Blogs
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Location Intelligence Blog
The most recent 3 blog posts:
- Webinar – Get More From Your Maps: Introducing MapInfo Professional v10.5 Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT Panelist: Moshe Binyamin, Global Product Manager, Pitney Bowes Business Insight You asked, we listened! Come and hear what frequently requested enhancements have been addressed in this new release! With the latest enhancements to [...]Upcoming Webinar Get More From Your Maps: Introducing MapInfo Professional v10.5! by Jessica Krokowski
- After many months of engineering work, the latest release of MapInfo Professional v10.5 has been delivered to Production. Benefits include faster map creation and editing, new ways of sharing dynamic output for greater insight, and data connectivity using industry-standard data servers from around the world. The online 30-Day Trial Evaluation of MapInfo Professional v10.5 is now [...]MapInfo Professional® Online 30-Day Trial Evaluation Available! by Jessica Krokowski
- Check out how mapping applications based on technology from Pitney Bowes Business Insight and is being used by customers around the world, from local governments to major communication companies. Customer Sites – http://www.pbinsight.com/resources/customer-sites Customers have embraced Location Intelligence by publishing information on assets and services in a geographic context. See examples of spatially enabled web applications using [...]Customer User Sites for Location Intelligence on PBBI website by Jessica Krokowski
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Stratus Blog
The most recent 3 blog posts:
- PBBI is pleased to provide a new whitepaper on considerations for Public Sector organisations in relation to Location Aware CRM and Cloud Computing: Customer Relationship Management (CRM) has been a staple of the public sector for many years and to varying degrees of success. Today public sector organisations are increasingly being exposed to [...]New Whitepaper Available Now: Location Aware CRM & Cloud Computing by Chris McCartney
- When I talk to people about SaaS, you get varied reactions, varied opinions and varied “facts” and “statistics” thrown up about it. Longer term, and more dedicated readers, know that some facts and statistics are truer than others. The most sensitive area about SaaS is of course data – and more accurately data security, and [...]Your Clouds are not welcome here… by Chris McCartney
- A small peice of news from PBBI, we are set to purchase Portrait Software here in the UK. Pitney Bowes Chairman, President and CEO Murray Martin commented: “We are delighted to have reached agreement with the Board of Portrait Software on this recommended transaction. The acquisition of Portrait Software will expand our platform offering in customer relationship [...]Portrait to be part of PBBI Landscape… by Chris McCartney
Read more at the Stratus Blog.
Confirm Blog
The most recent 3 blog posts:
- Interestingly, the Cabinet Office announced today that Ian Watmore joins the Efficiency and Reform Group as Chief Operating Officer from September 1st 2010 (this link for the full story). On a fairly modest salary compared to the already required £6.2bn savings his new team have to deliver, it looks like he will re-enter public service with a [...]Ian Watmore joins the Efficiency and Reform Group by Dominic McNeillis
- In a recession, people still buy iPhones and ice-creams, it is said. People buy ice creams because it is hot, they love ice creams and they decide they are happy to spend that amount of money because it will cool them down or just because they deserve it. iPhones are really expensive, but people with very little [...]iPhones and ice-creams by Dominic McNeillis
- Spending Friday in London has its bad points, and some even worse points. This Friday, I had the pleasure of sitting in with our Customer Advisory Panel (CAP) who were talking (Developers talking directly with Customers) about GPS tracking of field workers using technology already present on their hand held computers. Some users knew that there may [...]Spy in the … or Control Room? by Dominic McNeillis
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Strategy & Analytics Blog
The most recent 3 blog posts:
- Leslie Nogue, Pitney Bowes Business Insight The July edition of Marketing AdVents features a byline authored by Pitney Bowes Business Insight’s Director of Strategy, Suresh Nair. In the article, Suresh discusses the manner in which companies are beginning to use statements and invoices as a marketing vehicle. By combining transactional information with targeted communications in transactional [...]In the press: Marketing Via Invoices and Billing Statements by Leslie Nogue
- Leslie Nogue, Pitney Bowes Business Insight The Challenge Denny’s, one of the largest, full service, family-style dining chains in the U.S., sought to expand its brand through new restaurant prototypes, new deployment environments and new markets. In 2007, Denny’s Franchise Development group launched the Franchise Growth Initiative (FGI) to optimize its company restaurant portfolio while ‘seeding’ franchise [...]Spotlight on the Customer: Denny’s by Leslie Nogue
- Kyle Bingham, Pitney Bowes Business Insight Economists look at a variety of sources for indications of economic recovery – sources like national statistics on unemployment filings and consumer confidence scores. Lately, local indicators have been catching my attention. I live in a small town of 4,000 in the state of Michigan, a state which has the [...]On the Hunt for Unique Economic Indicators by Leslie Nogue
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Enterprise Business Solutions Blog
The most recent 3 blog posts:
- Business users count on high-quality data every moment of every day. Today, 70% of all records contain a location element and “high-quality” means that organizations need ways to validate, transform and analyze spatial data as part of their data quality applications. Surprisingly, with the right tools, it can be easier than you thinkMore actionable data by Donna Prestwood
- Business users and data analysts face two daunting obstacles when it comes to making decisions. First they need to access accurate, timely data. Then they need to manipulate this information to create meaningful insight. Increasingly, organizations have found that it’s advantageous when they can tackle both of these challenges at once. When BI and ETL meet by Donna Prestwood
- Many in the communications industry have identified new ways to increase profits via data quality and location intelligence. We’ve compiled the best resources all in one place.Hot data trends in telecom by Donna Prestwood
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Postal Updates Blog
The most recent 3 blog posts:
- You like them! You really like them! Maura Betler – July 2, 2010 After a rough start to 2010, the USPS® has earned some serious bragging rights. According to this press release, the Postal Service is the most trusted governmental agency in the United States. Ponemon Institute surveyed 9,000 Americans about perceptions of how the U.S. government [...]You like them! You really like them! by Maura Betler
- David Robinson – Pitney Bowes, Postal Relations At the recent Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) update, there were several topics of significance being discussed which is what happens at MTAC. Hot topics such as the Intelligent Mail barcode, Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) and even hints of Seamless Acceptance. As I step back and consider the theme of the [...]MTAC Meeting Update – Hot Topics by Cynthia Williams
- Our own Kevin Conti was a featured speaker at this year’s Billing and OSS World Conference and Expo this week. I am sharing with you the article from Tim McElligott, Editor in Chief, B/OSS. Billing & OSS World, Washington, D.C. — The black hole of the United States Postal Service is not theoretical. Nor is the [...]Reaping the Rewards of Intelligent Mail by Cynthia Williams
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