The proliferation of data has always been part of the impact of information and communications technology. Now, as computers and cell phones continue to pervade our daily activities and as millions of networked sensors are being embedded in these devices (as well as in automobiles, "smart" meters, and other machines), the amount of data available for analysis is exploding.

The case tells the start up of a new music platform for live concerts on the Internet. The real protagonists of the case tell in an interactive videointerview how the first concert worked, from the initial idea until the web realization, with the help of web 2.0 tools. The student´s challenge consists in elaborate the digital marketing plan for the next event on the platform.

In this podcast, Mark Halverson, managing director of Accenture's wealth and asset management service line, spoke with Wall Street & Technology on the need for technology in wealth advisor services. In today's changing financial landscape, advisors need the right technologies-a distinctive capability of high-performance businesses-to create a multichannel experience for clients.

The proliferation of disruptive technologies, heightened sensitivity to privacy issues, a background of cyber threats, and stronger regulations have raised the bar for information security. It's time for security functions to evolve from tactical firefighter to strategic business enabler. Enterprises of all types need to take a step back, understand where their information assets are, understand how to value them, how they need to protect them, what various constituencies they need to account for and take a circumspect view of security programs.

El fin de la era del ordenador personal, la publicidad en las redes sociales y la adopción de la tecnología LTE son algunas de las tendencias que marcarán la industria de TMT en 2011. Luis Jiménez, socio responsable del área de Medios de Comunicación de Deloitte, Fernando Huerta, socio responsable del área de Telecomunicaciones y Enrique Sainz, socio responsable del área de Tecnología, analizan estas y otras de las tendencias más relevantes en el sector para los próximos meses.

Global entertainment and media outlook: 2010-2014 reveals that over the next five years we will see digital technologies increase their dominance across all segments of E&M, as digital transformation continues to expand and escalate. While the industry has a long history of experimenting and fragmenting in response to change, the current advances in technologies and consumer behavior are unprecedented both in their speed and also in their simultaneous impact across all segments. As a result, the industry will become more fragmented and diverse than ever before.

There is a growing sense that Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology now offers a significant opportunity for operators to grow revenues through service innovation and diversification. M2M has been around for some time, and some companies have been employing a form of M2M operation for over a decade. It is only now, however, that the concept is really starting to permeate the mainstream mobile operators' psyche. Key variables, such as technological advances in mobile, supply-chain maturity and the need for operators to offset declining voice revenues in the Person-to-Person (P2P) space are spurring interest. Regulation will undoubtedly play a part in defining the market too over the next five years, but the revenue-generating opportunity that M2M represents is now too great for operators to ignore. The fact that some tier one mobile operators are already cranking up their investment in this market testifies to this.

Web 2.0 is an interactive technical note which provides an overview of the Web 2.0 concept and explanations of related applications. Definitions provided by the author and external links to videos and articles, give the student the chance to explore the topic and consider its relevance for business. The note is designed around a tag cloud and includes details of 8 Web 2.0 examples (social network, tag clouds, podcasting, blogs/videoblogs, mashups, wikis, RSS, folksonomy).

Variety is key in the technology sector for the coming year. Deloitte predicts that people will use a diverse array of devices at home and at work. Learn more in this podcast with Eric Openshaw and Paul Lee.

Tablet computers have taken the consumer world by storm but Deloitte predicts that more than a quarter of those sold in 2011 will be bought by enterprises. Companies in the retail, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors will buy tens of millions of tablets for their staffs to leverage the ease of use and longer battery life of the devices. However, many analysts expect the tablet market to remain almost entirely consumer for the foreseeable future. Learn more in this podcast.

Mergers and acquisitions can present many challenges in the areas of human resources and information technology. This podcast looks at ways to prevent or mitigate those issues.

Mercer's Kim Seals joins HRadio to discuss the value of technology and how technical innovation can help organizations manage talent and meet both people goals and business goals.

In the 100th Digital Business podcast, we talk to Lord Digby Jones about how he runs his business from a virtual office. Plus: fake websites, mobile business apps, a company chairman who tests mobile devices in a dishwasher - and using mobile phones.