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Comment: Re: Staying local - AGreen - 5/31/2010
Comment: Re: synergies? - AGreen - 5/31/2010
Comment: Amazing - Asad - 5/31/2010
Comment: Great City - Mashka - 5/30/2010
Comment: Uncomfortably close - AGreen - 5/29/2010
Comment: The Smarter City - kq4ym - 5/28/2010
Comment: Promising - AGreen - 5/27/2010
Smarter Cities Shanghai: A Brief Summit Preview
Adam Christensen  
5/27/2010   5 comments
The city provides the perfect backdrop to explore the converging realities of massive urbanization and a scarcity of resources
CIOs Seek Healthy Business Intelligence
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
5/26/2010   3 comments
Enterprises like Shaklee are highlighting the need to use optimized intelligence and analytics to provide a unified view of the company
E-Harmony for Business
Todd Watson  
5/26/2010   2 comments
Ariba plans to integrate its cloud solution with IBM LotusLive to help buyers and sellers communicate and share information more fluidly and effectively
IBM 2010 Global CEO Study: Constant Change Demands Creativity
Todd Watson  
5/26/2010   1 comment
New government regulations, changes in global economic power centers, accelerated industry transformation, growing volumes of data, and rapidly evolving customer preferences are chief concerns
Comment: Hey, Steve - Michael P. Kassner - 5/25/2010
Comment: synergies? - nasimson - 5/25/2010
FCC Preps for Nationwide Wireless Public Safety Net
Joe Grimm  
5/25/2010   14 comments
The FCC is extending waivers to 21 local and regional authorities
Lost
Todd Watson  
5/24/2010   2 comments
This morning, IBM announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sterling Commerce from AT&T for approximately $1.4B in cash
Comment: Staying local - Mary Jander - 5/24/2010
Midmarket Favors Local Cloud Support
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
5/24/2010   3 comments
Midsized enterprises turn more to VARs and system integrators to monitor, manage their business technology
Comment: Re: Good Luck - Joe Grimm - 5/22/2010
Comment: Good Luck - Chris Poley - 5/21/2010
Google Takes Aim at the Enterprise
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
5/21/2010   3 comments
Google's App Engine for Business and enhancements to its next Android mobile OS are giving CIOs much to consider for designing their winning technology strategies
Comment: Re: Future focused - Joe Grimm - 5/21/2010
Comment: Future focused - Mary Jander - 5/21/2010
Sears Adds Online Stores While Selling Brick Ones
Joe Grimm  
5/21/2010   18 comments
The retailer is launching a two-pronged strategy to futurize its position in the changing US consumer retail market
Delivering Better Digital Asset Management
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
5/19/2010   Post a comment
Shifting toward specific marketing asset management software can allow for highly customized and timely communications with customers
Redefining SLAs in the Midmarket
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
5/17/2010   6 comments
Almost half of surveyed organizations don't understand the importance of a defined SLA process
Enterprise Needs to Embrace Social CRM
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
5/14/2010   5 comments
Since the average consumer has had a few years headstart in using social networks, CIOs are already behind the curve
Newspeak
Todd Watson  
5/13/2010   3 comments
If we are destined for a dystopian Big Brother future, shouldn't we be the ones helping to determine Facebook's grand plan?
How CIOs Can Derive the Most From Clouds
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
5/12/2010   Post a comment
Nobody ever sat around a boardroom and exclaimed that their own business problems would be solved by buying a new server
Comment: Re: Bravo - Terry Sweeney - 5/12/2010
Comment: Bravo - Mary Jander - 5/12/2010
Drive-By Shootings: Anonymous & Online!
Sweeney Blog  
5/12/2010   7 comments
Anonymity has its place, but those sites that allow anonymous postings are just wrong.
IE Radio: We're LIVE With Margaret Salter
Editor's Blog  
5/11/2010   Post a comment
We're live on IE Radio with Margaret Salter. Come join us!
 Margaret Salter, Technical Director, National Security Agency
IE Radio  
5/11/2010   165 comments
Margaret Salter, technical director and senior advisor for cryptographic strategy at the National Security Agency, will talk about ways the normally secretive agency is opening up and learning to share (securely, of course), along with three different encryption trials the NSA's undertaking
Jamming for Global Security
Todd Watson  
5/11/2010   1 comment
The global online brainstorming session on the challenges facing global security, brought together nearly 4,000 military, diplomatic, and civilian experts from 124 countries
Join Us for IE Radio With NSA's Margaret Salter at 2 PM ET
Editor's Blog  
5/11/2010   Post a comment
Tune in at 2 PM ET today for an IE Radio interview with the National Security Agency's technical director, Margaret Salter
An Internet of Stupid?
Second Shooter  
5/11/2010   2 comments
Reaction to the FCC’s proposal to classify broadband as a telecom service is dumb.
Web 2.0 Expo: Beyond the Browser
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
5/10/2010   3 comments
While insightful, there are still a lot of questions about the direction of the Web 2.0 economy
Comment: Re: HUH? - DHCIR - 5/10/2010
Comment: HUH? - Chris Poley - 5/10/2010
Swimming With What Sharks?
Second Shooter  
5/10/2010   6 comments
Microsoft v. Apple: The Internet may be policing anti-competitive policies for us.
CA AG on GT
Jerry Brown  
5/7/2010   4 comments
California's Attorney General talks about the innovation that his state brings to Green Tech.
Comment: Online searching - StephenC - 5/7/2010
From Here to There
Todd Watson  
5/6/2010   Post a comment
IBM's new Travel and Transportation framework allows for a single view into business operations
A Systems Approach to Rethinking Transportation
Adam Christensen  
5/5/2010   Post a comment
The opportunity is that, as we think about transportation as a true system, we have the opportunity to reinvent transportation for the needs of the 21st century
IBM to Build Cast Iron Clouds
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
5/5/2010   2 comments
A key challenge for businesses will be integrating the disparate systems running in their data centers with new cloud-based applications
Comment: Gamble - dbergman - 5/4/2010
Comment: Re: Mint - Mary E. Shacklett - 5/4/2010
Comment: Mint - Mary Jander - 5/4/2010
What the Hel is CenturyTel?
Wisdom of the Big Chair  
5/4/2010   2 comments
Little-known company is set to become the third largest telco in the US.
Websites Seek to Help America's 'Unbanked'
Mary E. Shacklett  
5/4/2010   15 comments
A movement's afoot to help US households who shun banks to get their finances in order via the Web
IBM Acquires Cloud Computing Firm Cast Iron Systems
Todd Watson  
5/3/2010   4 comments
The acquisition also advances IBM's capabilities for a hybrid cloud model
Midmarket Aims for 360-Degree Customer View
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
5/3/2010   1 comment
The path to success lies not in eliminating data sources, but in integrating them and providing access that is easy to navigate
Comment: The buzzword - javeriayounes - 5/3/2010




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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.
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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.
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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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Todd Watson   5/21/2013   Post a comment
Sometimes business travel can be a royal pain in the you-know-what, and sometimes all things go well with the planes, trains, and automobiles.
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Yahoo Needs to Break Tumblr in Order to Fix It
Joe Stanganelli
As
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