Rough Notes: serves independent property/casualty insurance agencies, life and health insurance agencies and brokerages. From inspiring stories of entrepreneurship to growth opportunities in the marketplace, Rough Notesprovides the nation’s leading — as well as up-and-coming —agents and brokers with an unbiased look at the ideas, trends and new products and services that are shaping the…
In this executive book summary of Exploiting Chaos, one of the best trend spotters in North America reveals powerful strategies for thriving in any economic climate. Author Jeremy Gutsche offers examples of successful iconic companies — Disney, Hyatt, MTV, and more — that started during periods of recessions, arguing that periods of uncertainty actually fuel…
Learn the best practices for limiting T&E expense fraud and misuse in higher education institutions. Unfortunately, managing fraud and misuse can be an uncomfortable reality when it comes to managing Travel and Entertainment (T&E) expenses in higher education. Satisfying the unique needs of managing T&E spend within a Higher Education environment requires a holistic approach…
Back in June, IBM and Box partnered up to create new cloud-based solutions for enterprise customers. Box stated that it would enhance its cloud-based storage services with IBM’s portfolio of security, social, data analytics, and content management tools to create new services for customers. IBM said that it would integrate Box’s cloud-based platform and APIs into…
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Big data can mean big threats to security, thanks to the tempting volumes of information that may sit waiting for hackers to peruse. BlueTalon hopes to tackle that problem with what it calls the first-ever filtering and dynamic masking capabilities for use directly on the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). Though Hadoop has enjoyed widespread…
Facebook is a huge company. Just look at the numbers: 1.5 billion people around the world log on to its social network every month; 900 million people regularly send messages on WhatsApp; 700 million people use Messenger; and 400 million people use its photo-sharing service Instagram. With that kind of reach, it might not come…
Cisco Systems Inc. pledge to invest $10 billion in China over the next few years “to promote the development of a high-tech industry” appeared desperate to some analysts when it was announced this summer. Cisco’s business had been reeling in China since 2013, when Edward Snowden’s revelations linked its equipment to the National Security Agency’s spying…
Windows 10 preview build 10547 features plenty of new tweaks and improvements, and among them is a preview of the Object RTC (ORTC) APIs for Microsoft Edge, a collection of tools that will make it easier for developers to build audio and video calling into Web apps without requiring any browser plugins. Skype is a…
Facebook is introducing a new Safety Check feature designed to help friends and family members check on loved ones during natural disasters. The tool works by triggering a push notification on devices that are near an affected area. Facebook determines location from cities listed in profiles, last location from the Nearby Friends feature, or the…
Google has announced a major restructuring, that will see the internet giant separate its core business from its ambitious research divisions, and launch a new parent company called Alphabet. As part of the restructure, Larry Page will become chief executive of Alphabet, Sergey Brin will become president, Eric Schmidt will become executive chairman, and Sundar…
The application cloud brings cloud to the enterprise. It’s what is driving business demands today. Companies demand efficiency, agility and innovation from their technology partners, and the application cloud is exactly what’s driving those technology trends today. It’s the business of describing this cloud, mobile, and big data with the convergence of infrastructure and platform…
