Todd Watson 10/24/2011 Post a comment
Enterprises looking to turn data into effectual insight through business analytics and optimization (BAO) are headed to IBM's event in Las Vegas this week.

- 10/24/2011

Todd Watson 10/24/2011 Post a comment
Interviews at IBM's conference in Las Vegas reveal key themes in the area of business analytics and optimization (BAO).

- 10/24/2011

Ron Miller 10/24/2011 55 comments
A student in Europe discovered that information he had deleted from Facebook actually lived on in the company's data coffers.

- 10/24/2011

- 10/23/2011

- 10/22/2011

- 10/21/2011

Editor's Blog 10/21/2011 13 comments
Steve Ballmer, Michael Dell, Sergey Brin... see them all in pictures from this year's Web 2.0 Summit. Exciting!

Slide Shows 10/21/2011 7 comments
At the Web 2.0 Summit, all-star attendees discuss the data frame. See it in pictures

- 10/21/2011

Karla Marciszewski 10/21/2011 64 comments
Since 2004, October has been dedicated to raising awareness of our role in online security as US citizens, neighbors, and family members.

- 10/21/2011

- 10/20/2011

IT Clan Editor's Blog 10/20/2011 4 comments
Despite the hype, the concept of moving an app store into the enterprise presents IT with a series of challenges.

- 10/20/2011

Jason Mick 10/20/2011 19 comments
The cloud storage provider Dropbox, which just scored $250 million in funding, reveals how it turned down an offer from Steve Jobs.

- 10/19/2011

Ron Miller 10/19/2011 18 comments
RIM and Yahoo exemplify how the fast pace of technology can leave even great firms behind if they fail to follow up.

- 10/19/2011

Editor's Blog 10/19/2011 13 comments
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer electrified the Web 2.0 Summit stage on Tuesday, offering up some frank words for Google search, Android phones, Yahoo, and Apple.

- 10/19/2011

- 10/18/2011

Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 10/18/2011 4 comments
RIM unveiled a series of new products today, including a new BBX operating system.

Todd Watson 10/18/2011 2 comments
IBM has reported its third-quarter results.

- 10/18/2011

Analytics Clan Editor's Blog 10/18/2011 9 comments
Introducing the Analytics Clan at Internet Evolution, a forum to share ideas on the smart systems that are transforming decision-making in the enterprise and a society as a whole.

- 10/17/2011

Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 10/17/2011 Post a comment
As compensation for its global BlackBerry outage last week, RIM is offering free tech support and apps for subscribers.

- 10/17/2011

Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 10/17/2011 2 comments
A new report shows the midmarket preparing for turbulent times by investing in technology.

Maria Korolov 10/17/2011 15 comments
Here's how to protect your data from getting lost when Google or some other provider discontinues your enterprise social network.

- 10/17/2011

Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 10/17/2011 2 comments
Dramatic growth in cloud services will boost IT spending and global economies, says Gartner. Others agree.

- 10/17/2011

Mary E. Shacklett 10/17/2011 43 comments
The concept of tellerless bank branches began in the mid-2000s, but the Internet is giving it "legs."

- 10/17/2011

- 10/16/2011

- 10/15/2011

- 10/14/2011

Editor's Blog 10/14/2011 Post a comment
We're covering all areas of cloud computing this month on Internet Evolution.

- 10/14/2011

Todd Watson 10/14/2011 Post a comment
Web analytics help turn quintillions of databytes into useful market intelligence.

- 10/14/2011

Steven C. Bennett 10/14/2011 16 comments
Laws on the books have defined electronic signatures for years, but recent court decisions call them into question.

- 10/14/2011

- 10/13/2011

Todd Watson 10/13/2011 Post a comment
IBM has been named a leader in Web Analytics by Forrester.

Todd Watson 10/13/2011 Post a comment
IBM unveils SmartCloud, the industry's most advanced cloud services and software.

- 10/13/2011

Todd Watson 10/13/2011 Post a comment
The iPhone 4 gets the job done... slow update and all.

- 10/13/2011

Jart Armin 10/13/2011 21 comments
Malware used by governments to spy on citizens isn't restricted to the latest episode occurring in Germany.

- 10/13/2011

Steve Saunders' Outernet 10/13/2011 6 comments
Steve is live at Dell World – and he has some advice for C-level executives.

IT Clan Editor's Blog 10/13/2011 4 comments
Cloud services aren't just convenient; they're changing the way IT is viewed and deployed.

- 10/13/2011

Mary E. Shacklett 10/13/2011 2 comments
Mobile device hacking is dramatically on the rise as companies use more consumer-grade devices.

- 10/13/2011

- 10/12/2011

Executive Clan Editor's Blog 10/12/2011 42 comments
Steve Jobs didn't just leave executives a model for unbroken success. His failures have a lot to teach us as well.

- 10/12/2011

Security Clan Editor's Blog 10/12/2011 13 comments
Personal data is being shared with third parties by prominent Websites, despite their privacy policies.

- 10/12/2011

Reiter's Block 10/12/2011 6 comments
This holiday season, it's useful to know the latest and greatest specifications.

- 10/12/2011

Michael Bennett Cohn 10/12/2011 20 comments
Google has given the same name to two different but related products, showing an unintentionally hilarious lack of coordinated marketing.

- 10/11/2011

Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 10/11/2011 Post a comment
AT&T's new Toggle software lets users create one profile for personal applications and one for business.

- 10/11/2011

Christopher Olson 10/11/2011 10 comments
The US IARPA plans to predict future events by mining all kinds of publicly available data, raising questions about how far it will go.

- 10/11/2011

Editor's Blog 10/11/2011 6 comments
Crowd sourcing just got smarter.

Todd Watson 10/11/2011 Post a comment
A new IBM study reveals important changes in the way CMOs interact with their markets.

Todd Watson 10/11/2011 Post a comment
IBM will acquire the cluster and grid management software company, Platform Computing, based in Ontario.

- 10/11/2011

- 10/10/2011

Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 10/10/2011 9 comments
The first in a series of sessions based on cloud computing debuted today, covering the basics.

Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 10/10/2011 Post a comment
Business agility is the key theme in the midmarket technological revolution.

- 10/10/2011

Internet Evolution Poll 10/10/2011 11 comments
Which do you think are more prone to downtime, clouds or datacenters?

Maria Korolov 10/10/2011 22 comments
More reliance on cloud services is one way the Amazon Fire could become the first tablet to really distinguish itself from the iPad.

- 10/10/2011

- 10/8/2011

- 10/7/2011

Editor's Blog 10/7/2011 11 comments
Be sure to join us for 7DEE on Monday at 2:00 p.m. ET for an in-depth education on Cloud Computing.

- 10/7/2011

Wisdom of the Big Chair 10/7/2011 3 comments
More than 82 percent of users do not have any security software on their phones.

- 10/6/2011

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.

- 10/6/2011

Scott Koegler 10/6/2011 11 comments
There are many advantages to cloud-based enterprise resource planning applications, including streamlined document formatting.

- 10/5/2011

IE Radio 10/5/2011 126 comments
A new survey shows positive expectations for growth and revenues among midmarket tech CFOs. Join us to discuss the global economy and prospects for midmarket tech-based enterprises.

- 10/5/2011

Executive Clan Editor's Blog 10/5/2011 13 comments
The announcement that Sprint will sell Apple's new iPhone 4S bodes well for enterprises seeking better mobile deals.

- 10/5/2011

Alan Reiter 10/5/2011 48 comments
Apple's latest iPhone offers a voice assistant and iCloud integration. But it lacks hardware for superior Internet browsing.

- 10/5/2011

Jeff Kaplan 10/5/2011 5 comments
Adding identity management and single sign-on authentication to cloud services helps IT better serve users -- and the bottom line.

- 10/5/2011

- 10/4/2011

Todd Watson 10/4/2011 1 comment
Q1 labs is the latest in a series of security acquisitions by IBM.

- 10/4/2011

Editor's Blog 10/4/2011 13 comments
Register today for next week's Seven Days of Executive Education (7DEE) series devoted to cloud computing.

- 10/4/2011

Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 10/4/2011 7 comments
Managing cloud services requires a layered approach that calls for throwing away assumptions based on traditional enterprise management.

- 10/4/2011

Mary E. Shacklett 10/4/2011 1 comment
Consumer-grade mobile devices are allowing SMBs to capitalize on Internet mobile communications.

- 10/4/2011

- 10/3/2011

Internet Evolution Cloud Clan Poll 10/3/2011 3 comments
Which cloud computing model best suits your enterprise?

- 10/3/2011

Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 10/3/2011 4 comments
A new survey shows positive expectations for growth and revenues among midmarket tech CFOs.

- 10/3/2011

IE Radio 10/3/2011 114 comments
Join our IT Clan chat to hear about IBM's latest security findings, including news that mobile security risks will double this year.

- 10/3/2011

- 10/2/2011

- 10/1/2011

The Big Report 10/1/2011 5 comments
It’s not just about the volume of data. The variety of data and demand for fast analytics are also testing IT teams.

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Mary E. Shacklett 5/24/2013 11 comments

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.

most recent post: Mashka... Mary, what's about international companies, that are searching for multi lingual or not English...

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?

most recent post: pcharles... They have the dot com for the next 2 yrs. By that time, I'm pretty sure the other sites we've put up...

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.

most recent post: hounhosp... Why would that "water finding" strategy work better than what is already being done by most respected...

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.

most recent post: Jason Adams... dcawrey, I agree. There's a lot of things that need to happen first, really. I feel like some of the...

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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.