CEOs Seek Value in Web 2.0 Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/30/2011 4 comments How executives define value depends on their perspective and the needs of their customers
Brazil: Internet Status Report Adam Williams 3/30/2011 32 comments In Brazil, the high cost of laptops and PCs, high wireless service costs, and other factors are inhibiting wider connectivity
Singin’ in the Amazon Cloud Todd Watson 3/29/2011 2 comments Amazon's new Cloud Drive, Cloud Player for Web, and Cloud Player for Android could cause problems for Apple
What Midmarket Can Teach Startups Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 3/28/2011 7 comments Midmarket companies are in the best position to survive the next crash. Today's startups should take a cue from them
Buying Into the Cloud: Two Trends Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/25/2011 6 comments How CIOs see themselves influences what kind of infrastructure-as-a-service plans they'll pursue
DIY Mobile: An Enterprise Alternative IT Clan Editor's Blog 3/24/2011 10 comments News of LightSquared's deal with Best Buy opens speculation about how enterprises could adopt cheaper, more flexible mobile services
HP CEO Apotheker Sees Future in Cloud, Mobile Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/23/2011 6 comments However, measuring the success of HP's master cloud plan is also intangible, allowing Apotheker to adjust the company's strategy on the fly
AT&T (&T) Internet Evolution Poll 3/22/2011 9 comments AT&T has reached an agreement to buy T-Mobile for $39 billion. Does this make AT&T more attractive to you, as a customer?
Sprint Integrates Google Voice on Smartphones Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 3/21/2011 2 comments If you're a Sprint subscriber, but not on a business plan, and want feature-rich call management capabilities for free, check this out
Tips for Building Midmarket Mobile Apps Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 3/21/2011 6 comments The latest trend in building B2B and customer-facing mobile apps seems to be shifting toward embedding context-enriched information
AT&T iPhone Tetherers Busted! John Myers 3/21/2011 43 comments Efforts to force users who tether the iPhones they got from AT&T to pay for the privilege could backfire on the provider
RIM-SIM Battle Over NFC Security Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 3/18/2011 6 comments RIM and cellular operators are at loggerheads over how and where to store NFC systems – in cards or in handsets
E-Government Has Room for Improvement Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/18/2011 9 comments Even government executives admit customers are frustrated with the level of mobile and Web-based communications
Public Alert System Goes Commercial Joe Grimm 3/18/2011 25 comments Internet-based Nixle, used by the FBI to get the word out about local crime, is turning its network to business uses, too
Small Moves, Smartly Made Todd Watson 3/11/2011 1 comment My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Japan, including my IBM colleagues in Tokyo and the surrounding area
Gaining Enterprise Sustainability With Analytics Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/11/2011 10 comments Companies are gathering related data across their operations, ranging from greenhouse gas emission measurements to logs of their employees' travel miles
Microsoft Stumbles in Mobile John Myers 3/10/2011 49 comments Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 is a disappointment, but it's too soon to call Redmond a mobile loser
Austin: The Social Business Hub Todd Watson 3/9/2011 3 comments There's a culture of optimistic innovation that transpires here, which feeds back into the tech and creative community, but which is also fed by it
Seeding Cloud Evolution With Open-Source Control Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/9/2011 2 comments OpenStack and Eucalyptus seek to encourage further development and discourage vendor-specific versions that could limit the portability of cloud services
New IBM Cloud Center in Singapore Todd Watson 3/7/2011 2 comments Slated to launch in April, the $38 million investment will build on IBM's infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud portfolio
Where Clouds & Games Meet Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/4/2011 12 comments If these two great influences on the Internet can stand on their own, how successful are they together?
Texas Pickup Todd Watson 3/2/2011 1 comment IBM is showing off a series of technology breakthroughs that extend the company’s leadership in virtualization, image management, and cloud computing
CEOs Seek Value in Web 2.0 Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/30/2011 4 comments How executives define value depends on their perspective and the needs of their customers
Brazil: Internet Status Report Adam Williams 3/30/2011 32 comments In Brazil, the high cost of laptops and PCs, high wireless service costs, and other factors are inhibiting wider connectivity
Singin’ in the Amazon Cloud Todd Watson 3/29/2011 2 comments Amazon's new Cloud Drive, Cloud Player for Web, and Cloud Player for Android could cause problems for Apple
What Midmarket Can Teach Startups Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 3/28/2011 7 comments Midmarket companies are in the best position to survive the next crash. Today's startups should take a cue from them
Buying Into the Cloud: Two Trends Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/25/2011 6 comments How CIOs see themselves influences what kind of infrastructure-as-a-service plans they'll pursue
DIY Mobile: An Enterprise Alternative IT Clan Editor's Blog 3/24/2011 10 comments News of LightSquared's deal with Best Buy opens speculation about how enterprises could adopt cheaper, more flexible mobile services
HP CEO Apotheker Sees Future in Cloud, Mobile Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/23/2011 6 comments However, measuring the success of HP's master cloud plan is also intangible, allowing Apotheker to adjust the company's strategy on the fly
AT&T (&T) Internet Evolution Poll 3/22/2011 9 comments AT&T has reached an agreement to buy T-Mobile for $39 billion. Does this make AT&T more attractive to you, as a customer?
Sprint Integrates Google Voice on Smartphones Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 3/21/2011 2 comments If you're a Sprint subscriber, but not on a business plan, and want feature-rich call management capabilities for free, check this out
Tips for Building Midmarket Mobile Apps Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 3/21/2011 6 comments The latest trend in building B2B and customer-facing mobile apps seems to be shifting toward embedding context-enriched information
Smart Grids in the UK Todd Watson 3/21/2011 1 comment IBM's latest effort will support the UK's Smart Meter Implementation Program
AT&T iPhone Tetherers Busted! John Myers 3/21/2011 43 comments Efforts to force users who tether the iPhones they got from AT&T to pay for the privilege could backfire on the provider
RIM-SIM Battle Over NFC Security Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 3/18/2011 6 comments RIM and cellular operators are at loggerheads over how and where to store NFC systems – in cards or in handsets
E-Government Has Room for Improvement Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/18/2011 9 comments Even government executives admit customers are frustrated with the level of mobile and Web-based communications
Public Alert System Goes Commercial Joe Grimm 3/18/2011 25 comments Internet-based Nixle, used by the FBI to get the word out about local crime, is turning its network to business uses, too
Small Moves, Smartly Made Todd Watson 3/11/2011 1 comment My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Japan, including my IBM colleagues in Tokyo and the surrounding area
Gaining Enterprise Sustainability With Analytics Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/11/2011 10 comments Companies are gathering related data across their operations, ranging from greenhouse gas emission measurements to logs of their employees' travel miles
Microsoft Stumbles in Mobile John Myers 3/10/2011 49 comments Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 is a disappointment, but it's too soon to call Redmond a mobile loser
Austin: The Social Business Hub Todd Watson 3/9/2011 3 comments There's a culture of optimistic innovation that transpires here, which feeds back into the tech and creative community, but which is also fed by it
Seeding Cloud Evolution With Open-Source Control Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/9/2011 2 comments OpenStack and Eucalyptus seek to encourage further development and discourage vendor-specific versions that could limit the portability of cloud services
New IBM Cloud Center in Singapore Todd Watson 3/7/2011 2 comments Slated to launch in April, the $38 million investment will build on IBM's infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud portfolio
Where Clouds & Games Meet Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/4/2011 12 comments If these two great influences on the Internet can stand on their own, how successful are they together?
Texas Pickup Todd Watson 3/2/2011 1 comment IBM is showing off a series of technology breakthroughs that extend the company’s leadership in virtualization, image management, and cloud computing
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.
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
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
