#Irene's Contributions to the Web Editor's Blog 8/29/2011 27 comments Hurricane Irene may not have been a Category 3, but Web users created content in her honor in three pertinent categories: the relevant, the incorrect, and the snarky.
NYC Websites Go Down in Advance of Hurricane Editor's Blog 8/26/2011 41 comments Government Websites fell victim to too much traffic in advance of the impending hurricane, leaving East Coasters without access to critical information.
UK Police Use Social Media Against Rioters Editor's Blog 8/26/2011 9 comments The UK government seems to have dropped the threat to block social media against the backdrop of extensive use by police of Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr to identify, convict, and expose rioters.
Government Backs Away From the Cloud Security Clan Editor's Blog 8/24/2011 15 comments The vision of moving government to the cloud, with all the efficiencies and cost savings that would likely produce, is being hindered by understandable security concerns.
Facebook Changes Posting Interface Editor's Blog 8/23/2011 18 comments Facebook announced upcoming changes which will make it much clearer, at the posting interface, to tell who you're sharing your life with.
Three More Facebook Pet Peeves Editor's Blog 8/23/2011 25 comments Facebook gets more unbearable by the day. Here are three things people are doing to make that so.
Meet Me in the Clouds Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 8/22/2011 4 comments Skype's purchase of GroupMe opens up intriguing opportunities for the integration of its existing business telecommincations services with rapid group conferencing functions. It's a sign, too, that business meetings will increasingly migrate to the cloud.
UK Setting Scary Precedents on Socially Stirred Riots Editor's Blog 8/19/2011 32 comments Looters in London need to be punished, but the UK needs to not overreact to the Web's involvement, or it will set an example for governments worldwide seeking to do the same.
Facebook Stalks Mobile Phone Numbers Editor's Blog 8/12/2011 16 comments Facebook has not publicly released the mobile phone numbers of members and members' contacts. But many found it easy to believe they had.
Internet Claims More 'Addicts' Editor's Blog 8/12/2011 19 comments The vast majority of our users couldn't go more than a week without the Internet before feeling withdrawal symptoms, and other Web-wide surveys suggest they're not alone.
UK Threatens Social Media Block Editor's Blog 8/11/2011 23 comments Prime Minister David Cameron's threats to empower the police to shutter popular social media sites is probably just bluster. Regardless, it's a bad idea.
Pondering a Zuckerberg in the White House Editor's Blog 8/4/2011 17 comments With Randi Zuckerberg's resignation from Facebook this week, the White House missed an opportunity to install a member of social aristocracy at the head of its IT mission!
#Irene's Contributions to the Web Editor's Blog 8/29/2011 27 comments Hurricane Irene may not have been a Category 3, but Web users created content in her honor in three pertinent categories: the relevant, the incorrect, and the snarky.
NYC Websites Go Down in Advance of Hurricane Editor's Blog 8/26/2011 41 comments Government Websites fell victim to too much traffic in advance of the impending hurricane, leaving East Coasters without access to critical information.
UK Police Use Social Media Against Rioters Editor's Blog 8/26/2011 9 comments The UK government seems to have dropped the threat to block social media against the backdrop of extensive use by police of Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr to identify, convict, and expose rioters.
Government Backs Away From the Cloud Security Clan Editor's Blog 8/24/2011 15 comments The vision of moving government to the cloud, with all the efficiencies and cost savings that would likely produce, is being hindered by understandable security concerns.
Facebook Changes Posting Interface Editor's Blog 8/23/2011 18 comments Facebook announced upcoming changes which will make it much clearer, at the posting interface, to tell who you're sharing your life with.
Three More Facebook Pet Peeves Editor's Blog 8/23/2011 25 comments Facebook gets more unbearable by the day. Here are three things people are doing to make that so.
Meet Me in the Clouds Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 8/22/2011 4 comments Skype's purchase of GroupMe opens up intriguing opportunities for the integration of its existing business telecommincations services with rapid group conferencing functions. It's a sign, too, that business meetings will increasingly migrate to the cloud.
UK Setting Scary Precedents on Socially Stirred Riots Editor's Blog 8/19/2011 32 comments Looters in London need to be punished, but the UK needs to not overreact to the Web's involvement, or it will set an example for governments worldwide seeking to do the same.
Facebook Stalks Mobile Phone Numbers Editor's Blog 8/12/2011 16 comments Facebook has not publicly released the mobile phone numbers of members and members' contacts. But many found it easy to believe they had.
Internet Claims More 'Addicts' Editor's Blog 8/12/2011 19 comments The vast majority of our users couldn't go more than a week without the Internet before feeling withdrawal symptoms, and other Web-wide surveys suggest they're not alone.
UK Threatens Social Media Block Editor's Blog 8/11/2011 23 comments Prime Minister David Cameron's threats to empower the police to shutter popular social media sites is probably just bluster. Regardless, it's a bad idea.
Pondering a Zuckerberg in the White House Editor's Blog 8/4/2011 17 comments With Randi Zuckerberg's resignation from Facebook this week, the White House missed an opportunity to install a member of social aristocracy at the head of its IT mission!
The US National Security Agency learned the hard way that it can be dangerous to give a contractor too much money and access, with too little scrutiny. The NSA and other government agencies hire tens of thousands of contractors
a year to analyze data. Edward Snowden -- who revealed himself as the NSA leaker after fleeing the country -- was one such contractor, reportedly holding a $122,000 salaried position at Booz Allen Hamilton at the time of his departure.
Midsize businesses rarely achieve the same standards of security in their own datacenters as professional providers that specialize in delivering these services to organizations.
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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Security Clan Chat: Government Backs Away from the Cloud
