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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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Public vs Private Clouds
In GigaOm: A good comparison between the choice of Public vs Private Cloud in corporate IT. Which companies should use which? " ... Cloud computing is supposed...
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Zoo Analytics
A local zoo and spin off consultancy makes a point of the value of business intelligence applications. First I had heard of this specifically addressed in an article...
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IBM and Social Analytics : Kenexa
This is quite a buy. We took a look at IBM's offerings in social technology nearly a decade ago. Their early efforts included intelligent directories that could...
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Design vs Functionality
An interesting view. With the obvious example of smartphones converging on a rectangular design. " ... In a pre-iPhone age, mobile phones came in all shapes...
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Wal-Mart uses Semantic Search
It is likely we will continue to see more efforts like this in retail, the claim for immediate improvement is particularly interesting: " ... Walmart like many...
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Improving Packaging Through Collaboration
In Innovation Excellence: General Mills example of using open innovation by working closely with suppliers, increasingly common in industry today.
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Business Analytics
New book by a long time colleague: Business Analytics: Methods Models and Decisions. by James R EvansThis book provides readers with the fundamental conceptsOn...
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Measuring Supply Chain Performance
A very good piece on the topic. Deals with the strategic, operational and especially financial aspects of the problem. If we can't measure we can hardly improve...
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BOI Solutions: Groundbreaking Business Intelligence Delivery
Newly brought to by attention again. The excellent and unique work done by BOI Systems." ... Procter & Gamble’s groundbreaking Business Sphere environments enable...
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Why Stores Stock Items that Don't Sell
Correspondent Byron Sharp sends along this informative link:If you have ever wondered why stores are willing to stock many items that barely sell....Professor Byron...
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Ask Fewer Questions
Michael Schrage talks about a fundamental tool of our industry: Asking questions. Sometimes its verbal, sometimes via an email or a store survey. It happens...
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Choosing Social Network Models
From Wharton: An extensive piece on the topic. " ... Recent downturns in the stock price of several social media companies -- several of which debuted to much...
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Connect and Development Opportunities: Unstructured Data
I just received a list of needs from P&G's Connect and Development outreach via P&G's alumni network that may be of interest to this group. The all have elements...
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Tiny Machines
Via the Foresight Institute Richard Feynman's seminal 1959 talk on nanotechnology: Tiny Machines. And also a talk: There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom. Foresight Institute is...
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Network Wide Inventory Reduction
As part of my continued look at supply chain technologies and measures I found this excellent article: Supply Chain News: How Do Companies Perceive Opportunities...
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Big Data Meets Cloud
Forbes article on how big data meets the Cloud. A good piece by Forrester on the use of many resources, internal and external to drive business intelligence....
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Full Scale Virtual Research
I had the pleasure of visiting John Milby's Full Scale Virtual Research Lab today. Got a great tour and technical discussion of work underway there. I worked"...
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Further Rise of the Visual
In Fast Company: All is becoming more visual, shorter and simpler. Pinterest and Video. Info graphics. With an emphasis on entertaining rather than informing...
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Hollowing of the Middle Class?
M J Perry reports on the recent PEW report on the 'Hollowing of the Middle Class'. " ... But 150 Americans Moved Up for Every 100 Who Moved Down Between 1971 and...
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