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Comment: Re: Two Sides - Maria Korolov - 11/30/2011
Comment: Re: Not sure - Mary Jander - 11/30/2011
Comment: Re: Not sure - Nicole Ferraro - 11/30/2011
Comment: Re: Not sure - Mary Jander - 11/30/2011
Comment: Not sure - Nicole Ferraro - 11/30/2011
Businesses Ponder Trading Email for Social
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
11/30/2011   34 comments
Enterprise leaders are finding social networking and IM replacing email in corporate communications. But this may require better filtering.
Comment: Re: IT's role in flux - taimur_tz - 11/30/2011
Comment: Re: Two Sides - robjvargas - 11/30/2011
Comment: Re: IT's role in flux - taimur_tz - 11/30/2011
Comment: Re: Two Sides - taimur_tz - 11/30/2011
Comment: Re: Waiting it out - nimantha.de - 11/29/2011
Comment: Waiting it out - Joe Stanganelli - 11/29/2011
Comment: Re: The IT Influence - robjvargas - 11/29/2011
Comment: Time will help - abdlah - 11/29/2011
Comment: Two Sides - smkinoshita - 11/29/2011
Multnomah County: More Flexibility, Less Cost
Sherry Swackhamer  
11/29/2011   Post a comment
Multnomah County's CIO explains the decision to move the internal intranet to an external cloud.
Private Clouds Could Be Mushroom Clouds for IT
Cloud Clan Editor's Blog  
11/28/2011   10 comments
The move to private clouds may take some enterprise IT departments by storm.
Comment: Re: The IT Influence - hounhosp - 11/28/2011
Comment: Re: IT's role in flux - cvargas - 11/28/2011
Comment: The IT Influence - cvargas - 11/28/2011
Comment: IT's role in flux - Mary Jander - 11/28/2011
Comment: Re: As Clouds Expand - Kicheko - 11/28/2011
Involving IT in Strategic Planning
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
11/28/2011   13 comments
Midmarket companies need to find a seamless way of blending business planning with IT.
Comment: re: Thoughts - Kim Davis - 11/28/2011
Comment: Re: As Clouds Expand - rwhidbee - 11/28/2011
Comment: Good Luck Multnomah - kq4ym - 11/28/2011
Comment: Cost factors - cvargas - 11/27/2011
Comment: Re: a little homework - cvargas - 11/27/2011
Comment: The What If Factor - cvargas - 11/27/2011
Comment: Re: Evolving Trend - abdlah - 11/27/2011
Comment: Re: Evolving Trend - taimur_tz - 11/27/2011
Comment: Evolving Trend - abdlah - 11/27/2011
Comment: re: Thoughts - robjvargas - 11/27/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - taimur_tz - 11/27/2011
Comment: re: Thoughts - Brian Newby - 11/27/2011
Comment: re: Thoughts - robjvargas - 11/27/2011
Comment: plus ca meme chose - slfisher - 11/27/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/26/2011
Comment: a little homework - Mike Acker - 11/26/2011
Comment: Re: Enterprises ... - abdlah - 11/26/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/25/2011
Comment: Re: Enterprises ... - Alan Reiter - 11/25/2011
Comment: Re: Challenging - Kurtkeys - 11/25/2011
As Clouds Expand, IT Shrinks
Maria Korolov  
11/24/2011   37 comments
Increased use of cloud services is making IT irrelevant in businesses large and small.
Comment: Re: Pass - taimur_tz - 11/23/2011
Comment: Re: Net Device - Kicheko - 11/23/2011
Comment: Re: Net Device - The Dream Chaser - 11/23/2011
Comment: Re: Luddite - Kicheko - 11/23/2011
Comment: Re: Net Device - Kicheko - 11/23/2011
Comment: re: Thoughts - Brian Newby - 11/23/2011
Thoughts on the Real Value of Enterprise Internet
Dennis Drogseth  
11/23/2011   11 comments
Internet-related IT projects can be treasure chests or traps doors, depending on how much they actually help end users.
Multnomah County: Moving on From 'Old & Clunky'
David Austin  
11/23/2011   Post a comment
The county's moving from its "old and clunky" intranet and onto an open-source platform.
Comment: Re: Pass - Kurtkeys - 11/22/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Kurtkeys - 11/22/2011
Comment: Re: Enterprises ... - abdlah - 11/22/2011
Comment: Re: Why? - Alan Reiter - 11/21/2011
Comment: Re: Enterprises ... - Alan Reiter - 11/21/2011
Comment: Re: who needs it - Alan Reiter - 11/21/2011
Mobility: Boon and Bane to Cloud Services
Cloud Clan Editor's Blog  
11/21/2011   1 comment
Sources say cloud-based apps accessible from browser-based mobile devices are open to multiple security threats.
Comment: Re: Why? - trevorh - 11/21/2011
Comment: Re: Luddite - Maria Korolov - 11/21/2011
Comment: Re: Luddite - smkinoshita - 11/21/2011
Comment: Re: Luddite - Maria Korolov - 11/21/2011
Comment: Re: Net Device - abdlah - 11/21/2011
Comment: Re: Enterprises ... - abdlah - 11/21/2011
Comment: who needs it - Mashka - 11/20/2011
Comment: Re: Net Device - rwhidbee - 11/20/2011
Comment: Re: Net Device - The Dream Chaser - 11/20/2011
Comment: Re: Enterprises ... - Alan Reiter - 11/20/2011
Comment: Re: Net Device - abdlah - 11/20/2011
Comment: Re: Net Device - Kicheko - 11/20/2011
Comment: Re: Good riddance - Kicheko - 11/20/2011
Comment: Net Device - abdlah - 11/19/2011
Comment: Enterprises ... - abdlah - 11/19/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/19/2011
Comment: Re: Why? - Alan Reiter - 11/19/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Anand Y - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Why? - Anand Y - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Good riddance - Kim Davis - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Luddite - smkinoshita - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Mary Jander - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Mary Jander - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Mary Jander - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Bolingbroke - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Kim Davis - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Mary Jander - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Bolingbroke - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Mary Jander - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Bolingbroke - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Mary Jander - 11/18/2011
Comment: Re: Luddite - The Dream Chaser - 11/18/2011
Follow Multnomah County on Its Trip to the Cloud
Editor's Blog  
11/18/2011   1 comment
Internet Evolution is conducting an ongoing case study on Oregon's Multnomah County, where the government has taken on a massive technology project in an effort to maximize efficiency and minimize costs.
Comment: Re: Pass - Gigi - 11/18/2011
Comment: Firefox's Value - pcharles - 11/18/2011
Multnomah County: Cloud Cost Savings
Staci Cenis  
11/18/2011   1 comment
The IT project manager for Multnomah County discusses the cost savings of moving to the cloud.
Comment: Re: Pass - Kurtkeys - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Mary Jander - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Kurtkeys - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Why? - Alan Reiter - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Why? - trevorh - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Mary Jander - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Why? - Alan Reiter - 11/17/2011
Comment: Why? - trevorh - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Kurtkeys - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/17/2011
A Glance at the Future of Analytics
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
11/17/2011   Post a comment
Supercomputers and exascale technology will be part of enterprise analytics in the years to come.
Comment: Re: Pass - Mary Jander - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Kurtkeys - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Kim Davis - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Luddite - Mr. Roques - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Pass - Kurtkeys - 11/17/2011
Multnomah County: Sharing Resources Is Key
Jane Williams  
11/17/2011   2 comments
The ability to share resources is one of the benefits of moving the county's intranet to the cloud.
Comment: Re: Pass - Alan Reiter - 11/17/2011
Comment: Pass - Kurtkeys - 11/17/2011
Kindle Fire Is No Big Flame for Enterprises
Alan Reiter  
11/17/2011   76 comments
The Amazon Kindle Fire is a great consumer product, but businesses may want to take a pass on it for now.
Comment: Re: The difference? - shjacks55 - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Key questions - smkinoshita - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: The difference? - shjacks55 - 11/17/2011
Comment: I Love My Diskettes - kq4ym - 11/17/2011
Comment: Re: Luddite - The Dream Chaser - 11/16/2011
Comment: Re: Good riddance - Mary Jander - 11/16/2011
Comment: Re: Key questions - Mary Jander - 11/16/2011
Comment: Key questions - Nicole Ferraro - 11/16/2011
Five Ways to Judge Your Corporate Culture
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
11/16/2011   9 comments
Is your organization likely to succeed or fail in today's data-driven corporate world? Here are five questions to help you find out.
Comment: Luddite - The Dream Chaser - 11/16/2011
Comment: Good riddance - Nicole Ferraro - 11/16/2011
Comment: Re: I wonder... - Bolingbroke - 11/16/2011
Comment: displaced disks - Ariella - 11/16/2011
The Web Has (Nearly) Displaced Disks for Good
Maria Korolov  
11/16/2011   34 comments
The only thing holding us back from a completely disk-free world is entertainment. And soon that will succumb as well.
Comment: Legacy documents - Kim Davis - 11/15/2011
IBM 2011 Tech Trends Report: The Survey Says...!
Todd Watson  
11/15/2011   Post a comment
The results from the IBM 2011 Tech Trends Report show mobile, cloud, and social at the core of modern IT.
Comment: A boost for sure - Mary Jander - 11/15/2011
Cloud Case Study: Multnomah County, Phase I
The Big Report  
11/15/2011   5 comments
Multnomah County embarks on an effort to move its intranet to an open-source platform hosted in the cloud – a bold move for a government agency.
Comment: Re: Flurry - Mary Jander - 11/15/2011
Help Is Coming for Virtual Image Deployment
Mary E. Shacklett  
11/15/2011   3 comments
Systems vendors are creating tools that expedite the process of image deployment in the cloud.
Cloud Supplier Compliance
Smarter Crowd Sourcing Center Solutions  
11/15/2011  
Comment: I wonder... - slfisher - 11/14/2011
Comment: Flurry - Nicole Ferraro - 11/14/2011
Mobile Analytics Spur Cloud Services
Cloud Clan Editor's Blog  
11/14/2011   2 comments
The complexities of providing mobile analytics make for an ideal cloud service opportunity.
Comment: Mixed observations - Mary Jander - 11/11/2011
Comment: Re: Challenging - nimantha.de - 11/10/2011
Comment: Re: Challenging - taimur_tz - 11/9/2011
Comment: Re: Challenging - Kim Davis - 11/9/2011
Comment: Challenging - Nicole Ferraro - 11/9/2011
Comment: Re: Secret Revealed - aum007 - 11/9/2011
Comment: Lags and Nags... - DHCIR - 11/9/2011
Opportunity Highs Meet Security Lows in E&Y Survey
Michelle Manafy  
11/9/2011   9 comments
A recent report from Ernst & Young indicates that enterprises aren't quite keeping up with employees' use of technology.
Comment: Re: Devices? - Mary Jander - 11/8/2011
Comment: Re: Devices? - Nicole Ferraro - 11/8/2011
Comment: Re: Secret Revealed - aum007 - 11/8/2011
Comment: Re: Devices? - dcuperus - 11/8/2011
Comment: Re: Devices? - Maria Korolov - 11/8/2011
Comment: Devices? - Nicole Ferraro - 11/8/2011
Comment: Re: Hybrid cloud - dcuperus - 11/8/2011
Firefox Could Lag as Consumers Ignore Security
Maria Korolov  
11/8/2011   37 comments
Geeks care about security. Consumers, not so much. Hence, Firefox could be shooting itself in the foot with its Boot to Gecko strategy.
Comment: Re: Hybrid cloud - Mary Jander - 11/8/2011
Comment: Hybrid cloud - Gigi - 11/8/2011
Comment: Re: I'm sold! - Mary Jander - 11/7/2011
Comment: Re: I'm sold! - Kim Davis - 11/7/2011
Hybrid Hosting Adds to Cloud Options
Cloud Clan Editor's Blog  
11/7/2011   3 comments
A range of cloud providers are coupling virtual server instances with hosted hardware in a twist on Infrastructure-as-a-Service.
Comment: I'm sold! - Mary Jander - 11/7/2011
The Midmarket Appeal of Recovery-as-a-Service
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
11/7/2011   6 comments
Midmarket CIOs should consider the pros and cons of RaaS.
Here Comes Santa Claus… With His iPhone!
Todd Watson  
11/7/2011   Post a comment
Based on data from the IBM Coremetrics Benchmark, record numbers of consumers are expected to shift their shopping from their PCs to their mobile devices this holiday season.
Comment: Re: Interesting - Ron_Miller - 11/6/2011
Comment: Re: Interesting - Ron_Miller - 11/6/2011
Comment: Interesting - The Dream Chaser - 11/6/2011
Comment: like the PC itself - slfisher - 11/5/2011
Comment: the big problem... - mhhfive - 11/4/2011
Comment: Signs of the Times - Paul Whyte - 11/4/2011
Comment: Re: Google responds - Kim Davis - 11/3/2011
Comment: Google responds - Mary Jander - 11/3/2011
A Dark Cloud Looms Over Google's LA Cloud Deal
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
11/3/2011   8 comments
Google's failure to provide the City of LA with a hoped-for Government Apps cloud is drawing ongoing attention.
Watch for Nokia's Featurephones!
Second Shooter  
11/3/2011   4 comments
Putting stuff in the cloud makes the handset cheaper and eases worries about data plans.
Bypassing IT Can Backfire on Cloud Users
Mary E. Shacklett  
11/3/2011   20 comments
Cloud providers are making deals directly with users instead of IT, complicating things for everyone. Here are some of the risks.
Comment: Re: Catching up - Mary Jander - 11/1/2011




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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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In the 1970 science fiction thriller
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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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