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Apps for IOS
From The Eponymous Pickle

Apps for IOS

I was just introduced to FileMaker.  Have not tried it, but it looks interesting. " ... The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite used to create, deploy...

Kraft Foods on Marketing Content Strategy
From The Eponymous Pickle

Kraft Foods on Marketing Content Strategy

Good view of foods packaged goods approach.  " ... When you think of

Upcoming Retail Supply Chain Presentation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Upcoming Retail Supply Chain Presentation

Join me!End-to-End Supply Chain, Innovation, Design & ImprovementFranz A Dill,Consultant in Technology, Retired from Procter & GambleThirty years of using data,...

Training Your Customers How to Behave
From The Eponymous Pickle

Training Your Customers How to Behave

New author interview from HBR:  How Starbucks Trains Customers to Behave: " ... Anne Morriss, managing director of the Concire Leadership Institute, explains how...

McKinsey on Big Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

McKinsey on Big Data

An excellent long pdf by the McKinsey Global Institute  on the present status and future of Big Data.  In the process of reading, but a very well done documentChris...

Big Data Solutions
From The Eponymous Pickle

Big Data Solutions

At the enterprise we were an early and big implementor of SAP solutions.   I am in the midst of gathering representative examples of big data analytics.  Correspondent...

On Who and Whom
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Who and Whom

In the Language Log:  On Who and Whom.  I had read somewhere else that the distinction between these two are disappearing, based on written word  analyses.  Here...

Name Wizard is Back
From The Eponymous Pickle

Name Wizard is Back

I was reminded of Mark Wattenberg's Name Voyager.   Has not been around for a while.   Perhaps due to some licensing issue?   The site also contains other interesting...

Using Social Media
From The Eponymous Pickle

Using Social Media

McKinsey chimes in on how to use and demystify social media.  Well done.

Multiple Location Augmented Reality
From The Eponymous Pickle

Multiple Location Augmented Reality

Augmented reality to provide 3D remote interaction: "Microsoft is developing an augmented reality system that allows users in different locations to work together...

On Big Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Big Data

Paul Hofmann, formerly of SAP, now with Saffron Technologies has a presentation on Big Data.  Good short overview with examples that is worth reviewing.

High Performance Computing Clusters
From The Eponymous Pickle

High Performance Computing Clusters

Was just introduced to HPCC Systems.  As an open source solution to a 'Big Data' problem to support a large scale enterprise simulation.  Well worth a look for...

Patterns in Everyday Numbers
From The Eponymous Pickle

Patterns in Everyday Numbers

Cool numbers.   A site to investigate the patterns in everyday numbers.The kind of site that would be good to show to children to get them interested in the patterns...

Camera Phone Tech
From The Eponymous Pickle

Camera Phone Tech

A recent project has me looking at the value and limitations of camera phone technology.  So it was good to see this instructive article on the subject in ComputerWorld...

Faster Pharma
From The Eponymous Pickle

Faster Pharma

Novartis speaks of continuous manufacturing in pharmaceuticals.  " .... the CEO of pharmaceutical giant Novartis, Joseph Jimenez, suggested big changes are in store...

Costco Pushes Mobile Apps
From The Eponymous Pickle

Costco Pushes Mobile Apps

And additionally pushing social networking.   I have worked on Costco projects, and am still a frequent customer, so I look forward to more of the details here:...

Shopper Decisions Made In-Store
From The Eponymous Pickle

Shopper Decisions Made In-Store

76% Purchase Decisions Made In-StoreNew Study Released By POPAI Explores The Changing Behavior & Purchasing Decisions Of Today

Tapping the Power of the Feature Phone
From The Eponymous Pickle

Tapping the Power of the Feature Phone

I was recently pointed to the idea of using voice interaction to provide intelligence in the still 63% of cell phones today that are not 'smart' but are dubbedMore...

Tribute to Moms on Mother's Day
From The Eponymous Pickle

Tribute to Moms on Mother's Day

An update to P&G's tribute to Mom's on Mothers day.  Just received through the P&G alumni services wire.

Employee Loyalty
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Employee Loyalty

Employee loyalty has declined for a very long time. It used to common for people to stay with firms for many years.  But now companies do not in general provide...
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