China Blamed for Chamber of Commerce Breach Security Clan Editor's Blog 12/21/2011 17 comments Whether China is responsible or not, the just revealed sustained attack on the US Chamber of Commerce should make everyone fear the worst.
Of Twitter Bots, Putin, & US Elections Robert McGarvey 12/19/2011 13 comments A threeway collision of Twitter bots, Vladimir Putin, and the US elections may determine how leaders get chosen in the future.
Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information Privacy Commissioner, Ontario IE Radio 12/15/2011 165 comments Dr. Ann Cavoukian is the Information Privacy Commissioner for the Canadian province of Ontario. She is a champion of the concept "privacy by design" which means privacy and data protection are embedded in the technologies themselves. We'll talk to her about how enterprises can adopt "privacy by design," the technical hurdles to doing so, and the greatest privacy threats facing enterprises and consumers in the digital age.
US Fears Chinese Malware Hidden in Imports Robert McGarvey 12/9/2011 21 comments The US government fears that China has been selectively delivering contaminated computer and network hardware to targeted companies.
NYPD Needs Social Media Training Editor's Blog 12/8/2011 18 comments A Facebook discussion group reveals a disturbingly limited understanding of the how the Internet works among some NYC police officers.
Seeking the Truth Online Second Shooter 12/8/2011 11 comments The quest for Webpage clicks is creating a market for sensational truths and lies in equal measure.
US Policy Could Squelch Cloud Services Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 12/5/2011 14 comments Recent articles raise the issue of the Patriot Act and its negative impact on cloud services sold to foreign customers.
SOPA Faces Increasing Obstacles Editor's Blog 12/1/2011 5 comments The Stop Online Piracy Act already faces challenges in the House as well as from major digital enterprises.
China Blamed for Chamber of Commerce Breach Security Clan Editor's Blog 12/21/2011 17 comments Whether China is responsible or not, the just revealed sustained attack on the US Chamber of Commerce should make everyone fear the worst.
Of Twitter Bots, Putin, & US Elections Robert McGarvey 12/19/2011 13 comments A threeway collision of Twitter bots, Vladimir Putin, and the US elections may determine how leaders get chosen in the future.
Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information Privacy Commissioner, Ontario IE Radio 12/15/2011 165 comments Dr. Ann Cavoukian is the Information Privacy Commissioner for the Canadian province of Ontario. She is a champion of the concept "privacy by design" which means privacy and data protection are embedded in the technologies themselves. We'll talk to her about how enterprises can adopt "privacy by design," the technical hurdles to doing so, and the greatest privacy threats facing enterprises and consumers in the digital age.
US Fears Chinese Malware Hidden in Imports Robert McGarvey 12/9/2011 21 comments The US government fears that China has been selectively delivering contaminated computer and network hardware to targeted companies.
NYPD Needs Social Media Training Editor's Blog 12/8/2011 18 comments A Facebook discussion group reveals a disturbingly limited understanding of the how the Internet works among some NYC police officers.
Seeking the Truth Online Second Shooter 12/8/2011 11 comments The quest for Webpage clicks is creating a market for sensational truths and lies in equal measure.
US Policy Could Squelch Cloud Services Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 12/5/2011 14 comments Recent articles raise the issue of the Patriot Act and its negative impact on cloud services sold to foreign customers.
SOPA Faces Increasing Obstacles Editor's Blog 12/1/2011 5 comments The Stop Online Piracy Act already faces challenges in the House as well as from major digital enterprises.
The US National Security Agency learned the hard way that it can be dangerous to give a contractor too much money and access, with too little scrutiny. The NSA and other government agencies hire tens of thousands of contractors
a year to analyze data. Edward Snowden -- who revealed himself as the NSA leaker after fleeing the country -- was one such contractor, reportedly holding a $122,000 salaried position at Booz Allen Hamilton at the time of his departure.
Midsize businesses rarely achieve the same standards of security in their own datacenters as professional providers that specialize in delivering these services to organizations.
It was about 10 years ago when a new generation of software-as-a-service (SaaS) alternatives started to gain acceptance and adoption among organizations of all sizes. And it has only been about five years since Amazon Web Services captured the marketplace's attention with Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3, which opened the door to a vast array of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings. Now, the third piece of the cloud computing puzzle is beginning to win over organizations seeking to build their own apps: platform-as-a-service (PaaS).
Energy consumption is a primary contributor to global warming. At the end of 2012, 40 percent of energy consumption in the US came from commercial and residential buildings.
Big-data and analytics tools enable marketers to understand customers as individuals, identifying unmet needs and addressing each customer as a "segment of one," says John Kennedy, VP corporate marketing, IBM.
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 IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit in Monaco kicked into high gear today, and we've already begun to see news emerging from that lovely city-state by the sea.
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Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information Privacy Commissioner, Ontario
