What You Need To Know About Location Intelligence In 2020
53% of enterprises say that Location Intelligence is either critically important or very important to achieving their goals for 2020. Leading analytics and platform vendors who offer Location Intelligence include Alteryx, Microsoft, Qlik, SAS, Tableau, and TIBCO Software. Location Intelligence vendors providing specialized apps and platforms include CARTO, ESRI, Galigeo, MapLarge, and Pitney Bowes. Product […]
How Cloud Integration Is Defining The Future of CRM
The future of customer relationships depends more on context than transactions. And this trend is accelerating, driven by the integration of social media into CRM, rapid gains in usability of CRM and integration applications, and the global growth of the API economy. Gaining a clear, contextually-based view of customers isn’t easy. Fine-tuning system integration to […]
Apple, Peak and Cockroaches
You probably think I am out of my mind – well … hm… no comment. But yes I agree it’s close to madness to discuss Apple’s decline right on the heels of a record-breaking iPhone 5 launch and a stock price that despite some correction is still a rocketship. But bear with me for a […]
Why I’m Unplugging From Location Based Services Until The Privacy Issue Is Resolved
Convergence Of Smart Phone Affordability And Broad Network Access Drives Growth In Location Based Services I’ve been a big fan of location based services (LBS). In fact, many of you have followed my whereabouts on Yelp, Tripit, and other integrated Twitter services. As many of you know, location based services take your geographical position from […]
Best Buy Smarter than the Apple Store
“There is an App for that” – is the mantra nowadays, and I really hoped for one, to solve the major task of telling me where I can buy an iPad. Anywhere, in any physical store along my long drive from San Francisco to Pleasanton. In the real-time, always-on age it should not be a […]
Google Maps Experiment with Hotel Prices – Just Remember to Check In
How many times were you looking for the right hotel at the right price, close enough to your conference, customer or just a particular location? Finding the right one typically includes juggling multiple sites – hotel search, price comparisons, many with teaser prices that turn out to be unavailable, maps, reservation systems…etc. Not for long, […]
USGS Now Embraces Twitter as Source of Earthquake Information
This time it was personal. The earthquake hit three miles from my house. It was a minor one, magnitude 3.7, but I felt it very strongly, albeit very shortly, too. Just a sudden kick in the butt, nothing more. Perhaps that’s the difference between being right above the epicenter or feeling it remotely. I jumped […]
