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Just How Smart are Smart Machines?
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Just How Smart are Smart Machines?

Very good piece from some of our communications with MT Sloan.  Read the whole thing.  May require some registration.   Again, very non technical, management  approach...

Wharton Customer Analyticast
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Wharton Customer Analyticast

Previewing nowvia Marin Hitch Associate Director, Marketing & CommunicationsIntroducing the, "Wharton Customer Analyticast"WCAI has launched a podcast, "The Wharton...

A Look at Some New Dimensions of Fintech
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A Look at Some New Dimensions of Fintech

Just sent to me by a Fintech contact, made me think:Lots of places for innovation to play out in financial/insurance space.  Consider insurance defined as a means...

Bill Gates on Quantum Computing in Cloud
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Bill Gates on Quantum Computing in Cloud

In CACM: Quite an interesting view of this potential next step to computing.  Have followed this for a long time, see the tag below.  Including links to overviews...

Google is Sharing Cloud AI
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Google is Sharing Cloud AI

Nice to see this happen, As always like to see demonstrations as to how it can be practically applied in the enterprise.   Will be examining this.   In Wired: Google...

Detecting Funny
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Detecting Funny

The emergence of a New Yorker crowdsourcing system that tries to determine, with interaction and algorithm, what is funny.  In CNet.  Seems this could also be linked...

MicroInsurance
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MicroInsurance

This and commentary on it made me think.    Recently dealt with a related  insurance problem: "  Explore New Kinds Of Insurance ... Customers and businesses are...

Microsoft and Lowes with Augmented Reality
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Microsoft and Lowes with Augmented Reality

In the Forrester Blog:  Augmented retailing, it might be called.  Is it enough of an engagement factor to drive sales?  DIY retail has often been mentioned as a...

The Maturing of the Data Lake
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The Maturing of the Data Lake

Very good introductory article in CACM:     Lots of players and directions mentioned.  Note the mention of needing 'loosely coupled data' to be better understood...

SAP Addressing the Supply Chain
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SAP Addressing the Supply Chain

We worked on early, optimization based uses of SAP data to improve the operation of the enterprise supply chain.   Note the mention of constraint based systems,...

Leveraging Internet of Things for Competitive Advantage
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Leveraging Internet of Things for Competitive Advantage

Leveraging the Internet of Things for Competitive AdvantageIn collaboration with Dell, Mar 22, 2016 Operations Management Partner Collaborations  Global FocusNorth...

Intelligent Voice Interfaces
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Intelligent Voice Interfaces

From Mindmeld.  Registration information is required." ... Did you know predictions are that, by 2020, 50% of web searches will be done using voice queries? IfDownload...

Andrew Grove Dies
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Andrew Grove Dies

We hosted Andrew Grove, former Intel Chairman and founder, to our innovation centers several times.  A short bio in CACM.

Confirmation Bias
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Confirmation Bias

Via Linkedin: Have seen this kind of bias in many parts of the enterprise.   On challenging the idea.

Emerging Trends in Data Analytics
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Emerging Trends in Data Analytics

In DSC: On emerging trends in data analytics.  " .... Data Science Central shared its predictions for 2016. More predictions can be found here. In this article,...

Virtual Reality in the Enterprise
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Virtual Reality in the Enterprise

OK, for specialty hands-free applications, but for the usual knowledge worker?   Course a decade plus ago would not have expected the mobile, always connected, In...

Mobile Moments for Online Purchasing
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Mobile Moments for Online Purchasing

Good think with Google piece.  More statistics about key micro moments.30% of all online purchases now occur on Mobile Phones.Mobile Retail Apps and Sites: Designing...

Cisco on the Digital Company
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Cisco on the Digital Company

Talk by John Chambers of Cisco: How significant is the digital era? It’s the biggest technology transition in history, according to Cisco’s executive chairman—and...

Pluto and its Moons Influence our World of Data
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Pluto and its Moons Influence our World of Data

This blog isn't about astronomy, but it is my background, and just this week, new papers and remarkable images regarding Pluto and its Moons.  We can now see so...

Big Analytics Driving Grocery
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Big Analytics Driving Grocery

Interesting view of Grocery and Big Data.  The complexity of grocery and its data, driving the utilization of the aisle.Consumer buying behavior: How grocery stores...
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