Here are five spooky, technology-themed Halloween infographics. Are they trick or treat? We’ll let you decide.

1. Five spooky IT infographics
Ghosts, goblins and ghouls aren’t the
only spooky characters you need to be
wary of every Halloween.
No, perhaps even spookier are the
technology vendor marketing
departments looking to use any occasion
to spread the word about their products,
be they Halloween-related or not.
Here are five spooky, technology-themed
Halloween infographics. Are they trick or
treat? We’ll let you decide.
Image courtesy of Danilo Rizzuti / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
By Jeff Jedras

2. Scary Big Data
Actian Corp.
Actian Corp. has created a cloud
development platform for Action
Apps, which it says automate
business actions triggered by real-
time changes in data.
It has also created a spooky
infrographic to tell CIOs that big
data isn’t as scary as they think. I
don’t know, with the ghosts and
skeletons it seems like a mixed
message to me.

3. BYOD trick or treat
Fixmo and Appthority
Thanks to Fixmo and Appthority,
Halloween and bring your own device
(BYOD) have come together in one spooky
infographic.
While restrictive user policies rest in peace
in the graveyeard of dead technology,
dataaaa on zombie devices is growing and
vampire apps are a growing threat.
They had me at Werewolf BYOD
(seemingly friendly employee-owned
devices that turn deadly without policy)
but they lost me with Franken-Mobile
Device Management. It was a pun too far.

4. ‘Appy Halloween
Quib.ly
From parenting and technology web
site Quib.ly comes wishes for an ‘Appy
Halloween.
The techie Halloween costumes aren’t
too spooky, but the weird, spooky and
odd technology terms are fun, from
zombies to the Google whack. Nothing
was more spooky to me though that
the GPS-based tracking apps for your
trick or treaters.
Now here’s a spooky thought: An
‘Appy Christmas is just around the
corner…

5. Costumes for entrepreneurs
Entrepreneur
Who better to offer suggestions for
Halloween costumes for entrepreneurs than
Entrepreneur magazine?
We’re most interested in the “tech-startup
coding guru” costume, who appears to be
wearing jeans and a hooded sweater while
holding a cell phone. Why not just call it the
Zuckerberg?
Recommended treats for the coding guru?
Red bull, company-branded laptop stickers
and NDAs. Thanks, but I’d rather have stock
options.

6. Energy-draining goblins
Energy.gov
This Halloween-themed infographic
from the U.S. Department of Energy is
aimed at consumers, but any good IT
manager is always interested in energy-
saving tricks and treats.
Among their spooky advice? Ward off
vampires with energy-efficient light
bulbs and stop unwanted spirits from
getting inside by sealing air leaks around
windows and ducts. And save your
water for fighting wicked witches with
low-flow faucets.