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Big Data – harnessing the big potential
27 August 2015 — Big Data has been a big deal since the early 2010s. Although the biggest hype has already faded, now is an interesting time to dig up this topic again, as many industries have sobered up to the realities of this originally somewhat overhyped buzzword and the first batch of winners (and losers) of implementing Big Data strategies have emerged.
Energy storage systems (ESS) – disrupting industries
31 July 2015 — Energy storage systems (ESS) are one of the most critical components that is leading the change of the entire energy industry. As technology continues to develop the industry dynamics, the energy sector is likely to be very active, offering opportunities to players with a clear strategy.
Smart energy - the new landscape of the energy industry sector emerging
25 May 2015 — Our current energy supply networks form a highly complex large scale network connecting cities and even countries together. This ecosystem of technology and various players is facing a major revolution.
Smart homes are coming - who will be in them?
22 March 2015 — The smart home market is undergoing rapid growth. Although this is a complicated market, and one where integrated and networked solutions may be required, it is also ripe for beautifully simple innovation, as demonstrated by some of the startups in the field.
Cyber security - more complexity, more business
29 January 2015 — The total number of security incidents has increased by 48% from 2013 to 2014. It comes as no surprise then that global IT security is expected to grow at a pace of 10% annually. The World Economic Forum ranked cyberattacks among the top 5 most likely global risks in 2014.
B2B productization for improved sales process efficiency and demand validation
19 December 2014 — Sales and marketing competences are often still at a premature stage in many Finnish technology-oriented companies. In this article the concept and basic approach of B2B productization is presented and illustrated with some real-life case examples from a Finnish technology company.
Implementing dynamic pricing for smart revenue management
19 December 2014 — Dynamic pricing is a revenue management process where the products or services are priced differently depending on the current demand and supply conditions in the market. This article describes how dynamic pricing can be utilized to improve the top line – from setting up the objectives to execution of revenue management.
Ensuring strategy implementation through competence management in blue-collar industries
19 December 2014 — The full potential of competence management is not often exploited when seeing it as only being relevant for knowledge-intensive work and for people in managerial positions. In this article, we argue that managing the competences of blue collar workers is crucial for many service and manufacturing companies to ensure effective strategy implementation and sufficient operational performance.