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posted in July 2012
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Comment: It's worked in NY - scucci - 7/30/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Mitch Wagner - 7/30/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Kim Davis - 7/30/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Mary Jander - 7/30/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - chuckgregory - 7/29/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Paul Whyte - 7/29/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - chuckgregory - 7/29/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - magneticnorth - 7/29/2012
Comment: Chick-Fil -A flunks - nasimson - 7/28/2012
Comment: RIP - Mitch Wagner - 7/27/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Mitch Wagner - 7/27/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Kim Davis - 7/27/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Mitch Wagner - 7/27/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Kim Davis - 7/27/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Bolingbroke - 7/27/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - smkinoshita - 7/27/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Mitch Wagner - 7/26/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - smkinoshita - 7/26/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Kim Davis - 7/26/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - smkinoshita - 7/26/2012
Comment: Responses - Kim Davis - 7/26/2012
Chick-Fil-A Flunks Social Media Test
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
7/26/2012   35 comments
The Chick-fil-A restaurant chain confronts a PR nightmare but fails to make good on social networks.
The Analytics Boom
Internet Evolution Analytics Clan Poll  
7/26/2012   Post a comment
Surveys predict astonishing growth in analytics software, to $50 billion by 2016.
Comment: Re: Why big data? - pcharles - 7/25/2012
Comment: this isn't new - slfisher - 7/24/2012
Business Analytics Goes Boom!
Analytics Clan Editor's Blog  
7/24/2012   2 comments
Reports suggest a booming analytics market, which is surely driven by more than just hype.
Look to the Heavens
Todd Watson  
7/24/2012   2 comments
IBM systems technology will help probe the origins of the universe.
Comment: Re: Why big data? - Kim Davis - 7/23/2012
Comment: Re: Servers & Tools - Kim Davis - 7/23/2012
Comment: In tune with the times - abdlah - 7/23/2012
Comment: Re: Why big data? - hounhosp - 7/22/2012
Comment: Re: Why big data? - Mr. Roques - 7/22/2012
Comment: Re: Why big data? - hounhosp - 7/22/2012
Comment: Re: Why big data? - pcharles - 7/22/2012
Comment: Re: The Interrupters - DukeW - 7/21/2012
Comment: Re: Servers & Tools - hounhosp - 7/20/2012
Comment: Re: Servers & Tools - hounhosp - 7/20/2012
Comment: Servers & Tools - Mitch Wagner - 7/20/2012
Microsoft's Results Show Enterprise Strength, Internet Weakness
Editor's Blog  
7/20/2012   26 comments
Microsoft's latest earnings report shows Redmond struggling against Google but maintaining a hold in the enterprise.
Comment: Re: Why big data? - Kim Davis - 7/19/2012
Smarter Soccer
Todd Watson  
7/19/2012   1 comment
Big-data analytics can help optimize soccer performance.
Comment: The Interrupters - Bolingbroke - 7/19/2012
Comment: Re: Don't see why - smkinoshita - 7/19/2012
Comment: Re: Don't see why - taimur_tz - 7/19/2012
Comment: Re: Why big data? - Ariella - 7/18/2012
Comment: Re: Why big data? - Kim Davis - 7/18/2012
Comment: Re: Why big data? - Ariella - 7/18/2012
Comment: Re: Why big data? - Kim Davis - 7/18/2012
Comment: Exciting - Mitch Wagner - 7/18/2012
Comment: Re: Why big data? - hounhosp - 7/18/2012
Comment: Why big data? - hounhosp - 7/18/2012
Comment: Re: Don't see why - smkinoshita - 7/18/2012
Comment: Re: Don't see why - smkinoshita - 7/18/2012
Comment: Re: Don't see why - Ariella - 7/18/2012
Comment: Re: Don't see why - taimur_tz - 7/18/2012
Comment: Re: Don't see why - taimur_tz - 7/18/2012
Chicago Turns to Analytics to Fight Gang Crime
Robert McGarvey  
7/18/2012   22 comments
Rahm Emanuel is turning to big-data to help curb an epidemic of gang violence in Chicago.
Comment: Re: Don't see why - mtechie - 7/17/2012
Comment: Re: Don't see why - Jason Mick - 7/17/2012
Comment: Re: Don't see why - smkinoshita - 7/17/2012
Comment: Re: Don't see why - Jason Mick - 7/17/2012
Comment: Re: Don't see why - smkinoshita - 7/17/2012
Dial 'W' for Website: Let Your Phone Use Guide Online Design
Scott Kinoshita  
7/17/2012   15 comments
How your business uses a phone should guide your Web design.
Comment: Amazing - Michael P. Kassner - 7/16/2012
Making a Fuss About the Mobile Cloud
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
7/16/2012   8 comments
The midmarket should evaluate the mobile cloud, but not expect miracles from it.
Hadoop Harnesses Big-Data
Maria Korolov  
7/16/2012   10 comments
Hadoop has turned into a preferred way for vendors and businesses to gather unstructured data for analysis.
New IBM Software Transforms the Digital Experience
Todd Watson  
7/13/2012   Post a comment
The IBM Intranet Experience suite combines social networking with analytics, mobile computing, and front office operations.
Comment: Re: Social shopping - kq4ym - 7/13/2012
Comment: Re: No turning back - DukeW - 7/13/2012
Comment: Social shopping - Mashka - 7/13/2012
Shopping in the Great White North
Todd Watson  
7/12/2012   3 comments
SHOP.CA, Canada’s largest online e-commerce marketplace, is using analytics software from IBM’s smarter commerce initiative to help engage increasingly empowered online consumers in a unique shopping experience.
IE Radio: We're LIVE With Dr. Satnam Alag!
Editor's Blog  
7/12/2012   Post a comment
Our Smarter Cloud Clan Radio show with Satnam Alag is now live. Please join us!
 Satnam Alag, VP of Engineering, NextBio
Smarter Analytics Clan Radio  
7/12/2012   83 comments
Dr Alag is VP of Engineering at NextBio, which provides a scientific, cloud-based platform to aggregate and interpret large quantities of genomic data for research and clinical applications. He is also the author of "Collective Intelligence in Action," a study of the underlying algorithms and technical implementation of Web-based data gathering and mining techniques like analyzing trends, discovering relationships, and making predictions.
Join Us for IE Radio With Satnam Alag at 2:00 PM ET!
Editor's Blog  
7/12/2012   Post a comment
Today's program will bring you a Smarter Analytics Clan Radio show featuring Dr. Satnam Alag, vice president of engineering at NextBio.
Comment: Analytics for health - Ariella - 7/11/2012
Analytics for a Healthier Future
Analytics Clan Editor's Blog  
7/10/2012   6 comments
Healthcare analytics is a fast-moving field that promises benefits to all of us.
Smarter Customers Require Smarter Commerce
Todd Watson  
7/10/2012   Post a comment
The IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit is fast approaching.
Comment: Cruel To Be Kind - jabailo - 7/10/2012
Hiring Advice for the Midmarket
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
7/9/2012   11 comments
Even in this job market, mid-tier enterprises should think twice before turning down good IT candidates.
Comment: A victory? - hounhosp - 7/3/2012
Business Analytics & the Excel Spreadsheet
Mary E. Shacklett  
7/3/2012   4 comments
One of the great early BA success stories has been the incorporation of Excel spreadsheets.
Comment: Re: Top Down - Joanne Goldman - 7/2/2012
Comment: Re: Top Down - Kim Davis - 7/2/2012
Here's How Resistant IT Can Meet the Big-Data Challenge
Mary E. Shacklett  
7/2/2012   13 comments
In many enterprises, IT hasn't stepped up to the challenge of big-data. Here are some steps to rectify that situation.




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George Taylor
George Taylor   5/20/2013   3 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?
Ron Miller
Ron Miller   5/17/2013   19 comments
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.
Alan Reiter
Alan Reiter   5/16/2013   31 comments
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.
Harry Hawk
Harry Hawk   5/15/2013   26 comments
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.
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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.
Second Shooter
Locked Handsets Aren't the Problem – Subsidies Are the Problem

3|13|13   |   2:09   |   10 comments


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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IT Suffers From Obama Admin's Jekyll & Hyde Approach to Privacy Rights
Ron Miller
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to
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Websites Should Consider Tougher ID Verification Policies
Alan Reiter
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.

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