Business school curricula mostly do not prepare students for this new digital world. Institutions recognize this, and many are catching up by offering courses and curricula in Internet marketing, digital media and new-media marketing. But the vast majority are not integrating these skills throughout. It’s much easier to create a standalone course than it is to take the Introduction to Marketing class and change it so that it integrates analytics into the research or finance portion, or search engine optimization (SEO) into the writing/communication section.
Four graphs created by the International Federation of Health Plans that compare how much US residents and people in other countries pay for health care. As Jay Livingston of the Montclair SocioBlog says, “Our Lipitor must be four to ten times a good as the Lipitor that Canadians take.”
Dallas facility will focus on how field data from hospitals and clinics can be mined to produce better patient outcomes.
IBM has opened a research center dedicated to developing tools that will allow healthcare professionals to more efficiently use data in medical decision making.
The company’s Health Analytics Solution Center, based in Dallas, will employ more than 100 experts in healthcare analytics, technical architectures, and other, related specialties.
The latest games console arms race – to perfect hands-free, full-body game control – just got more competitive.
Sony has unveiled just such a system called Interactive Communication Unit or ICU, at the Vision 2009 trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany. It uses stereo cameras to watch a player and, like a pair of eyes, to judge depth.
Microsoft unveiled its own full body controller in the summer summer, Project Natal, due to be released for the Xbox 360 games console late in 2010.
IBM predicts that telematics could do everything from automatically slowing a truck down when it approaches a blind curve to diagnosing vehicle issues remotely for preventative maintenance. All of these technologies will decrease the number of truck accidents on the road. In turn, that will cut down on highway traffic and fuel burned by idling vehicles. Telematics could even decrease potential litigation costs by keep track of a truck’s every move.
Cloud computing makes it easier for those in the education industry, including students, faculty and administrators, to gain immediate access to a wide range of new educational resources and research applications and tools. The IBM Cloud Academy will advance awareness and adoption of cloud computing, including best practices for education and research institutions.
From old to new, and a smarter planet. developerWorks’ Scott Laningham stops while driving in West Texas to talk about the Smarter Planet demo series on developerWorks. He just couldn’t pass up the symbolism of the setting — old oil wells rimmed by miles of wind turbines. (via developerworks)
![IBM Launches Healthcare Research Center — InformationWeek
Dallas facility will focus on how field data from hospitals and clinics can be mined to produce better patient outcomes.
IBM has opened a research center dedicated to developing tools that will allow healthcare professionals to more efficiently use data in medical decision making.
The company’s Health Analytics Solution Center, based in Dallas, will employ more than 100 experts in healthcare analytics, technical architectures, and other, related specialties.
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