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Podcast: Humanizing BPM with Clay Richardson, Forrester Research

Podcast: Humanizing BPM with Clay Richardson, Forrester Research

In this brief podcast, Clay Richardson, Principle Analyst at Forrester Research, discusses the future of BPM and emphasizes the value of the user experience, referring to business processes today as existing within the “Age of the Customer”.

Enterprise BI Comparison Report

Enterprise BI Comparison Report

This comparison guide looks at 9 Enterprise Business Intelligence products developed for the enterprise and SMB.
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IT Briefcase Newsletter: IT Security

IT Briefcase Newsletter: IT Security

View August 2013 Newsletter on IT Security. This newsletter features enticing interviews and articles on Information Technology Security.





Briefcase Highlights


Featured Blogs

Big Data 2014: Powering Up the Curve

December 9, 2013 No Comments

Tweet Featured blog by Quentin Gallivan, CEO, Pentaho Last year, I predicted that 2013 would be the year big data analytics started to go into mainstream deployment and the research we recently commissioned with Enterprise Management Consultants indicates that’s happened. What really surprised me though is the extent to which the demand for data blending […]

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7 Training Tips for your Social Customer Service Team

November 27, 2013 No Comments

Despite the plethora of training available for expanding your brand over social media, solid tips for training a social customer service team are noticeably absent. To be a best-in-class, customer-driven company, you need to answer questions and engage with customer on their terms, on their turf. For the billions of people who’ve gravitated to Facebook and Twitter, that means you need to provide amazing support over social media.

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Black Friday Shoppers – The Original Data Scientists

November 27, 2013 No Comments

When it comes to holiday shopping everyone is looking for a good deal. However, it takes a lot more than luck to get big savings. The most successful shoppers have it down to a science.

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Gartner Business Intelligence & Analytics Summit

November 25, 2013 No Comments

When you this year’s Gartner’s Business Intelligence & Analytics Summit, you’ll walk with away with the information you need to apply new BI and analytics technologies to your company.

UpCounsel Hooks Up With Box In Their Mission To Change The Legal Industry

November 21, 2013 No Comments

At UpCounsel, we see the future of legal services very different than most. We seek to make the attorney/client relationship efficient, cost-effective and delightful for clients and lawyers. This mission merely begins when we connect our customers to great lawyers. Streamlining the relationship and absorbing the painful administration out of the relationship allows us to holistically make legal services a better experience.

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#Batkid Demonstrates How to Use the Power of Social Media for Good

November 20, 2013 No Comments

The first hashtag to give #obamacare some competition in awhile, #SFBatKid took Twitter by storm. The pint sized 5 year old hero, who fought leukemia followed by 2 more villains on Friday, was granted one of the most epic wishes of all time, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the power of social media. This inspirational story sent a feel-good vibe rippling throughout the internet and news media alike and showed the beautiful, inspirational impact social media can have on humanity.

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Podcast: Humanizing BPM with Clay Richardson, Forrester Research

November 13, 2013 No Comments

In this brief podcast, Clay Richardson, Principle Analyst at Forrester Research, discusses the future of BPM and emphasizes the value of the user experience, referring to business processes today as existing within the “Age of the Customer”.

Tutorial: How to Convert Your Dropbox Documents

November 13, 2013 No Comments

Dropbox is one of the most popular services for storing and synchronizing files in the cloud and across multiple devices. Since we are certain that many of Cometdocs users use Dropbox as well, we are going to show you today how it is possible to integrate theCometdocs and Cometdocs Desktop software with Dropbox.

Blogs, Featured Blogs

Improving Enterprise Business Process Management Systems

October 29, 2013 No Comments

Instead of spending money to implement unique business system for each healthcare organisation, let us consider a common platform, which allows to easy implementing unique business processes from a coherent set of world-class working practices and deploy this platform into each healthcare organisation.

FDA Issues Final Guidance on Mobile Medical Apps

October 24, 2013 No Comments

The FDA final guidance on Mobile Medical Applications is finally here. The final document effectively creates three categories of mobile applications in the mobile health space. This articles outlines these three elements.

2013 Mobile Device Management Comparison Report

October 15, 2013 No Comments

This comparison guide looks at 14 Mobile Device Management products developed for the enterprise and SMB.

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Enterprise BI Comparison Report

October 8, 2013 No Comments

This comparison guide looks at 9 Enterprise Business Intelligence products developed for the enterprise and SMB. Read More >>

Westmont College: Five Reasons Why We Made the Switch from Box

September 24, 2013 No Comments

There’s been a storm of media coverage about how educational institutions are implementing various cloud-based services for educators and students. To stay competitive and provide top-level services for our constituents, Westmont over 4 years ago began moving to the cloud.

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Attackers Sharpen Skills, What That Really Means for CISOs

September 24, 2013 No Comments

Today, IBM is revealing the results of its X-Force 2013 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report, which shows that Chief Information Security Officers (CISO’s) must increase their knowledge of the evolving vulnerability and attack landscape, such as mobile and social technologies, to more effectively combat emerging security threats.

Vertical Corner: Building Skyscrapers in the Cloud

September 19, 2013 No Comments

Getting work done at a construction site can be tough. Between shifting work sites, spotty internet connectivity and the continual need to access a myriad of documents – from blueprints to job orders – the productivity challenges can be pretty daunting. And being chained to a desk and sharing thousands of physical paper drawing sheets isn’t really an option. To remain competitive, top construction companies are looking to technology to solve these tough issues and make their teams more effective.

Why Regulation of Mobile Medical Apps Isn’t A Bad Thing

September 11, 2013 No Comments

The most anticipated document in the history of the booming field of mobile health should be here any day. The Mobile Medical Applications Guidance we’ve been waiting on for the past year could be published any day. Or maybe it won’t be. There is a fierce battle going on over the release of the guidance and anticipation grows every day that it is not released.

COPPA for Newbies: Who is Covered by this RULE?

August 29, 2013 No Comments

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) was enacted by Congress in 1998. COPPA required the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue and enforce regulations concerning children’s online privacy. The FTC’s original COPPA Rule became effective in 2000, and its amended Rule became effective on July 1, 2013.

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The Debate is Over: Changing the Conversation Around Concussion Diagnostics

August 27, 2013 No Comments

The Cleveland Clinic today launched an expansion of their iPad-based concussion testing platform to rural communities in Iowa as highlighted by a recent mobihealthnews article. The Cleveland Clinic has been working on building this technology for the past 18 to 24 months and it is exciting to see that an institution such as the Cleveland Clinic is taking such an interest in mobile concussion diagnostics. Currently the Cleveland Clinic technology is working through the logistics of distribution and has not yet launched to the public for sale. The C3 Logix app is still being tested in Cleveland area schools and now in a rural area Iowa high school inventor Jay Alberts commented.

IT Briefcase Newsletter: IT Security

August 26, 2013 No Comments

View August 2013 Newsletter on IT Security. This newsletter features enticing interviews and articles on Information Technology Security.

Boxer Announces Integration with Box OneCloud

August 20, 2013 No Comments

Boxer, the next generation mobile inbox, today announces another milestone in its technology roadmap with the integration of Box. Available in Box OneCloud, an ecosystem of integrated mobile apps, Boxer will allow more than 15 million Box users to interact with files stored in their Box accounts directly from their mobile email.

Blogs, Featured Blogs

Big Poker Player Loses High-Stakes Android Scam Game

July 25, 2013 No Comments

Earlier this week, the Chiba Prefectural Police in Japan arrested nine individuals for distributing spam that included emails with links to download Android.Enesoluty – a malware used to collect contact details stored on the owner’s device.

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Remote Access Tool Takes Aim with Android APK Binder

July 17, 2013 No Comments

In a previous blog, we talked about the rise of remote access tools (RAT) written in Java that are capable of running on multiple operating systems. With the growing popularity of the Android operating system, it comes as no surprise that the Android OS is the latest target and is not immune to RATs.

Blogs, Featured Blogs

Four Years of DarkSeoul Cyberattacks Against South Korea Continue on Anniversary of Korean War

June 27, 2013 No Comments

Yesterday, June 25, the Korean peninsula observed a series of cyberattacks coinciding with the 63rd anniversary of the start of the Korean War. While multiple attacks were conducted by multiple perpetrators, one of the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks observed yesterday against South Korean government websites can be directly linked to the DarkSeoul gang and Trojan.Castov.

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The Gartner 2013 Magic Quadrant for eDiscovery Software is Out!

June 20, 2013 No Comments

This week marks the release of the 3rd annual Gartner Magic Quadrant for e-Discovery Software report. In the early days of eDiscovery, most companies outsourced almost every sizeable project to vendors and law firms so eDiscovery software was barely a blip on the radar screen for technology analysts. Fast forward a few years to an era of explosive information growth and rising eDiscovery costs and the landscape has changed significantly.

Blogs, Featured Blogs

Have Smartphones Made The Gaming Console Obsolete?

June 18, 2013 No Comments

Just two years ago, gaming consoles were rooted in almost every kid’s childhood. They were a way to escape reality and let your imagination soar as you engaged with the video game world. Some of my fondest childhood memories were from staying in the basement for days at a time as I attempted to beat every level of Super Mario Bros. and Zelda. Racing to get the newest Halo game, or to buy the new Madden football game has been the norm for years.

Blogs, Featured Blogs

Athletes Launch Apps to Expand their Marketing Reach

June 12, 2013 No Comments

Tech developers aren’t the only people launching mobile apps these days. Professional athletes from all over the world are starting to team up with software developers to launch their own apps in an ongoing effort to improve their personal brand and increase their marketing value.

Blogs, Featured Blogs

Launching Addvocate Paid Beta

June 7, 2013 No Comments

Today we’re opening the doors to Addvocate. It’s incredibly gratifying to have been able to build this little idea of employee advocacy and coordination into a reality.

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Announcing Boxer for iPhone

June 5, 2013 No Comments

At Boxer, we believe email isn’t broken, it’s just unfair. It’s a to-do list that anyone can add a task to. How is that fair? We thought about that for a while and dreamed up a few other ways we could make the best mobile mail experience for the iPhone and created Boxer to put you back in control.

Blogs, Featured Blogs

Survey: Despite Security Incidents, BYOD Worth The Risks

April 25, 2013 No Comments

This year at Symantec Vision we wanted to better understand our customers’ perceptions of how personally owned mobile devices are used in their organization. To do this, we conducted a survey of 236 attendees asking how their company is addressing BYOD, including risks, challenges, polices, usage and management of mobile devices.

Blogs, Featured Blogs

Celebrating Earth Day: The Best Earth Day Apps for Kids!

April 23, 2013 No Comments

Today marks Earth Day 2013! Every year on April 22, the world celebrates the birth of the modern environmental conservationist movement. With the human population already testing the Earth’s capacity to support us, it’s incredibly important to teach kids, as soon as possible, what they can do to help the world they live in. Here are three great kids’ apps that also happen to teach important lessons about the importance of being green!

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