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- Encrypt Your Thumb-Drive Data with TrueCrypt
- Thumb drives are great for transporting data, but did you ever stop to think about what would happen if the drive got lost or stolen? If it contains sensitive information, you could have a serious problem on your hands. Enter TrueCrypt, an open-source encryption utility that password-protects the data on...
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Evidence-Based Management
- The Idea in Brief Managers have tough jobs: Under intense pressure to make decisions with incomplete information, even the best among us make mistakes. The good news? Evidence abounds to help us make the right choices....
- Articles 2007-12-14
- Prospecting Online
- Industry research on buying patterns indicates that more than three-quarters of consumers are willing to provide personal information online, compared to 46% by mail and 45% through other marketing media. As well as providing valuable prospecting data, the Web allows you to study the buying process more closely in order...
- Articles 2007-11-30
- Learning: Data, Information, Knowledge, Understanding, Wisdom
- I liked this, from Nivi, summarizing some of the points in the book Re-Creating the Corporation: Learning is the acquisition of data, information, knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. And what are those things? Data consists of symbols that represent objects,...
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Data at Mid-Size Companies Grows Fifty-Fold in Three Years
- Internet2 has its speed (see earlier BNET1 post), but that's just one factor in the burgeoning need for corporate data; maybe 'burgeoning' isn't quite the right word... 'Ballooning' would be more descriptive. In three short years, among the 9,000 mid-sized companies in the U.S., digital storage has gone from 2...
- Blog posts 2007-10-11
- Customer Data No Longer a Competitive Edge
- Who owns the information in your CRM system -- the system you've put time and money into building and maintaining? If you answer this question based on old-school ideas of data ownership, you might say, "My company does." If you're entering into the equation the effects of Web 2.0 on information...
- Blog posts 2007-10-11
- Conducting a 360-degree Appraisal
- A 360-degree appraisal surveys and collects the views of all the appraised employee's colleagues, including the manager, peers, direct reports, and, on occasion, clients. Additionally, the employee will generally rate himself, so that his views of how he impacts his colleagues can be added to the mix.There is no absolute...
- Articles 2007-09-28
- And Why Are We Capturing All These Data?
- Data pervade businesses in every industry -- some more than others, to be sure, but whether you're in financial services or hi-tech manufacturing, data is increasingly the lifeblood of decision-making. That raises an important question: why are we collecting all those data? What's the real motivation behind data capture?...
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- How To Get Spend Analysis Right
- Purchasing.com has a great three-part feature on the ABCs of spend analysis. The package covers how to acquire the data skills necessary for spend analysis, how to bring that data together, and how to change the way your company sources. These stories coincide with Purchasing.com's yearly survey of distributor performance....
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- Using Your Web Site to Gather Consumer Data
- If your business has a Web site, you can collect very useful data on consumers—either directly, by asking them for information, or indirectly, by analyzing their behavior while on your site. If you treat consumers fairly, respect their privacy, and analyze the resulting data properly, you can use your findings...
- Articles 2007-04-20
- How to Gather Competitive Research
- To formulate an effective corporate strategy, it's essential to understand two basic questions: What is your company doing, and what are your competitors doing? Establish the Strategic Problem Goal: Define your question before you begin the search for answers. Developing a competitive strategy...
- Articles 2007-03-28
- The Life-or-Death Importance of Data Analysis
- So you’re having a heart-attack, and you’re sitting in the waiting room instead of the operating room because the hospital failed to analyze their performance data. They had tons of data on waiting time, to be sure—they just hadn’t looked at it. An article from today’s NYT gives a frightening...
- Blog posts 2007-03-07
- DOT Rejects Virgin America Confidentiality Request
- Wow, that was quick. Yesterday I wrote about Alaska's filing to try to get the DOT to act on Virgin America's request to keep traffic and financial data confidential. Either the DOT took it seriously or the timing was just a lucky coincidence, but late yesterday, Virgin America's...
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Media Execs Have to Adapt to their Audiences
- Not long ago, nor so far away, there once existed a very different media world. Editors and producers trusted their instincts about content decisions; advertisers trusted their instincts as to where to place their ads. Needless to say, that world has passed away, in favor of a...
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Get Secure, Offsite Data Storage at Amazon
- You're smart. (That's obvious; you tend to agree with me in the ongoing Guy Vs. Guy debates, right?) And because you're smart, you no doubt have a routine backup solution for your PCs. But do you go to the next step and store a copy of your data off-site? If your...
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- Post-Election Street Sentiment: Results Bring Closure & Renewed Focus on Reality
- First Coverage submits: Derived from the aggregated analysis of thousands of actual trade ideas and data being sent in real-time from the sell-side to the buy-side, the First Coverage Weekly Street Sentiment provides a snapshot of market trends and a unique perspective of the mindset of the Street for...
- External links 2008-11-06
- Steel Dynamics, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions. We'll take our first question from Charles Bradford with Bradford Research. Charles Bradford – Bradford Research Hi, good morning. Keith Busse Good morning, Chuck. Charles Bradford – Bradford Research I understand that you guys have dropped out of the AISI. What's that mean as far...
- Earnings calls 2009-01-27
- An Opportunity in USD/CAD?
- Kathy Lien submits: I don’t often post trade calls on my blog since I usually reserve that for BKT Subscribers. Last week, I called for a rally in EUR/GBP following the ECB and BoE rate decisions and now I am seeing a decent medium term opportunity in...
- External links 2008-11-10
- Bullish on Switzerland
- Keith R. McCullough submits: As the latest data rolls into our macro models, Switzerland looks more and more attractive on a relative basis to other European economies… This week’s economic data was bullish, on the margin. Unemployment increased by a paltry 1,200 job seekers in October according to SECO data...
- External links 2008-11-14
- Use Filters in Excel to Organize and Edit Your Data
- If you need to sort, filter, and manipulate your Excel 2007 data but you don't know how to take advantage of Filters, I have just the thing for you. Watch this two-minute long Business Hacks exclusive video try it in full screen mode for best results to learn how to...
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
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