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posted in April 2012
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Comment: Re: PCI Evils - taimur_tz - 4/30/2012
Comment: Re: Paypal putoff - syedzunair - 4/30/2012
Comment: Re: PCI Evils - Mary Jander - 4/30/2012
Comment: Re: PCI Evils - scucci - 4/30/2012
Comment: Re: PCI Evils - taimur_tz - 4/30/2012
Comment: Re: Paypal putoff - taimur_tz - 4/30/2012
Comment: Re: Paypal putoff - kq4ym - 4/29/2012
Comment: Password Encryption - Kicheko - 4/29/2012
Comment: Good timing - magneticnorth - 4/29/2012
Comment: Paypal putoff - Mary Jander - 4/28/2012
Comment: PCI Evils - scucci - 4/28/2012
Comment: Good Post - abdlah - 4/28/2012
Comment: Re: Interesting - nasimson - 4/28/2012
The Top Myths of E-Commerce
Steve Francia  
4/27/2012   27 comments
After working for years in the field of e-commerce, this exec has compiled a list of false beliefs that are still widely circulated.
Comment: Re: Uh oh - Kim Davis - 4/27/2012
Comment: Uh oh - Nicole Ferraro - 4/27/2012
Comment: Re: Interesting - Kim Davis - 4/27/2012
The FTC Turns a Big Gun on Google
Editor's Blog  
4/27/2012   6 comments
The FTC's hiring of a heavyweight litigator makes an antitrust lawsuit against Google highly likely.
Comment: Interesting - smkinoshita - 4/27/2012
Into the Amazon Digital Jungle
Todd Watson  
4/27/2012   6 comments
Are Amazon's quarterly earnings an indicator for digital trends in general?
Retailers Get Hip to Mobile Self-Service
Wisdom of the Big Chair  
4/23/2012   6 comments
Self-check-in has become popular among airlines and is now making its way into the retail marketplace.
Verizon Expected to Promote Windows Phones
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
4/20/2012   3 comments
Verizon seems set on creating a third wireless ecosystem with Microsoft's Windows phone.
Comment: Yikes - Nicole Ferraro - 4/13/2012
Comment: Re: Bold! - cjon316 - 4/13/2012
Tearing Yahoo Apart
Editor's Blog  
4/12/2012   10 comments
CEO Scott Thompson and activist investor Daniel Loeb seem to agree on Yahoo's future, but they may still tear the company apart.
Comment: Re: Next - Nicole Ferraro - 4/12/2012
Comment: Re: Next - Nicole Ferraro - 4/12/2012
Comment: Re: Next - Mary Jander - 4/11/2012
Comment: Next - Chris Poley - 4/11/2012
Comment: Re: Bold! - Robert McGarvey - 4/11/2012
Comment: Bold! - Nicole Ferraro - 4/11/2012
Digital Wallets Can't Succeed Without Apple
Robert McGarvey  
4/11/2012   14 comments
Digital wallets haven't really taken off, but if Apple adopts NFC in its next iPhone, that could change.
Comment: Justice served - Chris Poley - 4/10/2012
Tax Issues 'Cloud' SaaS Savings
Cloud Clan Editor's Blog  
4/10/2012   4 comments
Issues of state taxation of cloud services has users and providers wondering when the other shoe will drop.
Comment: Re: Tokenization - Chris Poley - 4/9/2012
Comment: Indeed! - Mary Jander - 4/9/2012
Comment: Re: It's simple - Chris Poley - 4/6/2012
Credit Card Processing Spawns Breach Opportunities
Chris Poley  
4/6/2012   24 comments
The recent Global Payments breach revealed complexities and dangers involved in third-party processing of credit card transactions.
GroupOn's Problems Multiply
Kim Davis  
4/6/2012   14 comments
With resubmitted Q4 results, an SEC probe, and a lawsuit, GroupOn is floundering badly.
Comment: Re: FUD as news? - Kurtkeys - 4/5/2012
Comment: Re: FUD as news? - Kim Davis - 4/4/2012
Comment: FUD as news? - ktrant - 4/4/2012
Cloud Vulnerability a Suspect in Payments Breach
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
4/4/2012   4 comments
An analyst raises the possibility that weakness in cloud infrastructure may have given thieves access to Global Payments' accounts.
Comment: Wow!!! - Mashka - 4/4/2012
Comment: Re: Question - mtechie - 4/3/2012
Comment: Layout v Checkout - RufusJones - 4/2/2012
Comment: Re: Question - cvargas - 4/1/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Mr. Roques - 4/1/2012




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Jason Mick   6/19/2013   7 comments
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.
Charlotte Erdmann
Midsize businesses rarely achieve the same standards of security in their own datacenters as professional providers that specialize in delivering these services to organizations.
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John Kennedy
How Big-Data Is Changing Marketing

6|13|13   |   1:07   |   1 comment


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.
Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   10 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   |   1 comment


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.
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Todd Watson   6/18/2013   Post a comment
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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NSA Leaks Shine Spotlight on Perils of Contractor Partnerships
Jason Mick
The US National Security Agency learned the
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