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Comment: Re: Was there need? - cbernard - 5/31/2011
Comment: Using flash - Gigi - 5/31/2011
Site Redesign Brings Mixed Results
Scott Koegler  
5/31/2011   25 comments
Corporate coaching firm ActionCoach met some of its goals when it redesigned its Website, but it may also be getting in its own way in other respects.
Comment: Was there need? - taimur_tz - 5/30/2011
Comment: Integration is Key - sbewley - 5/29/2011
Comment: Re: Free vs Paid? - cbernard - 5/26/2011
Serving Up Cloud BI to the Supply Chain
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
5/25/2011   4 comments
One restaurant supply distributor's use of cloud-based business intelligence may make your mouth water.
Comment: Re: Savings in costs - cbernard - 5/24/2011
Comment: More on the Way ? - Bolingbroke - 5/20/2011
Allstate Purchase Highlights Value of Online Enterprise
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
5/20/2011   7 comments
The Esurance buy means the industry is likely to continue building new business models that favor low premiums for customers who choose the do-it-yourself path.
 Executive Clan Chat: CIOs Jump Into Clouds for Big Data Sharing
IE Radio  
5/20/2011   174 comments
IBM has released its most recent study of more than 3,000 global CIOs. Seven out of 10 CIOs in the US, Japan, and South Korea, and 68 percent in China, now identify cloud as a top priority. Data management, customer analytics, data warehousing, and visual information dashboards are also high on the list for CIOs' top priorities as they try to convert data into better and faster business decisions. Please join Internet Evolution Senior Editor Michael Singer in a Live Chat about IBM's report and what is on the mind of CIOs today.
Comment: Hey...is THIS thing on? - DHCIR - 5/19/2011
Comment: Re: Savings in costs - Gigi - 5/19/2011
Comment: Re: Savings in costs - sbondy - 5/18/2011
Comment: Re: Savings in costs - jkaplan - 5/18/2011
Comment: Re: Savings in costs - sbondy - 5/18/2011
Comment: Not a combo? - Mary Jander - 5/18/2011
CIOs Jump Into Clouds for Big Data Sharing
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
5/18/2011   13 comments
An IBM survey found high interest among CIOs in mobile communications, analytics and business intelligence, and risk management systems.
Comment: Re: Savings in costs - sbondy - 5/18/2011
Comment: Re: Savings in costs - kq4ym - 5/18/2011
Comment: Oracle in the cloud - nasimson - 5/18/2011
Comment: Savings in costs - taimur_tz - 5/18/2011
How Clouds Can Transform Enterprise Consulting
Jeff Kaplan  
5/18/2011   23 comments
Cloud computing is being used by IT consulting firms to deliver solutions faster and avoid high customization costs.
Comment: Re: wrong - Michael Singer - 5/16/2011
Comment: Interesting but.... - sbewley - 5/15/2011
Comment: big Skype user here - slfisher - 5/15/2011
Comment: wrong - dbergman - 5/14/2011
Chromebook for Enterprise: Tempting, but Look Twice
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
5/13/2011   17 comments
Companies considering Chromebooks in this untested stage will undoubtedly be taking a huge leap of faith.
Comment: finally - dbergman - 5/12/2011
Comment: Nice summary... - JC Cameron - 5/11/2011
Comment: The Ace Team idea - Mary Jander - 5/11/2011
Google, Ford Drive Predictive Analytics in the Cloud
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
5/11/2011   11 comments
The companies are using predictive analytics and cloud-stored data to allow a vehicle essentially to optimize itself.
Enterprise Org Chart Meets Hollywood
Singer at C-Level  
5/11/2011   10 comments
Your executive organizational chart is being influenced by Hollywood and crowdsourcing.
There Are 'Cloudy' Days Ahead for Education
Russell E. Hicks Jr.  
5/11/2011   28 comments
Cloud computing and mobile access are the keys to the future of education.
Microsoft Buys Skype: Now What?
Ron Miller  
5/10/2011   83 comments
It's a grand day for Microsoft, but it may not be a good day for Skype users.
Comment: who re the users? - Mashka - 5/8/2011
Students Map Out the Future of Mobile Work
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
5/6/2011   6 comments
Solving the problems of remote collaboration, information overload, trust, globalization, and environmental sustainability could be as simple as flapping your arms.
Comment: Firing workers - Mary Jander - 5/4/2011
CIOs to Be Offered Alternative 'Big Data' Stack
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
5/4/2011   4 comments
A consortium of upstart business intelligence providers takes on the four large BI providers – and your IT department.




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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   8 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   10 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   |   3 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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Yahoo Needs to Break Tumblr in Order to Fix It
Joe Stanganelli
As
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