Opinion

Opinion

• Big data and predictive analytics: When is enough data enough?

  When to call it quits with data, the power of a name and performing surgical marketing: The Data Mill reports from Predictive Analytics World.  Continue Reading

• Cloud computing security risks and governance: It's a jungle out there

  Are cloud computing security risks on your mind? Do you have a cloud governance strategy? If not, better develop one: It's a jungle out there.  Continue Reading

• Data security issues at Adobe are everyone's problem

  In this Searchlight: Adobe's data security issues highlight need for CIO vigilance. Plus: The data scientist role, data center efficiency and more.  Continue Reading

• Kurzweil: The human brain on IT

  Inventor and futurologist Ray Kurzweil shakes up an information management crowd with visions of the human brain on IT.  Continue Reading

• 'Cookie stuffing': A data scientist takes on seamy side of online ads

  Combatting cookie stuffing, smoking out dubious URLs, designing for behavior change and selling the company culture: The Data Mill reports.  Continue Reading

• Technology quotes and musings from the latest 'CIO Decisions' e-zine

  What's on the minds of CIOs? Here are some musings and technology quotes from the featured IT leaders in September's 'CIO Decisions' e-zine.  Continue Reading

• BlackBerry's shriveled fortune a sign mobile innovation is drying up?

  Was BlackBerry's end unavoidable because mobile innovation is dead? Plus, Facebook would like your credit card info, the NSA is so sorry, and more.  Continue Reading

• A CIO learns how to navigate between the cloud and a legacy system

  Simplification is CIO Niel Nickolaisen's IT mantra, but integrating a legacy system with his new cloud solutions has been anything but simple.  Continue Reading

• Lean Six Sigma and Agile get up close and productive at Bose

  Leadership, maturity models and core value streams: How Bose IT has blended Lean Six Sigma and Agile in its SAP environment.  Continue Reading

• 'Appification' nation coming soon to a file near you

  In this week's Searchlight: Box takes a trip to 'appification' nation, plus: Google takes on death; the audacity of cybercriminals, and more.  Continue Reading

• CEO mindset: To grow where no one has grown before

  Gartner probes the CEO mindset and sees 'economic defiance,' an appetite for digital growth and lots of work for the ambitious CIO.  Continue Reading

• CIOs get some love from Cupertino with Apple iOS 7

  In this week's Searchlight: For CIOs, Apple iOS 7 was the important news out of Cupertino. Plus Google's new encryption, leadership tips and more.  Continue Reading

• Does business have the patience for data science?

  A data scientist call to arms, say hello to NFC jewelry, and the Magic Quadrant for mobile app dev platforms: The Data Mill reports.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft's Nokia acquisition brings fresh legs to mobile race

  In this week's Searchlight: Microsoft gets serious about mobile with Nokia acquisition; Android's tasty new OS; the latest NSA jaw-dropper; and more.  Continue Reading

• The agile enterprise: Connecting the dots

  Agile and lean are the cornerstones of many a successful IT strategy, but what if a CIO works in sector that hasn't yet embraced the agile enterprise?  Continue Reading