Choosing IT Vendors in the Age of Big Data IT Clan Editor's Blog 7/28/2011 3 comments IT vendor strategies can wind up confusing even the most discerning professionals. An analyst offers some observations to help.
Eyeing the Debt Crisis From the C-Suite Executive Clan Editor's Blog 7/27/2011 6 comments The possibility looms that the US will default on its debt. Here's what C-suite-ers are thinking and doing about that.
Wellness for the Midmarket Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 7/25/2011 9 comments Wellness programs are becoming a feasible option for small- to mid-size enterprises, especially as online well-being solutions emerge.
IT Clan Chat: Parting Shots from the Federal CIO IE Radio 7/25/2011 195 comments As Vivek Kundra leaves his post as US Federal CIO for a Harvard fellowship, his outspoken comments resonate not just for government IT but for enterprise professionals as well. A key point: Abandon old ways of thinking about technology and its procurement.
Parting Shots From the Federal CIO IT Clan Editor's Blog 7/21/2011 18 comments The outgoing federal CIO has some choice words for his soon-to-be-former employer that apply to other enterprises as well.
Preparing the Enterprise for a Tablet Revolution Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 7/18/2011 21 comments Tablets have obstacles to overcome before replacing PCs in the enterprise, but it's time to consider the implications of this coming shift.
Banking on Genetics Todd Watson 7/15/2011 1 comment IBM technology is being used to help advance the research of human genetic disease at the Coriell Institute for Medical Research.
Cloud Expansion in Japan Todd Watson 7/15/2011 3 comments IBM has announced a broad expansion of its cloud computing services for customers in Japan and the Asia/Pacific region.
Midmarket Clan Chat: Real-Time Social Media Metrics IE Radio 7/12/2011 135 comments Vendors are offering tools which claim to provide rich real-time feedback loops on social media marketing strategies. Are enterprises, which are still getting to grips with ROI metrics for social media in general, ready to take advantage of these options?
The Appeal of Real-Time Social Media Metrics Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 7/11/2011 11 comments The challenge of quantifying and analyzing results of social media-based marketing is being met by the development of real-time measurement tools.
Video Killed the Radio Star Todd Watson 7/5/2011 Post a comment Facebook and Google offer video chat, raising questions of functionality, availability, and marketing.
Watershed Council Puts Website Purpose First Scott Koegler 7/4/2011 8 comments The Watershed Agricultural Council revamped its Website with to meet goals in line with the group's changes as well as users' new access capabilities.
Choosing IT Vendors in the Age of Big Data IT Clan Editor's Blog 7/28/2011 3 comments IT vendor strategies can wind up confusing even the most discerning professionals. An analyst offers some observations to help.
Eyeing the Debt Crisis From the C-Suite Executive Clan Editor's Blog 7/27/2011 6 comments The possibility looms that the US will default on its debt. Here's what C-suite-ers are thinking and doing about that.
Wellness for the Midmarket Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 7/25/2011 9 comments Wellness programs are becoming a feasible option for small- to mid-size enterprises, especially as online well-being solutions emerge.
IT Clan Chat: Parting Shots from the Federal CIO IE Radio 7/25/2011 195 comments As Vivek Kundra leaves his post as US Federal CIO for a Harvard fellowship, his outspoken comments resonate not just for government IT but for enterprise professionals as well. A key point: Abandon old ways of thinking about technology and its procurement.
Parting Shots From the Federal CIO IT Clan Editor's Blog 7/21/2011 18 comments The outgoing federal CIO has some choice words for his soon-to-be-former employer that apply to other enterprises as well.
Enterprise Tablets Internet Evolution Midmarket Clan Poll 7/19/2011 1 comment Will tablets replace PCs in your enterprise within the next five years?
Preparing the Enterprise for a Tablet Revolution Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 7/18/2011 21 comments Tablets have obstacles to overcome before replacing PCs in the enterprise, but it's time to consider the implications of this coming shift.
Banking on Genetics Todd Watson 7/15/2011 1 comment IBM technology is being used to help advance the research of human genetic disease at the Coriell Institute for Medical Research.
Cloud Expansion in Japan Todd Watson 7/15/2011 3 comments IBM has announced a broad expansion of its cloud computing services for customers in Japan and the Asia/Pacific region.
Midmarket Clan Chat: Real-Time Social Media Metrics IE Radio 7/12/2011 135 comments Vendors are offering tools which claim to provide rich real-time feedback loops on social media marketing strategies. Are enterprises, which are still getting to grips with ROI metrics for social media in general, ready to take advantage of these options?
The Appeal of Real-Time Social Media Metrics Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 7/11/2011 11 comments The challenge of quantifying and analyzing results of social media-based marketing is being met by the development of real-time measurement tools.
Video Killed the Radio Star Todd Watson 7/5/2011 Post a comment Facebook and Google offer video chat, raising questions of functionality, availability, and marketing.
Watershed Council Puts Website Purpose First Scott Koegler 7/4/2011 8 comments The Watershed Agricultural Council revamped its Website with to meet goals in line with the group's changes as well as users' new access capabilities.
It was about 10 years ago when a new generation of software-as-a-service (SaaS) alternatives started to gain acceptance and adoption among organizations of all sizes. And it has only been about five years since Amazon Web Services captured the marketplace's attention with Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3, which opened the door to a vast array of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings. Now, the third piece of the cloud computing puzzle is beginning to win over organizations seeking to build their own apps: platform-as-a-service (PaaS).
Energy consumption is a primary contributor to global warming. At the end of 2012, 40 percent of energy consumption in the US came from commercial and residential buildings.
Civil libertarians are outraged at the revelation the NSA is reportedly spying on more than one-third of Americans -- obtaining phone records from phone companies, in case it might need them for later use. Edward Snowden, the man who leaked details of that program, also revealed a second effort dubbed “Prism,” which represented a more aggressive grab of email and other communications. (See: Prism Exposes Unwritten Privacy Rules.)
In the past few weeks, Evernote, Twitter, and LinkedIn have implemented an optional security feature: two-step verification. It's time -- perhaps even past due -- for enterprises to consider offering this feature as well.
Big-data and analytics tools enable marketers to understand customers as individuals, identifying unmet needs and addressing each customer as a "segment of one," says John Kennedy, VP corporate marketing, IBM.
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.
So here we are, the last day of the 2013 US Open Golf Championship at Merion, and Phil Mickelson -- who has been a US Open runner-up five times now but never taken the trophy -- is right up there at the top of the leaderboard.
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Midmarket Clan Chat: Wellness for the Midmarket
