In light of retail’s continued evolution, a number of companies with strong ecommerce presence have revamped their strategies, and tactics online, beginning with the one-two punch known as the marriage of “the cloud and open source.” Jason Ordway, CIO for Ice.com, a luxury jewelry site based in Canada, agreed to discuss his solutions approach for Read more about Ice.com: Combining the cloud and open source[…]

Takeaway: At the National Retail Federation’s Big Show this week, every flavor of device seemed to have its place in the enterprise management conversation. At the National Retail Federation’s Big Show this week, every flavor of device seemed to have its place in the enterprise management conversation.  “That’s because it really is a ‘bring your Read more about BYOD is the new buzz in the retail enterprise[…]

Dawn Marie Yankeelov is attending the National Retail Federation’s Big Show in NYC this week. Here is her first report. From the packed show floor of the National Retail Federation’s Big Show in NYC earlier this week (24,000+), retail IT is bursting with exciting challenges from global payments to the right middleware for trusted exchanges. Read more about Retail IT: Scan and swipe not enough[…]

As the commercial real estate market moves slowly toward recovery in some cities, so does the interest in software-as-a-service that allows for fast tracking of its management, sale, and financial overseeing.  Not surprising, the marketplace has a broad spectrum of products, headed for consolidation, that try to fill this gap for property managers, brokers, real Read more about No more pencils or books: Real estate transaction management software[…]

The wave of healthcare reform has fed the need for healthcare IT services, but in ways that extend far beyond the electronic medical record.  It stands to reason if you can comparison shop for toys this season, why can’t you comparison shop for healthcare procedures and physician services?  In fact, the rollouts of these types Read more about New transparency IT tools help with health[…]

Takeaway: Half of all online media marketing campaigns fail. Mostly this is because marketing and IT teams are often perplexed by relevance to their company’s big picture. More than three-fourths of all companies operate under some form of a social media strategy, according to Hubspot, and Junta 42 surveys, so we would expect to see Read more about Why 50 percent of online social media marketing campaigns fail[…]

Takeaway: With applications for top-level domains expected to soar with ICANN’s application process starting this week, you wonder if this is the Wild West of the Internet or just another route to board the congested subway system for the next stop dropoff? The ICANN application opens in less than 90 days, and new generic Top Read more about Is the ICANN delegation process offering stability or just more questions?[…]

Takeaway: The ICANN San Francisco meeting approaches next week with the promise of new gTLDs (generic top level domains) by the end of the year. The ICANN San Francisco meeting (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) approaches next week with the promise of new gTLDs (generic top level domains) by the end of the Read more about New gTLDs expected by year end, including .shop[…]