A CIO's Evolved Take on Social Media Nigel Fortlage 2/28/2012 52 comments How I learned to let go of my 'IT guy' fear of social media and recognize the benefits it could bring to my organization.
Don't Be Ambushed by Your Cloud Provider Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 2/27/2012 21 comments One ISP engineer reports that not knowing the details of his cloud contract resulted in hours of unnecessary downtime.
Match Play Todd Watson 2/27/2012 Post a comment The IBM Pulse2012 event, being held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas March 4 to 7, will focus on several key areas, including cloud, mobility, smarter physical infrastructure, and security.
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.
Steve Garrity, Co-Founder & CTO, Hearsay Social IE Radio 2/23/2012 144 comments Steve Garrity is the CTO and co-founder of Hearsay Social, a startup that provides cloud-based solutions for enterprises seeking to increase revenue and deepen customer relationships through social media. Steve is a former Microsoft engineer who worked on mobile search, Live Mesh, and Azure, and he was a product manager at Fortify Software. Steve was a Mayfield Fellow scholar at Stanford University, where he earned BS and MS degrees in computer science.
New Tools Make Help Desks Rock Mary E. Shacklett 2/23/2012 16 comments Real-time capabilities, remote control, videoconferencing... New management tools are helping IT create help desks that rock.
IBM: Helping to Shape the Future of Medicine Todd Watson 2/22/2012 1 comment Here's how IBM is helping hospitals, insurance companies, and healthcare providers use digital information and electronic records to improve patient care.
CIOs Look to Consolidate Security Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/22/2012 3 comments IBM and other big IT vendors are releasing platforms that integrate multiple security solutions to address enterprise threats.
Reservations About SaaS Analytics Clan Editor's Blog 2/21/2012 7 comments SaaS skeptics may be underestimating both the flexibility of the best SaaS proffers, especially in the field of analytics, and the real cost of alternatives.
Online Dating for Midmarket Enterprises Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 2/20/2012 3 comments A startup allows midmarket enterprises to cruise for investments or collaborate on deals in a social business environment that resembles a dating site.
Hate Spam? Change Your Email Service Maria Korolov 2/17/2012 42 comments Good email services can reduce spam volumes significantly. It's worth it to make the change if you still find spam a problem.
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.
IBM's New Vision of the Cloud Second Shooter 2/16/2012 10 comments IBM user survey suggests that the real value of the cloud lies in enabling new business models.
Opportunity Knocks for Data Scientists Analytics Clan Editor's Blog 2/14/2012 3 comments With significant shortfalls predicted in qualified data scientists, the enterprise is finding them wherever they can.
Yes, Data in the Cloud Is Your Responsibility Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 2/13/2012 4 comments No cloud contract fits all. It is up to the enterprise subscriber to ensure that your expectations for data ownership match your provider's.
Using Mobile Phones & Social Networks to Fight Noncommunicable Diseases Todd Watson 2/13/2012 Post a comment As part of the NCD Challenge, sponsored by IBM and the pharmaceutical maker Novartis, a global competition was held to bring together industry and academia to create innovative, easy-to-use solutions that help fight the human and social burden of NCDs.
Where's That Video Clip!? Wisdom of the Big Chair 2/9/2012 3 comments Companies like Meditrxstream and VMIX deliver products to help firms find their videos.
Don't Jump Ship on Strategic Planning Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/8/2012 20 comments Management tools such as Balanced Scorecard may need to be updated for tough times, but the investment of effort should be worth it.
Server Hugging Internet Evolution Midmarket Clan Poll 2/8/2012 Post a comment Some midmarket CIOs are accused of being "server huggers," or clinging to the internal systems they know rather than looking positively at cloud services.
The Anti-Piracy War Rages On Editor's Blog 2/7/2012 7 comments SOPA and PIPA may have lost round one, but politicians and figureheads worldwide are working hard to draft and pass similar legislation.
Apple's Social Silence Won't Win Friends Editor's Blog 2/3/2012 44 comments Apple's factory conditions in China are making headlines, and the company's anti-social attitude may hinder its ability to ward off critics.
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.
Radia Perlman, Inventor & Network Security Expert IE Radio 2/2/2012 151 comments Radia Perlman is best known for inventing the Spanning Tree Protocol in 1985 while working at Digital Equipment Corporation. She holds a PhD from MIT in computer science and has authored two books on networking technology. She holds approximately 100 patents in encryption, decryption, and routing. Perlman is now an Intel Fellow and director of network and security technology at Intel.
Clouds Aren't Just for Outsourcing Mary E. Shacklett 2/2/2012 15 comments A one-dimensional focus on outsourcing has tended to obstruct strategic planning and creative thinking about cloud services.
Legit Sites Caught in Megaupload Fallout Joe Stanganelli 2/2/2012 25 comments A number of legitimate users who subscribed to Megaupload for cloud storage are finding themselves unable to retrieve lost data.
A CIO's Evolved Take on Social Media Nigel Fortlage 2/28/2012 52 comments How I learned to let go of my 'IT guy' fear of social media and recognize the benefits it could bring to my organization.
Don't Be Ambushed by Your Cloud Provider Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 2/27/2012 21 comments One ISP engineer reports that not knowing the details of his cloud contract resulted in hours of unnecessary downtime.
Match Play Todd Watson 2/27/2012 Post a comment The IBM Pulse2012 event, being held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas March 4 to 7, will focus on several key areas, including cloud, mobility, smarter physical infrastructure, and security.
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.
Steve Garrity, Co-Founder & CTO, Hearsay Social IE Radio 2/23/2012 144 comments Steve Garrity is the CTO and co-founder of Hearsay Social, a startup that provides cloud-based solutions for enterprises seeking to increase revenue and deepen customer relationships through social media. Steve is a former Microsoft engineer who worked on mobile search, Live Mesh, and Azure, and he was a product manager at Fortify Software. Steve was a Mayfield Fellow scholar at Stanford University, where he earned BS and MS degrees in computer science.
New Tools Make Help Desks Rock Mary E. Shacklett 2/23/2012 16 comments Real-time capabilities, remote control, videoconferencing... New management tools are helping IT create help desks that rock.
IBM: Helping to Shape the Future of Medicine Todd Watson 2/22/2012 1 comment Here's how IBM is helping hospitals, insurance companies, and healthcare providers use digital information and electronic records to improve patient care.
CIOs Look to Consolidate Security Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/22/2012 3 comments IBM and other big IT vendors are releasing platforms that integrate multiple security solutions to address enterprise threats.
Hyper-Connected Internet Evolution Poll 2/22/2012 28 comments Do you feel you're too digitally connected to email, social networks, etc.?
Reservations About SaaS Analytics Clan Editor's Blog 2/21/2012 7 comments SaaS skeptics may be underestimating both the flexibility of the best SaaS proffers, especially in the field of analytics, and the real cost of alternatives.
Online Dating for Midmarket Enterprises Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 2/20/2012 3 comments A startup allows midmarket enterprises to cruise for investments or collaborate on deals in a social business environment that resembles a dating site.
Hate Spam? Change Your Email Service Maria Korolov 2/17/2012 42 comments Good email services can reduce spam volumes significantly. It's worth it to make the change if you still find spam a problem.
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.
IBM's New Vision of the Cloud Second Shooter 2/16/2012 10 comments IBM user survey suggests that the real value of the cloud lies in enabling new business models.
Opportunity Knocks for Data Scientists Analytics Clan Editor's Blog 2/14/2012 3 comments With significant shortfalls predicted in qualified data scientists, the enterprise is finding them wherever they can.
Yes, Data in the Cloud Is Your Responsibility Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 2/13/2012 4 comments No cloud contract fits all. It is up to the enterprise subscriber to ensure that your expectations for data ownership match your provider's.
Using Mobile Phones & Social Networks to Fight Noncommunicable Diseases Todd Watson 2/13/2012 Post a comment As part of the NCD Challenge, sponsored by IBM and the pharmaceutical maker Novartis, a global competition was held to bring together industry and academia to create innovative, easy-to-use solutions that help fight the human and social burden of NCDs.
Where's That Video Clip!? Wisdom of the Big Chair 2/9/2012 3 comments Companies like Meditrxstream and VMIX deliver products to help firms find their videos.
Don't Jump Ship on Strategic Planning Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/8/2012 20 comments Management tools such as Balanced Scorecard may need to be updated for tough times, but the investment of effort should be worth it.
Server Hugging Internet Evolution Midmarket Clan Poll 2/8/2012 Post a comment Some midmarket CIOs are accused of being "server huggers," or clinging to the internal systems they know rather than looking positively at cloud services.
The Anti-Piracy War Rages On Editor's Blog 2/7/2012 7 comments SOPA and PIPA may have lost round one, but politicians and figureheads worldwide are working hard to draft and pass similar legislation.
Apple's Social Silence Won't Win Friends Editor's Blog 2/3/2012 44 comments Apple's factory conditions in China are making headlines, and the company's anti-social attitude may hinder its ability to ward off critics.
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.
Radia Perlman, Inventor & Network Security Expert IE Radio 2/2/2012 151 comments Radia Perlman is best known for inventing the Spanning Tree Protocol in 1985 while working at Digital Equipment Corporation. She holds a PhD from MIT in computer science and has authored two books on networking technology. She holds approximately 100 patents in encryption, decryption, and routing. Perlman is now an Intel Fellow and director of network and security technology at Intel.
Clouds Aren't Just for Outsourcing Mary E. Shacklett 2/2/2012 15 comments A one-dimensional focus on outsourcing has tended to obstruct strategic planning and creative thinking about cloud services.
Legit Sites Caught in Megaupload Fallout Joe Stanganelli 2/2/2012 25 comments A number of legitimate users who subscribed to Megaupload for cloud storage are finding themselves unable to retrieve lost data.
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.
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
In the fall of 2011, around 160,000 students in 190 countries enrolled in a Stanford-sponsored online course about artificial intelligence. About 23,000 completed the course and got certificates, including 248 who got a perfect score. The university offered the same course the old-fashioned way to students sitting in Stanford classrooms. None of the those students got a perfect score.
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.
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.
Steve Garrity, Co-Founder & CTO, Hearsay Social
