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Don Reisinger
Don Reisinger   bio   3/12/2010   1 comment
The United States Treasury Department this week announced that, after receiving direction from the Obama Administration, it has amended sanctions on Cuba, Sudan, and Iran, allowing for the exportation of US-based "services and software related to the exchange of personal communications over the Internet, including web browsing, blogging, email, instant messaging, and chat; social networking; and photo and movie sharing."
Alan Reiter
Alan Reiter   bio   3/11/2010   29 comments
Despite all the virtual ink spilled about digital publications, the so-called "futuristic" products are pretty lame.
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Mary E. Shacklett
Mary E. Shacklett   bio   3/11/2010   7 comments
In 2007, research firm IDC reported that worldwide data storage was at 300 exabytes and projected that data would grow by a factor of ten by 2011.
David Vellante
David Vellante   bio   3/10/2010   11 comments
I’m not a hardcore networking person, but it was impossible not to notice last month when Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) “leaked” that an upcoming announcement on March 9 would "forever change the Internet and its impact on consumers, businesses, and governments."
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Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:56:53 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: thanks, Larry, and all. 
Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:55:29 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: We're live again on IE Radio next Tuesday with investor and tech entrepreneur Jon Fisher.
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Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:54:35 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: Thanks Larry! IE, Terry/Nicole/Mary/Michael!!
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Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:53:38 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: now i have to go off to a meeting to work with my student researchers! thanks
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Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:53:27 PM
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Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:52:59 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: loved it!!! thanks for the time. I do want to encourage people to email me at LROSEN@CSUDH.EDU if they have any questions.  or visit my website (google me!)
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Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:52:42 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: Storytelling has a introduction, body, and conclusion format.  Moment-telling is more of a series of randomness.  There views of time is different.  
Rank: Cave Painter
Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:52:30 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: And thanks, everybody, for the great questions and dialog here
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Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:52:16 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: Great stuff, Larry... really appreciate your time today (and your agility in the chat!).
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Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:51:01 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: i agree that the kids do not want to be occupied for too long a time. but didnt we introduce people magazine and cnn scrolls. what happened to "slow" tv.... this is of our creation.  i think that it just...
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Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:49:39 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: i do have a fiction book in me....  
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Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:49:24 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: We went from story-telling to moment-telling.  How does that effect our youth?
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Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:48:44 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: next book .... tired right now of books. and the publishers are having more trouble competing with online publishing and blogging.  right now i think i will enjoy doing this!
Rank: Cave Painter
Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:48:33 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: Any last questions for Dr. Larry Rosen?
IQ Crew
Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:48:04 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: demonization --- not sure about that. there are always workarounds for the kids and they are always one step ahead
Rank: Cave Painter
Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:47:21 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: I love to speak and most of my past speeches are on my website in pdf format so people can see what i talk about.  it is great fun for me to talk to people in all areas about these issues both the iGeners...
Rank: Cave Painter
Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:46:31 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: What's your take on the demonization of filesharing and the introduction of laws criminalizing kids for this... and secret treaties like ACTA>
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Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:46:23 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: What book are you working on now? And do you do public speaking engagements?
IQ Crew
Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:46:13 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: and i know u have a hard stop at the top of the hour, Larry
IQ Crew
Tuesday March 9, 2010 3:45:44 PM
Re: Larry Rosen, Author: did i miss any questions? please ask again
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'Big Data' Calls for an IT Culture Change
Mary E. Shacklett
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Balancing 'Advanced Security' With User Privacy
Don Reisinger
In what could be a portentous move, IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) recently launched the IBM Institute of Advanced Security.
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Bank CEOs, It's Time for Social Media
Brett King
I’m dealing with two of the largest banks in the world right now, engaging them in discussions about customer experience innovation. One of the things that invariably comes up is the phenomenon of social media. To some banks, this is just one of those newfangled Internet “thingies” that comes along from time to time and gets people all excited -- but banking doesn’t really change… does it?
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SlideRocket vs. PowerPoint: A Test Drive
Aaron Roe Fulkerson
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Steve Saunders' Outernet
What the Hell Is Wrong With Hollywood?
3|12|10   |   1:58   |   No comments

Steve goes ballistic over the Oscars' revolting goody bag and starts a Facebook campaign about it. Amazingly, it works!
Reiter's Block
Desktops Will Be 'Irrelevant'? Baloney!
3|11|10   |   3:12   |   2 comments

A top Google executive says desktop computers will be irrelevant in three years. Alan Reiter suspects it won't be desktops that will be irrelevant (snicker).
Raimund Genes
Security as a Service
3|11|10   |   0:46   |   1 comment

Trend Micro's Raimund Genes examines the pent-up need for companies to outsource their security solutions.
Tom Nolle
Are WiFi Hotspots an Adult Application?
3|10|10   |   02:14   |   No comments

Apple doesn't want you to get adult entertainment in a WiFi hotspot – at least not with an iPhone. Its adult apps are banned, and now it’s also nixed some hotspot-locating applications. The reasons are different, and they tell us something important about smartphone app stores.
Lee H. Berke
How Valuable Is That Archive?
3|10|10   |   1:27   |   3 comments

If you're a sports content provider, your archives have value, but the shelf life is short, says Lee.
Reiter's Block
How Good Is ‘Kindle for BlackBerry’?
3|9|10   |   03:27   |   3 comments

Reiter's a readaholic and couldn't wait to get Amazon's Kindle for BlackBerry application. But was it worth the wait?
Thomas Steding
The Future of Security Threats
3|9|10   |   1:30   |   1 comment

What kinds of threats are on the rise? RedCondor's Thomas Steding gives his expert opinion.
Full Nelson
Tech Defibrillates Healthcare
3|8|10   |   2:03   |   2 comments

Hospitals get instrumented and data flows like blood through veins, transforming the delivery and quality of healthcare. Here’s a quick look from HIMSS, the biggest healthcare IT show on the block.
what.the.ferraro
Twoubled Twoyota Twurns two Twitter
3|8|10   |   02:22   |   8 comments

Toyota launches a site on TweetMeme where it's aggregating Toyota-related Tweets, hoping to repair its image with the public. Who cares whether these guys can build safe cars? They can Tweet!
Singer at C-Level
Security... Compliance... Fight!
3|5|10   |   01:38   |   3 comments

If your enterprise is up to speed on its compliance for security, does it make you sleep better at night? How many certifications and check boxes does it take to secure a network? Time to think differently about what we're protecting.
Robert D. Atkinson
YouTube & Italy
3|5|10   |   02:03   |   3 comments

The conviction of three Google execs in Italy will have a chilling effect on the Internet, says Ron Atkinson and his tie.
Tom Nolle
Femtocell Conspiracy?
3|4|10   |   2:12   |   6 comments

All the 4G operators are hot for femtocells, which are kind of like a 4G version of a WiFi hotspot, but they want us to pay for the femtocell devices and also continue to pay airtime when the traffic isn't even on the network!
Steve Saunders' Outernet
USA Sics Ashton Kutcher on Russia
3|3|10   |   02:16   |   9 comments

The United States' taxpayer-funded technology delegation to Russia turns into a mortifying embarrassment for anyone even remotely proud to be American.
Not Dr. Phil
Content Could Complicate Internet Caps
3|3|10   |   2:15   |   5 comments

Comcast and other broadband providers just might exempt content they own from counting against consumer Internet usage caps. Would that make their broadband services more desirable?
Sweeney Blog
Social Networking for Burglars
3|2|10   |   02:52   |   9 comments

Using information easily gleaned from Twitter, PleaseRobMe.com posts lists of "Recent Empty Homes."
Paul Korzeniowski
Why Is Google Diversifying?
3|1|10   |   02:31   |   4 comments

Google is feverishly trying to expand beyond its traditional search niche in order to please Wall Street. However, the company's recent moves could backfire.
what.the.ferraro
Are You Lazy & Crazy? There's an App for That!
3|1|10   |   03:10   |   8 comments

There's no shortage of silly press releases in my inbox. Here are two favorites.
Singer at C-Level
Lost in Translation? Here’s How to Find Yourself
2|26|10   |   2:27   |   3 comments

English may not be the dominant language of the Internet in the future. So can using a language service provider on the Internet help your business continue to talk to its customers?
Tom Nolle
Collaboration & Spherical Stupidity
2|24|10   |   2:12   |   18 comments

A recent scandal involving a school's use of remotely activated Webcams to locate lost or stolen laptops may portend, not only legal action against the school, but also a loss of trust in video that is critical to developing video collaboration over the Internet.
Singer at C-Level
'Does This Decade Make My Data Look Fat?'
2|24|10   |   2:30   |   5 comments

If the 1970s were the "Me Decade" and the 1990s were the dawn of the "Information Age," then will the 2010s have the distinction of being known as the "Big Data" decade? Who knows?
Robert D. Atkinson
YouTube & Italy
3|5|10   |   02:03   |   3 comments

The conviction of three Google execs in Italy will have a chilling effect on the Internet, says Ron Atkinson and his tie.
Thomas Steding
The Future of Security Threats
3|9|10   |   1:30   |   1 comment

What kinds of threats are on the rise? RedCondor's Thomas Steding gives his expert opinion.
what.the.ferraro
Twoubled Twoyota Twurns two Twitter
3|8|10   |   02:22   |   8 comments

Toyota launches a site on TweetMeme where it's aggregating Toyota-related Tweets, hoping to repair its image with the public. Who cares whether these guys can build safe cars? They can Tweet!
Steve Saunders' Outernet
USA Sics Ashton Kutcher on Russia
3|3|10   |   02:16   |   9 comments

The United States' taxpayer-funded technology delegation to Russia turns into a mortifying embarrassment for anyone even remotely proud to be American.
Steve Saunders' Outernet
Google Spewgle; Another Reason to Hate the Valley
2|17|10   |   2:23   |   18 comments

Want to know what Google's announcement about building fiber networks really means? Saunders provides a handy-dandy translation.
Reiter's Block
How Good Is ‘Kindle for BlackBerry’?
3|9|10   |   03:27   |   3 comments

Reiter's a readaholic and couldn't wait to get Amazon's Kindle for BlackBerry application. But was it worth the wait?
Singer at C-Level
Security... Compliance... Fight!
3|5|10   |   01:38   |   3 comments

If your enterprise is up to speed on its compliance for security, does it make you sleep better at night? How many certifications and check boxes does it take to secure a network? Time to think differently about what we're protecting.
Paul Korzeniowski
Why Is Google Diversifying?
3|1|10   |   02:31   |   4 comments

Google is feverishly trying to expand beyond its traditional search niche in order to please Wall Street. However, the company's recent moves could backfire.
Tom Nolle
Femtocell Conspiracy?
3|4|10   |   2:12   |   6 comments

All the 4G operators are hot for femtocells, which are kind of like a 4G version of a WiFi hotspot, but they want us to pay for the femtocell devices and also continue to pay airtime when the traffic isn't even on the network!
Full Nelson
Tech Defibrillates Healthcare
3|8|10   |   2:03   |   2 comments

Hospitals get instrumented and data flows like blood through veins, transforming the delivery and quality of healthcare. Here’s a quick look from HIMSS, the biggest healthcare IT show on the block.
Raimund Genes
Security as a Service
3|11|10   |   0:46   |   1 comment

Trend Micro's Raimund Genes examines the pent-up need for companies to outsource their security solutions.
Singer at C-Level
Lost in Translation? Here’s How to Find Yourself
2|26|10   |   2:27   |   3 comments

English may not be the dominant language of the Internet in the future. So can using a language service provider on the Internet help your business continue to talk to its customers?
Thus Spake Mr. Cramer
Hive Life
2|10|10   |   3:01   |   12 comments

We do love our social networking, but, according to computer scientist Jaron Lanier, we may be diminishing ourselves when we join the hive. “May be? Ha!” says Mr. Cramer.
Tom Nolle
Are WiFi Hotspots an Adult Application?
3|10|10   |   02:14   |   No comments

Apple doesn't want you to get adult entertainment in a WiFi hotspot – at least not with an iPhone. Its adult apps are banned, and now it’s also nixed some hotspot-locating applications. The reasons are different, and they tell us something important about smartphone app stores.
Full Nelson
Fritz & Friends Ponder Platforms
2|18|10   |   2:39   |   4 comments

Fritz reports on all the latest news from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona while Dan Jones does a spot of lurking.
Cirque Du Solez
How Avatar Helps to Visualize a Positive Internet Future
1|4|10   |   2:58   |   16 comments

It’s easy to visualize an evil Internet dominated by malware, fraud, cyberwarfare, and other nastiness, but the movie Avatar presents a beautiful and positive alternative vision of the future of connectivity, argues Dr. Kim Solez.
Not Dr. Phil
Google's (Not So) Great Fiber Experiment
2|12|10   |   2:37   |   No comments

Google's interest in building a speedy fiber network for consumers is best taken with a bag of salt, says the Harveywallbanger.
Lee H. Berke
How Valuable Is That Archive?
3|10|10   |   1:27   |   3 comments

If you're a sports content provider, your archives have value, but the shelf life is short, says Lee.
Reiter's Block
Desktops Will Be 'Irrelevant'? Baloney!
3|11|10   |   3:12   |   2 comments

A top Google executive says desktop computers will be irrelevant in three years. Alan Reiter suspects it won't be desktops that will be irrelevant (snicker).
Not Dr. Phil
Content Could Complicate Internet Caps
3|3|10   |   2:15   |   5 comments

Comcast and other broadband providers just might exempt content they own from counting against consumer Internet usage caps. Would that make their broadband services more desirable?
Reiter's Block
Desktops Will Be 'Irrelevant'? Baloney!
3|11|10   |   3:12   |   2 comments

A top Google executive says desktop computers will be irrelevant in three years. Alan Reiter suspects it won't be desktops that will be irrelevant (snicker).
Tom Nolle
Are WiFi Hotspots an Adult Application?
3|10|10   |   02:14   |   No comments

Apple doesn't want you to get adult entertainment in a WiFi hotspot – at least not with an iPhone. Its adult apps are banned, and now it’s also nixed some hotspot-locating applications. The reasons are different, and they tell us something important about smartphone app stores.
Thomas Steding
The Future of Security Threats
3|9|10   |   1:30   |   1 comment

What kinds of threats are on the rise? RedCondor's Thomas Steding gives his expert opinion.
Full Nelson
Tech Defibrillates Healthcare
3|8|10   |   2:03   |   2 comments

Hospitals get instrumented and data flows like blood through veins, transforming the delivery and quality of healthcare. Here’s a quick look from HIMSS, the biggest healthcare IT show on the block.
Tom Nolle
Femtocell Conspiracy?
3|4|10   |   2:12   |   6 comments

All the 4G operators are hot for femtocells, which are kind of like a 4G version of a WiFi hotspot, but they want us to pay for the femtocell devices and also continue to pay airtime when the traffic isn't even on the network!
Steve Saunders' Outernet
USA Sics Ashton Kutcher on Russia
3|3|10   |   02:16   |   9 comments

The United States' taxpayer-funded technology delegation to Russia turns into a mortifying embarrassment for anyone even remotely proud to be American.
Paul Korzeniowski
Why Is Google Diversifying?
3|1|10   |   02:31   |   4 comments

Google is feverishly trying to expand beyond its traditional search niche in order to please Wall Street. However, the company's recent moves could backfire.
Tom Nolle
Collaboration & Spherical Stupidity
2|24|10   |   2:12   |   18 comments

A recent scandal involving a school's use of remotely activated Webcams to locate lost or stolen laptops may portend, not only legal action against the school, but also a loss of trust in video that is critical to developing video collaboration over the Internet.
Tom Nolle
Online Video’s 'Three Thirds' Problem
2|16|10   |   2:13   |   4 comments

Free online video was supposed to kill cable. But research shows most people are getting less interested in replacing cable with online video – not more. There are three reasons why, says Tom Nolle.
what.the.ferraro
Valentine’s E-Love, Republican-Style
2|14|10   |   2:37   |   7 comments

The Republican National Convention launches GOPValentine.com, using Valentine's Day as an excuse to spread political propaganda and be amusing. It only succeeds at one of the two. We’re laughing at you, not with you.
Eurotrash
High & Dry in Barcelona
2|3|10   |   1:08   |   No comments

Ray’s heading to Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress, and he’s not happy about it, the miserable git.
Sweeney Blog
No Sex, Please... It's the Super Bowl
2|3|10   |   2:24   |   2 comments

The Super Bowl ads that CBS rejected are turning up online, generating lots of attention but zero revenue for the broadcaster.
Steve Saunders' Outernet
Internet Evolution Goes Soccer Crazy
1|28|10   |     |   14 comments

Steve Saunders visits the South African Consulate in New York for a party celebrating not one, but two (2!) major football (soccer!) tournies.
Steve Saunders' Outernet
Yet More Email Egregiousness
Part 2 of 2   |   See complete series
1|15|10   |   2:24   |   5 comments

BTI sent Steve a card calling him a tool. Unsurprisingly, he’s not happy, and he dons his Martha Stewart hat to show us how corporate holiday greetings should be done.
Reiter's Block
Google Fails at Support. Again
1|15|10   |   2:52   |   2 comments

Google spent a lot of time developing its Nexus One phone. Too bad it didn't spend enough time developing customer support mechanisms. Existing purchasers and potential customers are complaining about awful support for the "Google Phone." And business-ready? No way, says Alan.
John Soat
Developing a Social Network Business Plan
1|12|10   |   2:26   |   1 comment

Social networking is an important Internet trend that companies should rush to embrace. Every employee should be given the opportunity to interact with potential customers and partners on social networks at work. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
Tom Nolle
How 2010 Will Be Like 1984
1|4|10   |   2:13   |   19 comments

Microsoft reportedly has plans to integrate Windows Live and even Xbox with Windows Mobile. That may provide them a strategic advantage, but what will the cost be to your privacy? Tom explains all.
Sweeney Blog
Emoticons We Really Need
12|29|09   |   2:04   |   12 comments

Today's array of emoticons still don't convey some of the most common desktop emotions. Seriously.
Eurotrash
Crystal Balls
12|28|09   |   1:04   |   1 comment

Eurotrash looks ahead to 2010 with some predictions and one New Year wish...
TeleGraham
Apple or Orange?
12|22|09   |   2:45   |   No comments

Telcos are falling over themselves to launch app stores – but are the app developers listening? Most telcos will need to do a lot more to engage their attention.
IBM Videos
Exploring IBM Research Labs (Part 2)
1|27|10   |   9:10   |   No comments

Part 2: IBM's research labs are like a candy shop for technologists. In Part 2 of this 2-part series, we take a look at Many Eyes, a solution in data visualization and Smart Surveillance Solution (S3), a tool in physical security.
IBM Videos
Exploring IBM Research Labs (Part 1)
1|23|10   |   7:39   |   No comments

Part 1: IBM's research labs are like a candy shop for technologists. In Part 1 of this 2-part series, we take a look at Artemis and Blue Spruce, tools used for healthcare analytics and real-time collaboration.
Executive Takes
Santiago’s E-Mayor
1|8|10   |   7:53   |   No comments

An interview with Claudio Orrego Lorrain, the Mayor of Penalolen, a municipality in Santiago that is leading the world in transparent e-government.
Executive Takes
Priorities in Financial Risk Management
1|7|10   |   4:28   |   No comments

Edward Schreiber, Executive VP and Chief Risk Officer at TD Bank, provides insight into some of the top risk management priorities that banks face.
Executive Takes
Heartland Breach: Lessons Learned
12|17|09   |   5:37   |   No comments

Heartland Payment Systems suffered a major security breach at the hands of Russian Hackers. It sent shockwaves through the industry. We talked to CSO Kris Herrin about the attack and what's being done at Heartland and across the industry.
Executive Takes
Why Analytics Is Key to Success
12|14|09   |   6:41   |   No comments

The CIO of Wilton Re, Andy Wood, tells us why he thinks that business intelligence and analytics are critical to his company’s success.
Executive Takes
Chile’s E-Tax Success Story
12|3|09   |   7:21   |   6 comments

IE travels to Santiago to meet Ricardo Escobar, Commissioner of Chile’s Internal Revenue Service, which has succeeded in getting an astonishing 98% of the country’s population to file their taxes online.
Executive Takes
Executive Takes: San Francisco Improving Access to City Data
11|25|09   |   8:45   |   No comments

Mayor Gavin Newsom discusses the payoffs and challenges of San Francisco's ambitious project, dataSF.org. This project gives city data like transit, maps, and crime reports back to the public through open machine-readable formats.
IBM Videos
Information Management
11|23|09   |   6:46   |   No comments

There are a lot of new technologies and strategies for managing information from traditional tools like business intelligence and performance management to newer innovations in the areas of real-time and predictive analytics. We heard from several IBM executives on how their customers are embracing these new technologies and this new opportunity.
Executive Takes
Mobile, SOA & Social Networks Change Insurance Business
11|20|09   |   5:34   |   No comments

Mass Mutual Insurance CIO Robert Casale talks about how technologies like SOA, mobile computing, and social networks are radically changing his company's business. Social networks in particular are a new way for the company to listen to customers.
Executive Takes
Web's Speed to Audience Transforming Movie Business
11|20|09   |   5:41   |   No comments

Mandalay chairman Peter Guber discusses how the Web is changing everything from distribution to business models, warning resistors that the music business didn't die because of the Web – it just created a new business model.
IBM Videos
Collaboration 2.0
9|24|09   |   10:21   |   1 comment

IBM's Eric Lesser talks about some of the new drivers behind collaboration, the technologies that will enable it, the challenges that stand in its way, and what some of the payoffs are.
IBM Videos
Optimizing Workloads
9|21|09   |   10:19   |   No comments

IBM's Bernie Meyerson discusses how organizations can get more out of their systems, optimizing for productivity and efficiency to be more competitive. To do so requires optimization based on the purpose of the workload.
IBM Videos
Hybrid Cloud
8|14|09   |   8:49   |   No comments

As companies look to cloud technology to solve their compute, infrastructure, and application needs, they are increasingly turning to more elegant approaches, where both public and private cloud arrangements are used, either separately or in tandem in a hybrid cloud arrangement. IBM’s Ric Telford explains the benefits and demonstrates the approaches to hybrid cloud scenarios.
IBM Videos
Inside 'Smart Work'
7|15|09   |   9:12   |   No comments

Internet Evolution explores what IBM's Smart Work initiative is all about, and how it benefits corporations. We talked to Bostjan Robeznik, the CIO of Mobitel, and Carmen Suarez of Miami Dade County, about the impact this initiative is having on their organizations. We also talked to IBM's Sandy Carter and Jerry Cuomo about the impact they have seen in their customers.
IBM Videos
How Software Can Drive Sustainability
2|23|09   |   7:56   |   No comments

Energy reduction talk has focused on the data center and how cutting back server and data equipment power makes us better green citizens. But software can also play an important role. We investigate how with IBM's David Barnes.
IBM Videos
The Information Agenda: Unlocking Data
12|2|08   |   8:36   |   1 comment

IBM's Ambuj Goyal talks about how companies are data rich and information poor, and the approaches, processes and tools necessary to leverage that data and unlock business value. Goyal also talks about some companies that have done this successfully.
IBM Videos
Cloud Computing
9|11|08   |   11:02   |   1 comment

IBM's chairman emeritus for the Academy of Technology, Irving Wladawsky-Berger talks about what cloud computing really is and why it's so vital today, including a discussion of IBM's role in the proliferation of cloud computing.
IBM Videos
Green IT
7|29|08   |   6:18   |   5 comments

Going green often involves the immediate thought of taming the data center, but there's plenty to do in software as well: Everything from using collaboration tools, to process automation, to monitoring your energy footprint. We talked to IBM/Tivoli Software CTO Alan Ganek and InformationWeek's head of analytics, Art Wittmann, about some of the latest trends in going green.
Steve Saunders' Outernet
What the Hell Is Wrong With Hollywood?
3|12|10   |   1:58   |   No comments

Steve goes ballistic over the Oscars' revolting goody bag and starts a Facebook campaign about it. Amazingly, it works!
Reiter's Block
Desktops Will Be 'Irrelevant'? Baloney!
3|11|10   |   3:12   |   2 comments

A top Google executive says desktop computers will be irrelevant in three years. Alan Reiter suspects it won't be desktops that will be irrelevant (snicker).
Raimund Genes
Security as a Service
3|11|10   |   0:46   |   1 comment

Trend Micro's Raimund Genes examines the pent-up need for companies to outsource their security solutions.
Tom Nolle
Are WiFi Hotspots an Adult Application?
3|10|10   |   02:14   |   No comments

Apple doesn't want you to get adult entertainment in a WiFi hotspot – at least not with an iPhone. Its adult apps are banned, and now it’s also nixed some hotspot-locating applications. The reasons are different, and they tell us something important about smartphone app stores.
Lee H. Berke
How Valuable Is That Archive?
3|10|10   |   1:27   |   3 comments

If you're a sports content provider, your archives have value, but the shelf life is short, says Lee.
Reiter's Block
How Good Is ‘Kindle for BlackBerry’?
3|9|10   |   03:27   |   3 comments

Reiter's a readaholic and couldn't wait to get Amazon's Kindle for BlackBerry application. But was it worth the wait?
Thomas Steding
The Future of Security Threats
3|9|10   |   1:30   |   1 comment

What kinds of threats are on the rise? RedCondor's Thomas Steding gives his expert opinion.
Full Nelson
Tech Defibrillates Healthcare
3|8|10   |   2:03   |   2 comments

Hospitals get instrumented and data flows like blood through veins, transforming the delivery and quality of healthcare. Here’s a quick look from HIMSS, the biggest healthcare IT show on the block.
what.the.ferraro
Twoubled Twoyota Twurns two Twitter
3|8|10   |   02:22   |   8 comments

Toyota launches a site on TweetMeme where it's aggregating Toyota-related Tweets, hoping to repair its image with the public. Who cares whether these guys can build safe cars? They can Tweet!
Singer at C-Level
Security... Compliance... Fight!
3|5|10   |   01:38   |   3 comments

If your enterprise is up to speed on its compliance for security, does it make you sleep better at night? How many certifications and check boxes does it take to secure a network? Time to think differently about what we're protecting.