Enterprises Lag in Governance, Risk & Compliance Executive Clan Editor's Blog 8/29/2012 6 comments Enterprise GRC isn't just about security or internal auditing anymore. But many firms aren't taking meaningful action to broaden its scope as much as needed.
5 Dangerous Online Behaviors Christine Parizo 8/29/2012 42 comments For many, online behavior that seems innocent can lead to dire offline consequences, including robbery and murder!
Dale Potter, SVP, The Ottawa Hospital Smarter IT Clan Radio 8/24/2012 147 comments Dale Potter is senior vice president of strategy and transformation at The Ottawa Hospital, one of Canada's largest teaching and research hospitals.
This Week's Best Community Comments Editor's Blog 8/23/2012 6 comments Business transformation and Google authentication came under the IQ Crew's skeptical eye on the message boards this week.
Clouds Blameless for Most US Data Loss Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 8/20/2012 2 comments A closer look at data about security breaches in the US and cloud use raises questions about laying blame on clouds.
Why Private Clouds Aren't Really Private Stephen Lawton 8/16/2012 20 comments Cloud services present security challenges to enterprise customers, but they are typically surmountable. Sometimes a service is even more secure than on-premises servers.
Cybercrooks Focus on iOS Security Clan Editor's Blog 8/15/2012 15 comments Enterprises should have increasing skepticism about iOS security on their radar.
Syrian Revolution Moves to Digital Battlefield Kenneth Geers 8/15/2012 18 comments The Internet has been playing a key role in Syria's conflict -- enough that despots are pondering how to control the Internet to avoid this kind of cyber-resistance in their domains.
NASA: 'Use the Right Cloud for the Right Job' Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 8/13/2012 5 comments Finally, NASA's manager for data services answers all questions about the agency's use of commercial and homegrown clouds – and discusses what really happened during the Curiosity mission.
Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross IE Radio 8/10/2012 300 comments Look out! The team of Charlie Stross and Cory Doctorow has produced upcoming science fiction novel Rapture of the Nerds, due out in September 2012, dealing with a disturbing future in which "metaconsciousness" roams the solar system. Both authors join us to discuss their work and the future of the Internet.
Cory Doctorow is a coeditor of Boing Boing and a columnist for multiple publications including the Guardian, Locus, and Publishers Weekly. He was named one of the Web’s 25 influencers by Forbes magazine and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. His award-winning novel, Little Brother, was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.
Charles Stross, author of several major novels of SF and fantasy, including Singularity Sky, Accelerando, Halting State, and Rule 34, is widely hailed as one of the most original voices in modern SF. His short fiction has won multiple Hugo and Locus awards. He lives in Edinburgh.
Storage or Cloud? Internet Evolution IT Clan Poll 8/8/2012 Post a comment Some enterprises are opting out of cloud services, instead investing in sophisticated internal storage and data management systems. What's your choice?
Woz Badmouths Cloud Internet Evolution Cloud Clan Poll 8/8/2012 Post a comment In a recent interview, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak called storage in the cloud "horrendous" and predicted "horrible problems in the next five years." How does that comment grab you?
FBI Sentinel: Case Study in Executive Failure Executive Clan Editor's Blog 8/1/2012 7 comments The FBI has finally rolled out its new case management system -- 12 years late, and hundreds of millions over budget. It's time for a management review.
A New Class of Security Todd Watson 8/1/2012 Post a comment According to IBM's X-Force 2011 Trend and Risk Report, cyberattackers are adapting and moving quickly to target newer information technologies such as social networks and mobile devices.
Enterprises Lag in Governance, Risk & Compliance Executive Clan Editor's Blog 8/29/2012 6 comments Enterprise GRC isn't just about security or internal auditing anymore. But many firms aren't taking meaningful action to broaden its scope as much as needed.
5 Dangerous Online Behaviors Christine Parizo 8/29/2012 42 comments For many, online behavior that seems innocent can lead to dire offline consequences, including robbery and murder!
Dale Potter, SVP, The Ottawa Hospital Smarter IT Clan Radio 8/24/2012 147 comments Dale Potter is senior vice president of strategy and transformation at The Ottawa Hospital, one of Canada's largest teaching and research hospitals.
This Week's Best Community Comments Editor's Blog 8/23/2012 6 comments Business transformation and Google authentication came under the IQ Crew's skeptical eye on the message boards this week.
Clouds Blameless for Most US Data Loss Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 8/20/2012 2 comments A closer look at data about security breaches in the US and cloud use raises questions about laying blame on clouds.
Why Private Clouds Aren't Really Private Stephen Lawton 8/16/2012 20 comments Cloud services present security challenges to enterprise customers, but they are typically surmountable. Sometimes a service is even more secure than on-premises servers.
Cybercrooks Focus on iOS Security Clan Editor's Blog 8/15/2012 15 comments Enterprises should have increasing skepticism about iOS security on their radar.
Syrian Revolution Moves to Digital Battlefield Kenneth Geers 8/15/2012 18 comments The Internet has been playing a key role in Syria's conflict -- enough that despots are pondering how to control the Internet to avoid this kind of cyber-resistance in their domains.
NASA: 'Use the Right Cloud for the Right Job' Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 8/13/2012 5 comments Finally, NASA's manager for data services answers all questions about the agency's use of commercial and homegrown clouds – and discusses what really happened during the Curiosity mission.
Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross IE Radio 8/10/2012 300 comments Look out! The team of Charlie Stross and Cory Doctorow has produced upcoming science fiction novel Rapture of the Nerds, due out in September 2012, dealing with a disturbing future in which "metaconsciousness" roams the solar system. Both authors join us to discuss their work and the future of the Internet.
Cory Doctorow is a coeditor of Boing Boing and a columnist for multiple publications including the Guardian, Locus, and Publishers Weekly. He was named one of the Web’s 25 influencers by Forbes magazine and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. His award-winning novel, Little Brother, was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.
Charles Stross, author of several major novels of SF and fantasy, including Singularity Sky, Accelerando, Halting State, and Rule 34, is widely hailed as one of the most original voices in modern SF. His short fiction has won multiple Hugo and Locus awards. He lives in Edinburgh.
Storage or Cloud? Internet Evolution IT Clan Poll 8/8/2012 Post a comment Some enterprises are opting out of cloud services, instead investing in sophisticated internal storage and data management systems. What's your choice?
Woz Badmouths Cloud Internet Evolution Cloud Clan Poll 8/8/2012 Post a comment In a recent interview, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak called storage in the cloud "horrendous" and predicted "horrible problems in the next five years." How does that comment grab you?
FBI Sentinel: Case Study in Executive Failure Executive Clan Editor's Blog 8/1/2012 7 comments The FBI has finally rolled out its new case management system -- 12 years late, and hundreds of millions over budget. It's time for a management review.
A New Class of Security Todd Watson 8/1/2012 Post a comment According to IBM's X-Force 2011 Trend and Risk Report, cyberattackers are adapting and moving quickly to target newer information technologies such as social networks and mobile devices.
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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Dale Potter, SVP, The Ottawa Hospital
