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• What is the average age of your customers?
  (May 14, 2012) It is an interesting question and not one most companies consider on an ongoing basis. The average age...
• Madison businessman helps promote 'urban mining' at home, abroad
  (May 14, 2012) Neil Peters-Michaud doesn’t look much like a miner. He doesn’t carry around a pickax or wear a hardhat, but he’s...
• Sears competes on big data and loyalty programs
  (May 11, 2012) Sears Holdings is betting on its innovative rewards program to spur the company’s growth. It is a path that Walmart...
• The hook in my mouth – my first encounter with social virus
  (May 10, 2012) I hope you can’t see it, the mark left by the hook in my mouth as I was successfully phished...
• CUNA's CIO wears two hats: Isn't IT enough?
  (May 10, 2012) Rick Roy, CIO of CUNA Mutual Group, sees several similarities between running the IT and procurement departments, both of which...
• Wisconsin lands a founding member in Internet Hall of Fame
  (May 8, 2012) Al Gore has been inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame. So has Wisconsin's Larry Landweber. I'm also guessing you know...
• Living in Appland
  (May 7, 2012) Appland exists where the availability of technology solutions exceeds your organizations business capability. Technology becomes greater than IT...
• A search for “the whole truth”
  (May 7, 2012) I used to love Meet the Press, the Sunday morning TV show where I’d gain new insights into a pressing...
• With magazine rankings on business climate, perception can become reality
  (May 4, 2012) The first thing to recognize about magazine polls on state business rankings is they are all, by nature, subjective. That's not...
• How predictive analytics will make social networks money
  (May 3, 2012) You've all likely been experiencing a deluge of information coming at you online in recent years. An overwhelming number of...