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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…)

What marketing action makes you business tycoon

By Guest PostJune 18, 2013Economy, Technologyblogger, business developers, business tycoon, business venture, creative, designing t shirts, editorial calendar, Facebook, human resources, know how, lina, marketing action, marketing promotion tools, personal interactions, promotion medium, social media, websites, word of mouth, writer, young generation, your competitors

To be successful in any business venture, one needs to be creative and utilize all the marketing promotion tools effectively, so as to come up as a successful business developer. One needs to perform certain actions to create a name for oneself in the niche area of specialization.

Below are listed certain tips and rules that one need to follow, so as to become a successful business entrepreneur.

1.) Getting creative

You need to be creative in promoting your business venture. the competition is extremely tough and one needs to be a step ahead of the competitors. Suppose, you are in the business of designing t shirts for young generation. Take help from social media websites as Facebook as the same offers huge potential to promote your product and service. (more…)

Bring your own service: Employees want social tools at work, despite company restrictions and hesitation, reports new Microsoft survey

By Guest PostMay 28, 2013Culture, Technologyaltimeter group, analyst, asia-pacific, at work, better teamwork, charlene li, chris laping, employees, Europe, global survey, global workplace, infographic, information workers, ipsos, kurt delbene, latin america, microsoft corp., microsoft office division, microsoft survey, organizational policy, productivity loss, red robin, research firm, security concerns, social media, social tools, Technology, Twitter, water cooler, workplace, worldwide, yammer

Global survey across 32 countries shows worker appetite for social tools is increasing, even if it means spending their own money and defying organizational policy to use the technology.

REDMOND, Wash. — May 27, 2013 — Nearly half of employees report that social tools at work help increase their productivity, but more than 30 percent of companies underestimate the value of these tools and often restrict their use, according to new Microsoft research released today.

The survey, conducted for Microsoft Corp. by research firm Ipsos among 9,908 information workers in 32 countries, also found that 39 percent of employees feel there isn’t enough collaboration in their workplaces, and 40 percent believe social tools help foster better teamwork. More surprisingly, 31 percent said they are willing to spend their own money to buy social tools. (more…)

Ways Google Glass Would Be Great for Gaming

By Guest PostMay 27, 2013Technologyboard game, education, first person shooting, fps, freelance writer, gaming industry, genres of gaming, google glass, marcela de vivo, medicine, multiplayer system, puzzle, role playing, rpgs, smartphone, social media, southern california, Technology, trivia, virtual gaming world

Many are speculating the possibilities for the new Google Glass – a wearable computer that displays a screen in front of your eye that you can control by voice command – in industries, such as medicine and education.

One industry in particular that has people excited about the possibilities for using the device is the gaming industry. The Google glass can take gaming to a completely different level in all genres of gaming.

Multiplayer system, role-playing (RPGs) and first-person shooting (FPS) games could potentially be more efficient to play and participate in. The glass right in front of your eye places you in the hub of the action, allowing players to nearly be face-to-face and eye-to-eye with the opponents in their games. What’s more, there is the potential of better accuracy when shooting, with the glass serving as your pinpoint target. (more…)

Many plastic surgeons view social media as important tool for promoting their practice

By Guest PostMay 23, 2013Technologyamerican society, andrew j vardanian, asps, ethical online behavior, Facebook, linkedIn, maxillofacial surgeons, nicholas kusnezov, plastic surgeons, positive feedback, practice, professional practice, reza jarrahy, social media, Twitter, ucla study, YouTube

Social media has revolutionized the way in which people and businesses interact, and it is taking on a growing role in the health care industry. A new UCLA study looking at the use of social media among plastic surgeons found that roughly half of these specialists use social media tools.

Plastic surgeons have been leaders among medical specialists in the development of interactive websites to promote their practices and educate patients, said the study’s principal investigator and senior author, Dr. Reza Jarrahy, an associate clinical professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. But until now, there there had been surprisingly little information on whether and how they are using social media. (more…)

Social Networking: Gen Xers Connect Online as Often as They Socialize in Person

By Guest PostFebruary 8, 2013Culture, Technologyamerican youth, americans, beginning, electronic era, electronic networking, electronic social networking, face to face, Facebook, first generation, generation x, generation x report, interactions, jon d miller, longitudinal study, personal emails, quality of life, skyping, social capital, social media, Twitter, university of michigan, vital component, young adults, young women

ANN ARBOR — Young adults in Generation X are as likely to connect with friends, family and co-workers online as they are in person, according to a University of Michigan study.

In a typical month, adults in their late 30s report that they engaged in about 75 face-to-face contacts or conversations, compared to about 74 electronic contracts through personal emails or social media. (more…)

IBM Announces Breakthrough with Combination of Security Intelligence and Big Data

By Guest PostJanuary 31, 2013Technologyadvanced attacks, asia-pacific, big data, bit of data, breakthrough, brendan hannigan, ciso, cloud computing, cyber security threats, cyber-attacks, data analytics, detection, dns transactions, dtcc, emails, Europe, external, ibm, ibm infosphere biginsights, ibm security intelligence, internal risk detection, malicious activity, mark clancy, massive structured data, mobile, mounds of data, network flows, operating system logs, prevention, qradar, security assessments, security intelligence, security intelligence platform, security landscape, siem, social media, social media content, software security, stealthy threats, technology risk management, threat landscape, united states, unstructured data

Data analytics helps organizations hunt for cyber attacks

ARMONK, N.Y. – 31 Jan 2013: Advanced attacks, widespread fraud and the pervasive use of social media, mobile and cloud computing are drastically altering the security landscape. As organizations increasingly need to manage Big Data, the way that corporate data needs to be protected is rapidly changing. (more…)

Internet Banging: Gangs Use Social Media to Trade Insults, Threats

By Guest PostJanuary 31, 2013Culture, Technologycrimes, desmond patton, dirk butler, Facebook, gang members, gangs, hip hop music, homicide, insults, internet banging, male dominated behaviour, phenomenon, public forum, robert eschmann, social media, social media behaviour, threats, Twitter, university of chicago, university of michigan, urban masculinity, urban youth, violence, voice, YouTube

ANN ARBOR — Gangs now occupy two spaces: the streets and the Internet.

A new University of Michigan study reports that, in addition to carrying guns, gang members have armed themselves with social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to incite dares, trade insults or make threats that may result in homicide or other crimes.

Researchers have described this new interaction as “Internet banging.” They examine several factors, including the role of hip-hop music in this phenomenon and urban masculinity’s influence on social media behavior. (more…)

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