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Disconnect Between Intelligence and Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Disconnect Between Intelligence and Analytics

The disconnect between intelligence and analytics? " .... Being analytics savvy is no longer an option for most businesses but a matter of survival. If a company...

Google Launching Groupon Competitor
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Launching Groupon Competitor

Mashable reports that Google is about to launch a Groupon competitor.  A pretty obvious direction, finally happening. More detail at link.

ACM Tech Packs: Cloud Computing
From The Eponymous Pickle

ACM Tech Packs: Cloud Computing

I see that the Association of Computing Machinery has created a concept they call Tech Packs.  You have to be a member of ACM to get access to these.  Most recently...

B2B vs B2C Marketing
From The Eponymous Pickle

B2B vs B2C Marketing

Paul Gillin posts on how B2B abd B2C Marketing differ.  He also covers this in his new book:  Social Marketing to the Business Customer.  You can download a free...

Alone Together
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alone Together

A teaser for a review of Sherry Turkels book: Along Together in Kurzwel AI.  I anticipate reading the book.  " ... Sherry Turkle, the widely noted MIT professor...

Who Will Pay?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Who Will Pay?

Essay on who will pay for content.   Advertisers or the consumer?  Will the emergence of new devices start a move away from the free Web content model?   If the...

HBR on Managing Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

HBR on Managing Innovation

I have worked with many o the technologies mentioned here.  They include a number that I would call analytical, but serve to analyze proposed innovations.  These...

Starbucks Extends Mobile Payments
From The Eponymous Pickle

Starbucks Extends Mobile Payments

In Computerworld: We move towards mobile as a wallet: " ...Starbucks extends mobile payments to 7,500 stores, System scans barcodes installed on iPhone, BlackBerry...

Predictions for the Worldwide Supply Chain
From The Eponymous Pickle

Predictions for the Worldwide Supply Chain

Some predictions for the worldwide supply chain.  These are interesting not because I think they will all become true, but they cover some areas that are worth...

Why Companies are Ditching Spreadsheets
From The Eponymous Pickle

Why Companies are Ditching Spreadsheets

In CWorld: Short, useful piece on the move by some companies away from the use of spreadsheets.  Dangers and implications.

Content Rules
From The Eponymous Pickle

Content Rules

Paul Gillin reviews the new book: Content Rules, by  C.C. Chapman and Ann Handley as a desktop reference for social marketers.  On the reading list.

Growth of Linked Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Growth of Linked Data

I have covered the concept of 'Linked Data' here before.  A good piece in ReadWriteWeb on how the idea is continuing to grow. Also a site of interest, LinkedData...

Near Field Communications Discount System
From The Eponymous Pickle

Near Field Communications Discount System

A somewhat unqiue method of using both RFID and mobile to redeem discounts in a store:E. Leclerc Supermarket Tests RFID-enabled Promotional OffersIn Nice, the French...

Freakonomics Blog Moving
From The Eponymous Pickle

Freakonomics Blog Moving

Confirmation that the often interesting Freakonomics blog will be leaving the NYT site and becoming standalone and 'indie' once again.  I like it independent.

The Cart Now Belongs to Daddy
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Cart Now Belongs to Daddy

In Adage:  Study says that males are the primary grocery shoppers 51% of the time. Big change.   It is the case in my family. Big implications for in-store marketing...

Searchers in Networks Talk
From The Eponymous Pickle

Searchers in Networks Talk

For those of you in Cincinnati or nearby this week, Full announcement here. The Department of Quantitative Analysis & Operations Management at the University of...

MicroStrategy and Mobile BI
From The Eponymous Pickle

MicroStrategy and Mobile BI

Another example of the emergence of mobile business inttelligence.  A good direction. Doug Lautzenheiser writes:  " ... MicroStrategy continues to aggressively...

A Wireless Primer
From The Eponymous Pickle

A Wireless Primer

A very good, extensive, primer in Engadget:  2G, 3G, 4G, and everything in between: an Engadget wireless primer. I sense there is much confusion here, and this...

Jan-Feb Analytics Magazine
From The Eponymous Pickle

Jan-Feb Analytics Magazine

In the latest online  bimonthly Analytics Magazine, many interesting articles on the use of analytical methods.  Always interesting and useful.  Here are the areas...

Insight on Mobility from the NRF
From The Eponymous Pickle

Insight on Mobility from the NRF

New insights from the Mobility Blueprint of the National Retail Foundation. ' ...  
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