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In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.

Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.

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Two-Sigma Solutions

The term Six Sigma has become synonymous with the complex search for perfection. Companies like Six Sigma processes because they are always searching for improved efficiencies. Consumers like Six Sigma processes because

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SOX Five Years On

Just over five years ago, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in response to the corporate scandals at Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, etc. There have been many complaints about the law and publicly-owned companies

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Islamic Finance

As I’m quickly learning, doing business in the Middle East is not always as straight forward as it is in most of the developed world. Some of the factors that you have

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Information Age Productivity

Last March the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation released a report that indicated significant gains in productivity could be achieved by proper investment in computer technology [“Study Says Computers Give Big Boosts

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The Growing Carbon Market

Environmental issues are increasingly taking center stage in a number of fora — from Al Gore’s appearance at the Oscars to discussions among leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations at the recent

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The Transformation of Multinationals

A year ago I wrote a post about a letter to the editor of the Financial Times written by IBM CEO Sam Palmisano [Globalization and Resilient Enterprises]. Palmisano argued that multinationals, in

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Coffee for the Troops

The press of travel (from Kurdistan to Vienna to Beijing to New York) and business has, for the moment, delayed my putting together a more thoughtful reflection and analysis of my time

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A Wiki-Patent Process

I recently posted comments about the importance of patents and noted there have been criticisms of the patent system, including the fact that people are more frequently patenting ridiculous ideas with little

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The Importance of Patents

Patents have been in the news a lot lately. Microsoft, for example, just lost a big patent law case in San Diego. Patents are an important tool for protecting the intellectual property

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Some Thoughts on the Resilient Enterprise

IBM’s Vice President of Technical Strategy and Innovation, Irving Wladawsky-Berger, inspired by the meltdown of JetBlue following an ice storm in America’s northeast, posted a blog about resilient enterprises [The Resilient Enterprise].

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