Mobility

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Recently, Walt Disney announced the introduction of the wireless-tracking wristband ‘MagicBand’ to Walt Disney World. They aim to make the visit to the Walt Disney World in Orlando a more magical experience while in return record the complete data trail of the visitors.[read more]

Future of video streaming

Fact #1: the video streaming category is getting crowded. And, fact #2, it’s getting more than a little competitive, as media companies are moving into streaming video looking for their own new revenue streams. What does this mean for consumers?[read more]

Mobile & Decision Management: James Taylor

While at IBM IMPACT this year I was interviewed about Decision Management, Mobile and more. Check out this video to see the interview.[read more]

A Big Data solution

Cloud, social, mobile: all of these technologies are connected through one important commonality, and that is Big Data. By allowing individuals to quickly discover important information through the use of data, organizations are given the power to make smarter data-driven business decisions.[read more]

Paypal's mobile payments

PayPal is leading consumers and merchants into a "digital wallet" universe and extending their lead by announcing partnerships with NCR and Discover. PayPal has 15 years of dominating online purchases but even more impressive is that they processed over $14 billion in mobile payments 2012.[read more]

Network performance

The word “network” is thrown around by some people without proper regard for what’s involved when cloud computing/technology is brought into the picture. A whole new set of challenges come with cloud-environment networking. Here are some of those hurdles/difficulties.[read more]

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Nike turned the most uncomplicated sport in the world, running, into a data-driven social sport that gives users access to tons of data about their personal achievements. As such, Nike has made an engaging gamified platform for runners to share their data and learn from the insights derived from it.[read more]

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Managing vast amounts of data within internal systems has always been a challenge. But with the rise of the cloud, social media, mobile devices and other technological innovations, organizations are now expected to keep track of everything on the internet as well.[read more]

New tablet tech on the horizon?

Corning – the "glass company" that came up with the telescope mirror for the Palomar Observatory – has showcased their new, ultra-thin, 100-micron thick, flexible glass. And it could change the shape and form of how next-generation electronics are ultimately designed.[read more]

BI & Analytics at Gartner Summit 2013

The Gartner Summit in Grapevine, TX, this year was pretty fantastic, and Domo had a big presence there. But rather than just tooting our own horn, I wanted to write about the (unbranded, non-promotional) takeaways I gleaned from three days of BI and analytics.[read more]

mobile technology

Apple’s acquisition of WiFiSlam is getting a lot of attention this week. In a nutshell, WiFiSlam specializes in a technology that allows mobile apps to pinpoint users’ locations through the interaction between their smartphones and standard wifi signals – no GPS need apply.[read more]

BYOD

While the sub-market spawned by BYOD is flourishing with multi-platform BYOD services, solutions, applications and everything else that a new phenomenon might elicit, for some, especially IT administrators and the like, the practice is simply little more than a pain in the &$@#*.[read more]

Big Data travel solutions

Depending on where you are, the words “travel” and “good customer experience” don’t necessarily belong in the same sentence. Big data is poised to change all that: between buying airline tickets, cruises, booking hotels, day trips and more, there’s a wealth of consumer information available.[read more]

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Most drivers are unaware that event data recorders (EDR) are likely installed in their automobile. These recorders track driving data such as air bag deployment, acceleration and deceleration, engine speed and more. However, the answer to "Who owns this data?" is still up for debate.[read more]

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Analysts at Forrester and Gartner are seeing a rise in adoption of enterprise app stores. They see corporate app stores moving beyond distribution of corporate-approved mobile apps to provide content sharing, granular discovery, provisioning, and reporting and monitoring services.[read more]