Singapore is a relatively small place—an island city-state just 30 miles across. Politically speaking, it has been governed by the same party for decades. Its geography and political stability have allowed Singapore to position itself for the future rather uniquely as the world’s first “Smart Nation.” This is a truly ambitious set of programs designed…
USA Today readers may have been surprised to see the story of a fired IT worker that took his revenge on his for-profit online college employer. Allegations were that the IT worker had access to an account that stored email and course material for 2,000 students. After his employment was terminated, he changed a password…
Data mining and predictive analytics allow retailers to see into the future: they use collected information to anticipate what their customers want (sometimes even before they know they want it) and custom-tailor their marketing to match. And the practice is only growing more accurate as technology and analytics move forward. A great example of predictive…
LAS VEGAS — Carnival isn’t the first company most people think of when it comes to high tech. But that might change – especially after Carnival CEO Arnold Donald took the stage Thursday, January 5th to kick off Consumer Electronics Show 2017 (CES) in Las Vegas Nevada. CES takes place each January and is one…
An end-of-the-year article published in PC World summarized the current state of affairs in the document management arena rather succinctly: In recent years there have been fundamental shifts in how digital documents are handled, and now the expectation is that people will be able to do much more with them. Or in other words, the…
Big data may be a relatively new term, but what it describes is already critical to business: large volumes of data that are the lifeblood of many enterprises. Collecting this information is important – it can be analyzed for insights in to past performances as well as real-time activity, helping decision-makers update/modify their business strategy…
In 2013, the worst cybersecurity intelligence breach in U.S. history happened. The target of the hack was the White House Office of Personnel Management (OPM). In today’s atmosphere of fear over data breaches and email hacks, what’s being done to protect the sensitive personal data housed in government networks? What lessons have we learned from…
London’s Daily Telegraph said this country is “perceived as a place where the future happens faster than in other parts of the world.” Tech Radar reports it has “almost as many tech startups as Silicon Valley.” It’s the home of internationally successful giants like Spotify, Skype, Linux, Candy Crush and Minecraft creator Mojang. Still wondering…
The 2016 Presidential election results are still a political hot potato. So let’s leave political questions out of this and ask the other question that begs to be answered: How did the polls miss the mark so badly? We have written before about some of the challenges in modern polling, and you can read…
Don’t be worried…at least, not yet. Though it is true that it’s entirely possible you had a role in a widely-reported criminal act. No need to call a lawyer…for the moment. Even though, Though it is true that it’s entirely possible you had a role in a widely-reported criminal act. No need to call a lawyer…for…