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Comment: Dial Up - Murugan - 11/30/2010
Comment: Re: Smart Grid - Adam Christensen - 11/30/2010
Comment: Smart Grid - sbewley - 11/30/2010
Comment: Awesome - sbewley - 11/30/2010
Comment: Re: 4G or FauxG? - Alan Reiter - 11/30/2010
Comment: Re: Ditto for Wi-Fi - Tom Nolle - 11/30/2010
Comment: Ditto for Wi-Fi - Joe Stanganelli - 11/30/2010
Comment: 4G or FauxG? - VCoffey - 11/30/2010
Comment: Re: Users of GPFS - Todd Watson - 11/30/2010
Comment: Re: Freedom? - ivka - 11/30/2010
Comment: Re: mobile payments - nimantha.de - 11/30/2010
Comment: Re: Users of GPFS - nimantha.de - 11/30/2010
Comment: re:Shop 'Til You Drop - ivka - 11/30/2010
Comment: SF e governance - javeriayounes - 11/30/2010
Comment: Re: Google World - Dan Gordon - 11/29/2010
Comment: Google World - kq4ym - 11/29/2010
Comment: Re: hogwash - Michael Singer - 11/29/2010
Comment: Love this thread... - JC Cameron - 11/29/2010
Comment: Re: MAC address - Tom Nolle - 11/29/2010
Comment: MAC address - Michael P. Kassner - 11/29/2010
Comment: Re: What privacy? - Tom Nolle - 11/29/2010
Comment: Re: What privacy? - Chris Poley - 11/29/2010
Comment: Re: What privacy? - Tom Nolle - 11/29/2010
Comment: What privacy? - Chris Poley - 11/29/2010
Web Privacy Policies Scrutinized in US & Canada
Tom Nolle  
11/29/2010   58 comments
Laws regarding online surveillance call into question a range of issues about how ISPs track customers, and whether governments can glom on
Comment: Re: The other side - Dan Gordon - 11/29/2010
Comment: The other side - taimur_tz - 11/29/2010
Comment: hogwash - jwallace - 11/29/2010
iPad: Midmarket's Latest BI Tool
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
11/29/2010   14 comments
If business intelligence tools are easy to use, the data is easier to understand
The Road to the 'World Computer'
Dan Gordon  
11/29/2010   29 comments
Over the next few years, we'll see a transition from isolated computers to a networked computing fabric the writer calls the 'world computer'
Comment: Re: Real threat - tsaleem - 11/29/2010
Comment: re: +14.3% projection - AGreen - 11/29/2010
Comment: Re: Real threat - Alan Reiter - 11/29/2010
Comment: hi - kinecmabo - 11/28/2010
Comment: Re: Real threat - tsaleem - 11/28/2010
Comment: is it really so cheap? - Mashka - 11/28/2010
Comment: Re: Black Friday - dlavie - 11/28/2010
Comment: Re: Black Friday - nasimson - 11/28/2010
Comment: Security concerns - javeriayounes - 11/28/2010
Comment: Of Telcos - javeriayounes - 11/28/2010
Comment: Re: Real threat - Alan Reiter - 11/27/2010
Comment: Re: Real threat - Asad - 11/27/2010
Comment: Title II - Mike Acker - 11/27/2010
Comment: Re: Real threat - Alan Reiter - 11/27/2010
Comment: Froyo (Android 2.2) - Asad - 11/27/2010
Comment: Re: Real threat - Asad - 11/27/2010
Comment: Re: FCC December Meeting - AGreen - 11/26/2010
Comment: Re: mobile payments - Alan Reiter - 11/26/2010
Comment: Re: Real threat - Alan Reiter - 11/26/2010
Comment: Black Friday - dlavie - 11/26/2010
Comment: Re: Freedom? - smkinoshita - 11/26/2010
Comment: Re: Freedom? - George Taylor - 11/26/2010
Comment: Freedom? - antonis - 11/26/2010
Comment: Real threat - Asad - 11/26/2010
Net Neutrality: Under Seige in the UK & the USA
George Taylor  
11/26/2010   16 comments
Net neutrality, far from being a consumer issue, is now a political football
Comment: Re: You are lucky - Leland - 11/24/2010
Comment: You are lucky - Princess_dascho - 11/24/2010
M86 Forecasts More Cellphone, Tablet Malware
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
11/23/2010   14 comments
Security firm sees 2011 as a year for increased malware on cellphones and smartphones
Shop ‘Til You Drop
Todd Watson  
11/23/2010   8 comments
Forget Black Friday – the e-shopping madness is going to kick into full gear on Thanksgiving day this year
Comment: mobile payments - nasimson - 11/23/2010
Comment: To-worry-about list - nasimson - 11/23/2010
Comment: Users of GPFS - nasimson - 11/23/2010
Comment: Re: Innovation??? - cvargas - 11/22/2010
Comment: Re: Innovation??? - cvargas - 11/22/2010
Comment: Innovation??? - cvargas - 11/22/2010
Tutorial Addresses Midmarket Innovation
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
11/22/2010   6 comments
Companies that can shorten development times, improve quality controls, and find that right balance will have the competitive edge
Comment: Re: Surprising - Michael Singer - 11/22/2010
Comment: backlash from the Telcos - AGreen - 11/21/2010
Superfast Analytics
Todd Watson  
11/21/2010   6 comments
IBM's latest storage architecture design converts terabytes of pure information into practical insights twice as fast as was previously possible
Comment: Surprising - AllenFromMinneapolis - 11/20/2010
GSM Association Sparks Programmable SIMs
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
11/19/2010   6 comments
New SIM cards are good news for consumers, but not for cellular operators
Verizon Wireless Ponders Speed-Based Pricing
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
11/18/2010   Post a comment
Verizon Wireless is pondering LTE pricing based on speed. Reiter rebels
Comment: Re: At LAST! - Leland - 11/17/2010
Comment: At LAST! - rjacksix - 11/17/2010
Mary Meeker Asks 10 Questions of Internet Execs
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
11/17/2010   Post a comment
Hey CEOs... why can't you be more like Steve Jobs?
Up in the Air
Todd Watson  
11/17/2010   2 comments
No sooner did the TSA screening methods uproar start playing out across the Internet waves than I had my own travel episode
It's Time to Rethink Fair Access Policies
Leland Dirks  
11/17/2010   20 comments
Rationing user bandwidth isn't working for this rural satellite customer, who hopes for a new pricing model
Android 2.3, US Operators Spark NFC
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
11/16/2010   4 comments
A new cellular operator alliance supporting near-field communication for Android phones could signal the start of something big
Comment: Call it as it is - sbewley - 11/16/2010
IBM Industry Summit: Smarter City Operations Center With Mike Kehoe
Todd Watson  
11/16/2010   Post a comment
Take a 5-minute video helicopter ride to see what IBM is doing to create smarter cities
Comment: Cloud V Inhouse - sbewley - 11/16/2010
Comment: extremely green - AGreen - 11/15/2010
Wireless Sensor Networks Aid Midmarket
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
11/15/2010   2 comments
Technologies like ZigBee, EnOcean, Bluetooth Low Energy, and Dash7, all offer potential savings on operations costs
Comment: Re: OpenVMS? - Michael Singer - 11/12/2010
Comment: OpenVMS? - dlavie - 11/12/2010
Enterprises Revisit Unix
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
11/12/2010   4 comments
Enterprises are looking again at Unix, darling of service provider networks, to power virtualization and clouds
Comment: Great Effort Jorge!! - aum007 - 11/11/2010
Mobile Data Mining + Cloud Computing = Future
Jorge Roques  
11/11/2010   24 comments
The mobile Web, with its 4.6 billion users, will be an ideal source of information for cloud-based data mining
IBM Industry Summit: Smarter Analytics – From Insights to Outcomes
Todd Watson  
11/11/2010   Post a comment
A worldwide survey of nearly 3,000 respondents helped IBM understand how companies are using analytics in their businesses to provide valuable insight
IBM Industry Summit: John Kao on Getting Innovation Done
Todd Watson  
11/11/2010   Post a comment
The author of Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity provides his own five-point perspectives on innovation
IBM Industry Summit: IBM Video Analytics for Smarter Government
Todd Watson  
11/11/2010   Post a comment
Imagine this: A single security camera in a big city like New York or Chicago can capture upwards of 50,000 events per day
Choosing Cloud-Based Manufacturing Systems
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
11/10/2010   3 comments
In evaluating cloud-based manufacturing systems, it's important to have a solid grasp of your company's needs
IBM Industry Summit: Frank Kern on Mastering the Tsunami
Todd Watson  
11/10/2010   Post a comment
Creativity unlocked by new technology is required to capitalize on new opportunities
IBM Industry Summit: Ginny Rometty on the Business Evolution Towards a Smarter Planet Agenda
Todd Watson  
11/10/2010   Post a comment
IBM says a common challenge facing the world is that all the systems that govern our businesses are really interconnected
Comment: Scott is quite right... - aum007 - 11/10/2010
IBM Industry Summit: IBM’s Jon Iwata on Making Markets for Smarter Industries
Todd Watson  
11/9/2010   Post a comment
IBM may be innovative, but don't forget the company was built on punch cards
IBM Industry Summit: Smart Planet, Smarter Business Opportunity for Partners
Todd Watson  
11/9/2010   Post a comment
IBM wants to grow in four notable areas through 2015, including through its Smarter Planet effort, business analytics, cloud computing, and in growth markets
New Chips to Speed & Power the Internet of Things
Adam Christensen  
11/9/2010   Post a comment
New IBM semiconductors are expected to improve machine-to-machine networks
Midmarket Eyes M&A for Growth
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
11/8/2010   4 comments
Companies specializing in security, data storage, virtualization, and other technologies within, and supporting, cloud computing are in highest demand
IBM Industry Summit: Setting the Stage for a Drastically Different World
Todd Watson  
11/8/2010   2 comments
One of the key themes is the challenge of responding to increasing complexity
Comment: Internet Usage - marjansik - 11/7/2010
The Rain in Spain
Todd Watson  
11/5/2010   Post a comment
An upcoming IBM Industry Summit will focus on the unique and vast opportunity for innovation across a wide range of industries
7 Concerns CIOs Should Address in 2011
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
11/5/2010   Post a comment
Gartner put out a list of seven items for CIOs to address in 2011 to help ease the fears of the CEO and protect their own jobs
Comment: Re: I Am A Camera - Alan Reiter - 11/5/2010
Report Details Internet Contribution to UK Economy
George Taylor  
11/5/2010   9 comments
A recent report shows how dramatically the Internet has affected the economy of the European nation, heralding trends worldwide
Comment: Re: I Am A Camera - SteveGNYC - 11/5/2010
Comment: Re: I Am A Camera - Alan Reiter - 11/4/2010
Comment: I Am A Camera - jabailo - 11/4/2010
Emerging Countries Leapfrogging to Energy & Smart Grid Security?
Adam Christensen  
11/4/2010   1 comment
Countries achieve greater energy security when they reduce their reliance on fossil fuels
No Easy Fixes for Enterprise App Development
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
11/4/2010   7 comments
The Web, cloud computing, new methodologies, and outsourcing are all contributing to complex solutions to a complex problem
Going Cloud for Service Management
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
11/3/2010   2 comments
Cloud service management enables integration and sharing of data, big drivers for companies that need to remain competitive
Comment: Great Summary! - JC Cameron - 11/3/2010
The Inevitability of Two-Way Video Calling
Alan Reiter  
11/2/2010   60 comments
Phones equipped with video-calling and -conferencing capabilities are driving what will be a billion-dollar market in 2015
Happy Tuesday
Todd Watson  
11/2/2010   Post a comment
There’s something to be said for the proprietary, quality-control approach
T-Mobile's 4G False Advertising
Reiter's Block  
11/2/2010   9 comments
I could forgive T-Mobile for stretching the truth about its '4G speeds' – but not this whopper.
Midmarket Holds Back on Office 2010
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
11/1/2010   7 comments
The majority are eager to install, but not until next year
Comment: Re: Interesting - Phavanhna - 11/1/2010




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Ron Miller   5/17/2013   15 comments
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.
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Alan Reiter   5/16/2013   30 comments
The apartment and house sharing service, Airbnb, now requires members to verify their identities by demonstrating a presence on the web, and by either scanning a government ID or entering detailed personal details. Other enterprises should take a close look at Airbnb's verification policies.
Harry Hawk
Harry Hawk   5/15/2013   20 comments
Facebook advertising is a lightning rod. It seems neither brands nor consumers are 100 percent happy about the social media site's policies, placement, or procedures. But the real controversy about Facebook ads and promotions is over whether they work.
Rasheen A. Whidbee
By now, you've most likely heard about the 3D-printed gun that Texas-based Defense Distributed demonstrated last week. But we haven't heard the last about the censorship war that began soon afterward.
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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.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Uses Analytics to Customize Site

3|14|13   |   0:47   |   No comments


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.
Second Shooter
Locked Handsets Aren't the Problem – Subsidies Are the Problem

3|13|13   |   2:09   |   10 comments


Subsidized handsets, rather than locked handsets, should be the focus of regulators. We're not getting good deals, not fostering innovation, and weakening our power as buyers.
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Todd Watson   5/17/2013   1 comment
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IT Suffers From Obama Admin's Jekyll & Hyde Approach to Privacy Rights
Ron Miller
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to
veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.

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IT Suffers From Obama Admin's Jekyll & Hyde Approach to Privacy Rights
Ron Miller
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to
veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.

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IT Suffers From Obama Admin's Jekyll & Hyde Approach to Privacy Rights
Ron Miller
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to
veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.

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Websites Should Consider Tougher ID Verification Policies
Alan Reiter
The apartment and house sharing service,
Airbnb, now requires members to verify their identities by demonstrating a presence on the web, and by either scanning a government ID or entering detailed personal details. Other enterprises should take a close look at Airbnb's verification policies.

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