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posted in June 2011
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And the Winner Is…
Todd Watson  
6/30/2011   1 comment
Spoiler Alert: The company makes real-time data analysis that helps the makers of mobile phones and tablet apps better understand their clients.
Mobile Apps Emerge for IT Workload Management
Mary E. Shacklett  
6/28/2011   2 comments
New mobile applications allow IT infrastructure managers to manage IT system workloads.
Comment: Re: Offline is Key - cvargas - 6/27/2011
Comment: Re: Looking forward - cvargas - 6/27/2011
Microsoft Office 365: Good for Midmarket?
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
6/27/2011   9 comments
CIOs at midtier companies remain decidedly skeptical about deploying cloud-based services companywide.
Comment: Re: Love it - Alan Reiter - 6/27/2011
Comment: Re: Love it - magneticnorth - 6/27/2011
Comment: Re: Love it - Alan Reiter - 6/25/2011
Comment: Re: Love it - Nicole Ferraro - 6/24/2011
Comment: Re: Love it - Alan Reiter - 6/24/2011
Comment: Re: Love it - smkinoshita - 6/24/2011
Comment: Re: Love it - Alan Reiter - 6/24/2011
Comment: Re: Love it - smkinoshita - 6/24/2011
Comment: Re: Love it - Alan Reiter - 6/24/2011
Comment: Re: Love it - smkinoshita - 6/24/2011
Comment: Re: Love it - Alan Reiter - 6/24/2011
Comment: Re: Love it - Alan Reiter - 6/24/2011
Comment: Re: Love it - smkinoshita - 6/23/2011
Comment: Love it - Nicole Ferraro - 6/22/2011
Anticipating the 'Joys' of iCloud Sharing
Alan Reiter  
6/21/2011   56 comments
Cloud computing for smartphones sounds terrific -- until you start thinking carefully about the potential for surprise.
Comment: Well done Watson - nasimson - 6/20/2011
Comment: transfer or hire - Mashka - 6/18/2011
Comment: Re: Were Ready - Mary Jander - 6/16/2011
Comment: Were Ready - The Dream Chaser - 6/16/2011
Kansas City, Here Comes Google... Slowly
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
6/16/2011   25 comments
Google's choice of Kansas City as the site of a planned high-speed broadband network has left some IT professionals disappointed -- even in KC.
Clouds Could Redefine Reseller Role
Jeff Kaplan  
6/15/2011   14 comments
VARs and resellers think they'll lose out in cloud services. But that doesn't have to happen.
Comment: Pizza leads the way - Kim Davis - 6/13/2011
Grabbing a Slice of the Analytics Pie
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
6/13/2011   2 comments
A Boston-based pizza company offers a lesson for midmarket firms struggling with data overload.
Comment: quality or quantity - Mashka - 6/13/2011
Comment: Re : Watson’s Webby - SunitaT - 6/13/2011
Comment: Re: track record - Alan Reiter - 6/12/2011
Comment: track record - dbergman - 6/12/2011
Comment: Growing Gap - cbernard - 6/12/2011
Comment: Re: The Cloud - Alan Reiter - 6/12/2011
Enterprise Needs 'Big Data' Talent
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
6/10/2011   9 comments
In the next two years, the sexy job will be statistician, according to one analyst report.
Comment: It's on - The Dream Chaser - 6/10/2011
Comment: Re: Misleading - DerekMorr - 6/10/2011
Comment: Re: Misleading - DerekMorr - 6/9/2011
Comment: Re: Misleading - Mary Jander - 6/9/2011
Security: Not Just a Hacker Problem
Second Shooter  
6/9/2011   4 comments
Only one enterprise in eight says it would submit to a public security audit.
Comment: Re: Misleading - Mary Jander - 6/9/2011
Comment: Misleading - DerekMorr - 6/9/2011
IPv6 Day Proves IT Has Work to Do
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
6/9/2011   13 comments
Many end users and enterprises found they weren't ready for the worldwide IPv6 Day test run.
Microsoft Previews Mango's Cloud SkyDrive Features
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
6/9/2011   2 comments
In the wake of the iCloud announcement, Microsoft reminds users that SkyDrive and its next version Mango offer cloud features, too.
CIOs Dive Into Semantic Web
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
6/8/2011   16 comments
In applying these semantic technologies, enterprises are solving their particular need for making sense of data.
Sites Owned, Just for the Lulz
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
6/8/2011   28 comments
Underground hacking groups are making life hard for major corporations as well as for law enforcement. LulzSec may be the most brazen, boasting a major data heist from Sony last week.
Look to the Cloud for Analytics
Singer at C-Level  
6/8/2011   1 comment
Tune in to our Webinar to find out about cloud analytics.
Comment: Re: Winner by default? - Gigi - 6/8/2011
Imagining a Dynamic Cloud
Bob Moul  
6/8/2011   2 comments
The cloud will work best when enterprises don't have to think about it.
Comment: The Apple backend... - mhhfive - 6/7/2011
Comment: The Cloud - The Dream Chaser - 6/7/2011
Comment: Re: Clutter - Alan Reiter - 6/7/2011
The Importance of Cloud Standards
Mike Riegel  
6/7/2011   4 comments
Setting the right standards for cloud computing is key for global interoperability.
 Midmarket Clan Chat: Apple's Future in the Midmarket
IE Radio  
6/7/2011   155 comments
CEO Steve Jobs took the stage Monday to announce the company's next generation Mac OS X operating system, code-named Lion; the next version of Apple's mobile operating system, which powers iPad and iPhone; and iCloud, Apple's upcoming cloud services offering. Join Senior Editor, Michael Singer, in an online discussion and live chat about this means for midmarket companies.
Comment: Re: Clutter - Michael Singer - 6/7/2011
Comment: Re: Clutter - smkinoshita - 6/7/2011
Comment: Co-opting Apps - Bolingbroke - 6/7/2011
Apple Bets Big on iCloud Strategy
Alan Reiter  
6/7/2011   47 comments
For Apple, the cloud will be the main storage system, serving as the source of data and updates across all devices.
Disaster at Sony
Internet Evolution Poll  
6/7/2011   10 comments
Have the enormous outages caused you to distrust Sony's networks?
Comment: I am your Apple - Mashka - 6/7/2011
Comment: Re: Clutter - Alan Reiter - 6/6/2011
Comment: Re: Clutter - Michael Singer - 6/6/2011
Comment: Re: Clutter - Alan Reiter - 6/6/2011
Comment: Re: Clutter - Michael Singer - 6/6/2011
Comment: Re: - Michael Singer - 6/6/2011
Comment: Other musings - Michael Singer - 6/6/2011
Comment: Re: Clutter - Alan Reiter - 6/6/2011
Apple's Future in the Midmarket
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
6/6/2011   3 comments
Lions and iPads and iClouds... Oh, my!
Comment: Re: Clutter - Kim Davis - 6/6/2011
Comment: Re: Clutter - Michael Singer - 6/3/2011
Watson’s Webby
Todd Watson  
6/3/2011   4 comments
The IBM supercomputer that outplayed Jeopardy! champions was just named person of the year by voters.
Comment: Re: Clutter - Alan Reiter - 6/3/2011
Comment: Clutter - Kim Davis - 6/3/2011
Windows 8: Bloated Mess or Company Saver?
Alan Reiter  
6/3/2011   48 comments
Windows 8 just might have the potential to usher in a new era for Microsoft. But the jury is out.
CIOs Turn to Analytics in the Cloud
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
6/2/2011   8 comments
Enterprises are finding business intelligence coalescing in cloud services.




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Paul Korzeniowski
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
Maria Korolov
Maria Korolov   5/21/2013   8 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.
Joe Stanganelli
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.
George Taylor
George Taylor   5/20/2013   10 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?
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   3 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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Yahoo Needs to Break Tumblr in Order to Fix It
Joe Stanganelli
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