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Unilever Seeks Open Technology
From The Eponymous Pickle

Unilever Seeks Open Technology

In CGT:  Unilever seeks technologies that will support sustainable growth.  " ... Unilever put out an open call for cost-effective innovation on three technical...

Unlocking Big Data in Social
From The Eponymous Pickle

Unlocking Big Data in Social

In CIO Insight. Lots of groups are seeking to insight out of social.  Many with very great expectations.  News from Oracle OpenWorld.   Drilling for insight is...

Explaining Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Explaining Analytics

I often have to explain analytics and modeling to people.   Just today I had a meeting with a client who needed to understand the value of analytics and modeling...

Lego and Open Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Lego and Open Innovation

From  IdeaConnection:  Good piece about how Iconic toymaker Lego uses open innovation.  " ... Lego is an open innovation pioneer, one of the first companies to...

Focus on Results, Not Technology
From The Eponymous Pickle

Focus on Results, Not Technology

A clear message to Big Data Giants.  Memo To Oracle, SAP: Listen To P&G's Language ... Oracle and SAP keep fighting a war of words over whose technology is bigger...

Enterprise Search Updated
From The Eponymous Pickle

Enterprise Search Updated

In CW World:    I have always thought that search engines did a poor job of internal search. In particular they have not taken advantage of internal knowledge structure...

TagWhat Notifies
From The Eponymous Pickle

TagWhat Notifies

Some time ago I was introduced to TagWhat, and have written about it a number of times.   About to be reintroduced, now including notifications.  It is a method...

McKinsey on Innovation Structures
From The Eponymous Pickle

McKinsey on Innovation Structures

McKinsey report on a survey done with executives.  Registration required for full report.   " .... Executives say their companies use multiple organizational approaches...

Gamification Course Outline
From The Eponymous Pickle

Gamification Course Outline

I have given a number of talks on the use of gamification for both internet and productivity engagement.  I did receive some interest on the topic.   I see here...

3D Gestures
From The Eponymous Pickle

3D Gestures

I have been taking a look at alternatives to the mouse for computer interaction.   Came upon report of work   by Microsoft labs doing 3D gestural had interaction...

Multiple Government Big Data Initiatives
From The Eponymous Pickle

Multiple Government Big Data Initiatives

Information Week on multiple government big data initiatives.  And you can add another, the DARPA xData initiative.    " ... A trio of federal agencies is looking...

Private Clouds e-Book
From The Eponymous Pickle

Private Clouds e-Book

A 74 free e-book.   Registration required.  There is much confusion on this topic.

Peapod's Virtual Store
From The Eponymous Pickle

Peapod's Virtual Store

In PopAI:   More on Peapod's Virtual stores, including a good video of it in operation.  " ... The campaign stretches all across the U.S., littering 100 subway This...

Where is Artificial General Intelligence?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Where is Artificial General Intelligence?

We expected Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) to follow quickly when we formed an artificial intelligence team and lab in the late 1980's.  Surely once we started...

Research Mind Mapping
From The Eponymous Pickle

Research Mind Mapping

I have used IThoughtsHD for some time as a mind mapping tool.  The main reason for choosing it was that it was usable as an iPad App and could readily communicate...

Tesla's Lab is Saved
From The Eponymous Pickle

Tesla's Lab is Saved

An example of unappreciated genius.  Nikola Tesla.  Wireless and energy transmission pioneer.  I have seen the ruins of his lab from afar.  I have stayed in a room...

The Emergence of Precision Retailing
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Emergence of Precision Retailing

Tailoring promotions to mobile shopper needs in the store.   ReadwriteWeb critically calls it SAP's Creepy New Retail Software Uses Big Data To Make You Buy More...

Disney 3D Printing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Disney 3D Printing

An example of using 3D printing to create simple displays and sensors.  " ... Aside from simple displays, the process can also be used to produce a variety of sensors...

Teradata and Tibco Spotfire
From The Eponymous Pickle

Teradata and Tibco Spotfire

This press release recently came up in some research  "  ... Tibco Spotfire Announces Expanded Partnership with Teradata to Offer Extreme Data Discovery and Analytics...

On Education and Trust
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Education and Trust

Correspondent and frequent consultant to our enterprise Jerry Michalski gives his first talk at TED, in Copenhagen.  On education on trust.
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