And the Winner Is… Todd Watson 6/30/2011 1 comment Spoiler Alert: The company makes real-time data analysis that helps the makers of mobile phones and tablet apps better understand their clients.
Out of Africa, Or In? Todd Watson 6/29/2011 Post a comment IBM's $3 million deal with the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia supports the bank in a major modernization and business expansion program.
'Internet Freedom' Aside, US Leads in Data Requests Editor's Blog 6/27/2011 27 comments The United States made more than 4,600 requests for private user information from Google from July to December 2010, and Google complied 94 percent of the time.
IBM SmartCamp New York: Analytics a Common Thread Todd Watson 6/27/2011 1 comment The five finalists developed software to better manage energy consumption, monitor environmental hazards, understand mobile device usage patterns, and track brand sentiment.
Google as 'Artist': Impressive but Limited Ariella Brown 6/23/2011 93 comments The GoogleArtProject offers high-resolution reproductions of art in museum settings, taken by Street View, but the overall value is limited.
Midmarket Clan Chat: ICANN Vanity Domains IE Radio 6/21/2011 185 comments The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) says it will drastically expand the number of domain name suffixes from the current 22, with the addition of generic top-level domains (gTLDs). While this sounds like a great opportunity for midmarket companies, caution is advised before spending big bucks on a vanity domain.
Join Senior Editor Michael Singer in a Live Chat on Tuesday, June 21 at 1 p.m. Eastern to discuss the pros and cons of gTLDs.
Executive Clan Chat: Apple Store Czar Named Penney's CEO IE Radio 6/17/2011 163 comments Ron Johnson, who recently served as Apple's senior vice president of retail, is coming to the iconic department chain. Join Senior Editor Michael Singer as we discuss what lies ahead for both companies and how retail is making a comeback in the digital age.
Kansas City, Here Comes Google... Slowly IT Clan Editor's Blog 6/16/2011 25 comments Google's choice of Kansas City as the site of a planned high-speed broadband network has left some IT professionals disappointed -- even in KC.
Online Civil Liberties Imperiled by Schools Joe Stanganelli 6/9/2011 54 comments The suspension of a student over a Facebook Wall post raises questions about the US government's habit of ignoring civil liberties online.
CIOs Dive Into Semantic Web Executive Clan Editor's Blog 6/8/2011 16 comments In applying these semantic technologies, enterprises are solving their particular need for making sense of data.
Midmarket Clan Chat: Apple's Future in the Midmarket IE Radio 6/7/2011 155 comments CEO Steve Jobs took the stage Monday to announce the company's next generation Mac OS X operating system, code-named Lion; the next version of Apple's mobile operating system, which powers iPad and iPhone; and iCloud, Apple's upcoming cloud services offering. Join Senior Editor, Michael Singer, in an online discussion and live chat about this means for midmarket companies.
All Things Smarter Commerce Todd Watson 6/1/2011 Post a comment IBM announced it will help Business Partners seize the growing market opportunity created by shifting buying patterns in the mobile and computing space.
And the Winner Is… Todd Watson 6/30/2011 1 comment Spoiler Alert: The company makes real-time data analysis that helps the makers of mobile phones and tablet apps better understand their clients.
Out of Africa, Or In? Todd Watson 6/29/2011 Post a comment IBM's $3 million deal with the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia supports the bank in a major modernization and business expansion program.
'Internet Freedom' Aside, US Leads in Data Requests Editor's Blog 6/27/2011 27 comments The United States made more than 4,600 requests for private user information from Google from July to December 2010, and Google complied 94 percent of the time.
IBM SmartCamp New York: Analytics a Common Thread Todd Watson 6/27/2011 1 comment The five finalists developed software to better manage energy consumption, monitor environmental hazards, understand mobile device usage patterns, and track brand sentiment.
Google as 'Artist': Impressive but Limited Ariella Brown 6/23/2011 93 comments The GoogleArtProject offers high-resolution reproductions of art in museum settings, taken by Street View, but the overall value is limited.
Midmarket Clan Chat: ICANN Vanity Domains IE Radio 6/21/2011 185 comments The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) says it will drastically expand the number of domain name suffixes from the current 22, with the addition of generic top-level domains (gTLDs). While this sounds like a great opportunity for midmarket companies, caution is advised before spending big bucks on a vanity domain.
Join Senior Editor Michael Singer in a Live Chat on Tuesday, June 21 at 1 p.m. Eastern to discuss the pros and cons of gTLDs.
Executive Clan Chat: Apple Store Czar Named Penney's CEO IE Radio 6/17/2011 163 comments Ron Johnson, who recently served as Apple's senior vice president of retail, is coming to the iconic department chain. Join Senior Editor Michael Singer as we discuss what lies ahead for both companies and how retail is making a comeback in the digital age.
Kansas City, Here Comes Google... Slowly IT Clan Editor's Blog 6/16/2011 25 comments Google's choice of Kansas City as the site of a planned high-speed broadband network has left some IT professionals disappointed -- even in KC.
Online Civil Liberties Imperiled by Schools Joe Stanganelli 6/9/2011 54 comments The suspension of a student over a Facebook Wall post raises questions about the US government's habit of ignoring civil liberties online.
CIOs Dive Into Semantic Web Executive Clan Editor's Blog 6/8/2011 16 comments In applying these semantic technologies, enterprises are solving their particular need for making sense of data.
Midmarket Clan Chat: Apple's Future in the Midmarket IE Radio 6/7/2011 155 comments CEO Steve Jobs took the stage Monday to announce the company's next generation Mac OS X operating system, code-named Lion; the next version of Apple's mobile operating system, which powers iPad and iPhone; and iCloud, Apple's upcoming cloud services offering. Join Senior Editor, Michael Singer, in an online discussion and live chat about this means for midmarket companies.
All Things Smarter Commerce Todd Watson 6/1/2011 Post a comment IBM announced it will help Business Partners seize the growing market opportunity created by shifting buying patterns in the mobile and computing space.
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
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.
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.
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?
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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