Locked Up at Amazon Internet Evolution Poll 3/31/2011 9 comments Amazon has just launched a music locker service where users can store their digital music in the cloud and access it from various computing devices. Do you plan to use it?
CEOs Seek Value in Web 2.0 Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/30/2011 4 comments How executives define value depends on their perspective and the needs of their customers
Singin’ in the Amazon Cloud Todd Watson 3/29/2011 2 comments Amazon's new Cloud Drive, Cloud Player for Web, and Cloud Player for Android could cause problems for Apple
Buying Into the Cloud: Two Trends Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/25/2011 6 comments How CIOs see themselves influences what kind of infrastructure-as-a-service plans they'll pursue
HP CEO Apotheker Sees Future in Cloud, Mobile Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/23/2011 6 comments However, measuring the success of HP's master cloud plan is also intangible, allowing Apotheker to adjust the company's strategy on the fly
Public Alert System Goes Commercial Joe Grimm 3/18/2011 25 comments Internet-based Nixle, used by the FBI to get the word out about local crime, is turning its network to business uses, too
Seeding Cloud Evolution With Open-Source Control Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/9/2011 2 comments OpenStack and Eucalyptus seek to encourage further development and discourage vendor-specific versions that could limit the portability of cloud services
E-Payments Take to the Clouds Mary E. Shacklett 3/8/2011 15 comments Cloud services are increasingly seen as the best medium for implementing the efficiency and savings of e-payments
New IBM Cloud Center in Singapore Todd Watson 3/7/2011 2 comments Slated to launch in April, the $38 million investment will build on IBM's infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud portfolio
Where Clouds & Games Meet Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/4/2011 12 comments If these two great influences on the Internet can stand on their own, how successful are they together?
Three Browser-Based Virtual Environments Maria Korolov 3/4/2011 11 comments Here are reviews of three virtual, immersive environments for business meetings or training sessions that require just a browser
Cloud Backup Inspires 'New' Approach IT Clan Editor's Blog 3/3/2011 20 comments Startup Symform claims that distributed, shared storage is not only cheaper but more secure than centralized backup services
Locked Up at Amazon Internet Evolution Poll 3/31/2011 9 comments Amazon has just launched a music locker service where users can store their digital music in the cloud and access it from various computing devices. Do you plan to use it?
CEOs Seek Value in Web 2.0 Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/30/2011 4 comments How executives define value depends on their perspective and the needs of their customers
Singin’ in the Amazon Cloud Todd Watson 3/29/2011 2 comments Amazon's new Cloud Drive, Cloud Player for Web, and Cloud Player for Android could cause problems for Apple
Buying Into the Cloud: Two Trends Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/25/2011 6 comments How CIOs see themselves influences what kind of infrastructure-as-a-service plans they'll pursue
HP CEO Apotheker Sees Future in Cloud, Mobile Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/23/2011 6 comments However, measuring the success of HP's master cloud plan is also intangible, allowing Apotheker to adjust the company's strategy on the fly
Public Alert System Goes Commercial Joe Grimm 3/18/2011 25 comments Internet-based Nixle, used by the FBI to get the word out about local crime, is turning its network to business uses, too
Seeding Cloud Evolution With Open-Source Control Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/9/2011 2 comments OpenStack and Eucalyptus seek to encourage further development and discourage vendor-specific versions that could limit the portability of cloud services
E-Payments Take to the Clouds Mary E. Shacklett 3/8/2011 15 comments Cloud services are increasingly seen as the best medium for implementing the efficiency and savings of e-payments
New IBM Cloud Center in Singapore Todd Watson 3/7/2011 2 comments Slated to launch in April, the $38 million investment will build on IBM's infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud portfolio
Where Clouds & Games Meet Executive Clan Editor's Blog 3/4/2011 12 comments If these two great influences on the Internet can stand on their own, how successful are they together?
Three Browser-Based Virtual Environments Maria Korolov 3/4/2011 11 comments Here are reviews of three virtual, immersive environments for business meetings or training sessions that require just a browser
Cloud Backup Inspires 'New' Approach IT Clan Editor's Blog 3/3/2011 20 comments Startup Symform claims that distributed, shared storage is not only cheaper but more secure than centralized backup services
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.
The apartment and house sharing service, Airbnb, now requires members to verify their identities by demonstrating a presence on the web, and by either scanning a government ID or entering detailed personal details. Other enterprises should take a close look at Airbnb's verification policies.
Facebook advertising is a lightning rod. It seems neither brands nor consumers are 100 percent happy about the social media site's policies, placement, or procedures. But the real controversy about Facebook ads and promotions is over whether they work.
By now, you've most likely heard about the 3D-printed gun that Texas-based Defense Distributed demonstrated last week. But we haven't heard the last about the censorship war that began soon afterward.
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.
Subsidized handsets, rather than locked handsets, should be the focus of regulators. We're not getting good deals, not fostering innovation, and weakening our power as buyers.
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