privacy

January 18, 2013

RETAIL & HOSPITALITY

Building Trust in the Expanding World of Big Data Retailing

3 min read

These days, the generation of data has become almost as constant as breathing. With every click or swipe, today’s mobile, hyperconnected consumers exhale an ever-expanding trail of digital details, revealing troves of information about their wants, needs, interests, well-being, and aspirations. All of that data offers great promise for retailers looking to know their customers […]

January 18, 2013

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Service Providers Are Just Getting Started with Big Data

3 min read

By Kate Griffin, Principal Consultant, IBSG Service Provider Big Data has become top of mind among CxOs,but service providers (SPs) and most businesses today are just beginning to explore data analytics. “Big Data” generally refers to the growing scope of data analytics in terms of the variety, velocity, or volume of data involved. When this […]

December 6, 2012

PERSPECTIVES

Summary: What Partners Need to Know Before Selling into the Healthcare Sector

1 min read

Consider the following facts:  In the US, the street value of a stolen social security or credit card number is about $1, and it can be sold for only a few days after it’s been stolen.  By comparison, a stolen medical record number has a street value of $50 and can be exploited over a […]

November 14, 2012

SECURITY

Ask the Data Center Expert: Data Center and Cloud Trends in Asia

2 min read

The following excerpts are from an interview with Bernie Trudel, Asia Pacific Regional Data Center and Cloud CTO, Cisco Systems, Inc. As someone whose world is dominated by cloud, data center, privacy, and compliance, it was exciting to meet a long-term expert with the same-shared interests. Bernie Trudel has been with Cisco for 17 years, and in addition to his […]