Insight News
April 25, 2016

Department Store Chains Facing Cull-Or-Keep Dilemma

Matrix Commerce
While department store chains such as Sears, Macy's and JC Penney have been shutting down locations by the hundreds in recent years, if they're ever going to restore sales producti...
Chris Kanaracus
Insight News
April 25, 2016

A Million People Now Use Tor to Access Facebook: Irony, Anyone?

Digital Safety, Privacy & Cybersecurity
Facebook has for some time been providing ways for users to access the social network more securely, with one of those options being support for Tor, the anonymous communication ne...
Chris Kanaracus
Steve Wilson
Insight News
April 22, 2016

Dell Unveils Major New Partner Program for IoT

Tech Optimization
It's often been said that partnerships are going to be a crucial factor in the evolution of the Internet of Things market, given that no single vendor has all the necessary product...
Chris Kanaracus
Andy Mulholland
Insight News
April 22, 2016

Japan Post Eyes More Logistics Acquisitions: What It Means

Matrix Commerce
The competition among the globe's largest logistics vendors is about to heat up, with Japan Post Holdings' announcement it plans to make additional large acquisitions following its...
Chris Kanaracus
Insight News
April 14, 2016

Mobile Apps Getting Online Shoppers In a 'Snacking' Mood

Matrix Commerce
Consumers are increasingly buying products online in frequent bursts throughout the day in a trend retailers call "snacking," and mobile applications are the reason why. ...
Chris Kanaracus
Insight News
April 11, 2016

Amazon Eyes Fashion As Next Growth Frontier: Can It Succeed?

Matrix Commerce
While Amazon is known for selling a seemingly boundless universe of products at highly competitive prices, one area it has lagged is fashion, particularly higher-end brand names th...
Chris Kanaracus
Insight News
April 05, 2016

Keeping Travelers Safe with In-Memory Computing

Tech Optimization
The recent terror attacks in Brussels have issued a fearful reminder of the dangers travelers continue to face, but the war against terrorism continues both by governments and priv...
Chris Kanaracus
Holger Mueller
Insight News
April 05, 2016

MarketShare's Big Data Do-Over: Overhauling How to Deploy Hadoop

Data to Decisions
While Hadoop remains one of the most popular platforms for big data, there's no single correct way to implement it in a manner best suited to your company's business requirements. ...
Chris Kanaracus
Doug Henschen
Insight News
March 28, 2016

McDonald's Big Customer Loyalty Plans: The Table Stakes

McDonald's efforts to reverse a downturn in business over the past several years has already met some success, but now the fast food giant is hoping for even better results with an...
Chris Kanaracus
Insight News
March 25, 2016

Oracle CloudWorld D.C. Report: Evolving the One-Stop Shop

Future of Work
I had the pleasure of being invited to Oracle's CloudWorld conference in Washington, D.C. this week, and came away with a solid understanding of where the company stands with its c...
Chris Kanaracus
Insight News
March 22, 2016

Apple CareKit Raises the Stakes for Healthcare Privacy

Data to Decisions
While Apple's new iPhone SE garnered the most attention during its announcements this week, perhaps the most important one in the grand scheme was CareKit, an open-source software ...
Chris Kanaracus
Steve Wilson
Insight News
March 22, 2016

Google Aims At Developer Productivity with Cloud Launcher

Tech Optimization
In an ideal world, developers will spend the vast majority of their time writing code, not configuration and administration of underlying resources. Fostering the first goal is the...
Chris Kanaracus
Holger Mueller