E-Learning Hits the Midmarket Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 2/28/2011 18 comments Social networking, video, animation, 3D, and chat are all being used to help keep employee skills up to date
Tech Challenges Await GE's Incoming CTO Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/25/2011 8 comments Choosing the right computer information technology standards and lining up partners for GE's key initiatives is not for the faint of heart
Premal Shah, President, Kiva.org IE Radio 2/24/2011 59 comments Premal Shah is the president of Kiva.org, a non-profit organization that allows people to use the Internet to microfinance institutions in developing countries and in the United States. We'll talk to Shah about the challenges to running an organization like Kiva, the state of charitable giving and lending on the Web, and what organizations need to do to harness the power of the Internet and engage people in philanthropy.
Are Google's Best Days in the Past? Ron Miller 2/22/2011 69 comments Has Google jumped the shark? There are signs that unless it gets its act together in key areas, its decline may have started
The Road to Content Serfdom Editor's Blog 2/15/2011 27 comments As the Web keeps moving in the direction of social sharing, users will continue to serve as unpaid content creators
The Revolution Will Not Be Googled Ron Miller 2/15/2011 49 comments In the recent rallies and demonstrations in Egypt, Google's bit part calls attention to the sorry state of its social networking tools
The Reality of Social Democracy Editor's Blog 2/14/2011 10 comments As we cheer the success of the 'Facebook Generation' in Egypt, it's important to keep our exuberance about social media democracy in check
Facebook's Social Authentication Needs More Work Joe Stanganelli 2/11/2011 16 comments Facebook's plan to serve up your friends' faces instead of CAPTCHA words to decipher is tactically sound but flawed as a long-term authentication strategy
John Clippinger, Co-Director, The Law Lab at Harvard University IE Radio 2/10/2011 140 comments John Clippinger is co-director of the Law Lab at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Today we'll talk to him about privacy on the Web and the need (or lack thereof) for new regulations as consumers continue to unknowingly surrender their data to companies like Google and Facebook.
China's Internet Rekindles 'Three Kingdoms' Wars Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/9/2011 2 comments Alliances brewing within China's burgeoning Internet industry suggest the country's most powerful corporations are lining up for another take-no-prisoners war
What's Good About Social Networks Ron Miller 2/8/2011 44 comments By encouraging communication, social networks have the potential to foster creativity, sharing, and social good
Twitter Still Stinks Steve Saunders' Outernet 2/8/2011 6 comments Steve and Nicole discuss the merits of Twitter. Guess what? There are none!
New Virtual Worlds Still Growing Maria Korolov 2/7/2011 23 comments Use of open-source virtual world platform OpenSim is growing, thanks to its economic viability compared to Second Life
Lessons From Egypt for IT Suppliers IT Clan Editor's Blog 2/3/2011 17 comments The recent Internet blackout in Egypt should force IT professionals to examine their reliance on vendors and networks in other countries
Reagan's Lessons for Tech Execs Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/2/2011 2 comments Let's reflect on some of the lessons Internet and technology executives can glean from the 40th President
The Internet Rocked in 2010! Wisdom of the Big Chair 2/2/2011 2 comments More than a trillion email messages traveled over the Net last year, and dramatic changes loom.
Social Media: Supply-Chain Predictor Mary E. Shacklett 2/1/2011 5 comments More inventory planners are using analytics based on social media, email, and other sources to gauge future requirements
E-Learning Hits the Midmarket Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 2/28/2011 18 comments Social networking, video, animation, 3D, and chat are all being used to help keep employee skills up to date
Tech Challenges Await GE's Incoming CTO Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/25/2011 8 comments Choosing the right computer information technology standards and lining up partners for GE's key initiatives is not for the faint of heart
Premal Shah, President, Kiva.org IE Radio 2/24/2011 59 comments Premal Shah is the president of Kiva.org, a non-profit organization that allows people to use the Internet to microfinance institutions in developing countries and in the United States. We'll talk to Shah about the challenges to running an organization like Kiva, the state of charitable giving and lending on the Web, and what organizations need to do to harness the power of the Internet and engage people in philanthropy.
Are Google's Best Days in the Past? Ron Miller 2/22/2011 69 comments Has Google jumped the shark? There are signs that unless it gets its act together in key areas, its decline may have started
The Road to Content Serfdom Editor's Blog 2/15/2011 27 comments As the Web keeps moving in the direction of social sharing, users will continue to serve as unpaid content creators
The Revolution Will Not Be Googled Ron Miller 2/15/2011 49 comments In the recent rallies and demonstrations in Egypt, Google's bit part calls attention to the sorry state of its social networking tools
The Reality of Social Democracy Editor's Blog 2/14/2011 10 comments As we cheer the success of the 'Facebook Generation' in Egypt, it's important to keep our exuberance about social media democracy in check
Twitter for Bizness Internet Evolution Poll 2/14/2011 23 comments How useful has Twitter been for you and your organization as a business tool?
Facebook's Social Authentication Needs More Work Joe Stanganelli 2/11/2011 16 comments Facebook's plan to serve up your friends' faces instead of CAPTCHA words to decipher is tactically sound but flawed as a long-term authentication strategy
John Clippinger, Co-Director, The Law Lab at Harvard University IE Radio 2/10/2011 140 comments John Clippinger is co-director of the Law Lab at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Today we'll talk to him about privacy on the Web and the need (or lack thereof) for new regulations as consumers continue to unknowingly surrender their data to companies like Google and Facebook.
China's Internet Rekindles 'Three Kingdoms' Wars Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/9/2011 2 comments Alliances brewing within China's burgeoning Internet industry suggest the country's most powerful corporations are lining up for another take-no-prisoners war
What's Good About Social Networks Ron Miller 2/8/2011 44 comments By encouraging communication, social networks have the potential to foster creativity, sharing, and social good
Twitter Still Stinks Steve Saunders' Outernet 2/8/2011 6 comments Steve and Nicole discuss the merits of Twitter. Guess what? There are none!
Social Democracy Internet Evolution Poll 2/7/2011 13 comments Do you think that social media have helped promote democracy in oppressed regions?
New Virtual Worlds Still Growing Maria Korolov 2/7/2011 23 comments Use of open-source virtual world platform OpenSim is growing, thanks to its economic viability compared to Second Life
Lessons From Egypt for IT Suppliers IT Clan Editor's Blog 2/3/2011 17 comments The recent Internet blackout in Egypt should force IT professionals to examine their reliance on vendors and networks in other countries
Reagan's Lessons for Tech Execs Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/2/2011 2 comments Let's reflect on some of the lessons Internet and technology executives can glean from the 40th President
The Internet Rocked in 2010! Wisdom of the Big Chair 2/2/2011 2 comments More than a trillion email messages traveled over the Net last year, and dramatic changes loom.
Social Media: Supply-Chain Predictor Mary E. Shacklett 2/1/2011 5 comments More inventory planners are using analytics based on social media, email, and other sources to gauge future requirements
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.
Premal Shah, President, Kiva.org
