LA Gives Google the Boot – Sort Of Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 12/26/2011 11 comments The City of Los Angeles has called Google to task for failing to meet stringent data security requirements in a cloud contract.
Oracle's Stock Tanks, Teaching IT a Lesson IT Clan Editor's Blog 12/22/2011 15 comments Oracle's disappointing earnings report this week holds news about the IT market in general. And it may not be news you expect.
The Cloud Conundrum Facing IT Vendors Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 12/19/2011 8 comments Microsoft exemplifies the problems facing traditional IT software vendors who are now offering cloud services.
IBM to Acquire Procurement & Retail Analytics Firm Emptoris Todd Watson 12/15/2011 3 comments IBM bolsters its Smarter Commerce initiative with the purchase of Emptoris Inc., a provider of integrated solutions that orchestrate and manage the sourcing and procurement of goods and materials as part of supply chain management.
Five Midmarket Ponderables for 2012 Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 12/12/2011 6 comments Midmarket executives should at least be pondering these five major areas of fast-moving tech development.
Commerce Meets the Cloud Executive Takes 12/12/2011 Post a comment IBM's Jim Comfort, vice president of global technology services, discusses the intersection of cloud computing and commerce applications.
IBM Bets Big on Cloud-Based E-Commerce Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 12/9/2011 Post a comment With the $440 million purchase of DemandTec, IBM is forging ahead with cloud-based analytics for e-commerce supply chains.
US Policy Could Squelch Cloud Services Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 12/5/2011 14 comments Recent articles raise the issue of the Patriot Act and its negative impact on cloud services sold to foreign customers.
LA Gives Google the Boot – Sort Of Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 12/26/2011 11 comments The City of Los Angeles has called Google to task for failing to meet stringent data security requirements in a cloud contract.
Oracle's Stock Tanks, Teaching IT a Lesson IT Clan Editor's Blog 12/22/2011 15 comments Oracle's disappointing earnings report this week holds news about the IT market in general. And it may not be news you expect.
The Cloud Conundrum Facing IT Vendors Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 12/19/2011 8 comments Microsoft exemplifies the problems facing traditional IT software vendors who are now offering cloud services.
IBM to Acquire Procurement & Retail Analytics Firm Emptoris Todd Watson 12/15/2011 3 comments IBM bolsters its Smarter Commerce initiative with the purchase of Emptoris Inc., a provider of integrated solutions that orchestrate and manage the sourcing and procurement of goods and materials as part of supply chain management.
Five Midmarket Ponderables for 2012 Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 12/12/2011 6 comments Midmarket executives should at least be pondering these five major areas of fast-moving tech development.
Commerce Meets the Cloud Executive Takes 12/12/2011 Post a comment IBM's Jim Comfort, vice president of global technology services, discusses the intersection of cloud computing and commerce applications.
IBM Bets Big on Cloud-Based E-Commerce Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 12/9/2011 Post a comment With the $440 million purchase of DemandTec, IBM is forging ahead with cloud-based analytics for e-commerce supply chains.
US Policy Could Squelch Cloud Services Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 12/5/2011 14 comments Recent articles raise the issue of the Patriot Act and its negative impact on cloud services sold to foreign customers.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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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M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet David Weldon 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. CLICK FOR MORE
M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet David Weldon 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. CLICK FOR MORE
