Don’t Be Blindfolded In Business Meetings

April 12, 2013
Lisanne Powers

Grasping a big idea without a visual aid is like pulling a rabbit out of a hat. It’s extremely difficult (unless you’re a master magician, of course). At work, it’s a task that can put you in a really tough spot—one that we like to call the blindfold bind....

Mobile And Social Media Go Hand-in-Hand

Rieva Lesonsky

Customers are increasingly engaging with brands on mobile social media—and not necessarily for the reasons you might think, according to a study by mobile video advertising firm Rhythm NewMedia. While it’s often said that discounts and deals are the driving...

An Enterprise-Caliber Mobility Strategy For The Public Sector

April 11, 2013
Josh Heard

In government, one of the most difficult challenges for an incoming department head or policymaker isn’t the mountain of life-altering decisions; it’s the process — the institutionalized, bureaucratic decision-making process that favors inaction, fractured focus, and a disposition to inertia....

Guarding Against DDoS Attacks

ATT

The cyber-threat landscape is in a constant state of evolution. Threats and attacks are increasing in frequency and complexity. Nowhere is that more evident than in the onslaught of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks almost constantly assaulting organizations of all sizes. IT leaders looking to...

3 Ways Mobile Cloud Computing Is Enabling BYOD

April 10, 2013
Sander Biehn

Predicting the future of technology is difficult, let alone identifying the micro-trends driving bigger changes. However, I think Dave Amerland is definitely on to something. In his blog recently posted on Forbes, he deftly reasons that Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) is...

4 Apps To Boost Your Productivity

Mario Armstrong

I'm in New York City this week and you just have to take one step outside during lunch hour to see the new face of mobile productivity. What do you see? People rushing between buildings with their heads down, smartphones in hand. In the information economy, every second that can be spent...

Jump In To Responsive Web Design

April 9, 2013
Doug Sillars

Every week there is an article on how many more users are relying on their mobile device or tablet to browse the internet instead of their PC. It is no secret that more and more consumers are turning to their phone to...

3 Imperatives For A Successful PCI Assessment

Sherri Collis

Have you ever tried to move an object by pushing a rope? How about herding cats? Tell me if this video reminds me of your workplace. Doesn’t make much sense, right?...

The BDaaS On The Block

April 8, 2013
John Cupit

Looking at the current competitive swirl among carriers and hosting providers, it is clear that five basic value pillars have been identified in the rush to monetize big data services:...

4 Reasons To Know Who’s Looking at You

Alan See

HaHa, made you look!  When my kids were little they would taunt me with that phrase.  It was intended as a playful insult because they tricked me into looking at something that didn’t...

10 Great Public Cloud Use Cases

April 5, 2013
Dave Johnson

Everyone continues to predict that cloud computing will keep growing at astounding rates. In fact, Gartner published a report in February that stated “The public cloud services market is forecast to grow 18.5% in 2013 to $131 billion worldwide,” a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.7% through 2016....

Trend Alert: Passing Notes During Business Calls

Lisanne Powers

Have you ever been in a conference call and wanted to say something discreetly—like “you need to mute your microphone,” or “be sure not to share that that email,” and an opportunity to privately communicate a message is nowhere to be found?...

The School Of Hard KNOX

April 4, 2013
Maribel Lopez

At Mobile World Congress, Samsung announced an end-to-end secure Android solution that provides security hardening from the hardware through to the application layer called KNOX. This announcement is another indication of the evolving world of security that is being driven by the adoption of mobility and...

3 Technology Trends To Improve Your Memory

Catherine Scaramuzzi

Birthdays are a big deal in our house.  The birthday person gets all kinds of privileges: waking up to a surprise balloon, picking a restaurant for dinner, selecting a special present.  My youngest recently turned five years old.  It’s moments like these when I want to pause time – I want to soak in the moment a little...

4 Reasons Your Heavy Equipment And Dispersed Assets Need M2M

April 3, 2013
Meredith Powers

Look at the heavy equipment in this photo. Suppose you owned some of it, like the cranes or the drill rig. Your business would have a huge capital expense tied up in this project, wouldn’t it? Now imagine that this site is 10 hours away from your nearest office, and that you have other heavy equipment running at a...

Brands See Twitter As The Second Screen To TV…Or Is It The Other Way Around?

Brian Solis

Twitter and TV go together like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Or to use a more recent reference, Jay Z and Beyoncé. In many ways, Twitter is an organic digital counterpart to television programming, as today’s consumers will almost always have a second screen in hand while watching the first screen. Twitter,...

So, I Use COS 1 for My Voice Services Over My MPLS VPN

April 2, 2013
Lon Hickman

The coming decade will see enterprises employ a wide range of commercial software, cloud, and mobile IP-based applications. This deployment will raise the importance of having robust WAN IP-connectivity solutions that include the use of more on-demand network resources....

Why People Love Social Brands

Cheryl Burgess

One of the fascinating things about social branding is that it doesn’t matter what size business you are or what your marketing budget is.  What really matters is why people would want to purchase your brand.  If you start with the why, the personality you will create for your business will help build...

4 Ways To Avoid Being Foolish About Cloud

April 1, 2013
Jeff Morgan

April Fool’s Day comes but once a year, but you might think it comes once or twice a week if you’re struggling over the promise and disappointment of SaaS apps and the cloud in general. As far back as the days of Chaucer, we’ve celebrated the day where no news topic is sacred, no personal space is private, and no...

Transforming Voice: A Path to Unified Communications

ATT

This IDC white paper analyzes the transformation of voice from legacy solutions to an Internet Protocol (IP)–based platform where voice over IP (VoIP) is an essential application and critical building block for unified communications (UC)....

3 Tax Time Tips To Save You Money

Susan Solovic

Like it or not, it’s time to start planning for this year’s tax season.While you can’t escape paying Uncle Sam, you can make sure you don’t pay more than legally required.  However, because the tax laws change every year, knowing what you can and can’t write off is confusing to say the least. ...