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LED lightbulbs will be used not only for home and business lighting automation, but possibly also for locating shoppers inside stores and transmitting data at hundreds of megabits per second.
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Free BlackBerry 10 Phones for Enterprises

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Enterprises that fulfill certain requirements may receive a free BlackBerry 10 phone as part of RIM's new BlackBerry 10 Ready Program.
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New Mobile Tech Lets Employees Do More With Less Power

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With the huge number of mobile devices available, IT departments need to consider how much computing power employees need, and in what form.
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Enterprises Kick In to Help During Disasters

11|8|12   |   3:12   |   2 comments


Businesses helped neighbors with Internet access and mobile device charge-ups during Sandra. Following that example, enterprises should consider preparing Internet disaster plans to help the public during disasters.
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Amazon's Kindle Whispercast Targets Enterprises

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Amazon's Kindle offerings typically are aimed at consumers, but its new Whispercast content management service is for businesses and non-profits.
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Microsoft's Tips for Testing Windows 8

10|19|12   |   2:59   |   2 comments


Enterprises testing or deploying new software, including Windows 8, might be interested in Microsoft's suggestions for IT departments.
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iPhone Maps Fiasco Teaches Universal Lesson

9|26|12   |   3:15   |   36 comments


The Apple Maps fiasco raises questions for enterprises about how they handle application development and launches.
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Google Introduces Handwrite

7|31|12   |   2:52   |   15 comments


Google's new Handwrite beta service allows you to enter search terms by writing with your finger on a touch screen. It's fairly accurate.
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Google Wallet’s WiFi Problem

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Alan had to "fix" Google Wallet with a minor change to his phone's settings, and that doesn't bode well for a trouble-free mobile payments experience.
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IT Should Evaluate On-Screen Keyboards

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On-screen keyboards are getting a lot more complicated, and IT departments should consider evaluating them.
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Price, Not Features, Driving Smartphone Sales

11|29|12   |   2:01   |   7 comments


A survey by JD Powers found that customer interest in product features is lessening as phones evolve. Rather than features, price is driving purchases, and that change could have a dramatic impact on how IT departments secure these devices.
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Enterprises Kick In to Help During Disasters

11|8|12   |   3:12   |   2 comments


Businesses helped neighbors with Internet access and mobile device charge-ups during Sandra. Following that example, enterprises should consider preparing Internet disaster plans to help the public during disasters.
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Smart Grid Opportunities

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Industry initiatives and government stimulus funds are giving enterprise software vendors a great opportunity to help build out and manage smart grid technologies.
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Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

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Whole Foods Global Wine Purchaser Doug Bell told me about some of the constraints on using analytics in the US wine market.
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How Edmunds.com Collects Customer Information

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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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How Edmunds.com Uses Analytics to Customize Site

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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.
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How Edmunds.com Drives Conversions With Analytics

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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.
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Terrorists Attack Our Refrigerators!

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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!
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Brands Make the Most of Limited Online Resources

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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.
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As
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