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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Capital Economic Research
This site was recently brought to my attention. The economist Ronald Mariutto's approach to solving enterprise problems. " ... Founded by a PhD trained economist...
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Analyzing Customer Behavior
A 30 plus page PDF on analyzing customer behavior by Greenplum: " ... Consumers are no longer what they used to be. Before they buy, they look around. A lot. And...
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Technology Should Augment Humans
A view of how to construct good technology, and what that really means, one of a series of articles.
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Target Experience with IBM DemandTec
I was pointed to a video interview with Shelly Hyytinen,VP of Merchandising Process and Systems Development at Target Stores. An excellent view of how TargetCombined...
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SAP Apps
SAP support Windows 8 with six new apps. " .... In addition to SAP WorkDeck, the other five new apps for Windows 8 are: SAP Manager Insight for human resources...
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Future View of Sustainable Packaging
Via Chris Holden of RecordedFuture A view of the future of packaging. " ... "Sainsbury's said that it had the industry's most ambitious target to reduce packaging...
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Big Data Medical Applications
In CACM: Valerie Barr outlines important big data medical applications. Exciting examples underway.
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Social Powered Subscription Service
In AdAge, another project from their social labs. A social powered subscription service. " ... The @WalmartLabs unit today is broadly launching Goodies Co.,...
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Predicting Supply Chain Disasters
Over the years a problem we dealt with many times, some of our key production facilities being located in bad weather prone areas. This article in HBR does a good...
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Google Data Center History
Fascinating view of how the Google Data center has evolved. " ... Google opened up on its data center operations today at an industry event in Phoenix. It shared...
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Unconscious Branding Book
Via Sands Research Palgrave Macmillian Releases Today: Unconscious Branding: How Neuroscience Can Empower (and Inspire) Marketing by Douglas Van Praet"Doug VanStephen...
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Wicked Problems
We started to use the phrase 'wicked Problem' around the year 2000. Here is an incomplete analysis of the use of the phrase: So what is its definition? I like...
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Strategic Marketing Mix Decisions
I have been recently been taking a look at the broad concept of marketing mix decisions. The problem is old: how do we decide how much promotional dollars toTheir...
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Midsize Organizations: Simpler BI
Jeff Zabin via Gib Bassett on using simpler business intelligence applications. Especially for the midsize company. Yes, I agree. In fact I would take it even...
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Keeping Plastic Cards
In GigaOm: I had always expected that plastic cards would go away once the mobile smartphone-enabled wallet took over. Here the case is made that cards will...
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Another Look at Design and Analytics
I met Joseph Kyoung-yun of Wayne State at a talk I gave last week and he was nice enough to send along some background on the work he was doing. He writes " ....
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Drawing Together
David Sibbet, on the use of visualization capabilities with groups, as demonstrated by a mentor and friend at TED. "... It's a simple, inviting, clear demonstration...
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Examination of Computers in 1984
I remember thinking about the advances in computing that year, and how the forecast of dire changes did not occur. This article surveys computing, hardware and...
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A Tablet is not a Book, Yet
In UX Magazine: A complaint that reading a book on a tablet is not the same as reading a physical book. I have thought that for some time, and in general only...
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