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- 10/31/2012

Alan Reiter 10/31/2012 82 comments
Enterprise customers may find a series of evolutionary Windows Phone 8 features a boost to their mobile strategies.

- 10/31/2012

- 10/30/2012

- 10/29/2012

Christine Parizo 10/29/2012 66 comments
BYOD presents a host of problems for IT managers. It may be time for a single, employer-provided platform that leaves no question as to who really owns the device.

- 10/29/2012

Gary Kern 10/29/2012 36 comments
Research and analyst firms aren't addressing the problems of midtier and small IT shops. This CIO has firsthand experience and suggestions.

- 10/29/2012

- 10/28/2012

- 10/27/2012

- 10/26/2012

- 10/25/2012

Mansur Hasib 10/25/2012 75 comments
IT staffing is as much about losing one's assumptions as it is about finding the right candidate.

- 10/24/2012

Executive Clan Editor's Blog 10/24/2012 10 comments
Social business tenets of openness and collaboration aren't being embraced by all enterprises.

- 10/24/2012

Stephen Lawton 10/24/2012 25 comments
Browser security issues remain unaddressed by suppliers, making the choice how best to secure browsers a challenge for IT.

- 10/24/2012

Smarter Analytics Clan Radio 10/24/2012 100 comments
Vala Afshar is chief customer officer for Enterasys Networks. Afshar is responsible for worldwide services operations and technical support functions, including contact center operations, field engineering, support engineering, and infrastructure technologies. Afshar and his team have implemented an award-winning (CRM Magazine Elite Services) cloud computing customer relationship management framework that uses business and performance management analytics to achieve best-in-class customer satisfaction and employee retention.

- 10/24/2012

Editor's Blog 10/24/2012 Post a comment
Join us today at 2:00 p.m. ET as we chat with Vala Afshar, noted author on social business, and chief marketing officer at Enterasys Networks.

Alan Reiter 10/24/2012 73 comments
The iPad mini will complicate the decision-making process for enterprises planning to deploy tablets.

- 10/24/2012

- 10/23/2012

Tam Harbert 10/23/2012 22 comments
UPDATED: 10/25 -- Microsoft's confusing software licensing policies could end up confusing customers and harming Microsoft's enterprise market share.

- 10/23/2012

- 10/22/2012

Todd Watson 10/22/2012 Post a comment
At IBM's Information On Demand 2012 in Las Vegas, it's time to "think big" about effective information management.

- 10/22/2012

Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 10/22/2012 11 comments
Windows 8 comes packaged with confusion and concerns, and enterprise IT will take a long, hard look before upgrading.

- 10/22/2012

Jason Mick 10/22/2012 7 comments
Windows 8's support for ARM thin clients offers IT a benefit worth serious consideration.

- 10/22/2012

Robert McGarvey 10/22/2012 51 comments
Companies that purchase fake positive reviews on Yelp and other sites will be outed by Yelp, according to a new policy.

- 10/21/2012

- 10/20/2012

- 10/19/2012

Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 10/19/2012 6 comments
Despite progress, IT cloud management remains a challenge in many enterprises.

- 10/19/2012

Mansur Hasib 10/19/2012 23 comments
The chief information security officer must have more than technical knowhow to fit this highly sensitive post. Screen for character, as well.

- 10/18/2012

Robert McGarvey 10/18/2012 39 comments
Forcing employers to check the online postings of prospective hires could prove expensive and problematic.

- 10/18/2012

IT Clan Editor's Blog 10/18/2012 16 comments
New solutions from IBM target (among other things) the growing threat from dishonest enterprise insiders.

- 10/18/2012

- 10/17/2012

Robert McGarvey 10/17/2012 22 comments
When it comes to mobile wallets, the best action may be no action for retailers and financial institutions.

- 10/17/2012

Karl Hakkarainen 10/17/2012 29 comments
Intellectual property law can affect an enterprise in surprising and not always helpful ways. Here is how to avoid getting sideswiped.

- 10/16/2012

Todd Watson 10/16/2012 Post a comment
Sitting down with IBM middleware strategist Marie Wieck.

- 10/16/2012

Alan Reiter 10/16/2012 41 comments
When implementing Windows 8, IT departments face expenses due to touchscreens and new designs, plus the cost of accessories. Budget extra for employee support and training, too.

- 10/16/2012

- 10/15/2012

Karyl Scott 10/15/2012 20 comments
PBS showed last week that it thoroughly understands the uses of social media for business.

- 10/15/2012

Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 10/15/2012 9 comments
As the replacement of PCs by tablets and smartphones comes to seem inevitable, the midmarket is faced with both challenges and opportunities.

- 10/15/2012

Smarter IT Clan Radio 10/15/2012 4 comments
Lora Cecere is the Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, a research firm focused on the use of enterprise technology to drive supply chain excellence. Among the firm's current research topics are market-driven value networks, the evolution of predictive analytics, emerging business intelligence solutions, and technologies to improve safe and secure product delivery.

Editor's Blog 10/15/2012 Post a comment
Our IE Radio interview at 2:00 p.m. ET today with Lora Cecere, CEO of research firm Supply Chain Insights, will be followed by a live-chat discussion. Bring your questions!

- 10/12/2012

- 10/11/2012

- 10/10/2012

Jason Mick 10/10/2012 9 comments
Supercookies present a challenge to corporate IT. But a few steps can mitigate any potential risk.

- 10/10/2012

Roman Stanek 10/10/2012 9 comments
Enterprise startups are underfunded by VCs, but the IPO payoff is greater than for consumer firms.

- 10/9/2012

Analytics Clan Editor's Blog 10/9/2012 Post a comment
IBM's PureData System gives enterprises a chance of staying afloat on the ocean of big-data.

- 10/9/2012

Todd Watson 10/9/2012 Post a comment
The IBM InterConnect event got kick started in Singapore as IBM senior vice president Steve Mills hit the stage and outlined the core value proposition behind the event and, more broadly, behind IT in 2012.

- 10/9/2012

- 10/8/2012

Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 10/8/2012 1 comment
IBM's initiative to make cloud computing more accessible by providing increased support for MSPs is good news for the midmarket.

- 10/8/2012

Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 10/8/2012 4 comments
Cloud providers are helping make hyperscale datacenters the target market for server vendors.

- 10/8/2012

Mary E. Shacklett 10/8/2012 8 comments
Private cloud providers are getting users to think differently about IT costs, forcing IT to make some chargeback changes.

- 10/8/2012

- 10/7/2012

- 10/6/2012

- 10/5/2012

Alan Reiter 10/5/2012 36 comments
Research shows members of an enterprise's "mobile elite" are more productive than other employees, even though IT trusts them less.

- 10/5/2012

- 10/4/2012

IE Radio 10/4/2012 119 comments
Boris Wertz is the Founder and General Partner at Version One Ventures, an early-stage fund investing in outstanding consumer Internet, SaaS, and mobile entrepreneurs throughout North America.

- 10/4/2012

Maria Korolov 10/4/2012 28 comments
Apple and Android are getting set to dominate the corporate smartphone world.

- 10/3/2012

Executive Clan Editor's Blog 10/3/2012 20 comments
CEOs of the most successful technology firms exhibit traits that all C-suiters can emulate.

- 10/3/2012

Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 10/3/2012 Post a comment
Big enterprise IT suppliers are offering to rent companies the hardware on which to run private clouds. Vendor lock-in looms.

Rick Cook 10/3/2012 8 comments
The enterprise wide area network (WAN) is the focal point for most of today's high-speed network failover plans. Make sure yours is up to the challenge.

- 10/2/2012

- 10/1/2012

Internet Evolution Midmarket Clan Poll 10/1/2012 6 comments
The midmarket stands to reap special benefits from current digital developments.

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Mary E. Shacklett 5/24/2013 Post a comment

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 5/23/2013 9 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?

most recent post: Joe Stanganelli... Every time I see a .net, I think "gosh, those are still around?"A good SEO strategy when starting out...

Matt Heusser 5/23/2013 3 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.

most recent post: nimantha.de... @Mitch: Yes I too do not see any difference between the two. Any idea ? ...

David Weldon 5/22/2013 14 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.

most recent post: Michael P. Kassner... If you think that is the case, I can't argue. I suspect you realize there was significant trial and...

Jon Carter 5/21/2013 21 comments

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Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

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Paul J. Fleuranges
Digital Signage Keeps NYC Subway Straphangers on Track

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Kim Davis
Fast Forward to the Future

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Mitch Wagner
Google Launches Its Most Depressing Service Yet

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Second Shooter
Argument Over Top-Level Domains Is 'Stupid'

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Kim Davis
Ladies, Your Tablet Awaits

3|21|13

37 comments

Wisdom of the Big Chair
NFC Moves Into the Mainstream

3|20|13

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Wisdom of the Big Chair
Integrating Security Into Your Cloud Contract

3|19|13

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Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Collects Customer Information

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Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Uses Analytics to Customize Site

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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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