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Comment: Re: learning curve - Kim Davis - 4/30/2012
Comment: learning curve - Chris Poley - 4/30/2012
The Smarts for Big-Data
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
4/30/2012   3 comments
With adoption of business intelligence by small to midtier enterprises growing, the question is whether lack of know-how is impeding the evolution to big-data analytics.
Comment: Search-ability is key - abdlah - 4/30/2012
Comment: Re: Good tips - taimur_tz - 4/30/2012
Comment: Re: In love? - taimur_tz - 4/30/2012
Comment: Re: In love? - cvargas - 4/29/2012
Comment: Re: Skewed Results - Kicheko - 4/29/2012
Comment: Re: In love? - hounhosp - 4/29/2012
Comment: Re: Good tips - scucci - 4/29/2012
Comment: Then what - abdlah - 4/29/2012
Comment: Re: Good tips - Joe Stanganelli - 4/28/2012
Comment: Re: Good tips - Joe Stanganelli - 4/28/2012
Comment: In love? - hounhosp - 4/28/2012
Comment: Re: Good tips - Maria Korolov - 4/28/2012
Comment: Re: Good tips - scucci - 4/28/2012
Comment: Re: Good tips - scucci - 4/28/2012
Comment: Re: Good tips - Joe Stanganelli - 4/28/2012
Comment: Jaded? - Joe Stanganelli - 4/28/2012
Comment: Re: Yes - Mr. Roques - 4/27/2012
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - Alan Reiter - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: Raised eyebrows... - DHCIR - 4/26/2012
Comment: Mixed Confusion - knoxzoo - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: Yes - Mary Jander - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: Yes - Paul Whyte - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: Yes - aum007 - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - SteveGNYC - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: Yes - Nicole Ferraro - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: Yes - Kim Davis - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: Yes - Mary Jander - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: Yes - Paul Whyte - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: Yes - hbetts3 - 4/26/2012
Comment: Raised eyebrows... - DHCIR - 4/26/2012
CIOs, Assess Your Private Clouds Before It's Too Late
Mary E. Shacklett  
4/26/2012   14 comments
Now is the time for enterprise CIOs to take stock of lessons learned in the private cloud area.
Comment: Re: Good tips - Nicole Ferraro - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: Good tips - Maria Korolov - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: Yes - Mary Jander - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: Good tips - Nicole Ferraro - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: Yes - Mary Jander - 4/26/2012
Comment: Yes - Nicole Ferraro - 4/26/2012
Google's Surprising & Scary Revelation
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
4/26/2012   20 comments
The SDN revolution is very real, and Google stands to win dramatically, thanks to its unique position relative to the Internet. That's a scary thought.
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - aum007 - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - Alan Reiter - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - Alan Reiter - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: Speed - Alan Reiter - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - Alan Reiter - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - aum007 - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - aum007 - 4/26/2012
Comment: Re: Good tips - Maria Korolov - 4/26/2012
Comment: Good tips - Nicole Ferraro - 4/26/2012
Comment: re: Sidestep - Maria Korolov - 4/26/2012
Comment: re: Sidestep - Brian Newby - 4/26/2012
How to Sidestep the BYOD Quicksand
Maria Korolov  
4/26/2012   42 comments
If your enterprise opts for a Bring Your Own Device strategy, here's how to avoid potential problems that could negate the benefits.
Comment: Re: It's the data - Kim Davis - 4/25/2012
Comment: Re: It's the data - jabailo - 4/25/2012
Comment: Re: It's the data - Kim Davis - 4/25/2012
Comment: Re: Speed - Kim Davis - 4/25/2012
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - SteveGNYC - 4/25/2012
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - Alan Reiter - 4/24/2012
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - SteveGNYC - 4/24/2012
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - Alan Reiter - 4/24/2012
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - jabailo - 4/24/2012
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - Alan Reiter - 4/24/2012
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - jabailo - 4/24/2012
Comment: Re: VUI tablet? - Alan Reiter - 4/24/2012
Comment: VUI tablet? - jabailo - 4/24/2012
Comment: It's the data - jabailo - 4/24/2012
Comment: Can You Hear Me Now? - jabailo - 4/24/2012
Splunk Shows Big-Data Is Big Business
Analytics Clan Editor's Blog  
4/24/2012   6 comments
Splunk's IPO signals a big future for big-data solutions.
Comment: Re: Speed - Alan Reiter - 4/24/2012
Comment: Speed - Kim Davis - 4/24/2012
Why Clouds for Tablets Won't Work for All
Alan Reiter  
4/24/2012   27 comments
Cloud services that bring office applications to tablet users offer advantages but could be improved in performance, support of key Office features, and other areas.
Comment: Re: Skewed Results - cvargas - 4/24/2012
Comment: Re: Skewed Results - Mr. Roques - 4/24/2012
Comment: Re: Skewed Results - cvargas - 4/24/2012
AT&T Unveils Future Tech in Landmark Monolith
Andrew Keen  
4/24/2012   7 comments
A series of digital prototypes are turning up in places like AT&T's old "Long Lines" building at 33 Thomas Street in NYC. Here's a glimpse.
Comment: Re: Skewed Results - Kim Davis - 4/23/2012
Comment: Skewed Results - cvargas - 4/23/2012
Businesses Need Better Sentiment Analysis
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
4/23/2012   10 comments
Sentiment analysis continues to be dogged by accuracy problems, but shrewd deployment can still have a business impact.
Environmentalists Clash With Cloud Providers
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
4/19/2012   6 comments
In a report on the use of renewable energy by cloud service providers, environmental group Greenpeace points to the failure of Apple and other leading cloud providers to go green.
 Daniel Tunkelang, Principal Data Scientist, LinkedIn
IE Radio  
4/19/2012   142 comments
As principal data scientist at LinkedIn, Daniel Tunkelang leads a team of data scientists focused on the "3 Rs: Relevance, Recommendations, and Reputation" for the social site. Before joining LinkedIn in late 2010, he was a tech lead at Google. Before that, he served as chief scientist at the search application startup Endeca. Daniel earned a BS and MS from MIT and a PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Comment: Re: Lifelike? - Kim Davis - 4/17/2012
Comment: Re: Lifelike? - Mary Jander - 4/17/2012
Comment: Re: The UC trend - Kim Davis - 4/16/2012
Comment: Lifelike? - Kim Davis - 4/16/2012
Comment: The UC trend - Mary Jander - 4/16/2012
Comment: Re: We shall see! - Mary Jander - 4/16/2012
The Midmarket Is Ready for Mobile Cloud
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
4/16/2012   2 comments
The mobile cloud is making a strong appeal to the midmarket.
Videoconferencing Starts to Get 'Real'
Wisdom of the Big Chair  
4/16/2012   6 comments
NTT is developing a system that moves with the speaker, providing a face-to-face feel.
Comment: as a statistics wonk - slfisher - 4/15/2012
IBM Acquires Sales Performance Management Solutions Provider, Varicent Software
Todd Watson  
4/13/2012   Post a comment
IBM's acquisition of Varicent Software will accelerate its "smarter analytics" capabilities.
Comment: Re: Optimistic - Mary Jander - 4/13/2012
Comment: Re: Optimistic - cjon316 - 4/13/2012
Comment: Re: Optimistic - Mary Jander - 4/12/2012
Comment: Optimistic - Nicole Ferraro - 4/12/2012
IT Jobs: Growth, Change, & Controversy
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
4/12/2012   6 comments
IT jobs are on the rise in the US, but there is controversy about who is taking those jobs and which areas are most likely to expand.
IE Radio: We're LIVE With Rick Peltz!
Editor's Blog  
4/12/2012   Post a comment
Head on over to IE Radio, where we're live with Rick Peltz, CIO of Marcus & Millichap.
Top Mistakes CIOs Make
Nigel Fortlage  
4/12/2012   21 comments
Trusting vendors, overpromising, and not aligning IT with the business needs are among the top mistakes made by CIOs.
Join Us for IE Radio With Rick Peltz at 2 PM ET!
Editor's Blog  
4/12/2012   Post a comment
We hope you can tune in for an IE Radio show with Rick Peltz, the award-winning CIO of Marcus & Millichap.
IBM Promises Big Savings on IT
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/11/2012   3 comments
With the rollout of PureSystems, IBM is throwing all it's got at the issue of IT complexity and cost.
Comment: Re: OpenView et al - Kurtkeys - 4/11/2012
Simplifying the IT Experience: Introducing IBM PureSystems
Todd Watson  
4/11/2012   1 comment
IBM releases a new family of expert integrated systems.
Comment: Re: OpenView et al - Kurtkeys - 4/10/2012
Comment: Justice served - Chris Poley - 4/10/2012
Tax Issues 'Cloud' SaaS Savings
Cloud Clan Editor's Blog  
4/10/2012   4 comments
Issues of state taxation of cloud services has users and providers wondering when the other shoe will drop.
Comment: OpenView et al - Mary Jander - 4/10/2012
Face It: Cloud Services Improve IT Management
Jeff Kaplan  
4/10/2012   7 comments
The management features and functions that come with cloud services are an improvement over premise-based platforms.
Comment: The Art of Huddle - Kicheko - 4/9/2012
Virtual Huddling for Enterprise Agility
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
4/9/2012   8 comments
If the business huddle is a key tool for midmarket enterprises, those with remote and mobile staff should be thinking about "virtual huddling."
Tips for Surviving Post-Merger Integration
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/4/2012   2 comments
Companies that merge or acquire must face the challenge of integrating key systems. Here are some tips from the trenches.
Comment: Re: To each his own - gckern - 4/4/2012
Comment: To each his own - Chris Poley - 4/4/2012
Comment: It is not unusual - Sue & Bill - 4/3/2012
Comment: Re: Watson cloud - Mary Jander - 4/3/2012
Comment: Oddly enough... - Mary Jander - 4/3/2012
Comment: Watson cloud - Nicole Ferraro - 4/3/2012
Comment: Re: Setting policy - gckern - 4/3/2012
Comment: Re: Setting policy - Kim Davis - 4/3/2012
Comment: Re: A good fit - Kim Davis - 4/3/2012
Comment: Re: A good fit - Mary Jander - 4/3/2012
Comment: A good fit - Kim Davis - 4/3/2012
Comment: A Difficult Course? - kq4ym - 4/3/2012
Think Through Your Social Policy – Or Live to Regret It
Gary Kern  
4/3/2012   15 comments
Every enterprise will have a different approach to social networking, but it's vital to think through the details for your firm.
Clouds & Supercomputers: Perfect Together
Cloud Clan Editor's Blog  
4/2/2012   8 comments
The combined power of clouds plus supercomputers can bring immense value to organizations.
New Horizons for Social Business
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
4/2/2012   6 comments
Internal adoption of social media is outpacing outward deployment as the social business concept gains traction in the enterprise.
Comment: Re: California - Mary Jander - 4/2/2012




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Jason Mick   6/19/2013   7 comments
The US National Security Agency learned the hard way that it can be dangerous to give a contractor too much money and access, with too little scrutiny. The NSA and other government agencies hire tens of thousands of contractors a year to analyze data. Edward Snowden -- who revealed himself as the NSA leaker after fleeing the country -- was one such contractor, reportedly holding a $122,000 salaried position at Booz Allen Hamilton at the time of his departure.
Charlotte Erdmann
Midsize businesses rarely achieve the same standards of security in their own datacenters as professional providers that specialize in delivering these services to organizations.
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How Big-Data Is Changing Marketing

6|13|13   |   1:07   |   1 comment


Big-data and analytics tools enable marketers to understand customers as individuals, identifying unmet needs and addressing each customer as a "segment of one," says John Kennedy, VP corporate marketing, IBM.
Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   10 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   |   1 comment


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.
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