Choosing IT Vendors in the Age of Big Data IT Clan Editor's Blog 7/28/2011 3 comments IT vendor strategies can wind up confusing even the most discerning professionals. An analyst offers some observations to help.
IT Clan Chat: Parting Shots from the Federal CIO IE Radio 7/25/2011 195 comments As Vivek Kundra leaves his post as US Federal CIO for a Harvard fellowship, his outspoken comments resonate not just for government IT but for enterprise professionals as well. A key point: Abandon old ways of thinking about technology and its procurement.
Parting Shots From the Federal CIO IT Clan Editor's Blog 7/21/2011 18 comments The outgoing federal CIO has some choice words for his soon-to-be-former employer that apply to other enterprises as well.
Preparing the Enterprise for a Tablet Revolution Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 7/18/2011 21 comments Tablets have obstacles to overcome before replacing PCs in the enterprise, but it's time to consider the implications of this coming shift.
Cloud Expansion in Japan Todd Watson 7/15/2011 3 comments IBM has announced a broad expansion of its cloud computing services for customers in Japan and the Asia/Pacific region.
Wanted: Enterprise Architects IT Clan Editor's Blog 7/14/2011 22 comments The enterprise architect is emerging as a kind of unicorn in the IT pantheon, possibly signaling what's needed more than who's being hired.
IT Clan Chat: The Need for Trained BI Workers IE Radio 7/11/2011 98 comments A recent report indicates that universities are failing to train future employees to cope with so-called big data or to manage business intelligence. If, as the McKinsey Global Institute states, the need for trained BI workers will exceed the actual workforce available by 60 percent in 2018, we have a problem. IT professionals will be looking at where and how to obtain people with the right skills to meet the needs of companies seeking the balance of business and IT skills required to cope with big data. And is this really an IT problem?
Choosing IT Vendors in the Age of Big Data IT Clan Editor's Blog 7/28/2011 3 comments IT vendor strategies can wind up confusing even the most discerning professionals. An analyst offers some observations to help.
IT Clan Chat: Parting Shots from the Federal CIO IE Radio 7/25/2011 195 comments As Vivek Kundra leaves his post as US Federal CIO for a Harvard fellowship, his outspoken comments resonate not just for government IT but for enterprise professionals as well. A key point: Abandon old ways of thinking about technology and its procurement.
Parting Shots From the Federal CIO IT Clan Editor's Blog 7/21/2011 18 comments The outgoing federal CIO has some choice words for his soon-to-be-former employer that apply to other enterprises as well.
Enterprise Tablets Internet Evolution Midmarket Clan Poll 7/19/2011 1 comment Will tablets replace PCs in your enterprise within the next five years?
Preparing the Enterprise for a Tablet Revolution Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 7/18/2011 21 comments Tablets have obstacles to overcome before replacing PCs in the enterprise, but it's time to consider the implications of this coming shift.
Cloud Expansion in Japan Todd Watson 7/15/2011 3 comments IBM has announced a broad expansion of its cloud computing services for customers in Japan and the Asia/Pacific region.
Wanted: Enterprise Architects IT Clan Editor's Blog 7/14/2011 22 comments The enterprise architect is emerging as a kind of unicorn in the IT pantheon, possibly signaling what's needed more than who's being hired.
IT Clan Chat: The Need for Trained BI Workers IE Radio 7/11/2011 98 comments A recent report indicates that universities are failing to train future employees to cope with so-called big data or to manage business intelligence. If, as the McKinsey Global Institute states, the need for trained BI workers will exceed the actual workforce available by 60 percent in 2018, we have a problem. IT professionals will be looking at where and how to obtain people with the right skills to meet the needs of companies seeking the balance of business and IT skills required to cope with big data. And is this really an IT problem?
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.
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
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.
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.
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.
Ushering in a new era of cognitive computing systems, IBM announced today the IBM Watson Engagement Advisor, a technology breakthrough that allows brands to crunch big data in record time to transform the way they engage clients in key functions such as customer service, marketing, and sales.
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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
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
IT Clan Chat: Parting Shots from the Federal CIO
