Is it priced for a fight? Not likely. I am not sure what Amazon wanted, a rushing sale at a bargain price or a slow and steady growth. Right now we have known about the relaibility/ performance/ service etc for all other...
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Has anyone heard of the newest cryptocurrensy Latium? It is a very interesting concept for distribution. The earlier you get in the more coins you can accumulate. I suggest the opportunists check it out: http://btcpionee...
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Thanks Charlie - to be honest I always sort of wince when I see mega facts and figures about what is or will be 'connected'. -- 50 billion 'so whats' IMO. I think Gartner have it right with their assessment that much of...
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Very insightful Chrs - it's going to be a hard journey for many organizations, with careful thought needed around many of the factors you describe -- especially business process canibalization and workforce transformation...
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"This will be an ongoing battle as so many companies depend on adverstising revenue and adverstisers clearly have the lobbying clout and feel they are entitled to invade your privacy more and more. I don't know which is...
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I think insurance companies give their employees monetary discounts if they have regular checkups and take care to bring down higher health numbers. This has started working well for most employees who get their physicals...
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I hear you... the similar situation going on in most organisations. The dynamic team dismantled and working on different projects. It is going to be hard the second time around with the new deadline. It is as if the change...
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My worry is it may increase the cost of health care as they have to be serviced regularly and functionin well and the cost of purchasing the robots will be added to the health care costs of the patients. Just a thought....
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On social nets, "....we users are just the inventory." Yes, and likewise, we searchers are just the inventory at Google. In the long run, treating your customers as inventory will not pay dividends. It will be regarded as...
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I also think we're going to see some painful disrupting of "business processes" through IoT -- particularly customer service and customer support. If you sell a really expensive machine -- a farm combine, or an MRI -- ...
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This is the first quarter where it's been made clear that Microsoft is no longer a consumer device company. It's a server company, able to sell consumer services from cloud data centers. It has two sources of server strength:...
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Disagree, Tom. From its pricing and attempted high tech features, Amazon is competing for the high end or else it's got its approach to the market all wrong. Why charge $199 and attempt to implement 3D user interface if...
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"Imagine an analytics vendor suffers a data breach (Adobe ran into some trouble a couple of months ago) and the company using their analytics tools did not respect the Terms and Conditions, they will be badly positioned...
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Peter's right. It doesn't matter that much if the dish washer talks to the water heater behind our backs. What matters is whether the new connectedness can yield useful information and association -- the home builder runs...
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@David: I think when HTML5 came out, one of the things that stood out (apart from many others) was the improved privacy and security. However, I think with the passage of time people have found out workarounds for it. I...
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Location Analytics tools are excellent in providing the right data and stats. With the right tools, this data can save lives and better assist in the navigation end. It's good to see tools and analytics evolving to other...
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I just got paid $7500 working off my computer this month. And if you think that's cool, my divorced friend has twin toddlers and made over $8k her first month. It feels so good making so much money when other people...
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I just got paid $7500 working off my computer this month. And if you think that's cool, my divorced friend has twin toddlers and made over $8k her first month. It feels so good making so much money when other people...
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I just got paid $7500 working off my computer this month. And if you think that's cool, my divorced friend has twin toddlers and made over $8k her first month. It feels so good making so much money when other people...
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I just got paid $7500 working off my computer this month. And if you think that's cool, my divorced friend has twin toddlers and made over $8k her first month. It feels so good making so much money when other people...
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InformationWeek Tech Digest - July 22, 2014Sophisticated attacks demand real-time risk management and continuous monitoring. Here's how federal agencies are meeting that challenge.
Building a Mobile Business Mindset
The differences between mobile apps and conventional Windows clients, or even web applications, are far more than skin deep. Yes, the touch-versus-keyboard interface, APIs, and programming languages are new, but that’s arguably the easy part. There are profound differences in how the two are built, the functionality each prioritizes, the release cycles on which they’re developed — even the attitudes, values, and work styles of the developers creating them.
IT Salary Survey 2014: Insurance
Insurance IT salaries are flat, but demand and compensation are highest for people with experience in social media, mobile, analytics, and cloud, according to InformationWeek's 2014 US IT Salary Survey.
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