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Comment: china has the same - Carol - 1/31/2011
Comment: Re: lessoned learned? - lek1981 - 1/31/2011
Comment: Being Astute - cvargas - 1/31/2011
Comment: Re: Congratulations - lek1981 - 1/31/2011
Comment: Give in to the hive - lek1981 - 1/31/2011
Comment: DUH - Rich Adler - 1/31/2011
Live @ Lotusphere: Product Showcase Walkthrough
Todd Watson  
1/31/2011   Post a comment
Here's a quick 1-minute walk through
Comment: Double edged sword - KMT568 - 1/31/2011
Comment: Re: Power of a Twit - KMT568 - 1/31/2011
Live @ Lotusphere 2011: Social Business Announcements
Todd Watson  
1/31/2011   Post a comment
IBM is also introducing a new licensing model for customers eager to embrace cloud computing
Live @ Lotusphere 2011: Kevin Spacey Sends the Elevator Back Down
Todd Watson  
1/31/2011   Post a comment
Spacey also explained how we came to be involved in this year's Academy-Award nominated film, The Social Network
Live @ Lotusphere: The Social Business Market’s So Big We Gotta Wear Shades
Todd Watson  
1/31/2011   2 comments
IBM outlines the $100B social business marketplace opportunity
Comment: Facebook vs. depression - ivka - 1/31/2011
Comment: I Agree ENTIRELY... - aum007 - 1/31/2011
Facebook: Now a Treasure Trove for Insurance Companies
Editor's Blog  
1/31/2011   18 comments
Add insurance companies to the list of the many groups out there scouring your Facebook page for incriminating evidence
Comment: Agreed - smkinoshita - 1/31/2011
Comment: Dependency on China - taimur_tz - 1/31/2011
Comment: Re: Guess so! - Michael Singer - 1/31/2011
Comment: Guess so! - smkinoshita - 1/31/2011
Comment: Re: Face Book - Tom Nolle - 1/31/2011
Comment: Face Book - ROSHAN DE SILVA - 1/31/2011
A Lucky Year for China & Midmarket
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
1/31/2011   5 comments
New opportunities in the region are emerging as the second largest economy in the world has developed a blossoming middle class
Comment: Re: Facebook ads - Tom Nolle - 1/31/2011
Comment: Facebook ads - magneticnorth - 1/31/2011
Comment: Re: Power of a Twit - hounhosp - 1/30/2011
Comment: Brand Power - KMT568 - 1/30/2011
Comment: Re: Power of a Twit - KMT568 - 1/30/2011
Comment: Re: Power of a Twit - kq4ym - 1/30/2011
Comment: Power of a Twit - jnieusma - 1/30/2011
Comment: Re: Google Flops - Tom Nolle - 1/30/2011
Comment: Re: YouTube - nathanwosnack - 1/30/2011
Comment: Google Flops - nathanwosnack - 1/30/2011
Comment: Bravo Nicole! - Rich Adler - 1/29/2011
Comment: Re: Google a statup - Tom Nolle - 1/29/2011
Comment: YouTube - ROSHAN DE SILVA - 1/29/2011
Comment: Re: Thank you - nathanwosnack - 1/29/2011
Comment: Thank you - AnneK - 1/28/2011
Comment: We are Ridiculous - Auntie NoNo - 1/28/2011
The Power of Twitter to Make Us Look Ridiculous
Editor's Blog  
1/28/2011   40 comments
Twitter is an OK medium for conveying messages quickly. It is not the cure-all for diplomatic tension
Comment: Awesome post Joe - JC Cameron - 1/28/2011
Enterprise Confidence Is Back!
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
1/28/2011   4 comments
Spending on technology projects for cloud computing, data analytics, mobile devices, and social media is expected to increase
Twitter’s Jumped the Shark
Scott Koegler  
1/28/2011   3 comments
For users with large numbers of Twitter followers, the service has become irrelevant.
Comment: Re: Illusions of Geekdom - ivka - 1/28/2011
Comment: Re: Consumer market - Asad - 1/27/2011
Comment: Re: free news - Asad - 1/27/2011
Comment: Re: Short sighted - slfisher - 1/27/2011
Comment: Short sighted - jnieusma - 1/27/2011
Comment: Re: Illusions of Geekdom - ivka - 1/27/2011
Lack of Social Media Supervision Spells Risk
Joe Stanganelli  
1/27/2011   35 comments
Large enterprises operate at their peril without leadership in social media
Silicon Valley's Raw Power
Chris Tolles  
1/27/2011   1 comment
Let's hear it for the geeks! Take that, Washington, Wall Street, and Hollywood!
Comment: Re: Self-* - Joanne Goldman - 1/26/2011
Comment: Congrats! - Chris Poley - 1/26/2011
Comment: Congratulations - nathanwosnack - 1/26/2011
Comment: I Promise! Sure.... - kq4ym - 1/26/2011
IE Scores Two Mega Awards! YEAH!
what.the.ferraro  
1/26/2011   6 comments
Nicole and Steve mutter incoherently about Internet Evolution winning BIG at the Folio Eddie and Ozzie Awards Gala.
Dawdling at Davos, Innovating @ IBM
Todd Watson  
1/26/2011   Post a comment
There’s plenty of important people talking about issues relevant to the day, and to the global business environment
Comment: Illusions of Geekdom - mtechie - 1/26/2011
Comment: Self-* - antonis - 1/26/2011
Google a Startup? Ha!
Second Shooter  
1/26/2011   10 comments
Executive shakeup has a lot of Valley types agog with expectations of a renewed 'startup' mindset.
IBM’s Virtual Desktop
Todd Watson  
1/25/2011   2 comments
The software can be installed on a customer's own infrastructure or through an IBM Business Partner's 'private cloud' hosted environment
State of the Union Gets Digital Makeover
Editor's Blog  
1/25/2011   5 comments
The White House is ramping up efforts to make the State of the Union address more participatory
YouTube Presidency
Internet Evolution Poll  
1/25/2011   24 comments
President Obama will conduct a YouTube Q&A following his State of the Union Address. Do these live Web events make you feel the government is more accessible and transparent?
There Goes the Neighborhood: Techmeme Gets Tweets!
what.the.ferraro  
1/25/2011   3 comments
Techmeme will now be including tech-related Tweets as news stories.
Checking In on the 'Open Government' Project
Don Reisinger  
1/25/2011   12 comments
Two years on, there's progress in the feds' efforts to get government agencies online and open to comment, but the outcome is undecided
Comment: Icon Founder - jnieusma - 1/24/2011
Comment: Re: New tech bubble? - dcuperus - 1/23/2011
Comment: Re: New tech bubble? - dcuperus - 1/23/2011
Comment: who is going to pay? - Mashka - 1/23/2011
Comment: New tech bubble? - dcuperus - 1/22/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets wars - gbengasesan - 1/22/2011
Comment: Collaboration - Princess_dascho - 1/22/2011
Comment: Tablets wars - Princess_dascho - 1/22/2011
Comment: Good Trend - abdlah - 1/21/2011
Comment: Re: Better Traction - cvargas - 1/21/2011
Comment: Better Traction - cvargas - 1/21/2011
Google Shuffle Part of Wider Net Exec Shakeout
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
1/21/2011   10 comments
Changes raise questions about the future of the Internet and the seat of power that is Silicon Valley
Facebook Is No Sure Winner
Second Shooter  
1/21/2011   8 comments
Facebook passed Google in popularity, but can that be translated into monetization?
Comparison Apps Force Sellers to Be Social
Brett King  
1/21/2011   19 comments
Apps that offer comparisons of buyers' experiences online are forcing sellers to get more involved with social networking
What’s Big & Yellow & Lands Every January in Florida?
Todd Watson  
1/20/2011   Post a comment
It’s time for... Lotusphere 2011
IE Radio: We're LIVE With William J. White
Editor's Blog  
1/20/2011   Post a comment
We are live with William J. White, professor in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University. Join us!
Join Us for IE Radio With William J. White
Editor's Blog  
1/20/2011   Post a comment
Tune in for IE Radio starring William J. White, professor in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University
Comment: Re: Capacity... - taimur_tz - 1/20/2011
Comment: when to report - Terri Eberle - 1/20/2011
Comment: Re: Capacity... - jwallace - 1/19/2011
Comment: Capacity... - JC Cameron - 1/19/2011
Challenges Mount for Online Video Industry
Editor's Blog  
1/19/2011   6 comments
Our latest Big Report examines the promise and pitfalls of the online video industry. Read it, get informed, thank us later
2011: Year of the Mobile Enterprise App
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
1/19/2011   4 comments
Despite the enthusiasm and flexibility shared by enterprises, many are currently not being strategic about mobility
Comment: Gaming consoles - Root Maniac - 1/19/2011
Comment: A moving target - Mary Jander - 1/19/2011
Online Video: Telling Fact From Fantasy
The Big Report  
1/18/2011   7 comments
Will online video remain sustainable under present-day circumstances (revenue models, broadband infrastructure)? Internet Evolution analyzes the industry's high points and worrying pitfalls
Comment: Re: very true - Mashka - 1/18/2011
Comment: Re: very true - Mashka - 1/18/2011
Comment: you are too tought - Mashka - 1/18/2011
Comment: Re: lessoned learned? - Mashka - 1/18/2011
Comment: Re: Lamenting - Ariella - 1/18/2011
Comment: Re: very true - dlavie - 1/16/2011
Comment: Re: very true - Mashka - 1/16/2011
Comment: Re: very true - pcharles - 1/16/2011
Comment: Re: very true - Ariella - 1/15/2011
Comment: Re: very true - Princess_dascho - 1/15/2011
Comment: re: 10 Wiki-Years - Brian Newby - 1/14/2011
Comment: re: 10 Wiki-Years - robjvargas - 1/14/2011
Comment: errata - Wade - 1/14/2011
Comment: re: 10 Wiki-Years - Brian Newby - 1/14/2011
Comment: lessoned learned? - Chris Poley - 1/14/2011
10 Wiki-Years Later...
Editor's Blog  
1/14/2011   13 comments
Reliable information, we hardly knew ye
Watson, Come Here, I Need You
Todd Watson  
1/14/2011   3 comments
IBM's supercomputer won a practice round against two champion Jeopardy players
Comment: Bye Bye MySpace - rwhidbee - 1/14/2011
Comment: Re: 5 years too late - hounhosp - 1/14/2011
Comment: 5 years too late - dbergman - 1/14/2011
It's Time to Put MySpace Out of Its Misery
Editor's Blog  
1/13/2011   13 comments
MySpace has fired 47 percent of its staff and is said to be looking for a buyer. It may be time to put this old dog to sleep once and for all
Comment: Re: MagicJack - knoxzoo - 1/13/2011
Comment: Re: MagicJack - SteveGNYC - 1/13/2011
Comment: Surprise! - Princess_dascho - 1/12/2011
A Look at How BI & Analytics Will Evolve
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
1/12/2011   Post a comment
Get ready for BI that taps into mobile, social, and online processing, researchers suggest
Survey Says: No Love for Internet Companies
Wisdom of the Big Chair  
1/12/2011   2 comments
Internet companies comprise about half of the Top 15 Hated Companies in the US.
Comment: Gullible - Joe Stanganelli - 1/12/2011
Comment: Re: very impressive! - antonis - 1/12/2011
Comment: I'm on board - Mary Jander - 1/11/2011
Let's Be Smarter in 2011!
what.the.ferraro  
1/11/2011   9 comments
It's time to start using reason to distinguish fact from fiction on the Web.
Comment: IBM Patent Leadership - DHagar - 1/11/2011
I Shop Therefore I Am
Todd Watson  
1/11/2011   Post a comment
I was so proud of myself the other day, when I walked into Best Buy and came out without buying a thing… it wasn’t easy
Comment: Re: Reload this! - torriatte - 1/11/2011
Comment: Re: Reload this! - Mary Jander - 1/11/2011
Comment: Re: Reload this! - davidmanheim - 1/11/2011
Comment: Fo Shizzle - Bill The Cat - 1/11/2011
Comment: very true - Mashka - 1/11/2011
Comment: Re: Reload this! - torriatte - 1/11/2011
Comment: Re: Reload this! - Mashka - 1/11/2011
Comment: Re: Reload this! - torriatte - 1/11/2011
Comment: Re: Reload this! - torriatte - 1/11/2011
Comment: Re: What a contrast - antonis - 1/11/2011
Comment: Re: Reload this! - Mashka - 1/11/2011
Comment: very impressive! - tsaleem - 1/11/2011
Comment: The next heavy bout? - jnieusma - 1/10/2011
Comment: Re: Reload this! - torriatte - 1/10/2011
Comment: Reload this! - M Hulot - 1/10/2011
Comment: Misguided - mtechie - 1/10/2011
Arizona Shooting Cause to Eliminate Web Haste
Editor's Blog  
1/10/2011   41 comments
Between incorrect information and potential calls to violence, the Internet's involvement in the Arizona shooting proves we need to be more careful with what we publish on the Web
Comment: My biggest concern - kerryf - 1/10/2011
IBM Patent Leadership
Todd Watson  
1/10/2011   4 comments
IBM inventors received a record 5,896 US patents in 2010
Comment: What a contrast - Mary Jander - 1/10/2011
A Tale of Two Internets: China & India
Robert McGarvey  
1/10/2011   13 comments
These two enormous countries are taking different approaches to controlling – or not controlling – the Web
Comment: Great Blog Brett.... - aum007 - 1/10/2011
Comment: Ummm... Spelling? - robjvargas - 1/9/2011
Comment: Re: Lamenting - Ariella - 1/9/2011
Comment: Re: Lamenting - SteveGNYC - 1/9/2011
Comment: Bye-Bye, so long - Chris Poley - 1/9/2011
Comment: Re: Android unknown - tsaleem - 1/9/2011
Comment: Re: Lamenting - Ariella - 1/8/2011
Comment: Re: Lamenting - Ariella - 1/8/2011
Comment: Re: Lamenting - dlavie - 1/8/2011
Comment: Re: Lamenting - SteveGNYC - 1/8/2011
Comment: Android unknown - dbergman - 1/7/2011
Comment: Dear Nicole... - Terri Eberle - 1/7/2011
Comment: Bull's eye - macamposr - 1/7/2011
Lamenting What the Internet Eradicated
Editor's Blog  
1/7/2011   38 comments
So long to all of the things we once knew
The Enterprise Paperless Drive
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
1/7/2011   6 comments
Document scanning, business process management, and digital storage can help a company really go paperless
Scrutinizing Amazon's Upcoming Android Appstore
Alan Reiter  
1/7/2011   24 comments
Signs are that Amazon's new Appstore will be a useful addition to the Android market
Why the Finance Sector Will Lead a New Tech Boom
Brett King  
1/7/2011   19 comments
Banks and traditional financial institutions are set to lose out to startups that aren't afraid to reinvent the customer experience
Comment: Re: iPhone - audreypeters - 1/6/2011
Comment: Re: iPhone - Nicole Ferraro - 1/6/2011
Congress on Facebook: Still Archaic
what.the.ferraro  
1/6/2011   5 comments
We could have lived without the live broadcast of the 112th Congress on Facebook.
3D TPS Reports
Todd Watson  
1/5/2011   Post a comment
Once again, if it happens in Vegas, at least for CES, it doesn’t stay there
Comment: Re: Say it ain't so! - Ariella - 1/5/2011
Skype Still No Enterprise Champion
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
1/5/2011   4 comments
The telephone service may still have the guts to become a fully featured unified communications tool for the enterprise... just not now
Comment: Re: iPhone - Mary Jander - 1/5/2011
Comment: Re: iPhone - Mary Jander - 1/5/2011
Why Skype's New Year May Not Be Happy
Robert McGarvey  
1/5/2011   26 comments
While Skype has become an essential tool for many of us, it's not making the money it needs to propel it forward
Comment: Re: iPhone - audreypeters - 1/4/2011
Comment: Re: iPhone - Nicole Ferraro - 1/4/2011
Comment: iPhone - Terri Eberle - 1/4/2011
Comment: Thanks Nicole! - jwallace - 1/4/2011
Predicting Leaks, Tablets & Regulations for 2011
Editor's Blog  
1/4/2011   23 comments
Good news: We now know everything that's going to happen in 2011... maybe
Comment: re: Midmarket - Michael Singer - 1/4/2011
Office in the Sun
Todd Watson  
1/4/2011   Post a comment
Zuckerberg’s going to need as much new scratch as he can get to bring back that new IPO smell once so prevalent in Silicon Valley
The Skype Videoconferencing Chicken Dance
Todd Watson  
1/4/2011   Post a comment
If enough people adopt this new technology, I could see a whole new set of fashion trends breaking out
Comment: Re: shockers - Paul Whyte - 1/4/2011
Comment: shockers - Auntie NoNo - 1/3/2011
Facebook Valuation Suggests Scary Times to Come
Editor's Blog  
1/3/2011   13 comments
An $500 million investment would value Facebook at $50 billion. Prepare for a crash!
Nigeria's Tech Scene: Top Predictions for 2011
'Gbenga Sesan  
1/3/2011   18 comments
A Nigerian tech visionary peers into his crystal ball for 2011
Comment: re: Midmarket - Brian Newby - 1/3/2011
Comment: re:2011 Predictions - ivka - 1/3/2011
Comment: re:2011 Predictions - ivka - 1/3/2011
Midmarket Looks to Location-Based Services
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
1/3/2011   9 comments
There seem to be two major forces pushing medium-sized enterprises toward location-based services
Comment: Re: Wave - Nicole Ferraro - 1/3/2011
Comment: Re: China - Nicole Ferraro - 1/3/2011
Comment: Re: Re - Ron_Miller - 1/3/2011
Comment: Re: Totally agree - Paul Whyte - 1/3/2011
Comment: Re: Totally agree - Geekess - 1/2/2011
Comment: Re - hindsatya - 1/2/2011
Comment: Re: Great List! - Alan Reiter - 1/2/2011
Comment: Re: No Pandora? - Alan Reiter - 1/2/2011
Comment: Re: Office Apps - Alan Reiter - 1/2/2011
Comment: Re: Great List! - pjpugliese - 1/2/2011
Comment: Re: No Pandora? - nasimson - 1/2/2011
Comment: Re: Office Apps - aum007 - 1/1/2011




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Mary E. Shacklett
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.
Dan Cypra
Dan Cypra   5/23/2013   27 comments
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?
Matt Heusser
Matt Heusser   5/23/2013   12 comments
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.
David Weldon
David Weldon   5/22/2013   15 comments
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.
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   4 comments


Whole Foods Global Wine Purchaser Doug Bell told me about some of the constraints on using analytics in the US wine market.
Paul J. Fleuranges
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.
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M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet
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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.

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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.

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