London, May 3, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - The organisers of the 59th Cannes
Lions International Festival of Creativity, the world's largest and most
prestigious global annual awards celebrating creative excellence in
advertising and communications, are pleased to announce that the 2012
recipient of the prestigious Advertiser of the Year Award will be awarded to
Mars, Incorporated manufacturer of chocolate, gum and confections, pet food,
drinks and other food products.
This important accolade is presented to advertisers who have distinguished
themselves for inspiring innovative marketing of their products and who
embrace and encourage the creative work produced by their agencies.
Since winning its first Cannes Lion in 1990, Mars commercials have gone on to
win 77 Lions acrossdifferent categories (11 Gold, 10 Silver and 46 Bronze
Lions), as well as the Radio Grand Prix in ... (more)
In big data computing, and more generally in all commercial highly parallel
software systems, speed matters more than just about anything else. The
reason is straightforward, and has been known for decades.
Put very simply, when it comes to massively parallel software of the kind
need to handle big data, fast is both better AND cheaper. Faster means lower
latency AND lower cost.
At first this may seem counterintuitive. A high-end sports car will be much
faster than a standard family sedan, but the family sedan may be much
cheaper. Cheaper to buy, and cheaper to run. But massively ... (more)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Institute
for Defense and Business (IDB) is pleased to announce the appointment of
Debra Plousha Moore, Chief Human Resources Officer of Carolinas HealthCare
System (CHS), to the company's Board of Directors. The IDB Board of Directors
sets the overall direction and philosophy of the organization, providing
oversight and guidance. Reflecting the Institute's global reach and
perspective, these distinguished leaders in government, military, business,
and academia bring broad vision to the organization and its mission.... (more)
With Dropbox, Jive, Yammer, Chatter and a number of other new services, the
modern enterprise is rapidly becoming "consumerized". And it's not just
business, the same is happening in major web companies, on Wall Street, in
government agencies, and in science labs. Thirty years of bad "enterprise
software" experiences is making this transition happen much more quickly than
anyone would have expected. The shift to cloud computing is also accelerating
the trend, as is the goal of developing a much more "social" approach to
business.
The other major change that's going on today thr... (more)
First it was just about documents, then about collaboration, now it's all
about data. Office software is changing, and changing fast. It's moving to
the cloud, and moving to the age of big data.
Data is growing exponentially everywhere. With this relentless data deluge,
every enterprise from global Fortune 50 companies down to SMBs, every
government agency, and every R&D lab, now needs a "big data office" solution
to ensure that everyone in the organization has instant access to all the
information they require, at all times.
We're now entering the third generation of office soft... (more)
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