| Holiday resort slashes time for data queries
Holiday resort chain Center Parcs is using business intelligence tools to better understand its customers' behaviour. Center Parcs, which has a collection of 20 holiday villages throughout Europe, has 38 years of historical data at its disposal but until recently the company's business managers weren't able to reap the benefits of this information. Richard Verhoeff, director of ICT services and ecommerce at Center Parcs, said the company's data systems used to be slow and weren't able to handle complex requests. .
January 2006 - December 2006
Add Spain to China's list of diplomatically conquered roster of allies, writes Frederick W. Stakelbeck Jr. Capote a marvelous achievement: Lady Liberty hasn't love a movie as much as she did Capote for a long time. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the very dull The New World Fathers, sons, and senators: This year, says Vincent Fiore, family will mean a lot when it comes to deciding a few Senate races "Heads" bin Laden wins, (turning) tails, Bush loses: Nancy Salvato has to hand it to Osama bin Laden. His offer of a truce came at a perfect time for the enemies of the American-led war against terrorism Right and left and Roe v Wade: The right-to-life crowd may cheer the day that Roe v Wade is struck down, writes Lisa Fabrizio, but lovers of the American Constitution will probably be the happiest Storm arises over emergency school vouchers: In the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, public money was made available to move students from destroyed public schools into private schools? A good thing? Not according to some, says Paul M.
July 2006
General Electric, in addition to manufacturing the 3.6 MW turbines slated for the Cape Wind project, has embarked on a multi-year research effort to design a 7 MW far offshore unit. The U.S. Department of Energy has signed a $27 million contract with GE for this development. The advanced wind system concepts will include innovative foundations, construction techniques, rotor designs and electrical components designed for use in the ocean’s harsh environment [7]. So the question remains. How far in the future will these research and development projects become realistically competitive with shallow water projects? History is replete with promising technologies that have taken decades to commercialize. For example the evolution of the transistor to large scale integrated circuits of today has taken 50 years.
Howard Tullman provides business lesson in running for-profit schools
There are good marketing and advertising reasons for business to give money to universities," he said.
Tullman raised $16 million from Chicago investors in 60 days last spring to begin construction on Flashpoint in time for its opening in the fall with 105 students.
"Part of this grew out of people who wanted to give back and support education but were completely frustrated" with funding non-profits that offered no accountability, Tullman said.
Still, Flashpoint and Experiencia have sister foundations, allowing for charitable donations to be used for scholarship funds, Tullman said. So far, Flashpoint has given $1 million in scholarships.
Partnering with businesses
The 50,000-square-foot Experiencia, at 770 N. Halsted St.
InternetPerils' New Net Can Catch Phishers
InternetPerils exposes a cluster of phishing servers that operated for months undetected. InternetPerils' products identify phishing clusters so targets of phishing, including banks and consumers, can act by contacting the ISP hosting the cluster, or by contacting law enforcement agencies. Austin, TX (PRWEB) October 19, 2006 -- InternetPerils, Inc., a leading provider of automated products for Internet Business Risk Management, today announced it has exposed a cluster of phishing servers operating from an ISP based in Germany. InternetPerils' analysis shows such clusters can infest unsuspecting ISPs for weeks or months. Free access to an animated GIF of the cluster over time, plus analysis, is available at http://www.internetperils.com/perilwatch/20060928.php with registration.
Christmas Rings in Trading Boom for Online Retailers
Australian online retailers are expecting strong growth in sales in the weeks leading up to Christmas as busy consumers take advantage of the opportunity to shop from home and avoid crowded shopping centres. According to online research firm, Hitwise, shopping sites accounted for 6.34 per cent of web traffic in the second last week of November, with eBay, Amazon, Trading Post and Emailcash Australia heading the charts. They were followed closely by dealsdirect.com.au and oo.com.au, highlighting the rise in popularity of online retailers. Comparison Shopping on the Rise According to John Debrincat of leading Australian ecommerce provider, eCorner, consumers now expect to be able to search, compare and buy online. He says the traditional model of retail sales has changed and will be driven more and more by the Internet.
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