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Skunk Works

Skunk Works   <<The nickname Lockheed employees gave to their organization is an adaptation of the name for the ultra-secret high security “Skunk Works” moonshine operation featured in Al Capp’s widely popular comic strip Li’l Amber, which ran from 1934 … Continue reading

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Ten Rules for Success

Hire are ten rules for success from Investors Business Daily by way of my friend Mike Linett, President of Zerowait: How You Think is Everything. Always be positive. Think Success, not Failure. Beware of a negative environment. Decide upon Your True Dreams … Continue reading

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Intro to Statistics

Q: Could you recommend some books on statistics that would allow me to be more efficient at Business Analytics? A: Below are some sites that you may find useful. 1)      The online copy of StatSoft, the Statistica textbook, a good resource, … Continue reading

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The domain names registered with you, are they automatically renewed?

Yes, as long as your account is in good standing, we make sure that we renew your domain names. Here is how it works: 30 to 90 days before expiration, we bill your account for the renewal fee once your … Continue reading

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Loading of over 1 Trillion RDF Triples

Franz Inc., a leading supplier of Graph Database technology, with critical support from Stillwater SuperComputing Inc. and Intel, today announced it has achieved its goal of being the first to load and query a NoSQL database with a trillion RDF … Continue reading

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Enterprise Social Media Analytics with Atlas for Connections

The key benefits from deploying an enterprise social media software are to improve customer satisfaction by building stronger relationships with customers, staff effectiveness by simplifying access to existing internal expertise, staff retention by allowing employees to build a stronger network … Continue reading

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Happy 100 years IBM!

Today, June 16, 2011, IBM turns 100 years old. IBM invites you to join the Twitter conversation regarding the IBM Centennial–feel free to use the #IBM100 and #progress hashtags on Twitter. The conversation around these hashtags will be featured on … Continue reading

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Have a Family Owned Business?

“Defining a dynasty as three successive generations of family control and success, he focuses on banking, automobiles, and raw-materials industries, with fascinating stories of families, including the Barings, Morgans, Fords, Toyodas, Rockefellers, Guggenheims, and Schlumbergers.” — Mary Whaley Continue reading

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The Mythical Man Month

Managing Software Development Projects In today’s world, more and more managers find themselves having to manage an impromptu software project. It usually starts by a need identified by a “hobbyist” colleague, who realizes that they can solve a problem by … Continue reading

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Tunring Filthy Water into Strile Drinking Water

From TED’s web site: :Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it — inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. An amazing … Continue reading

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