Industry Reports

Geospatial Data and Geovisualization: Environment, Security, and Society

Sarah Robertson — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:40:26 +0000

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Training individuals in land navigation is a challenging endeavor. Learn more about geovisualization of planned and executed routes for land navigation training with pen based and gps technology.

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http://www.adapx.com/sites/default/files/file/capturx-research-united-states-mil-academy-west-point.pdf

Automating Digital Data Capture Can Reduce 41-minutes of Admin Work

Sarah Robertson — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:07:56 +0000

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In response to a recent set of surveys conducted by Aberdeen, more than 200 service and manufacturing organizations provided insight into the growing role of mobility.

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http://downloads.vertmarkets.com/files/downloads/5bcc6e44-ae81-4877-ae6f-9798e696eb2c/sh_analyst_outlook_may.pdf

How Green is Paper?

Sarah Robertson — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:51:55 +0000

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Interview with Don Carli Executive Vice President of SustainCommWorld LLC, and Senior Research Fellow with the Institute for Sustainable Communication.

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http://blog.metaprinter.com/2009/03/news-media-innovation-convergence-and-sustainability-interview-with-don-carli/

86% Of Companies Still Using Paper-Based Forms For Business Data Capture Needs

Sarah Robertson — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:47 +0000

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Mobile and field force data collection remains largely paper-based; Almost 40% of businesses are evaluating the iPad as a possible alternative; 75% want new "digital pens"

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http://www.ecmconnection.com/article.mvc/New-Research-Finds-86-Of-Companies-Still-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO

Evolving information storage & retrieval techniques shape our mental work.

Sarah Robertson — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:27:53 +0000

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Interesting overview of how information storage, organization, and retrieval have evolved over the ages and the persistence of paper by Edward Tenner, PhD, originally published in Harvard magazine.

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http://www.princeton.edu/~tenner/Tenner-Slip-to-Chip.pdf

The Paradoxical Proliferation of Paper

Sarah Robertson — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:25:02 +0000

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Classic piece by Edward Tenner, PhD, originally published in Harvard magazine about the proliferation of paper in the digital age, when paper had been assumed to be on the way out.

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http://cool.conservation-us.org/byorg/abbey/ap/ap02/ap02-3/ap02-309.html

$722M CityTime system to replace paper timesheets has been 'a disaster'

Sarah Robertson — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:23:36 +0000

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Mayor Bloomberg admits $722M CityTime system to replace paper timesheets has been a 'disaster', and announces the overhaul of data infrastructure of more than 40 city agencies.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/03/01/2010-03-01_bloomberg_admits_722m_citytime_system_to_replace_paper_timesheets_has_been_a_dis.html

Census back to pen and paper

Sarah Robertson — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:20:43 +0000

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The government is dropping plans to use handheld computers to count millions of people, citing problems with a contract that was intended to make the 2010 Census the nation's first high-tech head count.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040302068.html

The Electronic Piñata

Sarah Robertson — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:18:37 +0000

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Evolution of communications and paper. “[It] will become a two-way interface medium between humans and computers...it will emerge as an input and control medium.”

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http://www.saffo.com/essays/epinata.php

Hamlet’s Blackberry: Why Paper Is Eternal

Sarah Robertson — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:17:35 +0000

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From Harvard Univ. “Since the advent of the computer...futurists have been foretelling the death of paper-based communication. So far the obituaries have all been wrong..."

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http://www.scribd.com/doc/3562724/Hamlets-Blackberry-Why-Paper-Is-Eternal