Blogs
Pitney Bowes Business Insight Corporate Blog
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Location Intelligence Blog
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- Hello, For those of you in Europe, Middle east, Africa and stretching farther East (including India), a series of web seminars have been scheduled to discuss Spatial data management and MapInfo Manager. The session will include a brief discussion on the some different approaches to spatial data management, the role of open standards and a demonstration of MapInfo Manager. [...]Spatial Data Management and MapInfo Manager by Tom Probert
- As someone who has worked in the field of Location Intelligence for several years, I can tell you things seem different these days. It wasn’t too long ago that maps and spatial analysis were matters only discussed by GIS professionals. But today, these topics easily enter conversations with marketers, risk managers, financial analysts and business heads. Clearly, [...]Location Intelligence: now SaaSier than ever by Jessica Krokowski
- By Jessica Krokowski Those in the GIS arena are often well versed in mapping, geocoding and spatial analysis. What we forget sometimes, however, is that we are also data stewards. Except instead of customer names and product sales, our data revolves around location. As data stewards, we must all recognize the cost poor data quality. According to [...]Location data quality by Jessica Krokowski
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Stratus Blog
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- Some readers may well agree with the “sad” part of the title. Other, perhaps more technically minded people may well have created, begged or borrowed their own solution. However, I wanted to appeal to the good folk out there who are willing to share my “hallelujah” moment.. This may well indicate how often I actually now [...]My sad hallelujah moment… by Peter Yard
- Mornin’ All! My, some time has passed since the last blog and I can only apologise. Things have been a bit hectic recently, but that can only be a good thing right..? There has been some feverish work over the last couple of months to get the latest release of Stratus up and running (I was going [...]Are you a MapInfo Professional? by Peter Yard
- First of all, a very happy new year to all! We at PBBI hope the festive season brought merriment, cheer and a plethora of gifts. I, for one, was mightily excited to receive a MapAction T-Shirt. An essential gift for all us geo-peeps! Anyway, enough about myself…i’m here in an attempt to prolong the festive cheer into the [...]An update from Patch by Peter Yard
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Confirm Blog
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- For many years, software companies have worked around the premise that their software induces “services revenue”. We might observe that the Services component of any solution is derived through discussing the Customer’s business problems. Thus, we might see this as a chicken or egg problem, Software is a chicken and Services are the egg. Customers are quite [...]Chicken or Egg? by Dominic McNeillis
- Around our Country (and every other country) groups of professionals work diligently to keep roads available to users every day. From time to time we might reflect on why they do what they do and how it contributes to Society. The agenda from the forthcoming (March 14th, London) TAG President’s seminar offers a few clues, which includes [...]Roads and Society by Dominic McNeillis
- I was in Boulder, Colorado this week and took this photograph. What do YOU see? A Bridge Engineer might see the need for regular inspections, cathodic protection or simply the natural state of this type of construction in this climate. An Environmentalist might notice the nearly new footpath and shared cycle-path (to the left of the picture) [...]What lies beneath? by Dominic McNeillis
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Strategy & Analytics Blog
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- by Kyle Bingham Columbus discovered the island of Puerto Rico in 1499, I discovered it in the fall of 2010. It was then that a colleague and I traveled to the island for three days in September to evaluate five sites for a U.S. based client looking to expand on the island. We were armed with [...]Retail Destination: Puerto Rico by Deb Purcell
- by Shawn MacDonald Picture this scenario. A satisfied customer is heading to her car with a shopping cart containing recent purchases. Shoes, a new dress, children’s clothes, milk, bread, Idaho potatoes, ground beef, and other food-related items. Is she shopping at Walmart, Target, Mejier? Nope, in fact, it is your local regional mall. What?? You mean [...]Will Supermarkets Come Full Circle? by Deb Purcell
- by Shawn MacDonald My first exposure to “food deserts” (even though I did not know it at the time) occurred in the early-1990’s as a co-manager with The Kroger Company in Ann Arbor, Michigan upon reading an article in Supermarket News. While the terminology had yet to take hold, the article referenced a new Pathmark in [...]Food Deserts: Nontraditional Solutions by Debbi Purcell
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Enterprise Business Solutions Blog
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- Every phone call, every email and every Web experience is an opportunity to impress your customers… or disappoint them. Today’s top organizations are finding innovative ways to automate insight-driven dialogues with their customers. With the right technologies, you too can ensure that every customer interaction is focused on growing long-term customer relationship, value and profitability.Make every interaction count by Donna Prestwood
- What exactly is “customer intimacy?” Why is it important now? And how does one achieve true intimacy with one’s customers? Learn how managing data can help you connect with customers. Customer intimacy by Donna Prestwood
- A new white paper details what insurance companies in Europe must do to comply with the new Solvency II directive. In many ways, any industry where portfolio and risk management come into play must deal with the same issues and challenges. So even if you are not in the insurance industry, you may find value in the discoveries and best practices identified in this paper, Five Steps Toward Solvency II and Beyond.What does it take to model risk? by Donna Prestwood
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Postal Updates Blog
The most recent 3 blog posts:
- On Thursday March 1st, our blog page will have a new home! To stay informed on the latest and greatest news regarding our products and industry insights, make sure you bookmark our new blog page! – http://blogs.pb.com/pbsoftware/ New Location, Same Great Content – New Blog Site Launches this Week! by Cynthia Williams
- Issues with address accuracy are costly. More often than not, they represent opportunities lost, compliance requirements missed, and strains on customer relations. Yet, data challenges have continued to plague businesses – and, as the layers of different modes of communication and the complexity of business offerings grow, accuracy of data has become more difficult to manage.Enterprise Address Management by Cynthia Williams
- Cynthia Williams, Director of Product Marketing, PBBI A few days ago a customer of ours, who had presented recently on our behalf at at this year’s InterACT conference, sent me an interesting perspective on Marketing ROI. While I understand this does not directly tie into ‘Postal Updatess’ — it does come back to the key driver, the accuracy [...]Marketing ROI Fallacy by Cynthia Williams
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