Robert Story – Productivity

ScienceDaily: Words Of A CEO Can Foretell A Company’s Future Innovation
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have found that they need
something far less mystical to predict future innovations of firms.
“The answer lies in the words of the CEO,” said Rajesh Chandy, professor of marketing at the university’s Carlson School of Management. “By [...]

   “…Joe’s auto-sealing Contigo mug wasn’t working properly. Moisture was
getting caught between the mug’s layers, causing leaks. When Joe wrote
to Contigo, he quickly received an unexpected reply from the mug’s
designer.”
Sometimes a company just “gets it”. Read the full exchange at: The Consumerist.com: Above And Beyond

TEEN GOES NUCLEAR: He creates fusion in his Oakland Township home
In the basement of his parents’ Oakland Township home, tucked away in an area most aren’t privy to see, Thiago is exhausting his love of physics on a project that has taken him more than two years and 1,000 hours to research and [...]

Bangalore latest Indian city to dump English name – USATODAY.com
NEW DELHI — Bangalore, India’s high-tech capital, is getting a new name. The Indian state of Karnataka plans to announce Nov. 1 that its state capital will become Bengaluru, the city’s name in Kannada, the local language.
The change, which won’t be official until the [...]

Oracle to acquire MetaSolv | CNET News.com
Oracle on Monday announced plans to pay $219 million for MetaSolv Software, which specializes in serving the telecommunications business.
MetaSolv develops software designed to automate the process of ordering and activating service for wireless, wired and voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service providers. The company also offers software [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors will now play basketball in ‘the Oracle’ after business software maker Oracle said on Friday it signed a 10-year naming rights agreement with the NBA team.
The deal to rename the Arena in Oakland also includes additional exclusive team sponsorship elements with the club. Financial terms were not released [...]

The long tail lives: Universal sells 250,000 out-of-print tracks
All hail the long tail—Universal has just announced the first results from its own experiment with making niche products available online, and it turns out that the strategy works. This is excellent news for groups like Fairport Convention and Eddie & the Hot Rods, but [...]

Romania Enters EU With Strong Showing in Strategic IT Investments
In May, 2006, Oracle opened its new services and technology centers headquarters in Bucharest. Oracle centers provide around-the-clock support and consulting services for the company’s customers and partners worldwide, with a particular emphasis on the EMEA region. There are currently 10 Oracle Centers in [...]

Oracle sweetens partner plans | CNET News.com
Oracle will launch a series of initiatives later this month designed to boost the business it transacts through partners.
The company will launch a revamped partner Web site that will include Oracle-recommended third-party applications, as well as a more complete catalog of offerings from Oracle partners.
The company currently [...]

Oracle buys Sunopsis | CNET News.com
Oracle announced on Tuesday that it has purchased Sunopsis, an enterprise software company that manufactures software for heterogeneous data integration. The acquisition comes just days after a statement from Vishal Bhagwati, an Oracle vice president, indicated that the company would continue to aggressively pursue the purchase of smaller [...]