Capturing images, data at Corbis
Big data is making it easier to search the company’s epic volume of pictorial images. By analyzing reams of metadata, Corbis Corp. is making the creation of magazines, websites, and…
Using Data to Change the Way We Rent Cars
Zipcar has established a foothold in the rental car industry by pinpointing when and where people need cars. New technology is great, unless a company happens to be in an…
Wearable Devices Monitor How Salespeople Talk
Improving the way employees communicate with customers is crucial to increased sales. Now there’s wearable technology that can show salespeople how they’re doing. Sociometric Solutions has developed sensors that are attached to…
Cooling Data Centers Generate New Energy Sources
Several companies are taking the necessary steps to reduce the carbon footprints of their data centers Cooling servers and other computer equipment account for nearly 40 percent the energy consumed…
How The Internet Of Things Is Helping Battle Water Shortages
Just in time to do battle with the worst drought in a generation, Santa Clarita City in California retrofitted its antiquated irrigation controllers, sprinkling water throughout 700 acres of parks,…
ERM from the Top
Since its founding in 1895, Lincoln Electric has been a top-down driven company. John C. Lincoln launched the business with a capital investment of only $200 and a focus on…
Political Risk and the Supply Chain
Every global risk manager is finely attuned to the weather, given the potentially devastating impact Mother Nature can have on supply chains. But another kind of storm can unravel international…
Coping with Black Swans
The insurance and reinsurance industries are in business to take bets on risks that can be identified, assessed, prioritized and planned for financially. Disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, massive asbestos-like litigation…
The Upside of ‘Surge Pricing’ at Uber
The company is criticized for jacking up prices during periods of high demand but economists say that they are simply letting data on market conditions dictate pricing. This past winter,…