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Getting Answers from your Big Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Getting Answers from your Big Data

In Datanami: A set of useful questions to consider, especially with regard to sources like IOT, where more and faster will become common.

Creative Manufacturing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Creative Manufacturing

Via O'Reilly IOT Newsletter:Etsy recently conducted a study on manufacturing and independent creative businesses. The maker movement provides an excellent growth...

Digital Closer to Dominating Physical Retail
From The Eponymous Pickle

Digital Closer to Dominating Physical Retail

Deloitte: Digital moving closer to dominating physical retail Digital interactions are expected to influence 64 cents of every dollar spent in retail stores by...

Google's Beacons: Eddystone
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google's Beacons: Eddystone

More movement towards proximity and location engagement methods.  Apparently more Open Source as well.Google Rolls Out Its Version of Beacon TechnologyEddystone...

Technology Use on Path to Purchase
From The Eponymous Pickle

Technology Use on Path to Purchase

Analysis of recent survey.Consumers Increasingly Embrace Tech on Path to PurchaseBlackhawk Engagement shopper survey illustrates how  .... As consumers increasingly...

Virtual Reality Standards
From The Eponymous Pickle

Virtual Reality Standards

In Ars Technica: " ... Just how “open” is the future of PC virtual reality?  Examining the debate over standards, SDKs, and cross-platform headset development....

Seductive Infosphere
From The Eponymous Pickle

Seductive Infosphere

Thoughtful HBR piece on data, information, algorithm, and who controls it all.  Caution is always worthwhile.  Yes, it is a kind of seduction to have all this so...

Inspect Your Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Inspect Your Data

True, and for very important data you should have the expert in or owner of the data make sure it, or any derivative of the data,  is correct.  In ClickZ:" ...With...

Pitney Bowes and GE Software's Predix
From The Eponymous Pickle

Pitney Bowes and GE Software's Predix

It is nice to see the terms predictive and prescriptive used specifically here, the prescriptive is not that often mentioned.  It implies the integration of analytics...

Strategy Drives Digital
From The Eponymous Pickle

Strategy Drives Digital

Technology is only a collection of tools.  But in today's world, with tools being updated every 18 months, sometimes fundamentally,  part of your strategy may need...

Walmart Plays Prime
From The Eponymous Pickle

Walmart Plays Prime

I have been involved in a business that leveraged Amazon Prime. It does generate both interest and longer term engagement.  It establishes a first visit preference...

Using Customers for Innovation Leverage
From The Eponymous Pickle

Using Customers for Innovation Leverage

In part how our innovation centers were used.   HBR article goes on to give more of the how.Win Over Executives by Proving Customers Support Your Ideaby Ron Ashkenas...

Augmenting Human Experience
From The Eponymous Pickle

Augmenting Human Experience

Augmenting the human experience: AR, wearable tech, and the IoTAs augmented reality technologies emerge, we must place the focus on serving human needs. by Helen...

Microsoft Analytics Under Cortana, Adds Apark
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft Analytics Under Cortana, Adds Apark

Does this imply that their new analytics will be strongly voice driven?   Fascinating idea that will require some cognitive depth and context?     How will this...

Using Twitter as a Social Research Tool
From The Eponymous Pickle

Using Twitter as a Social Research Tool

Useful Tools Overview: " ... The popularity of social media sites and the ease at which its data is available means these platforms are increasingly becoming primary...

Nestle Opens Digital Innovation Office
From The Eponymous Pickle

Nestle Opens Digital Innovation Office

A number of companies I know have taken similar action. We did this informally for a long time.  Such teams should look at a number of global locations: NestléThe...

Making Store Data Meaningful
From The Eponymous Pickle

Making Store Data Meaningful

In the Cisco Blog: Somewhat obvious, but deserves to be thought through. For origin and comparison of data.  Consider also related metadata that will make it meaningful...

Marianos Supermarket Experience
From The Eponymous Pickle

Marianos Supermarket Experience

I am used to Jungle Jim's nearby, which does provide experience, but here is yet more.Via Steve Frenda, The Path to Purchase Institute:Mariano's latest... A supermarket...

The Zen of the Apple Store Experience
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Zen of the Apple Store Experience

Agreed, have a number of times visited an Apple store and asked myself, How could a retailer match this?  Its a novel experience, linked to some novel offerings...

Talk on the Digital Age
From The Eponymous Pickle

Talk on the Digital Age

Recent talk by my colleague Suna Polat from CimData on innovation in a digital age.   As it relates to PLM.   Slides and audio. Nicely done.  Also some interesting...
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