Lifeloggers from Memoto on Vimeo. Between Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, whether people know it or not most are already well-immersed into the rising trend of lifelogging. Once explored by only an elite few, the practice of lifelogging refers, quite literally, …
The great social experiment that is Facebook is an unqualified success. The idea that a website which allows users to keep up with the personal information and rich media of friends, family and businesses could be simply and easily shared went from …
As the NSA PRISM debacle continues to unfold and spreads across continents it’s probably good to stop and think about the technology and philosophy behind it all. Because this is big data and analytics in its most potent and controversial …
Kevin Behr is obsessed with making improvements. In the last 25 years, he has helped many IT organizations do business better. He is the co-author with Gene Kim and George Spafford of the influential Visible Ops Handbook and more recently …
Social media has become such an essential part of business that universities have begun to implement social media courses across a variety of programs – from communications to marketing to business management. While universities are quick to teach of the …
As messaging apps continue to rise in popularity, many speculate on the future and what it will hold. The social battleground, namely Facebook, seemed impenetrable at the start of 2013, but messaging app makers are finding ways to tap into …
Leaders that ignore the Social Business Revolution will be replaced. If you don’t buy into it, your competitors will — they’ll take your job, your company, and your place in history. Sound far-fetched? It happened during the industrial revolution leading …
Of course, higher education is a nuanced and complicated field, so change isn’t just going to happen overnight. There are many great minds in universities and at the state and federal level already working to address costs, such as tuition, …
What was previously only seen in science fiction movies is finally becoming a reality. Robots, touch screens, and iPads could be things of the past when Google’s latest invention, Google Glass, promises to change the world of consumers forever. Google’s …
Image: IBM[/caption] Legacy apps are surely the albatross of the modern cloud-enabled IT department — you put them there, and now you have to live with them. Short of scrapping millions of dollars of worth of investments, something needs to …
Today’s enterprises are beginning to hit a wall with their old-school datacenters. As noted in a recent article by IO’s Patrick Flynn on why the datacenter is broken, datacenters have become too big and too slow when they really need …
Stardate: 523201.3, U.S.A.– Technology is changing and growing so fast that a reference to the future, and Star Trek, seems appropriate. I’m often asked about the direction of the technology market and where it’s headed; the good news is that …
Most data breaches today look innocent to internal systems. Three out of four intrusions exploit weak or stolen (but otherwise legitimate) credentials, and another 13 percent result from misuse of information by privileged users, according to Verizon’s 2013 Data Breach …
When evaluating new labor models, comparing crowdsourcing to traditional IT outsourcing is arguably the proverbial “drop in the bucket.” Yet for many well-defined, repeatable tasks it’s quickly becoming an attractive option for companies in a variety of industries. Outsourcing a …
If you are a modern IT shop and not doing DevOps, there’s something wrong with you. Okay, that’s not fair: DevOps is not easy to adopt, much less succeed at in terms of transforming your organization into an agile, rapid, …
Big Data is showing the first signs of heading for Gartner’s Trough of Disillusionment as a spate of voices, some very well known, like Nassim Taleb, author of Antifragile and other prescient books, begin to question the hype. I’m going …
For customer-centric businesses, talk is cheap and memories are short. Promises are only as good as the actions after a customer interacts with a company – and the work to improve customer service is never complete. Dedicating efforts to prioritize …
There is no “easy” button for analytics. Successful analytics programs require a unique combination of tools, methods, data and smart people with interesting ideas. And, it’s still hard. So, in very informal polls, we asked analysts to dream big and …
While traditional media continue their difficult decline, a cadre of the most innovative reporters, from Afghanistan to the Amazon, are quietly transforming journalism by harnessing the power of open data. Working in collaboration with civil society groups and governments, they …
Image: Cali4beach/Flickr[/caption] In today’s business environment where knowing what your customers think is critical to staying ahead, user-generated information is truly king. The content generated from social media applications, discussion forums, and wiki sites all contain a treasure trove of …
As proud members of Gen X, my generation is now moving into leadership positions in our organizations. If the research is to be believed, this should mean that we would feel best and most aligned with our generational “values,” and …
Some employers are taking advantage of new technologies to keep a closer and closer eye on their employees. They’re watching network traffic, reading emails, and recording computer screens. It’s been likened to “Big Brother.” Even worse, it’s not just the …
In the highly cynical yet hugely excitable world of business-enabled IT we’ve seen a new kid on the block in the last year. What new kid? Google Glass. If the flow of enthusiasm that greeted the idea of so-called “wearable …
Professional photographers constantly battle over which DSLR is the best for taking photographs. Canon and Nikon are great choices and well designed cameras. However, the best camera for taking photos is the one in your pocket. There are many reasons …
The tech industry loves its buzzwords. They give everyone something to rally around or debate, they help feed the pipeline of new startups, and they provide great fodder for industry analysts, reporters and bloggers to write about. 2012 certainly had …
The business world is moving towards the cloud for many enterprise applications. Where to store important data, however, may be problematic for some. For these companies, security and other concerns may prevent them from adopting cloud infrastructure for data warehousing. …
Cloud computing has enabled companies to realize new levels of infrastructure scalability and efficiency. Beginning with Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), which provides access to generic components for complex infrastructures, cloud computing then graduated to Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), which makes available pre-packaged environments for …
When it started in 2006, Apple’s ad campaign, “Get a Mac” was one of the most famous on television, even declared the best campaign of the first decade by AdWeek in 2010. Mac, played by actor Justin Long, was portrayed …
A tired IT joke suggests that CIO stood for “Career Is Over.” The CIO role was a slow progression or more often a lateral hire into what was a company’s most senior technical role. It was also least respected member …
Here is some good news for coffee enthusiasts: Starbucks will continue to beat the competition with an updated product pricing strategy. Since May 10, Starbucks lowered their prices on bagged coffee by 10 percent. The 12-ounce bag of coffee dropped …
