“In the following Edge original essay, Taleb continues his examination of Black Swans, the highly…”
“In the following Edge original essay, Taleb continues his examination of Black Swans, the highly improbable and unpredictable events that…
“For years, Western governments have used supercomputers to model weapons of nuclear war.Now a…”
“For years, Western governments have used supercomputers to model weapons of nuclear war. Now a company in China uses the…
Can Social Network Analysis Help with Customer Valuation?
Social network analysis (SNA) is helping companies map and understand the links, associations and possibly behaviors of customers and employees.In…
Start a Dialogue about Master Data Management
Just mentioning master data management (MDM) will cause businesspeople’s eyes to glaze over and most IT folks to run for…
It’s Just a Little More Disk Space
Recently I bought a Maxtor OneTouch™ 1TB backup drive for my son’s PC. We had been using a 320 Gb…
Hospitals are increasingly relying on electronic tracking…
Hospitals are increasingly relying on electronic tracking systems to keep tabs on equipment and lab specimens, and even to monitor…
Google Uses Web Searches to Track Flu’s Spread
Google Uses Web Searches to Track Flu’s Spread: Turns out a lot of ailing Americans enter phrases like “flu symptoms”…
Everyware: The dawning age of ubiquitous computing | A book by…
Everyware: The dawning age of ubiquitous computing | A book by Adam Greenfield “Greenfield’s thesis is that technology and our…
Focus, Simplicity and Service
The Boston Globe had an interesting article in its Sunday November 2, 2008 business section “Keeping it simple for the…
Using Analytics in Tough Times: Quiet action starts the fight against “doom and gloom”
Now, I can't make any promises and wouldn't dream of offering any forecasts. But behind all those gloom-and-doom headlines and…
