Insights: Looking Outside Your Industry for Innovation
[ Source: Satyam Computer Services Ltd. ]
March 2008-
Executives at most companies recognize that today's need for innovation is greater than ever, and tomorrow's will be higher still. Customers are better informed, more demanding, and more likely to take advantage of increased market transparency. They see alternatives everywhere; if another company provides a better solution or product, they will know it, and switch to it quickly.
Unfortunately, innovation does not happen on its own. Some of the ....
Dont Get Stumped By Off-The-Wall Job Interview Questions
[ Source: Quintessential Careers ]
January 2008-
Welcome to the world of the off-the-wall interview question - weird, wacky, gimmicky, and off-beat ""Wild card"" questions that seem to have nothing to do with ability to handle a job. If they’re irrelevant to job performance, why do employers ask them? They want to see how well one can think on their feet. They may want to test creativity or sense of humor. In creating stress by asking a weird question, the interviewer may ....
Envisioning the Medical Device Company of the Future
[ Source: HCL Technologies ]
September 2008-
The U.S. market for medical devices is expected to reach $89 billion this year. But with this promising opportunity comes the added pressure for medical device companies to stay ahead of the competition through innovation at a reduced cost.
According to an online survey conducted by Knowledge@Wharton and HCL Technologies, industry respondents see outsourcing as a potential solution to this challenge, and yet they are aware that this new set of tools brings with ....
Mentor Graphics Collects Customer Feedback for Product Innovation
[ Source: Brightidea, Inc. ]
December 2008-
In June 2008, Mentor Graphics launched Mentor Ideas, a Web-based environment for capturing product enhancement ideas from customers. This initiative is focused on the Mentor Graphics PADS product line and customers, and, due to the success of the initial pilot, the company has now launched a similar initiative for its Expedition product line.
Tomorrow's CIO and What the CEO Looks for
[ Source: TechWeb ]
January 2009-
A panel discussion featuring the CIO and CEO form Harrah's Entertainment.
Gregor Bailar On IT and Business Peformance at Capital One
[ Source: TechWeb ]
January 2009-
Bailar discusses the role of IT in business growth, his must-read business book, agile development and he offers up some advice to the software vendor community.
Intelligent InSites Visibility Platform Case Study: The Lasting Hope Recovery Center
[ Source: Intelligent InSites ]
February 2009-
Intelligent InSites’ solution combines leading location-sensing devices and Web-based software to deliver the highest level of safety to staff and patients. It provides significant improvements over the noisy and obstructive overhead paging systems of the past and proves its effectiveness as a staff duress system.
Intelligent InSites Visibility Platform Case Study: The Alton
[ Source: Intelligent InSites ]
February 2009-
The solution combines location-sensing devices and Web-based software that provide significant improvements in resident care and staff effectiveness. The real-time locating and communication system uses small pendants to monitor the presence of residents and staff members within the community.
GM CIO Ralph Szygenda On On Being The CIO
[ Source: TechWeb ]
January 2009-
One of the industry's leading CIOs, Ralph Szygenda, talks about what it takes to be a CIO and what tomorrow's CIO will have to do to prepare.
Optimized Category Management And Planograms For Multi-Year Retail Cycle
[ Source: LumiData ]
September 2009-
As category manager for Target, World Kitchen needed to analyze long-term demand data on a weekly basis that would allow the company to optimize promotional events and provide fact-based, extensive brand scorecards to build volume for a retail category with a multi-year sales cycle. With SOLYS, World Kitchen was able to track long-term in-stock and replenishment, and delve into the minutiae of promotional activity data that allowed World Kitchen to zero in on specific product ....