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SIIA Makes Policy Recommendations to Realize the Economic and Social Value of the Internet of Things

October 1, 2013 By

We are at a key inflection point in the history of information technology (IT).  The last decade has brought about significant advances in IT, representing an evolution for IT from a specialized tool into a pervasive influence on nearly every aspect of everyday life.

This new Internet-enabled environment, often referred to as the “Internet of Things,” presents tremendous economic and social value, and is capable of transforming the way we work, communicate, learn and live our lives. Consumers, citizens and society as a whole stand to benefit greatly from innovative uses of data to improve health outcomes, streamlining and enhancing financial services, enhancing education and learning, and improving and maximizing our physical infrastructure.

SIIA proposes the following five recommendations for policymakers to maximize the beneficial outcomes of the Internet of Things:

  1. Policymakers should promote technology neutrality and avoid technology mandates.
  2. De-identification often provides an opportunity way to balance the needs of DDI and privacy protection.
  3. Uniform rules cannot be applied broadly to the role of notice and choice.
  4. The principle of data minimization should be re-interpreted.
  5. The Internet of Things requires a policy framework that provides for an evolving view of privacy rights based on risk and societal benefits.

I will participate in a panel discussion at the National Press Club today about building trust and confidence with regard to the Internet of Things.  The 2013 M2M & Internet of Things Global Summit, hosted by Forum Europe, will take place in Washington DC today and tomorrow.

David LeDuc is Senior Director, Public Policy at SIIA. He focuses on e-commerce, privacy, cyber security, cloud computing, open standards, e-government and information policy. Follow the SIIA public policy team on Twitter at @SIIAPubPolicy.

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Do not be Embarrassed

August 26, 2013 By

Russell Perkins, ICG

Post by: Russell Perkins, ICG

”If you’re not at least a little embarrassed by something you just launched, you probably waited too long to start it.” So says Alexis Ohanian, founder of Reddit and a number of other high profile web media products.

This statement, provocative as it is, actually is little more than a smart synthesis of the current state of play in the world of online product development. You no doubt hear variants of this theme regularly, sometimes expressed as ”minimum viable product,” ”rapid iteration,” and even ”fast fail.” They all embody the philosophy that it’s more important to launch a new product quickly than launch a really good new product. I credit Google for raising this practice to high art by teaching users that the word ”beta” appended to any product name excused the product from delivering much value, or even working properly, for an often extended period of time.

I certainly agree that there is an imperative for speed in the world of online content. We’re surrounded by hordes of competitive start-ups, many of them explicitly attempting to disrupt market incumbents. But before we decide to emulate these companies, it’s important to note their typically distinctive business models.

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DataContent 2013 The Science of the Deal

August 7, 2013 By

Can the art of the deal be turned into the science of the deal?

Neal Goldman has raised nearly $90 million to prove it can be done and his newly minted company, Relationship Science is off to a fast start. Debuting less than a year ago, it has already built a database of almost 2.5 million influential professionals at over 1 million organizations, and already has landed 150+ clients. During The Science of the Deal session at the DataContent 2013 conference, that will take place 15-17 October, Neal will describe his philosophy and his methodology and convince you why and how Relationship Science is redefining the culture of business development.

Relying on 500+ employees and 30 patent pending technologies, the company compiles deep handcrafted data sets and then uses analytics to map paths among people and organizations to pinpoint a connection that users didn’t know they had. 

  • Neal Goldman, Chairman & CEO, Relationship Science. Neal is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Relationship Science (RelSci). Previously, Neal was the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capital IQ, Inc. until its sale to McGraw]Hill/Standard & Poor’s, and prior thereto a banker in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Lehman Brothers. Neal is a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum, a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, a Member at the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Young Presidents Organization and a board member of Hatzalah and the Jerusalem Foundation. Neal received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School where he has also served as an Adjunct Faculty Member.

Learn more about Relationship Science and their innovative business development culture by attending DataContent 2013. Early bird registration rates expire on September 9th so register today.

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A New Push to End Passwords

August 5, 2013 By

Russell Perkins, ICG

Post by: Russell Perkins, ICG

I hate passwords.

But I don’t hate passwords as a concept. Certainly I understand the need, but password protection implemented poorly creates friction and often frustration, and that’s not good for business or for my own personal protection. Now there’s a new initiative out of Silicon Valley called the “Petition Against Passwords.” It’s not proposing a specific alternative, but the basic premise is that we can do better. And the initiative seems to be getting some early traction.

Sure, let’s start talking about eliminating passwords. But first, let’s acknowledge that a lot of the problem is self-inflicted by the way in which we have implemented passwords.

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DataContent 2013 Discusses Private Company Data: Is it Doable? Usable? Credible?

August 1, 2013 By

Private company data is known as the ”final frontier” for good reason; it’s incredibly difficult to get accurate timely information on the 8-12 million private companies. Accurate private company data is not a nice-to-have piece of data in 2013, it’s critical for today’s marketers, sales teams, application developers, data brokers and others who are leveraging this information.  

During the Private Company Data: Doable? Usable? Credible? session at DataContent 2013 conference, taking place October 15-17 in Philadelphia, find out from those who go where most fear to tread, creating and maintaining private company data, what the current best practices are, what the quality and timeliness standards are. Understand what the challenges are in collecting data that is almost impossible to find, how they monetize it, and how they differentiate themselves in the marketplace.  Then judge for yourself whether this data is worth leveraging in your business.  

Speakers:

  • Michael Bird, President, NetProspex. Michael has over 20 years building high performance organizations across the electronic publishing and social media industries. Prior to NetProspex, Michael was the SVP of Sales and Business Development and a member of the executive team at the social media and engagement marketing pioneer, BzzAgent. Michael is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, quoted often in the business press and has been a regular guest on multiple Fox Business News programs.
  • Sam Hamadeh, Founder & CEO, PrivCo. Sam is a veteran media entrepreneur, corporate attorney, and financial expert based in New York. In 1997 Sam co-founded VAULT.com, the web’s leading career information website, upon graduation from the Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania Law School. In 2009, Sam then founded the leading private company financial data provider PrivCo and has since served as PrivCo’s Chief Executive Officer.
  • Eric Irani, Associate, S&P Capital IQ, Eric Irani is a Senior Financial Content Specialist for S&P Capital IQ. The Content Organization represents the content capability across S&P Capital IQ that provides high quality and timely content and overall content support to internal and external customers. The subject matter expertise of the content organization execute and implement new ideas and initiatives to continuously improve the value of products and services through the introduction or integration of new content.

If you are interested in joining the conference, register now to save your spot. Our Early-Bird rates expire September 9th.

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Measuring the Unmeasured at DataContent 2013

July 29, 2013 By

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Big data and mind-boggling technological advances are inspiring data producers to capture and tame data in ways we have never seen before or thought possible. During the Measuring the Unmeasured session at DataContent 2013, taking place October 15-17, you will have an opportunity to learn from four companies that have created new benchmarking products. Together they will help you to look at data in an entirely new way for your company:

    •  John Crimmins, VP of Strategy for RetailNext will describe how RetailNext turns in-store behavior into data by tracking shoppers through their cellphones. It then turns this data on many millions of shopping trips into intelligence retailers can use to gauge their individual performance as well as track broader shopping patterns, conversion, and average transaction value. 
    • John Ernsberger, Co-founder, of Stella Service will discuss how Stella Service, one of this year’s Models of Excellence, rates online customer service by paying thousands of mystery shoppers daily to buy items from online retailers, call customer service teams, and ask questions; then return products. Their detailed notes are converted into a database and diagnostics tool online retailers use to continually monitor how they stack up, and get early warning of where improvement is needed.  
    • John Lawler, Chief Executive Officer of Buyers Lab will explain how Buyers Lab provides a different type of hands-on data. For more than 50 years it has run over 15,000 digital imaging products through their paces at their US and UK labs. The results of this testing are relied on for purchasing decisions, product development, competitive positioning and, sales and marketing support.
    • Mark Piening, Founder & CEO of Circle Media will show how Circle Media puts metrics around the driving force in marketing today–experiences. It measures the impact of sponsored events using what it calls “Even Performance Index”–a single number that tells what degree of cultural splash a particular event creates, and in essence, reducing buzz to a number.     

RetailNext, Stella Service, Buyers Lab, and Circle Media are only one segment of our powerful line-up at DataContent 2013. Throughout the content you will hear from data thought-leaders who know that data is different–it has its own application, business, content, and distribution processes. At DataContent 2013, we’ll examine them all and identify best practices and trends, providing you with an insider’s view of what’s working and where things are heading. Combined with great networking and our Models of Excellence showcase, DataContent 2013 is the place to be!

Our super-early bird promotion ends July 31 so register now to reserve your spot and save $600 on conference registration. When you register, enter the promotion code DCSEB in the shopping cart to receive your super-early bird savings.

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DataContent 2013: Is Data YOUR Destiny?

July 23, 2013 By

Now in its 21st year, DataContent 2013, co-produced by SIIA and the InfoCommerce Group, convenes high-level information content producers to explore data and content.

Our theme this year is ”Data is Destiny” because as data producers know, if you’re in the information business, you’re also in the data business. And while data IS destiny, success is far from inevitable. It’s easy to see that there are huge opportunities in data, but it’s hard to assess those opportunities and turn them into successful new data products. That’s because data is different – it has its own application, business, content and distribution processes. At DataContent2013, we’ll examine these processes, applications, etc., and identify best practices and trends, all while providing you with an insider’s view of what’s working and where things are heading.

Throughout DataContent, attendees will hear from amazing thought-leaders, including:

  • Jeanette Horan, Chief Information Officer, IBM ─ Keynote Speaker
  • Neal Goldman, Chairman & CEO, Relationship Science ─ Keynote Speaker
  • Michael Bird, President, NetProspex
  • David Chun, Founder & CEO, Equilar
  • Keith Cooper, CEO, Connotate
  • Charles Dolan, CTO & Co-founder, Sequoia Waste Solutions
  • John Ernsberger, Co-founder, Stella Service
  • John Felahi, Chief Strategy Officer, Content Analyst
  • Len Gilbert, VP of Business Development, Yodle
  • Russell Glass, CEO & Co-founder, Bizo
  • Chris Golec, Founder & CEO, Demandbase
  • Sam Hamadeh, Founder & CEO, PrivCo
  • Rob Heiser, President & CEO, Segmint
  • James Hobson, COO, OnDeck Capital
  • Eric Irani, Associate, S&P Capital IQ
  • Vinit Khanna, Chairman of the Board, OKS Group
  • John Lawler, Chief Executive Officer, Buyers Lab
  • Mark Leher, COO, Wand, Inc.
  • Matt Manning, President, Information Evolution
  • Gerry Mintz, Managing Partner, Percepta Partners
  • Mark Piening, Founder & CEO, Circle Media

Register now to reserve your spot as our early-bird rate expires September 9.

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