Did Apple Rob Your Library?
The U.S. Department of Justice is much like erstwhile brokerage firm E.F. Hutton once was. When it talks, people listen. So when the DOJ this week filed an antitrust suit against Apple and five major book publishers for fixing prices in the electronic book (e-Book) publishing market, the industry noticed. These are myriad moving pieces to this complex and evolving.. read more →
Today’s CIO: Where Business Strategy Meets Information Technology (IT)
As originally published in Forbes. As business strategy and information technology continue to converge, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) find themselves in a unique position that offers both great risks and great rewards. No longer can CIOs succeed simply by making their IT departments run smoothly. Today, CIOs must also actively embrace a new role as.. read more →
Data Security and Identity Access Management
As originally published in Forbes on December 7, 2011. Data security is too often discussed at the macro level of data slicing, virtualization, and issues related to public vs. private clouds – extremely important concerns. I have been guilty of this, and of focusing on corporate firewalls and security concerns that arise outside of them (see above)... read more →
Manufacturing Moneyball: Using Big Data and Business Intelligence To Spur Operational Excellence
As originally published in Forbes (Nov. 1, 2011). The national unemployment rate is 9.1 percent, up nearly four points from the first quarter of 2008. Recent news has not been optimistic. In August, for the first time since 1945, the federal government reported a national net job change of zero. Meanwhile, the global economy sputters... read more →
Names to Know in Big Data: Hitachi Data Systems (HDS)
As originally published in Forbes on October 25, 2011. Pairing Big Data with business intelligence (“BI” or analytics) is revolutionizing the business world in profound ways and at a dizzying pace. In terms of pure volume, the latest IDC Digital Universal Study reports that more than 1.8 zettabytes—10 to the power of 21 bytes—of information will be.. read more →
Names You Need To Know in Data Security: Cleversafe
As originally published in Forbes on September 30, 2011. How big is Big Data? According to technology advisory firm IDC, the world’s data in 2007 totaled nearly exabytes. One exabyte equals 1018 bytes. To put that in perspective, GMail allows you to send attachments totaling “only” 25 gigabytes (25 billion bytes), a huge allowance but still small.. read more →
Managing Information Risk and Archiving Social Media
As originally published in Forbes on September 28, 2011. Imagine a simple scenario. Jane Doe, a disgruntled employee at a multi-billion dollar mineral spring water company (A), sends out the following tweet from her work station and the marketing department’s Twitter account, which she is authorized to use. Senior Management here at (A) is telling industry analysts.. read more →
Data Security And The Imperative of Private Clouds
As originally published in Forbes (Sept. 9, 2011). In the past several months, I have written three articles about cloud computing, including one that outlines the manner in which electronic discovery continues to migrate to the cloud. My enthusiasm for the cloud has not diminished, as I feel that the cloud is a business imperative,.. read more →
E-Discovery Moves to the Cloud
As originally published in Forbes (Aug. 26, 2011). Electronic discovery is moving to the cloud. This is hardly surprising when one considers the client-focused benefits of cloud computing and the extraordinary market opportunities for vendors. Let’s look at the numbers. The market for electronic discovery continues to grow with some estimates indicating aggregate software and.. read more →
Google: Can Anonymous Emails Remain Anonymous?
As published in Forbes (May 27, 2011). When may an anonymous email remain anonymous? A New York appellate court addressed this very question last week in Sandals Resort International Ltd. v. Google, Inc. and held that the validity of a request to an email service provider such as Google (GMail) to ascertain the identity of.. read more →