Month: January 2012

Choosing New Year`s Resolutions

The start of a new year is always a good time to resolve tomake both our professional and personal lives more efficient, organized andsaner. It?s

Hospitals Make Healthy IT Investments

Seton Healthcare Family, in central Texas, is using business analytics (BA) and business intelligence (BI) to diagnose and solve a problem every hospital faces: costly

Five Keys to Succeeding With Big Data

1. Understand the possibilities. Combining hundreds of dataelements and terabytes of data doesn?t automatically produce results. Businessanalysts and IT experts must understand how the data

How Marriott Got Marketing Right

Marriott International operates more than 3,500 hotel properties worldwide under its portfolio of brands. Our evolving lineup includes brands such as Marriott Hotels & Resorts,

Big Data Unlocks Business Value

The typical enterprise is awash in data. Virtually every industry sector—from health care and financial services to retail and manufacturing—is witnessing a growth in data

Virtualized Desktops Deliver Mobile Learning

Colleges and universities across the country seek to provideengaging, personalized learning environments, using multimedia-rich curriculato support collaborative education and distance learning. And, armed withlaptops, tablets

RFID Grows Up

For years, businesses have adopted RFID for niche applications and tasks, including inventory controls, supply chain management and retail security. However, legacy systems and infrastructure?along

Context Awareness Gets Real

Over the last few years, location-based services?mostly available through smartphones?have led to new and more powerful capabilities in areas as diverse as weather forecasting and