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Microsoft Dynamics CRM Named a Leader by Two Independent Research Firms

By Guest PostAugust 4, 20103 commentsTechnologybrad wilson, crm, decision-makers, forrester research, gartner magic quadrant, magic quadrant, microsoft dynamics, sales force automation, tool, web 2.0

REDMOND, Wash. — Aug. 4, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. today announced Microsoft Dynamics CRM has garnered recognition as a Leader from two leading independent research firms, Gartner Inc. and Forrester Research Inc. Forrester acknowledged Microsoft Dynamics CRM for offering a flexible customer service solution, earning a Leader position in The Forrester Wave™: CRM Suites Customer Service Solutions, Q3, 2010 (July 2010) report, while Gartner placed it as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation (July 2010) report.

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MU Researcher Says Chinese Credit Market Remains Underdeveloped

By Guest PostAugust 4, 2010EconomyBeijing, China, chinese credit market, chinese government, chinese households, credit market, economic policies, rui yao, tsinghua university, university of missouri, urban chinese households

*Survey reveals urban Chinese households maintain high saving rates and are unwilling to utilize credit*

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Chinese government has made several reforms to its economic policies in recent years. Despite these reforms, a new study shows that Chinese households are not utilizing their credit market to its fullest extent. Rui Yao, a researcher in the department of Personal Financial Planning in the College of Human Environmental Sciences at the University of Missouri, says a recent survey of urban Chinese households shows that the Chinese credit market remains underdeveloped.

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Pilot Safety Protocol Could Help Dentists Reduce Errors

By Guest PostAugust 4, 2010Healthcrew resource, crm, david sarment, dental association, dental offices, dentists, emergency, harold pinsky, hospitals, maria gunnes sibbel, nuclear plants, pilots, russell taichman, safety procedures, taichman, u-m dental faculty, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Pilots and dentists have more in common than one might think: Both jobs are highly technical and require teamwork. Both are subject to human error where small, individual mistakes may lead to catastrophe if not addressed early.

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Healthiest Pregnant Women Feel a Strong Sense of Community

By Guest PostAugust 4, 20101 commentHealthlower socioeconomic status, pregnant women, sense of community, women of color

ANN ARBOR, Mich. It takes a village to keep a pregnant woman at her healthiest, a new University of Michigan study shows.

The study compared African American and European American women and women of lower and higher socioeconomic status to see what effects communalism, or a strong sense of community, had on African American women and women of lower socioeconomic status. (more…)

Amazon.com Announces “Your Kindle Commercial Contest”

By Guest PostAugust 3, 2010TechnologyAmazon, commercial, gift card, grand prize, kindle, rich williams, united states

*Amazon invites customers to submit their own Kindle advertisement, with opportunity to win a $15,000 Amazon.com Gift Card as Grand Prize*

SEATTLE, Aug 03, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced the “Your Kindle Commercial Contest” and invited customers in the United States to compete in a contest to create the best 30-second or less Kindle advertisement for the chance to win $15,000 in Amazon.com Gift Cards.

Kindle is the #1 bestselling item on Amazon.com for two years running.

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Rebuilding Missouri Flood Plains, Agriculture, Economy

By Guest PostAugust 3, 2010Economy, Environmentagroforestry, biomass, cottonwoods, flood, gene garrett, hank stelzer, john dwyer, mead-westvaco corporation, missouri farmers, missouri river, mizzou, mo, mu flood lab, new franklin

*Using a flood simulator, MU researchers reveal cottonwood trees as a profitable crop in devastated flood areas*

COLUMBIA, Mo. –When the Missouri River flooded in 1993 and 1995, it left a deep layer of sandy silt that covered thousands of acres of rich farmland. Now, MU forestry researchers may have found a crop that can survive a flood and act as a sustainable source of biomass.

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Ice Core Drilling Effort Involving CU-Boulder Should Help Assess Abrupt Climate Change Risks

By Guest PostAugust 3, 20102 commentsEnvironment, Sciencebedrock, climate change, cu-boulder, dorthe dahl-jensen, eemian, eemian ice drilling project, Germany, greenland, ice cores, ice sheet, interglacial period, j p steffensen, jim white, neem, north greenland, tyler jones, vasilii petrenko

Ice Core Drilling Effort Involving CU-Boulder Should Help Assess Abrupt Climate Change Risks An international science team involving the University of Colorado at Boulder that is working on the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project hit bedrock July 27 after two summers of work, drilling down more than 1.5 miles in an effort to help assess the risks of abrupt future climate change on Earth.

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IBM Closes Acquisition of Coremetrics

By Guest PostAugust 2, 20102 commentsTechnologyca, coremetrics, craig hayman, industry solutions, joe davis, real-time intelligence, san mateo, web analytics software, web sphere portal

ARMONK, N.Y. – 02 Aug 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the closing of its acquisition of Coremetrics, a leader in Web analytics software. Coremetrics, based in San Mateo, CA, will expand IBM’s business analytics capabilities by enabling organizations to use cloud computing services to develop faster, more targeted marketing campaigns.

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