Mobility

Google Glass (Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com)

Will Google Glass be successful? Only time will tell. When the time comes for products like this to become mainstream, it won’t only revolutionize the consumer electronics industry, but the back-end data processing and handling industry as well.[read more]

Yammer

It’s become very difficult for IT to police who brings personal devices into the enterprise (never mind what people do with them). You’ve probably heard of BYOD, a trend that will surely continue. But what about bringing your own software? Is this a nascent trend about which IT has to worry?[read more]

Bring your own device

According to a recent survey by Gartner, 38% of companies expect to stop providing devices to workers by 2016, suggesting BYOD is an unstoppable force in the IT industry. However, there are significant hurdles to overcome before many organizations can look at implementing a BYOD strategy.[read more]

Big Data techniques

Recent trends have contributed to Big Data's growth -- namely, volume, velocity, and variety. Today, only a small percentage of data in the digital universe is being analyzed. But there is plenty more to come. How will Big Data make its presence felt in the near future?[read more]

SPDY: What is it?

The Chrome beta for Android uses an experimental feature to reduce cellular data usage by 50%. The connections from the mobile device to the proxy now run over SPDY (pronounced speedy), an open networking protocol developed primarily at Google for transporting web content.[read more]

Big Data, or Big Brother? / shutterstock

Over the last month I’ve been talking a lot about personally controlled records and the ownership of your own information. On the one hand, we want to be provided with better services and to be protected from danger. On the other, we don’t want our personal freedoms to be threatened.[read more]

Big Data magic / DisneyParks blogs

Recently, Walt Disney announced the introduction of the wireless-tracking wristband ‘MagicBand’ to Walt Disney World. They aim to make the visit to the Walt Disney World in Orlando a more magical experience while in return record the complete data trail of the visitors.[read more]

Future of video streaming

Fact #1: the video streaming category is getting crowded. And, fact #2, it’s getting more than a little competitive, as media companies are moving into streaming video looking for their own new revenue streams. What does this mean for consumers?[read more]

Mobile & Decision Management: James Taylor

While at IBM IMPACT this year I was interviewed about Decision Management, Mobile and more. Check out this video to see the interview.[read more]

A Big Data solution

Cloud, social, mobile: all of these technologies are connected through one important commonality, and that is Big Data. By allowing individuals to quickly discover important information through the use of data, organizations are given the power to make smarter data-driven business decisions.[read more]

Paypal's mobile payments

PayPal is leading consumers and merchants into a "digital wallet" universe and extending their lead by announcing partnerships with NCR and Discover. PayPal has 15 years of dominating online purchases but even more impressive is that they processed over $14 billion in mobile payments 2012.[read more]

Network performance

The word “network” is thrown around by some people without proper regard for what’s involved when cloud computing/technology is brought into the picture. A whole new set of challenges come with cloud-environment networking. Here are some of those hurdles/difficulties.[read more]

lev radin / Shutterstock.com

Nike turned the most uncomplicated sport in the world, running, into a data-driven social sport that gives users access to tons of data about their personal achievements. As such, Nike has made an engaging gamified platform for runners to share their data and learn from the insights derived from it.[read more]

business intelligence / shutterstock

Managing vast amounts of data within internal systems has always been a challenge. But with the rise of the cloud, social media, mobile devices and other technological innovations, organizations are now expected to keep track of everything on the internet as well.[read more]

New tablet tech on the horizon?

Corning – the "glass company" that came up with the telescope mirror for the Palomar Observatory – has showcased their new, ultra-thin, 100-micron thick, flexible glass. And it could change the shape and form of how next-generation electronics are ultimately designed.[read more]