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Made in IBM Labs: Two-Factor Security for Mobile Transactions

By Guest PostOctober 18, 2013Technologyatm card, data platform, diego ortiz yepes, ibm scientists, market trend, mobile device, mobile security, mobile transaction, mobilefirst portfolio, near field communication, nfc, operating system, pin, sms, target for hackers, Technology, two factor authentication, upwardly mobile enterprise

ZURICH – 18 Oct 2013: IBM scientists have developed a new mobile authentication security technology based on the radio standard known as near-field communication (NFC). The technology provides an extra layer of security when using an NFC-enabled device and a contactless smartcard to conduct mobile transactions, including online banking and digital signatures when accessing a corporate Intranet or private cloud.

According to a recent report by ABI Research, the number of NFC devices in use will exceed 500 million in 2014. This statistic and the fact that 1 billion mobile phone users will use their devices for banking purposes by 2017* make for an increasingly opportune target for hackers. (more…)

New study reveals most important skills for students

By Guest PostOctober 15, 2013Education, Technologyanthony salcito, citi, computer programming, cushing anderson, deloitte, general dynamics, global economy, idc, job growth, lockheed martin, microsoft corp., microsoft office applications, most important skills, pwc, raytheon corp, santander, skill requirements, students, wantedanalytics

Research indicates Microsoft Office applications rank 3 of 20 top in demand skills for high-growth, high-pay careers.

REDMOND, Wash. — Top candidates for current and future jobs will be measured by capabilities and competencies, with 20 distinct skills bubbling up to the top in millions of high-growth, high-paying job postings, according to a white paper commissioned by Microsoft Corp. and released by IDC. The study provides insight into the skills students need for the top 60 high-growth, high-wage occupations that will account for 11.5 million new hires and 28 percent of job growth by 2020. Out of those skills, oral and written communication, detail orientation, and Microsoft Office proficiency top the list. (more…)

Mobile App Challenge offers innovators a chance to develop their ideas into real-world apps

By Guest PostOctober 13, 2013Technologybenjamin lemelman, david beiser, healthspotr, klara jelinkova, mobile app challenge, my history, my roots, prototype, real world apps, uchicago app challenge, uchicagotec, university of chicago, video protocols

The UChicago App Challenge is now open to any and all ideas from faculty, staff and students for mobile applications.

Back for a third year, the app challenge is run by IT Services, The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, and UChicagoTech to give participants the chance to develop ideas while addressing a real problem or need.

“The app challenge has contributed to the overall environment of innovation and entrepreneurship throughout the University,” said Klara Jelinkova, senior associate vice president and chief information technology officer. “With all the great ideas circulating around this campus, the app challenge has given people without technical training a chance to join a team and create an app with high value to the entire community.” (more…)

IBM Research to Accelerate Big Data Discovery

By Guest PostOctober 10, 2013Technologyagriculture, big data discovery, data, drug development, gas, ibm research, jeff welser, laura haas, mining, natural resources industries, oil, predictive maintenance, quintillion bytes, social analytics, social media

New lab unifies data, expertise and novel analytics to speed discovery in industries including retail, medicine and finance

San Jose, Calif. – 10 Oct 2013: Scientists from IBM today announced the Accelerated Discovery Lab, a new collaborative environment specifically targeted at helping clients find unknown relationships from disparate data sets.

The workspace includes access to diverse data sources, unique research capabilities for analytics such as domain models, text analytics and natural language processing capabilities derived from Watson, a powerful hardware and software infrastructure, and broad domain expertise including biology, medicine, finance, weather modeling, mathematics, computer science and information technology. This combination reduces time to insight resulting in business impact – cost savings, revenue generation and scientific impact – ahead of the traditional pace of discovery. (more…)

101 Guide To Cloud Telephony

By Guest PostOctober 8, 2013Small Business, Technology101 guide, capital investment, ceo, cfo, cloud telephony, computing model, csp support, it director, large business, legal advisor, medium, michelle patterson, mobile access, pbx hardware, small

The term cloud telephony is popularly used nowadays. But what is it? Cloud telephony is a very broad term with several definitions, but no definitive ones. Understandably this causes confusion and apprehension for businesses when considering cloud telephony systems. The simplest way to define cloud telephony is that it is a system that integrates applications, web services and IT infrastructure over the Internet.

Is Cloud Telephony Good for your business?

There are several computing models that can be used as a framework for cloud telephony that allows any type of business to scale their requirements instantly, be it an upscale or downscale manner. In other words, cloud telephony can be used practically by any type of business, small to medium to large businesses. (more…)

Scaling Up Personalized Query Results for Next Generation of Search Engines

By Guest PostOctober 2, 2013Technology8gb machine, ambient query context, frequent click pattern, haizhou fu, hyeongsik kim, jaguar speed, jaguar supercomputer, kemafor anyanwu, north Carolina, personalized search results, search engine, state university

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a way for search engines to provide users with more accurate, personalized search results. The challenge in the past has been how to scale this approach up so that it doesn’t consume massive computer resources. Now the researchers have devised a technique for implementing personalized searches that is more than 100 times more efficient than previous approaches.

At issue is how search engines handle complex or confusing queries. For example, if a user is searching for faculty members who do research on financial informatics, that user wants a list of relevant webpages from faculty, not the pages of graduate students mentioning faculty or news stories that use those terms. That’s a complex search. (more…)

India’s Daily Readership of Online News and Information Jumps 34 Percent in the Past Year

By Guest PostOctober 1, 2013Technologycomscore mmx service, daily readership, India, india today group, indian express group, information, jagran sites, navbharat times, ndtv, news publishers, oneindia, online news, punjabkesari

Times of India Leads Online News Ranking, While Also Generating Significant Traffic from Abroad

New Delhi, 1 October 2013 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a report highlighting online news readership in India based on data from its comScore MMX service. The report showed that there has been significant growth in daily readership of news and information content in the past year, with an increase of 34 percent to 9.4 million average daily visitors to the category. (more…)

How Does Video Conferencing Benefit a Business?

By Guest PostOctober 1, 2013Small Business, Technologybenefit, business, easing communication, executives feel confident, growing businesshttp, how, internet, internet connection, michelle patterson, new project, online communication systems, phone conference, phoneam, powerpoint presentations, small business, tandberg corporation, video calls, video conferencing, voip

Cost control is one of the major challenges that companies face and when it’s for a small business, things come to survivability. Thus, the latest technologies and tools that promise to cut down the costs of a company is readily tested and accepted by the small business concerns. VoIP/IP telephony or online applications to make cheap/free calls are always welcome by the business owners who would like to enjoy anything doesn’t have a price tag attached to it.

There are many business owners who work with overseas clients and frequently travelling is not a very feasible option. Travelling abroad is not at all a financially viable option, if it has to be undertaken quite frequently. Phone conferences were a great way to have one-to-one meetings but it had its own downsides – they were costly and very difficult to arrange. Phone conferences often proved to be confusing and led to misunderstandings. Internet and especially after the advent of broadband, it has become really easy for medium and small-scale companies to maintain cheaper communication channels with their clients. (more…)

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