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- 11/30/2012

Matt Heusser 11/30/2012 50 comments
IT staff no longer have to live where they work. But that doesn't mean their lives are stress-free.

- 11/30/2012

- 11/29/2012

Robert McGarvey 11/29/2012 82 comments
Google's plan to brand its own Chromebook could help the company in its ongoing battle against Microsoft.

- 11/29/2012

Mary E. Shacklett 11/29/2012 75 comments
Brick and mortar, as well as e-commerce, retailers dislike returns almost as much as you do.

- 11/29/2012

- 11/28/2012

Executive Clan Editor's Blog 11/28/2012 15 comments
Enterprises are enhancing BI with collaboration and mobile capabilities, looking to bolster their analytics investments and return on investment.

- 11/28/2012

Jason Mick 11/28/2012 48 comments
Mozilla's news that it will end 64-bit development is the most organization's most recent questionable decision, posits one writer.

- 11/28/2012

Maria Korolov 11/28/2012 34 comments
Smartphones equipped with speech recognition, translation, and reading text out loud capabilities are changing the rules for international business travel and outsourcing.

- 11/28/2012

- 11/27/2012

Mansur Hasib 11/27/2012 26 comments
Before accepting that CIO or CISO position, make sure you're earning enough and reporting to the right people within the organization.

- 11/27/2012

Robert McGarvey 11/27/2012 38 comments
Sandy's disaster recovery and business continuity lessons may encourage more financial services firms to rethink their anti-cloud stance.

- 11/27/2012

- 11/26/2012

Alan Reiter 11/26/2012 96 comments
One day, employees may once again carry only one device: A high-powered cellphone that replaces their laptop.

- 11/26/2012

Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 11/26/2012 11 comments
Does your current policy cover the cloud, or do you need a cloud-specific insurance plan?

- 11/26/2012

- 11/25/2012

- 11/24/2012

- 11/23/2012

- 11/22/2012

- 11/21/2012

David Strom 11/21/2012 23 comments
Several organizations are taking some of the pain out of A/B testing by enabling Website testing -- a process that can deliver powerful results.

- 11/21/2012

David Weldon 11/21/2012 33 comments
Developers of mobile applications are in short supply -- and high demand.

- 11/21/2012

- 11/20/2012

Tam Harbert 11/20/2012 45 comments
In the age of big-data and analytics, savvy CIOs want Renaissance men and women who bring more than tech know-how to the job.

- 11/20/2012

- 11/19/2012

Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 11/19/2012 47 comments
Midsized retailers succeed against even their largest rivals by tightly integrating their sales channels.

- 11/19/2012

Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 11/19/2012 10 comments
The cloud is an IT department's ally in the war against information sprawl.

- 11/19/2012

- 11/18/2012

- 11/17/2012

- 11/16/2012

Russell Rothstein 11/16/2012 52 comments
Customers' opinions can be the most invaluable sales and marketing tool -- as long as they're legitimate.

- 11/16/2012

- 11/15/2012

IT Clan Editor's Blog 11/15/2012 15 comments
Massive open online courses allow IT pros to attend classes taught by professors from Ivy League schools -- without leaving home or paying a penny.

- 11/15/2012

Christine Parizo 11/15/2012 24 comments
Every company needs an acceptable use policy that notifies employees that their electronic communications are not private, legal experts agree.

- 11/15/2012

Jason Mick 11/15/2012 9 comments
VMware's participation in OpenStack opened the rumor mill floodgates. Perhaps, though, the move is good for open source -- and VMware.

- 11/15/2012

- 11/14/2012

Executive Clan Editor's Blog 11/14/2012 10 comments
By setting up an enterprise app store, IT pros can control the flood of mobile software threatening to swamp their help desks.

- 11/14/2012

Mansur Hasib 11/14/2012 22 comments
When it comes to finding the right CIO for your organization, don't involve too many department heads in the interview process.

- 11/14/2012

- 11/13/2012

Robert McGarvey 11/13/2012 24 comments
Skype, increasingly a staple of SMB communications, is gaining fans among enterprise organizations, too.

- 11/13/2012

David Strom 11/13/2012 12 comments
The economy is picking up, and that means more mergers and acquisitions. Here are 10 steps to avoid to ensure your M&A goes smoothly for IT employees.

- 11/12/2012

Todd Watson 11/12/2012 Post a comment
Management and security issues don't have to disrupt global organizations' demand for mobility solutions.

- 11/12/2012

Alan Reiter 11/12/2012 73 comments
Some enterprises shouldn't be so quick to write off Chromebooks as an attractive alternative to tablets or traditional laptops.

- 11/12/2012

- 11/11/2012

- 11/10/2012

- 11/9/2012

Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 11/9/2012 15 comments
The promise of new business is encouraging construction companies and suppliers to create Web-based marketing materials. But they must not forget the broad adoption of tablets.

- 11/9/2012

- 11/8/2012

- 11/7/2012

- 11/6/2012

Talha Khalid 11/6/2012 28 comments
Google's cloud-based approach to software could end Microsoft's dominance of the office productivity market.

- 11/6/2012

- 11/5/2012

Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 11/5/2012 6 comments
A survey of UK SMEs found them using cloud computing to compete with larger enterprises.

- 11/5/2012

Maria Korolov 11/5/2012 12 comments
Big-data is challenge enough. Thankfully, cost-effective solutions are emerging to help IT cope.

- 11/5/2012

Rick Cook 11/5/2012 19 comments
It's time for IT managers to get with the migration to IPv6.

- 11/5/2012

- 11/4/2012

- 11/3/2012

- 11/2/2012

Mary E. Shacklett 11/2/2012 6 comments
Many organizations don't realize that cloud services change the way people work, but change is needed to benefit fully from the cloud model.

- 11/2/2012

Mansur Hasib 11/2/2012 30 comments
IT professionals need to consider the non-monetary rewards that motivate creative IT people if they wish to retain great staff.

- 11/2/2012

- 11/1/2012

Christine Parizo 11/1/2012 28 comments
The East Coast hurricane that devastated New York and New Jersey did not put a stop to leading cloud services.

- 11/1/2012

Stephen Lawton 11/1/2012 3 comments
Google and other firms are hiring hackers and specialized engineers to effectively crowdsource the development of code.

- 11/1/2012

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Jon Carter 5/21/2013 4 comments

most recent post: Kim Davis... A nice thought, Joanne. Sorry for your loss.

Paul Korzeniowski 5/21/2013 21 comments

The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.

most recent post: Alison Diana... That was one of the key takeaways I got from Paul's article, @stotheco. Although there are some technological...

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.

most recent post: hounhosp... @Joanne, Thanks for sharing your experience. MOOC is just a wonderful initiative that is transforming...

Joe Stanganelli 5/20/2013 12 comments

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.

most recent post: stotheco... I was never into Tumblr much because while it presented a neat interface and featured an organized platform,...

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?

most recent post: Alison Diana... Propoganda is an invaluable tool in any war -- a battlefield or the cyberwars going on today, as shown...

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Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

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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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Argument Over Top-Level Domains Is 'Stupid'

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Kim Davis
Ladies, Your Tablet Awaits

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Wisdom of the Big Chair
NFC Moves Into the Mainstream

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Wisdom of the Big Chair
Integrating Security Into Your Cloud Contract

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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 | 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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