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Cisco on the Business  Internet of Things
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Cisco on the Business Internet of Things

Cisco has a new Internet of Things white paper.  (Registration required)  Good, non-technical introduction.  It is likely Cisco will be a major player in this space...

Future Mobile Trends Need Cognitive and Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future Mobile Trends Need Cognitive and Analytics

Seven Mobile Trends That Will Change How Consumers and Brands InteractAs Mobile World Congress Gets Started, Mobile Innovation Is Far From Over ...I note that a...

Cognitive Organizations
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cognitive Organizations

What is the meaning of a cognitive organization?  Can it have direct conversations with us, and also attentively watch and let us know what is useful, and perhaps...

Report on the Use of Voice Assistants
From The Eponymous Pickle

Report on the Use of Voice Assistants

An interesting report on the increasing use of voice assistants.   Is this the interaction channel that will become common in the future.  By Mindmeld, a well known...

A History of Machine Learning.  What is Machine Learning?
From The Eponymous Pickle

A History of Machine Learning. What is Machine Learning?

Bernard Marr in Fortune: A short history of Machine Learning.   This certainly alerts managers to the direction and speed of how this area is starting to move....

Analytics Magazine: Analytics in the Cloud
From The Eponymous Pickle

Analytics Magazine: Analytics in the Cloud

The cover story of the March/April issue of Analytics magazine focuses on predictive analytics in the cloud and how every business is now a data business, whether...

Amazon and the Smart Home
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon and the Smart Home

In SiliconAngle:  Amazon continues to ride ahead on improved smart home efforts,  Exceeding Apple and Google efforts.  A short overview.  Ultimately Amazon has...

E Mail Inventor Dies
From The Eponymous Pickle

E Mail Inventor Dies

I remember being introduced to E mail at the Pentagon in about 1974.    Was used then to simply alert people about test results for software and arrange new experiments...

Mass Data Simulations
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mass Data Simulations

In DSC: Fascinating piece on ' Mass Data Simulation'.  The earliest part of my career used monte carlo simulation linked with parameterized data, to predict outcomes...

Aeron Chair
From The Eponymous Pickle

Aeron Chair

In FastCodesign: A look at the history of Herman Miller's iconic Aeron Chair.   Known for being common in pre crash startups.  We worked with Herman Miller in the...

3D Printing and Robotic Assembly
From The Eponymous Pickle

3D Printing and Robotic Assembly

Still a Kickstarter prototype ...  Printing and assembling ...  "  ... 3D printers are wonderful tools for modern makers and tinkerers, but all by themselves they...

BlockChain as Game Changer
From The Eponymous Pickle

BlockChain as Game Changer

So what is it.  A good non technical and somewhat visual introduction.  In BusinessInsider:Goldman Sachs says the technology "has the potential to redefine transactions"...

SAP Acquiring Roambi
From The Eponymous Pickle

SAP Acquiring Roambi

During the earliest emergence of tablets and smartphones for advanced data display, we looked at Roambi to provide mobile,  agile data visualization for executives...

Expand your Signal Hunting Skills
From The Eponymous Pickle

Expand your Signal Hunting Skills

In Forbes:  I like using the term 'signal'  here. " .... One of the key observations about the difference between big data sources and those traditionally usedThis...

McDonalds Happy Meal VR Viewers
From The Eponymous Pickle

McDonalds Happy Meal VR Viewers

In Fast Codesign:  In what seems to be a trend, McDonalds is testing cardboard VR headsets to be used with smartphones,  fashioned origami style from happy meal...

Mismeasure of Uncertainty
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mismeasure of Uncertainty

Stephen Few thoughtfully reviews Willful Ignorance:  The Mismeasure of Uncertainty, by Herbert Weisberg.Modern science relies heavily on an approach to the assessment...

Driving Everyone Towards an Innovative Firm
From The Eponymous Pickle

Driving Everyone Towards an Innovative Firm

In Innovation Management: Innovation is very much the word of the moment. We hear it used in science, the arts, in politics, in society, and often for good reason...

Advanced Social Media Insights
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Advanced Social Media Insights

On Using  IBM Watson Analytics for Advanced Social Media Insights - SHIFT Communications PR Agency  ...    " ... As marketers and communicators, we must alwaysUntil...

Robots Impacting Jobs
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robots Impacting Jobs

In K@W:   Interview with Martin Ford, author of "Rise of the Robots"." ... Today, robots are increasingly handling many jobs in manufacturing that were done byBut...

Amazon Continues to Work at Automatic Replenishment
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Continues to Work at Automatic Replenishment

Printer ink, detergent, other essentials for the smart home.  As they continue to make headway in making the home smarter. From shopping list updates to directFurther...
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