FAASO’s Wins “QR360 Code Of The Week” Award
FAASO's is the winner of "QR360 Code Of The Week", the award series we kicked off with Precious Platinum last month. The winning QR code appears on the upper right…
Three More Ways How Tech Can Help Banks Accelerate Legacy Transformation
In How Tech Can Help Banks Accelerate Legacy Transformation, I'd described three issues with open systems that hold banks back from migrating their legacy applications to open systems. Here are…
Eight First Impressions Of Starbucks India
Starbucks marked its entry into India by opening a few stores in Delhi, Mumbai and Pune over the last few months. I visited one of these stores recently. Here are…
How Tech Can Help Banks Accelerate Legacy Transformation
During a meeting with the CIO of a Top 5 bank in Germany, I was introduced to a lady who was retiring that same weekend. The CIO averred that she…
Precious Platinum Wins The First “QR360 Code Of The Week” Award
We're seeing an explosion in the use of QR codes lately, especially in magazines, posters and B2B newspaper ads. However, we're also seeing a drastic difference in the way different…
Increasing Sales-Marketing Alignment: Big Bang Doesn’t Work
Fixing the misalignment between Sales and Marketing is a challenge that probably harkens back to the inception of business itself. The 4.3 million results you'll find when you Google for…
Beware of Credit Card Reward Redemption Theft
In Will The Sad State Of Logistics Hurt eCommerce?, I highlighted how DHL, FedEx and other multinational courier companies are 8-10X costlier than the local ones, and are, therefore, affordable…
How A Small Problem In Mail Merge Leads To A Big Lesson About Content Marketing
For close to two years, we've been sending out a periodic e-newsletter to our prospects, customers and business associates once a month. Even with this relatively low frequency, this newsletter…
Is The US “Closed Loop” Payments System Making Americans Less Creditworthy?
For several years, American travelers have been having a tough time trying to use their magstripe credit cards in EMV Europe. In India, as highlighted here, many ecommerce and bill…
Panic Not If Your Nook Color Charger Blows
What do you do when the original charger that came with your Barnes & Noble Nook Color tablet conks out? Short Answer: Use any modern smartphone charger. Long Answer: Recently,…