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Comment: Signs of growth - magneticnorth - 6/30/2010
Comment: Pollution - bri77 - 6/30/2010
Comment: Truly heartening - nasimson - 6/30/2010
Virtual Power Plants Ready for the Enterprise
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
6/30/2010   4 comments
German utility RWE uses dynamic networking capabilities to collect and store enough energy to trade on the power market
Commuters: IBM Feels Your Pain
Todd Watson  
6/30/2010   10 comments
IBM surveyed 8,192 motorists in 20 cities on six continents, the majority of whom say that traffic has gotten worse in the past three years
Midmarket Ripe for M&A Blitz
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
6/28/2010   4 comments
The sweet spot for deals will be $1 billion to $5 billion and below, with a mega deal or two sprinkled in, according to PwC
Comment: Hyperbole... - addvalue - 6/26/2010
Tutorial Takes On Supply Chain Optimization
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
6/25/2010   6 comments
Recent manufacturing shortages highlight the need for CIOs to design holistic systems without breaking existing technology
Comment: Reactive forces - Drowlord - 6/24/2010
CIOs Pressure Outsourcing Firms on Value
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
6/23/2010   2 comments
People are the primary driver of this new emphasis on value, followed by enterprise applications and streamlining processes, KPMG finds
Students to IBM: Think Local, Act Global
Todd Watson  
6/23/2010   2 comments
Both students and CEOs believe that creativity is the most important emerging competency of future leaders
Comment: Who Be The Victims? - kq4ym - 6/22/2010
Comment: invoice automation - combuster - 6/21/2010
Midmarket Tackles Invoicing Automation
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
6/21/2010   2 comments
Dumping pen and paper systems helped some companies average a $4.84-per-invoice processing cost and a 3.7-day cycle time to process a single invoice
Comment: Shall we be afraid? - hounhosp - 6/20/2010
Comment: Good article - camerones - 6/19/2010
Superhighway to Hell: The Real Future of the Web
The Big Report  
6/19/2010   35 comments
The Internet as we know it will disappear by 2029, replaced by a dystopian Outernet, a virtual Hell on Earth
An Integrated Apps Platform Keeps Delta Flying
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
6/18/2010   Post a comment
Content management, electronic signature capture, sales playbooks, and SaaS-based workflows helped shorten sales cycles at Delta Airlines
IBM @ Pebble Beach
Todd Watson  
6/17/2010   Post a comment
This year's partnership with the USGA and the US Open continues in the digital realm with some exciting new social media capabilities
The Massive New IBM Mass Lab
Todd Watson  
6/16/2010   Post a comment
While it's the largest in North America, the IBM Mass Lab is one of 70 IBM Software Labs around the globe
CIOs Map Out Revenue With GIS
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
6/16/2010   5 comments
Many companies are using geographic information systems (GIS) to track shipments, tap new markets, or just make sure mobile workers are on site
 Jack Dangermond, Founder & President, ESRI
IE Radio  
6/15/2010   118 comments
Jack Dangermond is the founder and president of Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) and one of the founding fathers of geographic information systems (GIS) technology. He'll discuss the challenges of geospatially enabling information, how geographic knowledge could help affect government policy, and what GIS advancements are in the pipeline
Comment: Which developers? - Mary Jander - 6/14/2010
Mobile App Development Needs Collaboration
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
6/14/2010   8 comments
The pressure is on to support the business benefits of mobility to midmarket companies
Remote Kickoff
Todd Watson  
6/11/2010   Post a comment
IBM software development kit 'Mote Runner' provides open and programmer-friendly platform to connect sensor and actuator motes within a wireless sensor network
5 Pillars for an Enterprise Semantic Web
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
6/11/2010   5 comments
Companies like Boeing, and US government entities like NASA and the TVA, are using semantic-based technologies to improve their IT systems
 Richard A. Martin, Director, Office of Information Analysis and Access, EPA
IE Radio  
6/10/2010   115 comments
As the director of the office of information analysis and access at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Rick Martin provides executive oversight for environmental programs, and he develops and manages public access tools for EPA.gov. He'll talk about his work with the federal CIO’s data.gov and cloud computing working groups, and the ways in which the EPA is using Web 2.0 and location-based services to affect policy and better serve citizens and communities across the United States.
Comment: Diggin Ms. iPad - Bill The Cat - 6/9/2010
Comment: Heartening news - Mary Jander - 6/9/2010
CIOs Foresee Hiring Surge
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
6/9/2010   10 comments
The Middle Atlantic and West South Central regions anticipate the most activity, while networking skills remain in high demand
Secure by Design
Todd Watson  
6/8/2010   Post a comment
News out of IBM's Rational conference includes several new offerings that can help organizations lower cost and reduce risk
Comment: BP should be sued!!! - mcp111 - 6/7/2010
Why I'm Digging My iPad
Todd Watson  
6/7/2010   4 comments
I can't wait to see people's reaction to me 'driving' on an airplane
Comment: Re: Don't get it - Mary Jander - 6/7/2010
Comment: Don't get it - Mary Jander - 6/7/2010
BI Could Boost Midmarket Recovery
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
6/7/2010   7 comments
Having an efficient analytical strategy could certainly make the difference in an investor's eyes
Comment: Re: FIFA Fever - javeriayounes - 6/5/2010
Comment: Re: FIFA Fever - nasimson - 6/5/2010
Comment: Smarter x - nasimson - 6/5/2010
Comment: Customer care - javeriayounes - 6/5/2010
Comment: Tweet twat - javeriayounes - 6/5/2010
Comment: Thank you - javeriayounes - 6/5/2010
Innovate: Smarter Software
Todd Watson  
6/4/2010   2 comments
This year's Rational software conference includes software guru Grady Booch and Segway inventor Dean Kamen
Getting Your Enterprise Ready for CaaS
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
6/4/2010   Post a comment
Budget restraints, limited IT expertise, and unwillingness to undertake large capital expenditures may be inspiring some to take a second look
Comment: FIFA Fever - javeriayounes - 6/4/2010
 Robert Knake, Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
IE Radio  
6/3/2010   100 comments
An international affairs fellow for the Council on Foreign Relations, Robert Knake's expertise spans cyber-security, cyber-warfare, homeland security, and risk management. As the co-author of "Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It," (along with Richard A. Clarke), Knake will discuss today's vulnerabilities and what can do be to better protect critical infrastructure.
World Cup Digital
Todd Watson  
6/3/2010   4 comments
Expect this to be the largest demonstration of global social media in the history of mankind
AT&T's New Data Prices: Good News & Bad News
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
6/2/2010   Post a comment
AT&T Mobility's new data plans for iPhone and iPad users bode ill for heavy data users and the future of wireless services
Comment: Sorry, no upside - Mary Jander - 6/2/2010
Comment: Re: Thanks, Alan - Alan Reiter - 6/2/2010
Oil Spill Relief & Info Efforts Mobilize on the Net
Alan Reiter  
6/2/2010   50 comments
The Gulf oil spill has mobilized wired and wireless relief and information efforts on the Web
Managing Your Enterprise's Environmental Health
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
6/2/2010   3 comments
By creating visibility into key data, some companies are reducing emissions by 10 percent




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Mary E. Shacklett
Social media has been with us for a decade -- but employer policies and the law are anything but firm about the most appropriate usage of this powerful tool.
Dan Cypra
Dan Cypra   5/23/2013   17 comments
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?
Matt Heusser
Matt Heusser   5/23/2013   5 comments
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.
David Weldon
David Weldon   5/22/2013   15 comments
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.
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   4 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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M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet
David Weldon
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.

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M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet
David Weldon
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.

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