DALLAS, Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Amid the proliferation of real time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors, log files and transactional applications, Big Data has found a host of vertical market applications, ranging from fraud detection to R&D.; Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140821/138541 "Big Data Market: 2014 – 2020 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts" Key Findings: In 2014 Big Data vendors will pocket nearly $30 Billion from hardware, software and professional services revenues Big Data investments are further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% over the next 6 years, eventually accounting for $76 Billion by the end of 2020 The market is ripe for acquisitions of pure-play Big Data startups, as competition heats up between IT incumbents Nearly every large scale IT ven... (more)

Twitter Weekly Updates for PRFlex

“Monthly pr retainers will vanish”…Old PR model is dead, where is the new one? http://bit.ly/K3y8l # Direct Dimensions gets Abe Lincoln up and walking in time for the premiere of Night at the Museum 2 on CBS Baltimore - http://bit.ly/wkX7x # Long post but great read on PR 2.0 RT @briansolis Must read for anyone in PR, Marketing, Communications, Social Media - http://bit.ly/Zstmq # Watch WJZ @ 4:00 or 5:00 to learn how a Baltimore company contributed to Abe Lincoln’s foray into Hollywood and a Ben Stiller blockbuster! # PR firms help clients navigate the sustainability landscape - http://bit.ly/JI0HS # QB hires pr firm, hits sports bar, pledges to BYU http://bit.ly/VL74R # Listen to Real Baseball Intelligence’s Director of Scouting Ben Hyman discuss the Orioles and Nats at http://www.wnst.net at 4:00 p.m. # ... (more)

Where Is The Intuitive Web?

The current web provides a two dimensional user experience. A user has to interact with 2 dimensional objects in a browser. This experience is so much frustrating that some users are turning back to old way of doing business - go offline and call the live person. A study by Forrester Research just found that for online travel web site users. This is no different for other web users. The fact is link based navigation is orthogonal to human nature. The human mind excels with interaction. We humans love interacting and need interactive user interface. When I say interactive, it does not meaning link based navigation or web 2.0 style auto refresh of data, what I indeed mean interacting in human language. The ability to interact like you would do with a live person. One should not need any special language or special technology to do business online. The fact that peop... (more)

SAP Mobility Challenge, Part 4

I have been involved in managing enterprise mobility projects for many years and have noticed some trends. The largest number of mobility projects within a company are not large enterprise wide projects but smaller departmental and business process specific projects. These often involve only 25-100 users. I have also been involved in projects with 500-3,000 mobile users as well, but there are far less of these. The small size and specific requirements of these smaller mobility projects cause many SAP mobility partners serious challenges. Small mobility projects are often very important to a specific department. The success of the department can be dependent upon the implementation of a mobile application that helps them do more with less. The department manager will be very keen to find a mobile application that meets their specific requirements. They often have com... (more)

How To Lose Friends And Alienate Twitter Followers: 5 Stupid Social Media Mistakes | Fast Company

Written by Amber Mac, Fast Company. When I interviewed entrepreneur and author Guy Kawasaki recently, I chatted with him at great lengths about his Twitter publishing habits. Take a look at his feed, and every few minutes you’ll see a new post, from why videos go viral to Playboy’s plans for a strip club.With so much tweeting, I asked him if he lost followers. In true Guy style, he admitted that yes, he had lost followers–but not nearly as many as he gained.Incidentally, in the time I wrote this post, Guy Kawasaki tweeted five times and gained 41 new followers, debunking the theory that too many tweets is bad for your presence. Via www.fastcompany.com ... (more)

Suttle joins HomeGrid Forum as New Promoter Member

A century of premises network implementation expertise brings real world experience to G.hn as products near market entry Beaverton, Ore, May 8, 2012 News highlights: Suttle joins HomeGrid Forum as a Promoter Member, becoming part of HomeGrid's core strategic G.hn leadership team Leading global supplier of premises connectivity and networking solutions for telecom operators, service providers, and industry Suttle brings 100 years of real world experience in wired technologies to G.hn Global supplier of premises connectivity and networking solutions, Suttle, has become the latest company to join the HomeGrid Forum, recognizing the power and performance that G.hn technology brings to next generation home networking. Suttle has become HomeGrid Forum's 12th Promoter Member, a status that allows it to actively participate in driving the strategic direction of the Forum.... (more)

ITU Telecom World 2012 attracts global ICT leaders

CEOs, Ministers, Regulators, academics to meet in Dubai, 14-18 October 2012 ACCREDIT NOW Geneva, 3 September 2012 - ITU Telecom World 2012 is set to open in Dubai, 14-18 October 2012, bringing together a uniquely inclusive list of international speakers for five days of constructive dialogue and debate that will centre on "the radical transformation of the ICT industry and the crucial importance of ensuring that connectivity in a transformed world is universal, fair, open and secure". High-level delegates from the ICT industry speaking at the event in Dubai include: Wim Elfrink, Executive VP Emerging Solutions, Cisco; Ulf Ewaldsson, CTO, Ericsson; Eileen Healy, CEO, Healy & Co; John Davies, VP Sales and Marketing, Intel; Sifiso Dabengwa, Group President and CEO, MTN; Franco Bernabè, CEO, Telecom Italia; Zheren Ma, Head of Corporate Strategy, Tencent; Alan Braverman... (more)

Cellular Operators Must Recall the Main Objective of Network Offloading (Disponible en Español)

When the usage of mobile Internet started to rise dramatically due to the enhanced capabilities of smartphones, along with the increasing development of innovative applications and ecosystems around wireless devices, Mobile Network Operators AKA Wireless Internet Services Providers, started to search options to handle the huge increase in traffic that was not only affecting the quality of the data service, but was also eroding the revenues due to costly expansions to allow the access to services that weren’t even provided by WISPs. The costliest resource is the spectrum, it must not only carry the user traffic, but the signaling that controls the access to the service; a big part of popular mobile applications use today, need the exchange of tremendous amounts of signaling that summed to user traffic deplete the available spectrum in the access part of the net... (more)

Brits Protect Facebook Passwords Over Banking PINs

London (15th Oct 2012) - Brits take more care to protect their social network profiles and passwords than they do with their banking and credit card details, according to a new study. Staples research reveals a third of Brits (33%) are guilty of leaving their bankcards or statements open on a shared network at work, lying on the desk or loose in the bin without being destroyed or shredded. In comparison, the poll of 1,000 people revealed that only 1 in 10 would ever leave their Facebook page open on a shared network, or display details such as address or date of birth on their page. And when it comes to passwords, a fifth (18%) of people said they never cover the PIN pad when withdrawing money and a tenth (9%) regularly share their PINs with friends and colleagues so they can withdraw cash or buy items on their behalf. However, just 1 in 20 would ever give away their... (more)

‘Tis The Season

As we move closer to the holidays, many things are once again cropping up, just like clockwork.  Some – including the airing of The Christmas Story and It’s a Wonderful Life – are always welcome.  Others, like frenzied mall traffic and egg nog, you want to forget.  And then there’s the blitz of year-end predictions – just like holiday songs, they can be a mixed bag. I promise I won’t declare 2013 “The Year of fill in the blank”.  But as we look forward to the New Year, there are some trends that CMO.com highlighted earlier this year that are worth revisiting. In fact, it’s my view that three are going to be increasingly important for B2B CMOs to pay attention to as we look toward 2013: 1.      Show Me the Money – I mean it. With the economy teetering on the edge of what many are calling a “Fiscal Cliff,” I can’t stress enough how important marketing ROI has become ... (more)

The Evolving Role of the CMO – Part II

This post can also be seen on 1to1 Media. Part two of an ongoing series in which Pegasystems CMO Grant Johnson sits down with other CMOs and Industry experts to talk about burning issues that are top of mind for B2B and B2C marketers. In the first part of this series published on February 8 I covered three of six key elements that define the new CMO. In this second part, I delve into the other three: achieving alignment, becoming a business partner, and being customer driven. As before, I include insights from three CMO thought leaders on what it takes to succeed in an increasingly digital world: David Cooperstein, vice president, CMO Practice Director, Forrester Research; John Ellett, CEO of nFusion and author of The CMO Manifesto; and John Neeson, managing director and co-founder, Sirius Decisions.   Achieving Alignment Alignment used to mean that the CMO needed ... (more)