Imagine accessing your iPod Touch or iPhone to check your email and finding not dozens, not hundreds, but thousands of email folders—none of them yours.
Several questions race through your mind: Whose are they? How did they get here? Why are there so many? Why are they all empty? Why can’t I get rid of them? ...
By now, most of us have experienced vendor “lock-in.” Cell phones sold at a discount in exchange for contract agreements that lock you in to the provider. PC applications that are a nuisance to put up with but would be an even bigger nuisance to switch. And—we all love this one, don’t we?—the surprisingly cheap [...] ...
As Data Mobility Group nears the end of its sixth year in business, we look back with mixed feelings on what has been accomplished in the world of business. In our opinion, amazing technological achievements have been overshadowed by persistent personnel problems.
Ineffective people management and a lack of high-quality quantitative personnel insight continue to impair [...] ...
Why “the Saltworks”?
Salt is essential for human survival and, according to Mark Kurlansky, the author of a fascinating book titled “Salt: A World History,” was one of the most sought after commodities in human history until about 100 years ago, when innovations in manufacturing and distribution drove the cost down—and the availability up—to a point [...] ...