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Harry Hawk   bio   6/20/2013   Post a comment
Social networking sites and search engines continue to hone the tools they use to help advertisers spread their messages, measure results, and avoid fraud.
Alison Diana
Alison Diana   bio   6/19/2013   12 comments
Without any prescient knowledge into Edward Snowden's whistleblowing or the subsequent PR nightmare for employer Booz Allen Hamilton, I wouldn't have hired the technologist. It has nothing to do with whether or not he's a high-school dropout. Or the value of self-teaching versus formal education. It's because I don't like working with arrogant people or inflicting them on my teams.
Mitch Wagner
Mitch Wagner   bio   6/19/2013   2 comments
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium saw a whopping 700 percent increase in online ticket sales due to social marketing last year. The Tacoma, Wash., facility expects to improve an additional 25 percent this year with social, analytics, and mobile.
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How Big-Data Is Changing Marketing
6|13|13   |   1:07   |   1 comment

Big-data and analytics tools enable marketers to understand customers as individuals, identifying unmet needs and addressing each customer as a "segment of one," says John Kennedy, VP corporate marketing, IBM.
Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine
5|21|13   |   2:23   |   10 comments

Whole Foods Global Wine Purchaser Doug Bell told me about some of the constraints on using analytics in the US wine market.
Paul J. Fleuranges
Digital Signage Keeps NYC Subway Straphangers on Track
5|6|13   |   3:51   |   1 comment

New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
Kim Davis
Fast Forward to the Future
4|23|13   |   2:29   |   20 comments

A look back at tech writing in the 90s makes us wonder where enterprise IT will be 20 years from now.
Mitch Wagner
Google Launches Its Most Depressing Service Yet
4|15|13   |   2:59   |   10 comments

Google's new Inactive Account Manager lets you control how Google disposes of your accounts when you die.
Second Shooter
Argument Over Top-Level Domains Is 'Stupid'
4|11|13   |   2:07   |   3 comments

The whole Amazon.reader debate is a double-stupid. It's stupid to think that there's any e-book buyer who doesn't know Amazon's URL, and it was stupider to let ICANN launch the whole free-form TLD initiative to start with.
Kim Davis
Ladies, Your Tablet Awaits
3|21|13   |   2:22   |   37 comments

ePad Femme is the world’s first tablet “made exclusively for women.”
Wisdom of the Big Chair
NFC Moves Into the Mainstream
3|20|13   |   2:16   |   No comments

While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Wisdom of the Big Chair
Integrating Security Into Your Cloud Contract
3|19|13   |   3:35   |   No comments

Enterprises would like to move to cloud computing but are hesitant because they are concerned about providers’ ability to secure company data. Here are some tips that help to ensure that if breaches occur, the business is not left holding the bag.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Collects Customer Information
3|18|13   |   1:15   |   No comments

Edmunds separates customers into segments based on the info it collects on its site and from partners, and uses that to push out custom content, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Uses Analytics to Customize Site
3|14|13   |   0:47   |   No comments

The automotive website uses propensity modeling to target ads and customer registration forms, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
Second Shooter
Locked Handsets Aren't the Problem – Subsidies Are the Problem
3|13|13   |   2:09   |   10 comments

Subsidized handsets, rather than locked handsets, should be the focus of regulators. We're not getting good deals, not fostering innovation, and weakening our power as buyers.
Wisdom of the Big Chair
Big-Data Engineers Command Big Bucks
3|8|13   |   2:30   |   No comments

Big-data has become a big point of emphasis for many businesses. While the technology is available to deploy these applications, the needed personnel often is not. As a result, analytic engineers' salaries have blown past the six-figure mark, and hiring these experts has become a challenge for IT managers.
Second Shooter
Firefox OS Points to Possible New Directions for Google
3|4|13   |   2:08   |   6 comments

A "Chromephone" would allow Google to regain the control it lost from Android.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Drives Conversions With Analytics
3|1|13   |   1:20   |   No comments

The automotive website uses propensity modeling of customer behavior to convert more site visitors into leads, says Brian Baron, director of business analytics, in an interview at the Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
Second Shooter
Terrorists Attack Our Refrigerators!
2|28|13   |   2:22   |   No comments

50 billion household devices will be on the Internet by 2020, according to Cisco. And we're hearing foreign governments are hacking our infrastructure. Surely our refrigerators are next!
Mitch Wagner
Brands Make the Most of Limited Online Resources
2|27|13   |   2:46   |   3 comments

Marketers at companies such as Whole Foods are putting colleagues in other departments to work on social media to make up for their own scant budgets.
Alison Diana
Florida Girl Battles for Life With Social Media Help
2|25|13   |   1:40   |   9 comments

Internet Evolution's Alison Diana describes how her daughter and friends are using social media to stay connected with a girl in their social group who's battling leukemia.
Mitch Wagner
'Digital Nomads' Work From Anywhere & Everywhere
2|14|13   |   2:35   |   20 comments

New tools like laptops, tablets, smartphone, and wireless connectivity let us work from San Diego to Katmandu, and anywhere in between. But time management remains a problem.
Second Shooter
It's Not Tablets That Threaten the PC
2|13|13   |   2:21   |   8 comments

Blaming the PC's gloomy future on tablets is an oversimplification.
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Thursday June 13, 2013 4:31:31 PM
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Thursday June 13, 2013 3:02:13 PM
Re: Smarter Cloud Clan Radio: Brent Books, VP Networked Fitness at Precor: Sorry, Brent. Not Ben. Good grief, what is wrong with my fingers today?
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Thursday June 13, 2013 3:01:50 PM
Re: Smarter Cloud Clan Radio: Brent Books, VP Networked Fitness at Precor: OK...thanks all.  Hopefully worth the time.  I apprecaite all the great questions and comments.  Take care.  Brent
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Thursday June 13, 2013 3:01:33 PM
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Thursday June 13, 2013 3:01:31 PM
Re: Smarter Cloud Clan Radio: Brent Books, VP Networked Fitness at Precor: On the other hand, if you or any of our community wish to stay and continue the chat, the chatroom will remain open. 
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Thursday June 13, 2013 3:01:22 PM
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Thursday June 13, 2013 3:00:55 PM
Re: Smarter Cloud Clan Radio: Brent Books, VP Networked Fitness at Precor: Ben, if you have somewhere else you need to be, please feel free to be on your way. 
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Thursday June 13, 2013 3:00:40 PM
Re: Smarter Cloud Clan Radio: Brent Books, VP Networked Fitness at Precor: And now it's the top of the hour -- I'd like to thank our guest Ben Brooks from Precor once again. 
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Thursday June 13, 2013 3:00:26 PM
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Thursday June 13, 2013 3:00:07 PM
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Thursday June 13, 2013 2:56:49 PM
Re: Smarter Cloud Clan Radio: Brent Books, VP Networked Fitness at Precor: babrooks - Makes sense. Postponing equipment expenditures is one of the first things businesses will do in a recession. 
Thinkernetter
Thursday June 13, 2013 2:55:58 PM
Re: Smarter Cloud Clan Radio: Brent Books, VP Networked Fitness at Precor: But commercial fitness revenues didn't decline nearly as much as consumer.
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Thursday June 13, 2013 2:55:17 PM
Re: Smarter Cloud Clan Radio: Brent Books, VP Networked Fitness at Precor: That said, our revenues in commercial fitness declined because many operators postponed replacement of old equipment as financing became more of an issue during...
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Thursday June 13, 2013 2:54:23 PM
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Thursday June 13, 2013 2:53:52 PM
Re: Smarter Cloud Clan Radio: Brent Books, VP Networked Fitness at Precor: I think membership numbers remained relatively stable for a couple of reasons.  First, during the recession, where so many other things seemed out of control,...
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Thursday June 13, 2013 2:52:16 PM
Re: Smarter Cloud Clan Radio: Brent Books, VP Networked Fitness at Precor: Alison - Yes, it saves businesses money to have healthier employees. For one thing, it makes health insurance less expensive. And insurers have a financial incentive...
Thinkernetter
Thursday June 13, 2013 2:51:16 PM
Re: Smarter Cloud Clan Radio: Brent Books, VP Networked Fitness at Precor: Plus a lot of companies include gym memberships as a perk. Insurers, too.
Thinkernetter
Thursday June 13, 2013 2:51:01 PM
Re: Smarter Cloud Clan Radio: Brent Books, VP Networked Fitness at Precor: Interesting, babrooks. Why do you think commercial fitness remained stable while the consumer business declined? I can speculate on that but I'd be interested...
Thinkernetter
Thursday June 13, 2013 2:50:00 PM
Re: Smarter Cloud Clan Radio: Brent Books, VP Networked Fitness at Precor: it was interesting to compare the decline in consumer fitness equipment purchases to the relatively stable membership numbers in commercial fitness.
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John Kennedy
How Big-Data Is Changing Marketing
6|13|13   |   1:07   |   1 comment

Big-data and analytics tools enable marketers to understand customers as individuals, identifying unmet needs and addressing each customer as a "segment of one," says John Kennedy, VP corporate marketing, IBM.
Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine
5|21|13   |   2:23   |   10 comments

Whole Foods Global Wine Purchaser Doug Bell told me about some of the constraints on using analytics in the US wine market.
Paul J. Fleuranges
Digital Signage Keeps NYC Subway Straphangers on Track
5|6|13   |   3:51   |   1 comment

New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
Kim Davis
Fast Forward to the Future
4|23|13   |   2:29   |   20 comments

A look back at tech writing in the 90s makes us wonder where enterprise IT will be 20 years from now.
Mitch Wagner
Google Launches Its Most Depressing Service Yet
4|15|13   |   2:59   |   10 comments

Google's new Inactive Account Manager lets you control how Google disposes of your accounts when you die.
Second Shooter
Argument Over Top-Level Domains Is 'Stupid'
4|11|13   |   2:07   |   3 comments

The whole Amazon.reader debate is a double-stupid. It's stupid to think that there's any e-book buyer who doesn't know Amazon's URL, and it was stupider to let ICANN launch the whole free-form TLD initiative to start with.
Kim Davis
Ladies, Your Tablet Awaits
3|21|13   |   2:22   |   37 comments

ePad Femme is the world’s first tablet “made exclusively for women.”
Wisdom of the Big Chair
NFC Moves Into the Mainstream
3|20|13   |   2:16   |   No comments

While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Wisdom of the Big Chair
Integrating Security Into Your Cloud Contract
3|19|13   |   3:35   |   No comments

Enterprises would like to move to cloud computing but are hesitant because they are concerned about providers’ ability to secure company data. Here are some tips that help to ensure that if breaches occur, the business is not left holding the bag.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Collects Customer Information
3|18|13   |   1:15   |   No comments

Edmunds separates customers into segments based on the info it collects on its site and from partners, and uses that to push out custom content, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
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