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Amazon Fulfillment Networks
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Fulfillment Networks

I am a long time supply chain designer and engineer.  So it was interesting to see how one of the biggest retailers on earth addresses the problem.  In RetailingToday...

IT Trends and Service Management
From The Eponymous Pickle

IT Trends and Service Management

Presenter for the ISSIP Service Innovation Weekly Speaker Series was Professor Jerry Luftman, Founder & Managing Director of the Global Institute for IT Management...

Selection of IOT Books
From The Eponymous Pickle

Selection of IOT Books

A list of good Internet of Things books.  Admit I have not read any of these.  Books on technology can be useful and interesting, but by their nature are always...

Kroger Expands Click and Collect
From The Eponymous Pickle

Kroger Expands Click and Collect

Another option for the consumer.   I assume then that the creative and engaging aspects of shopping will have to be placed in the device? Kroger customers who don...

IBM Buying Weather Co. Digital and Data Assets
From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM Buying Weather Co. Digital and Data Assets

We watched the early use of weather data by Wal-Mart.  Now a major player thinks this data source can provide key context to many decisions.   In the WSJ: " ......

Machine Learning Elevator Models
From The Eponymous Pickle

Machine Learning Elevator Models

Some of the earliest modeling work we did was with elevator like conveyance systems ....  Where we used data from real elevator operations.  But the results seem...

Neural Networks and Deep Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Neural Networks and Deep Learning

Neural Networks and Deep Learning is a free online book. The book will teach you about:  Neural networks, a beautiful biologically-inspired programming paradigm...

Governance and Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Governance and Analytics

Data and governance manager speaks about analytics. " ... Ritika Gunnar, VP of information integration and governance for IBM’s $30 billion analytics business,But...

Wal-Mart Health Kiosks
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart Health Kiosks

Did much study of the kiosk idea, but now we have our own personal smart-phone kiosks.  The standalone kiosk can add additional marketing experience in physical...

Industrial Data Lakes
From The Eponymous Pickle

Industrial Data Lakes

Doing some explorations of work in Industry for dealing with large quantities of data,  supporting key operational decisions.    Work by GE,  much more at thisA...

IBM Bets on Big Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM Bets on Big Data

From IBM Insight meetings underway today.    More engagement between our rapidly increasing data resources and Cognitive/Watson.   Video of talk and more" ... IBM...

Skill Testing for Intelligent Assistants
From The Eponymous Pickle

Skill Testing for Intelligent Assistants

Fascinating view of how skills are constructed from microelements and tested.   Just updated. Informative for those thinking about constructing intelligent assistants...

Tesco fails to sell DunnHumby
From The Eponymous Pickle

Tesco fails to sell DunnHumby

Considerable local presence, with their US HQ, they hire many entry level data analysts.  We used many of DunnHumby's services for targeted coupons.Tesco’s Prophecy...

Analytics Reference Architecture
From The Eponymous Pickle

Analytics Reference Architecture

Nicely done look at a Cloud Analytics Playbook & Reference Architecture  by @BoozAllen at Booz Allen Consulting  via Kirk Borne.  I like the inclusion of metadata...

Companies Reaching out to Millennials
From The Eponymous Pickle

Companies Reaching out to Millennials

In the HBR:  How established companies, as in  hospitality and insurance,  are reaching out to Millennials.  Need for a new kind of talking.  We met with their"...

Amelia Virtual Assistant. Understanding Risk
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amelia Virtual Assistant. Understanding Risk

Amelia. The Virtual Assistant that May Take Your JobContinued emergence of virtual assistants with new capabilities: How will these be integrated into the workplace...

Progress of Online Shopping
From The Eponymous Pickle

Progress of Online Shopping

Marketist Mark J Perry charts the progress of online shopping with stock prices." ....  There may be no other large company operating today that better illustrates...

Another look at Vizable: Simplicity in Design
From The Eponymous Pickle

Another look at Vizable: Simplicity in Design

Fast CoDesign looks at the design of Tableau's free tablet oriented Vizable, which I recently reviewed. They say nicely done, and I agree.   Not nearly all the"...

Employee Advocacy
From The Eponymous Pickle

Employee Advocacy

The idea was brought back to mind by reading the Shareology book by Bryan Kramer.  Having your employees help you market.    But how to do that well?    Pointed...

Example of Connecting Home IOT Devices
From The Eponymous Pickle

Example of Connecting Home IOT Devices

Have been exploring the integration of multiple control devices for the home IOT.  Here is an example that lets your connect the Amazon Echo to the Nest Thermostat...
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