User Generated Content 5 Old-School Businesses That Rely On User-Generated Content You think the idea of user-generated content as a business model was invented in the Aughts? No way. Media outlets have been drawing on material created by amateurs, consumers and customers for generations and repackaging it for your entertainment. Folksy as it may sound, our history is driven not strictly by the polished content produced by a… Guest Author View comments
Internet of Things 8 Ways to Better Understand the Internet of Things The world's second Internet of Things Conference is scheduled to take place at the end of November in Tokyo. The deadline for papers was just extended to June 1 - which gave us an idea. Conference planners have put together a list of suggested topics for papers. We took that list and then rounded up our ongoing reporting and analysis for each of… Deane Rimerman View comments
Case Studies Got Budget? Virtualization Leads to Fewer Meetings McKesson is a global health care leader that has 26 operating companies. The centrial IT group had the vision to automate "the last mile" of IT planning, the budget approval process. We think of it as the budget approval dance, and when containing costs, it's a ritual that can leave scars. This company has evolved to the point of improving the… Mike Kirkwood View comments
Cloud Computing The Oracle Effect: Sun's Best and Brightest Move On to New Places What is the effect of the Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems on cloud computing? Well, there have been quite a few if you look at where Sun's best and brightest have moved on to in the past few months. Tim Bray is the latest Sun star to move on. You may know Bray as the co-founder of XML. Eve Maler is also a co-founder of XML. She had… Alex Williams View comments
Google Google Will Soon Allow You to Opt Out of Google Analytics Tracking Google Analytics offers site owners an easy and free way to gather highly detailed analytics about their websites' visitors. A lot of people, however, don't feel comfortable with the idea that Google can track their every move on the Internet. After all, even if you don't use any Google product yourself, you will still send personal data about… Frederic Lardinois View comments