Midmarket Temp Labor's Promise & Perils Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 11/30/2009 5 comments With an economic recovery on the horizon, enterprises must ensure that they are managing labor costs to properly mitigate risks and drive business value, analysts suggest
Why Doesn't the US Have Any Mobile Wallets? Robert D. Atkinson 11/28/2009 1 comment While the technology is readily available, it will be some time before Americans can use their cellphones as mobile wallets.
CIOs Seek Next-Gen Unified Communications Executive Clan Editor's Blog 11/25/2009 4 comments Combining VoIP, conferencing, presence, instant messaging, email, and voice mail into a single platform may pick up where it left off in 2007 as financial markets recover
New Mainframe Products Todd Watson 11/20/2009 Post a comment Ten new software products can help companies lower their application management costs by optimizing their System z mainframes
Taming Business Intelligence for CXOs Executive Clan Editor's Blog 11/18/2009 5 comments Executives are not only using BI and analytical functionality, but are doing so in a self-service capacity with little or no IT involvement
Tweeting for Customer Support Reiter's Block 11/18/2009 2 comments When Reiter gets incensed over incompetent Verizon FiOS support, he broadcasts it via Twitter.
Internet & TV in Perfect Harmony? Not Dr. Phil 11/16/2009 3 comments One new set-top shown off at TelcoTV last week offers a way to provide an Internet experience without completely screwing up what we like about TV.
Security, Staffing Top Midmarket Concerns Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 11/16/2009 2 comments Midwest businesses reveal which technologies, strategies, and tactics generated the greatest impact, and which extraneous projects will be tabled
Whence Telcos? TeleGraham 11/16/2009 1 comment Telcos need to decide what they are really good for in this new world, and it's not necessarily what you might think.
Cloudy With a Chance of Prosperity Todd Watson 11/16/2009 1 comment IBM's 'Blue Insight' service will gather information from nearly 100 different information warehouses and data stores to compete with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft
Meatballs & Monetization Second Shooter 11/16/2009 2 comments Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs might represent a new dynamic in Internet content delivery.
Microsoft's Relevance in the Windows 7 Era Sweeney Blog 11/13/2009 3 comments The release of Microsoft's newest OS raises the question of the company's relevance in an era when Google dominates applications and search, and Apple runs circles around Redmond with its gadgets and user interfaces.
Government Insight Todd Watson 11/12/2009 2 comments A new IBM Analytics Solution Center in Washington, D.C., will focus on breakthrough streaming technologies, mathematical algorithms, and modeling
Smart Grid Needs Power From Enterprise BPM Executive Clan Editor's Blog 11/11/2009 9 comments A smart grid could enable better two-way communication with consumers, offer improved network management, and accommodate solar and wind energy
The All-Seeing 'Net: Part 2 Steve Saunders' Outernet 11/11/2009 2 comments A monitoring net that can listen to every conversation on the Internet simultaneously is about to become reality.
The All-Seeing 'Net: Part 1 Steve Saunders' Outernet 11/10/2009 Post a comment What do ultra-high-speed devices that listen in on Internet communications mean for Internet users?
CIO Lessons From Down Under Executive Clan Editor's Blog 11/6/2009 2 comments Close monitoring of administration and operations in the ANZ region may give US companies a blueprint for success
Yanks in the Clouds Todd Watson 11/5/2009 2 comments After cheering for the 27-time Major League Baseball World Champion New York Yankees, it may be time to enter the IBM Cloud Academy to do a little studying
Net Neutrality & UFOs Second Shooter 11/5/2009 2 comments The secrets of net neutrality aren't hidden in Area 51, they're hidden in Paragraph 148.
The New Information Divide: Part 2 Steve Saunders' Outernet 11/4/2009 4 comments By eliminating the world’s digital divide we’re likely to create a new divide: the information divide.
Cloud Computing Splits Into Two Camps David Vellante 11/3/2009 8 comments There's a split between cloud computing, which supports progress, and virtualization of data centers, which doesn't
Sprint's No Tethering Policy Raises Ire Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 11/3/2009 4 comments Many cellular subscribers believe they have a 'right' to tether their phones to services. Sprint disagrees
IBM Acquires Guardium Todd Watson 11/30/2009 2 comments This marks the 28th acquisition to support IBM's Information Management strategy
Midmarket Temp Labor's Promise & Perils Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 11/30/2009 5 comments With an economic recovery on the horizon, enterprises must ensure that they are managing labor costs to properly mitigate risks and drive business value, analysts suggest
Why Doesn't the US Have Any Mobile Wallets? Robert D. Atkinson 11/28/2009 1 comment While the technology is readily available, it will be some time before Americans can use their cellphones as mobile wallets.
Some Spam Before Turkey Security Clan Editor's Blog 11/25/2009 13 comments ISPs get a little more proactive on spam filtering and end-user protections
CIOs Seek Next-Gen Unified Communications Executive Clan Editor's Blog 11/25/2009 4 comments Combining VoIP, conferencing, presence, instant messaging, email, and voice mail into a single platform may pick up where it left off in 2007 as financial markets recover
New Mainframe Products Todd Watson 11/20/2009 Post a comment Ten new software products can help companies lower their application management costs by optimizing their System z mainframes
Taming Business Intelligence for CXOs Executive Clan Editor's Blog 11/18/2009 5 comments Executives are not only using BI and analytical functionality, but are doing so in a self-service capacity with little or no IT involvement
Tweeting for Customer Support Reiter's Block 11/18/2009 2 comments When Reiter gets incensed over incompetent Verizon FiOS support, he broadcasts it via Twitter.
Internet & TV in Perfect Harmony? Not Dr. Phil 11/16/2009 3 comments One new set-top shown off at TelcoTV last week offers a way to provide an Internet experience without completely screwing up what we like about TV.
Security, Staffing Top Midmarket Concerns Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 11/16/2009 2 comments Midwest businesses reveal which technologies, strategies, and tactics generated the greatest impact, and which extraneous projects will be tabled
Whence Telcos? TeleGraham 11/16/2009 1 comment Telcos need to decide what they are really good for in this new world, and it's not necessarily what you might think.
Cloudy With a Chance of Prosperity Todd Watson 11/16/2009 1 comment IBM's 'Blue Insight' service will gather information from nearly 100 different information warehouses and data stores to compete with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft
Meatballs & Monetization Second Shooter 11/16/2009 2 comments Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs might represent a new dynamic in Internet content delivery.
Microsoft's Relevance in the Windows 7 Era Sweeney Blog 11/13/2009 3 comments The release of Microsoft's newest OS raises the question of the company's relevance in an era when Google dominates applications and search, and Apple runs circles around Redmond with its gadgets and user interfaces.
Government Insight Todd Watson 11/12/2009 2 comments A new IBM Analytics Solution Center in Washington, D.C., will focus on breakthrough streaming technologies, mathematical algorithms, and modeling
Smart Grid Needs Power From Enterprise BPM Executive Clan Editor's Blog 11/11/2009 9 comments A smart grid could enable better two-way communication with consumers, offer improved network management, and accommodate solar and wind energy
The All-Seeing 'Net: Part 2 Steve Saunders' Outernet 11/11/2009 2 comments A monitoring net that can listen to every conversation on the Internet simultaneously is about to become reality.
The All-Seeing 'Net: Part 1 Steve Saunders' Outernet 11/10/2009 Post a comment What do ultra-high-speed devices that listen in on Internet communications mean for Internet users?
CIO Lessons From Down Under Executive Clan Editor's Blog 11/6/2009 2 comments Close monitoring of administration and operations in the ANZ region may give US companies a blueprint for success
Yanks in the Clouds Todd Watson 11/5/2009 2 comments After cheering for the 27-time Major League Baseball World Champion New York Yankees, it may be time to enter the IBM Cloud Academy to do a little studying
Net Neutrality & UFOs Second Shooter 11/5/2009 2 comments The secrets of net neutrality aren't hidden in Area 51, they're hidden in Paragraph 148.
The New Information Divide: Part 2 Steve Saunders' Outernet 11/4/2009 4 comments By eliminating the world’s digital divide we’re likely to create a new divide: the information divide.
Cloud Computing Splits Into Two Camps David Vellante 11/3/2009 8 comments There's a split between cloud computing, which supports progress, and virtualization of data centers, which doesn't
Sprint's No Tethering Policy Raises Ire Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 11/3/2009 4 comments Many cellular subscribers believe they have a 'right' to tether their phones to services. Sprint disagrees
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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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. CLICK FOR MORE
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. CLICK FOR MORE
