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Computerworld’s Data+ Event Features Strategies to Monetize Big Data Through Business Analytics

IDG Enterprise

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May 21, 2013–Framingham, Mass.– IDG’s Computerworld—the IT media brand dedicated to providing peer perspective, IT leadership and business results—announcesData+, the world’s most authoritative conference on analyzing, predicting and monetizing big data. Data+, which evolved from the former BI & Analytics Perspectives Conference, will take place September 8-10, 2013 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Over the course of this two-day event, 250+ IT decision-makers and business leaders will connect with their peers and leading big data business and technology solution providers.

“As the data deluge of the enterprise grows ever broader and deeper, the need for predictive and advanced analytics has become one of the most pressing challenges companies of all sizes and industries are facing today,” said Bob Melk, SVP, group publisher & CMO, IDG Enterprise. “At Computerworld’s Data+ conference, IT and business decision-makers will receive valuable insight on deploying a strategy designed to propel their business forward by monetizing one of their greatest assets, their data.”

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Infographic: Six Emerging Markets That Will Rival the US by 2017

IDC/IDG Global Solutions

Join IDC and IDG Global Solutions on June 11, at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara, to explore the opportunities afforded in today’s biggest tech play: Big Data, Mobility and the Cloud. Learn how to craft vertical, tech and segment specific go-to-market strategies, identify the most appropriate partners and the right steps needed to build an optimal channel ecosystem, and gain access to country specific analysts who can provide you with insights into local market opportunities.

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FINAL Six Emerging Markets to Rival US Infographic: Six Emerging Markets That Will Rival the US by 2017

World Tech Update – 5/16/13

IDG News Service

Coming up on WTU this week sending cash via Gmail and more at Google IO, BBM coming to iOS and Android and Windows Blue to restore some missed features.

Android and iOS Combine for 92.3% of All Smartphone Operating System Shipments in the First Quarter While Windows Phone Leapfrogs BlackBerry

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IDC Press Release

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. May 16, 2013 – Android and iOS, the number one and number two ranked smartphone operating systems (OS) worldwide, combined for 92.3% of all smartphone shipments during the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13) as Windows Phone crept past BlackBerry for 3rd place. According to the International Data Corporation (IDCWorldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Android smartphone vendors and Apple shipped a total of 199.5 million units worldwide during 1Q13, up 59.1% from the 125.4 million units shipped during 1Q12.

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10 transformation technologies from the 500

Fortune

A look at the chips, devices, and software that will change the way people will live in the decades to come.

#1 Google Glass

For a product that’s not widely available yet, Google Glass has generated an incredible amount of buzz. It’s not hard to see why. The augmented reality eyeglasses, which project images onto a lense, represent a major step forward in computing, much in the same way the iPad made tablets a common household item. When it arrives later this year, users will be able to snap photos, record video, and otherwise enhance their surroundings, from offering on-the-fly directions superimposed onto the road or reviews for a restaurant someone is looking at.

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Smartphones and Tablets, Though Mobile, Require Separate Ad Approach

MediaPost

According to an industry analysis by Adobe Digital Index, mobile devices have changed the way consumers interact with businesses, making an understanding of the trends, strengths, and weaknesses of both tablets and smartphones important in serving mobile customers. Another perspective in the ongoing and growing interest in mobile marketing and advertising. In just three years, says the report, tablets have overtaken smartphones in the amount of traffic they drive.

Tablet versus smartphone growth

•           Globally, websites are getting more traffic from tablets  than smartphones

•           Internet users view 70% more pages per visit when  browsing on a tablet vs. a smartphone

•           While tablet and smartphone consumers are both mobile users tablet users actually behave more like PC users in the way they  browse and engage

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World Tech Update – 5/9/13

IDG News Service

Coming up on WTU this week Sony bounces back, Intel debuts new chip architecture and a solar plane sets off on a historic journey.

Use Mobile to Give Sales Teams a ‘Pocket Army’

IDG Global Solutions

To be a successful btob company, you need to combine marketing, sales, and mobile tools. That’s Digitas Senior VP/BtoB Global Practice Lead Dennis Reilly’s opinion as he explained to IDG Global Solutions Director Howard Sholkin. During a BtoB Digital conference in March 2013, O’Reilly was asked to describe what the best companies are doing…..

Digitas: Unleash the Power of Your Content

IDG Global Solutions

How do you put content in front of the right audience, at the right time, in the right context?  Dennis Reilly from Digitas provided answers in an interview with IDG Global Solutions Director Howard Sholkin at a BtoB Digital conference in March 2013. Reilly also discussed key marketer issues around digital, content distribution, mobile, and social…

Worldwide Tablet Market Surges Ahead on Strong First Quarter Sales

IDC PMS4colorversion  Worldwide Tablet Market Surges Ahead on Strong First Quarter Sales
IDC Press Release

SAN MATEO, Calif.– Worldwide tablet shipments continue to surge, growing 142.4% year over year in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDCWorldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. Tablet shipments totaled 49.2 million units in 1Q13, surpassing that of the entire first half of 2012. With growth fueled by increased market demand for smaller screen devices, tablets have shown no sign of slowing down.

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