Henry Ford famously said that people could order Fords in any color they wanted, as long as it was black. If e-commerce existed more than a century ago, Ford might have been in trouble. In fact, it wasn’t long after auto manufacturing became a major industry that customer demand kicked in, and car makers began offering options. Read More...
Interactive E-commerce and Why It’s the New Future
Henry Ford famously said that people could order Fords in any color they wanted, as long as it was black. If e-commerce existed more than a century ago, Ford might have been in trouble. In fact, it wasn’t long after auto manufacturing became a major industry that customer demand kicked in, and car makers began offering options. Read More...
Donald Trump's surprise win in the US presidential election has sent ripples throughout the world, and the IoT is no exception. Here are our first thoughts on the impact of the historic results on the IoT: 
Moving your legacy applications to a smartphone screen can present some design considerations and challenges, especially when it comes to data-intensive applications like inventory management, sales enablement or project workflow. In order to create the foundation for a successful application migration to mobile, user productivity must be the focus throughout your initial analysis and planning. 
Political campaigns are already dealing with a shortage of staff with the kind of analytics, statistics and data management backgrounds needed to harness so-called big data. And many anticipate the problem will grow as the corporate world ramps up recruiting. 
“There may not be physical employees to speak to and ask questions to, but there are chat robots, or “personal shoppers” that will aid you through the sales process. They’re intuitive, savvy and constantly learning from you,” said Baldwin. “ AI has begun to do what loyalty programs have not. They’re building loyalty by understanding individual customer’s needs , timing, price-elasticity, and channel-preference. Retailers will know what their customers’ needs are even...
