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Business - Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by Nick Vitalari - 1 Comment
Mobile Platform Magic: Five Things Executives Must Know about Mobility
The real lesson of the iPhone turned out to have very little to do with the phone at all. The iPhone–and now Android–experience underscores the versatility of business platforms and ecosystems when connected to a powerful mobile device. But the mobility experience has also taught us another thing: there are new vistas of human behavior and tremendous opportunities for industries and institutions are being revealed—opportunities that many companies and governments misunderstand when they judge the value of mobility in their futures. Continue…
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Entertainment - Tuesday, March 9, 2010 by Naumi Haque - 3 Comments
Lessons in collaboration from B.B. King’s
I am reminded today of the blues. Back in December, nGenera held our members conference in Memphis, TN, hosted by the good folks at FedEx. On the second evening, we were treated to dinner and at B.B. King’s Blues Club followed by the musical stylings of Preston Shannon’s Memphis Blues. What does this have to do with collaboration? A lot.
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