Author Archives: Derek Klobucher
President Obama’s New Preemptive Strike Powers Target Cyber-Attackers
Any hype over the latest mobile app for your smartphone, tablet computer or phablet just seems pedestrian when compared to President Barack Obama’s new power to cyber-trounce anyone he thinks is about to launch a digital attack on the United States. Cyber-attack is an increasingly popular form of asymmetric warfare. “The attacks on illustrated that [...]
Jim Cramer Explores Device Agnosticism and “The Curious Case of SAP”
“There’s no formal definition of these phone-tablet hybrids,” consumer technology news site TechRadar said of the increasingly popular phablet last week. Pronounced like “fablet,” but too big to actually be fabulous, these overgrown smartphones are “anything big enough to make you stare when someone pulls it out their pocket.”
Cyber-Attacks Against Banks Continue: Wall Street, We Have A Problemo, Bro
Iran may be behind a massive and sustained campaign of cyber-attacks against numerous Western financial institutions, including , Capital One and HSBC, we learned last week. The strikes exploit banks’ Web site encryption, which encode customers’ online transactions to keep them secure, but it also increases traffic volume. Cyber-attacks on bank Web sites use encryption and [...]
Success in Asia, When Innovation Isn’t Enough
It can be easy to forget about other continents. Regulatory talk about Dodd-Frank and Basel III — not to mention economic worry about the fiscal cliff and Eurozone debt crisis — can leave you thinking that there’s nothing beyond North America and Europe. So regulators called for greater regional influence at this week’s Asian Financial [...]
Innovation, Not Just Reputation, Is Key To Market Success
Variety may be the spice of life, but innovation drives variety. The pervasive taste of would still dominate the smartphone palate if Samsung hadn’t kicked things up a notch. </In fact, the South Korean manufacturer of the iPhone-rivaling Galaxy S III enjoyed its fifth consecutive record-breaking quarter for operating profit in Q4, Financial Times reported [...]
International Social Sabbaticals Programs Benefit Startups In Emerging Economies
Weather was partly cloudy for solar power startups last week. Investors in Santa Clara, Calif.-based photovoltaic panel maker MiaSolé saw no sun, as the acquisition price yielded pennies for the millions of dollars capitalists ventured last year, according to The Wall Street Journal on Friday. On the bright side, subsidiary MidAmerican Energy Holdings agreed last [...]
Mobile Devices And Customer Service Make 2013 The Year Of The Consumer
Targeting specific customers with tailored offers will become a much bigger business in 2013, according to one expert. New technology could help the decades-old concept of personal marketing explode — and make 2013 the Year of the Consumer. Focusing one’s message on a small demographic, as opposed to blasting it indiscriminately to as wide an [...]
Situational Awareness Technology Uses Big Data To Fight Terrorism
An off-duty law enforcement officer averted further bloodshed last weekend when she stopped a gunman in a cinema. The shooter had already wounded two people and fired upon a marked police car when the officer took action, according to San Antonio Express-News. The yet-to-be-identified officer recognized signs of trouble from outside the theater, evaluated the [...]
Too Big To Fail Makes A “Fine” Mess For British Banks
Solving the too-big-to-fail problem in banking just got international. Authorities could seize a Global Systematically Important Financial Institution (GSIFI) — and dismantle it as appropriate — under a joint plan by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Bank of England released Monday. “For many GSIFIs, this strategy holds the best possibility of preserving stability [...]
Big Data’s Big Opportunity In The Bleak Economy Of 2013
“Companies that have embraced the future have been rewarded,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Mad Money, highlighting ’s forward-thinking mindset — and rising stock price. “The company’s last quarter — it was fabulous — it was the best third quarter in its history.” The 40-year-old enterprise software provider is also poised for a bright 2013 thanks [...]
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