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Comment: Como? - jwallace - 9/30/2012
Comment: Re: who cares - aum007 - 9/30/2012
Comment: Re: Moving forward - aum007 - 9/30/2012
Comment: Re: Moving forward - aum007 - 9/30/2012
Comment: Re: who cares - chuckgregory - 9/30/2012
Comment: Re: who cares - kq4ym - 9/30/2012
Comment: Re: Moving forward - abdlah - 9/30/2012
Comment: Re: Moving forward - keveend - 9/30/2012
Comment: Re: a miracle - keveend - 9/30/2012
Comment: Re: Moving forward - Kicheko - 9/29/2012
Comment: Re: Moving forward - aum007 - 9/29/2012
Comment: Re: Moving forward - aum007 - 9/29/2012
Comment: Re: Moving forward - abdlah - 9/29/2012
Comment: User Experience - abdlah - 9/29/2012
Comment: Re: a miracle - Mashka - 9/29/2012
Comment: Re: a miracle - Alan Reiter - 9/28/2012
Comment: Re: Moving forward - ChrisTOP - 9/28/2012
Comment: a miracle - Mashka - 9/28/2012
Comment: Moving forward - ChrisTOP - 9/28/2012
Learn to Bridge Marketing & IT
Editor's Blog  
9/28/2012   1 comment
Learn how the CIO and CMO can work together.
Comment: Re: One surprise - Kim Davis - 9/27/2012
Comment: Re: Makes me mad - pcharles - 9/27/2012
Comment: Re: Makes me mad - pcharles - 9/27/2012
Comment: Re: Siri? - Alan Reiter - 9/26/2012
Comment: Siri? - hounhosp - 9/26/2012
Comment: Re: One surprise - smkinoshita - 9/26/2012
Comment: Re: One surprise - Mitch Wagner - 9/26/2012
Comment: Re: One surprise - Kim Davis - 9/26/2012
How One Restaurant's Tech Upgrade Could Drive Customers Crazy
Alan Reiter  
9/26/2012   73 comments
A restaurant chain is reviewed for its mishmash of mobile payments, digital coupons, and other elements of modern mobile commerce.
Comment: Re: Makes me mad - Mary Jander - 9/26/2012
Comment: Re: Makes me mad - Chris Poley - 9/26/2012
Comment: Re: Makes me mad - pcharles - 9/25/2012
Comment: Re: One surprise - Mitch Wagner - 9/25/2012
Chatting to Connect
Todd Watson  
9/25/2012   Post a comment
Join IBM for a Twitter Chat Thursday at 9:00 p.m. ET to talk about its upcoming InterConnect event.
Comment: Re: One surprise - Kim Davis - 9/25/2012
Salesforce.com Trumpets the 'Social Enterprise'
Tony Kontzer  
9/25/2012   2 comments
From here on, it says, enterprise applications must have social capabilities built in.
Comment: Re: One surprise - Brian Newby - 9/25/2012
Comment: Re: One surprise - Kim Davis - 9/24/2012
Comment: One surprise - Mitch Wagner - 9/24/2012
Comment: Re: Ads are so 2011 - Tom Nolle - 9/24/2012
The Midmarket Is Networking
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
9/24/2012   10 comments
Data confirming the importance of social networking to SMBs comes as no real surprise.
Comment: Facebook Activity - DHagar - 9/24/2012
Comment: Re: Gosh! - scucci - 9/24/2012
Comment: Re: Gosh! - Chris Poley - 9/23/2012
Comment: Re: Makes me mad - Chris Poley - 9/23/2012
Comment: Re: Data Horders - WaqasAltaf - 9/23/2012
Comment: Gosh! - Susan Fourtané - 9/22/2012
Comment: Lot of Bad News - smkinoshita - 9/22/2012
Comment: Re: Makes me mad - pcharles - 9/22/2012
Comment: Re: Corporate exposure - scucci - 9/22/2012
Comment: Re: Makes me mad - scucci - 9/22/2012
Comment: Re: Ads are so 2011 - Tom Nolle - 9/21/2012
Comment: Re: who cares - Mitch Wagner - 9/21/2012
Comment: Re: Ridiculous - Mitch Wagner - 9/21/2012
IBM X-Force Mid-Year Report: Security Attacks Focused on Browsers, Mobile, Social
Todd Watson  
9/21/2012   1 comment
The security environment remains troubling, with increased attacks on browsers, and renewed concerns about social and mobile.
Comment: Re: Makes me mad - Chris Poley - 9/21/2012
Comment: Bias - Kim Davis - 9/21/2012
Comment: Re: Ridiculous - Kim Davis - 9/21/2012
Comment: Re: Makes me mad - Kim Davis - 9/21/2012
Comment: Re: who cares - chuckgregory - 9/21/2012
Comment: Re: who cares - Kim Davis - 9/21/2012
Comment: Re: who cares - chuckgregory - 9/21/2012
Webinar Today: Citi’s Frank Eliason Taps Customer Voices on Social Media
Editor's Blog  
9/21/2012   Post a comment
The man who launched a customer service revolution on Twitter with the @ComcastCares account shows you how to tap the power of customer voices on social media, today at 2:00 p.m.
Comment: Re: Ads are so 2011 - Tom Nolle - 9/21/2012
Comment: Re: Makes me mad - Chris Poley - 9/21/2012
Comment: Re: who cares - Mitch Wagner - 9/21/2012
Comment: Ads are so 2011 - Mitch Wagner - 9/21/2012
Comment: Re: Makes me mad - Kicheko - 9/20/2012
IBM Survey: Social Media Impacting Threats From Reputational Risk
Todd Watson  
9/20/2012   Post a comment
IBM recently released its 2012 Global Reputational Risk and IT Study, and the findings suggest that companies are viewing their IT investments through a new lens.
Comment: Re: Makes me mad - Chris Poley - 9/20/2012
Comment: Makes me mad - Mary Jander - 9/20/2012
Twitter Tweaks Twist Facebook?
Second Shooter  
9/20/2012   8 comments
Twitter's changes are clearly aimed at being more Facebook-like.
Comment: Re: who cares - Ariella - 9/20/2012
Comment: Re: who cares - Kim Davis - 9/20/2012
Comment: Re: Mea Culpa, Almost - Mashka - 9/20/2012
Twitter Ruling Threatens Personal & Enterprise Users
Chris Poley  
9/20/2012   74 comments
A new legal ruling against Twitter could change the way companies control what employees post and how the organization protects itself against potential subpoenas.
Comment: Re: Mea Culpa, Almost - Mashka - 9/20/2012
Comment: Bragging rights - Mitch Wagner - 9/19/2012
Comment: Streisand Effect - Mitch Wagner - 9/19/2012
William & Kate's Ineffectual Injunction
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
9/19/2012   23 comments
The British palace discovers that the Internet can easily outrun their legal maneuvers.
Comment: Re: who cares - chuckgregory - 9/19/2012
Comment: Mea Culpa, Almost - Bolingbroke - 9/19/2012
Sentiment Analysts Gear Up for Presidential Race
Karyl Scott  
9/19/2012   12 comments
Prognosticators and news mavens are turning analytics on social media in an effort to predict the outcome of the US presidential election.
Comment: Re: who cares - Ariella - 9/18/2012
Comment: Re: who cares - Ariella - 9/18/2012
Comment: Ridiculous - Mitch Wagner - 9/18/2012
Comment: Re: who cares - Kim Davis - 9/18/2012
Volume & Velocity of Feedback Necessitate Analytics
Analytics Clan Editor's Blog  
9/18/2012   6 comments
When the world is your focus group, use analytics to anticipate and respond to the social feedback loop.
Back to School Goes In for Analysis
Todd Watson  
9/18/2012   Post a comment
"Back to school" is now a key shopping period demanding e-commerce analysis.
Comment: Re: who cares - Mr. Roques - 9/18/2012
Comment: Re: who cares - Jason Mick - 9/18/2012
Facebook Activity Isn't Protected as Political Speech
Wisdom of the Big Chair  
9/18/2012   10 comments
A court rules that a sheriff can fire employees who used Facebook to support an opposing candidate.
Comment: who cares - Mashka - 9/18/2012
Comment: Re: Bad passwords - WaqasAltaf - 9/17/2012
Comment: Prevent back-fire - WaqasAltaf - 9/17/2012
Comment: Bad passwords - ChrisTOP - 9/17/2012
Twitter to Hire Famous Hacker
Jason Mick  
9/17/2012   33 comments
Famous white hat hacker Charlie Miller is joining Twitter. And boy, do they need his help!
Comment: Risky Business - stotheco - 9/15/2012
Will the iPhone 5 Save Facebook?
Second Shooter  
9/14/2012   Post a comment
Apple adds screen real estate in the iPhone 5 into which ads could fit.
Boxed In, in Bangalore: Analyzing Sentiment on Indian Traffic Congestion
Todd Watson  
9/14/2012   Post a comment
Here's one way social sentiment analysis might make cities smarter.
Comment: Re: Data Horders - Chris Poley - 9/14/2012
Comment: Re: Data Horders - Chris Poley - 9/13/2012
Comment: Re: Data Horders - Mitch Wagner - 9/13/2012
 Smarter Analytics Clan Radio: Dilip Venkatachari, CEO Compass Labs
IE Radio  
9/13/2012   78 comments
Dilip Venkatachari is an inventor and entrepreneur. Currently CEO of Compass Labs, a social media analytics startup, Dilip has a track record which includes Google, where he was Director of Mobile Ads Products, PayPal, and Yahoo! He'll be talking about leveraging social platforms through artificial intelligence and predictive analytics algorithms and techniques.
Comment: Re: Data Horders - jabailo - 9/13/2012
Comment: Re: Data Horders - Chris Poley - 9/13/2012
Comment: Re: Data Horders - jabailo - 9/13/2012
IE Radio: Scientific Social Media Advertising @ 2 PM ET Today
Editor's Blog  
9/13/2012   Post a comment
We'll talk with Dilip Venkatachari, CEO of Compass Labs, about using analytics to get more from online marketing with social ads. Join us!
Comment: Re: Data Horders - Chris Poley - 9/13/2012
Comment: Data Horders - jabailo - 9/13/2012
IBM’s Combination of Social & Analytics = Social ROI
Todd Watson  
9/12/2012   Post a comment
IBM unveiled new software and services bringing the power of big-data analytics into the hands of a socially savvy workforce anytime, anywhere.
Comment: Re: Pranking - Joe Stanganelli - 9/12/2012
It's Time to Abandon This Online Marketing Tactic
Robert McGarvey  
9/12/2012   33 comments
Online reviews have gotten a bad name and are losing credibility, thanks in part to a spate of publicity surrounding fake endorsements in the publishing industry.
Enterprises Weigh Data Mining Benefits Against User Backlash
Chris Poley  
9/12/2012   21 comments
Enterprises must determine what they wish to accomplish with personal data mining and whether it's worth the effort of crossing users to get there.
Comment: Re: Proof of concept - mtechie - 9/11/2012
Comment: Proof of concept - Mitch Wagner - 9/11/2012
Comment: Pranking - Kim Davis - 9/11/2012
Comment: Re: Risky business - nasimson - 9/11/2012
Wolfram Personal Analytics Not Much Use to the Enterprise
Analytics Clan Editor's Blog  
9/11/2012   3 comments
Wolfram Alpha personal analytics is now freely available, but of very limited utility to individuals and enterprises.
Comment: Re: 7DEE is back! - hounhosp - 9/11/2012
Comment: Read it and weep - Mary Jander - 9/11/2012
Learn to Get More From Analytics: 7DEE Starts Today!
Editor's Blog  
9/11/2012   4 comments
Take our online series of free classes to find out how to use analytics and metrics to satisfy customer demand.
How Smart Marketers Turn Trolls to Triumphs
Joe Stanganelli  
9/11/2012   47 comments
Crowdsourced social marketing campaigns can attract trolls, but if handled properly, this can actually boost results.
Comment: Re: Risky Business - keveend - 9/9/2012
Comment: Interesting concept - stotheco - 9/9/2012
Comment: Re: Shop.ca - SteveGNYC - 9/8/2012
Comment: Re: Totally agree - mhhfive - 9/7/2012
Shop.ca Brings a Canadian Twist to Social Shopping
CMO Clan Editor's Blog  
9/7/2012   12 comments
Rather than trying to sell or market on Facebook, Shop.ca is bringing social connections to its own site.
Comment: Risky Business - stotheco - 9/7/2012
Enterprises Like SaaS for Social Networking
Mary E. Shacklett  
9/6/2012   8 comments
Enterprises are using social networking within the secure setting of a SaaS provider's network.
Comment: Re: alarming - Joe Stanganelli - 9/5/2012
Comment: Re: Twitter channels - mhhfive - 9/5/2012
Comment: attracting talent... - mhhfive - 9/5/2012
Comment: Twitter channels - Karyl Scott - 9/5/2012
Comment: Re: Seems naive - mhhfive - 9/5/2012
Live From IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit: The Magic of This Kingdom
Todd Watson  
9/5/2012   Post a comment
This week in Orlando, we're looking at how to create the integrity and honesty of a real and positive brand experience in the age of the empowered customer.
5 Ways Users Put Themselves (& Their Firms) at Risk
Christine Parizo  
9/5/2012   19 comments
End users who get their identities stolen online jeopardize, not only themselves, but their enterprise networks. Here is one way to educate users about the dangers of online ID theft.
Comment: What Brought It On? - stotheco - 9/5/2012
Comment: Re: Seems naive - Karyl Scott - 9/4/2012
Comment: Seems naive - Mitch Wagner - 9/4/2012
Comment: Re: Amazing.. - Karyl Scott - 9/4/2012
Comment: Re: Totally agree - mhhfive - 9/4/2012
Comment: Amazing.. - mhhfive - 9/4/2012
No One Is Innocent in the Facebook Blame Game
Editor's Blog  
9/4/2012   21 comments
Pointing fingers at Facebook's management, its IPO underwriters, and Nasdaq isn't the way to learn the hard lessons of this disastrous IPO.
Online Retailer Learns Hard Lesson About Social Media Analytics
Karyl Scott  
9/4/2012   20 comments
Luxury online retailer Gilt Groupe discovered the hard way that social media must be part of a larger marketing strategy that includes other elements than social media.
Comment: Re: alarming - Ariella - 9/4/2012
Comment: Reality check - Chris Poley - 9/2/2012




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Paul Korzeniowski
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
Maria Korolov
Maria Korolov   5/21/2013   7 comments
In the fall of 2011, around 160,000 students in 190 countries enrolled in a Stanford-sponsored online course about artificial intelligence. About 23,000 completed the course and got certificates, including 248 who got a perfect score. The university offered the same course the old-fashioned way to students sitting in Stanford classrooms. None of the those students got a perfect score.
Joe Stanganelli
As Mitch Wagner discussed today, Yahoo is acquiring Tumblr. The big Internet debate at the moment is whether Tumblr will be good or bad for Yahoo. Regardless of their stances on the future of Yahoo itself, many claim that Yahoo will somehow ruin Tumblr.
George Taylor
George Taylor   5/20/2013   9 comments
Has China stolen a march on the West, developing an Internet architecture that is not only based on IPv6, but is also inherently secure from both internal and external attack?
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   1 comment


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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