Dissent from Europe On paper, the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield’s protections are stronger than Safe Harbor’s. There are clear safeguards on how U.S. government and law enforcement agencies can access European…
IT departments are feeling increasingly overwhelmed due to ever-expanding corporate networks along with near-insatiable user demand for newer and better apps, according to a recent survey from InfoVista. The accompanying…
A poignant share of CIOs contend today’s tech pros need to urge on their communications interactions and other soothing skills, according to a new consult from Robert Half Technology. After…
Caught in a digital revolution, a stakeholders direct some-more from record than ever before. Often, it creates a stakeholders feel overwhelmed, and (at best) they design IT to figure it…
Snowflake Computing has added automated administration features to its built-for-the-cloud modern data warehouse that enables analysis of multiple data types, big and small. (Click image for larger view and slideshow.)…
CIOs are seeing the highest level of skills shortage since the Great Recession of 2008-09 and other hiring issues, according to the 2016 Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey. Find out where…
Bottom Line: A large proportion of shareholder proposals contested by firms receive support from other investors when put to a vote. In an era when corporate responsibility has increasingly come…
Neither Snow Nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service by Devin Leonard, Grove Press, 2016 A massive, slow-moving government agency runs up growing deficits. The private sector,…
For as long as there has been art and people wanting to buy it, there have been dealers, fairs, and auctions bridging the gap between the worlds of the creative…
Did you hear that U.S. manufacturing just had another big month? That output has risen about 20 percent in the past six years? That industrial capacity is actually expanding? Probably…
Autonomous vehicles and connected cars are prompting a number of automakers and technology companies to reconsider their strategy. They want to avoid being left behind. But if their strategy is…
Illustration by Lars Leetaru The deal was inked in 2007, and at the time it garnered little attention. The New York–based private equity firm Blackstone Group Holdings had cobbled together…
How important are intangibles such as character, organizational citizenship, and good team-building skills in predicting the bottom-line performance of a potential employee? If they are important, how do you assess…
Bottom Line: Companies might want to rethink the storied model of charging less up front to get more down the line — especially as e-commerce offers consumers ever greater flexibility,…
The controversial dating site Ashley Madison is providing the marketing world with a case study in whether it’s possible to rebrand a company whose image, and failings, are deeply burned…
From black ops to lean startups, it seems there has never been a dull period in Steve Blank’s career — except, perhaps, the one semester Blank spent at the University…
Can you innovate and improve business performance by copying another company from an entirely different industry? This is what the Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital in Michigan did when it…
Innovation is a great thing — but what happens when it begins happening so fast that we don’t have time to respond to change? Consider that in the last 25…
Are you rewarding your team for outrageous thinking about your product or service mix? Do you give them ample room to experiment and defy expectations about such things as new…
Where Technology, Business, and Law Intersect By striking the right balance between the interests of innovators and the wider public interest, the IP system aims to foster an environment in…