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IBM Tops U.S. Patent List for 20th Consecutive Year

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IBM inventors deliver innovation in emerging areas of tech

ARMONK, N.Y. – 10 Jan 2013: IBM today announced that it received a record 6,478 patents in 2012 for inventions that will enable fundamental advancements across key domains including analytics, Big Data, cybersecurity, cloud, mobile, social networking and software defined environments, as well as industry solutions for retail, banking, healthcare, and transportation. These patented inventions also will advance a major shift in computing, known as the era of cognitive systems.

This is the 20th consecutive year that IBM topped the annual list of U.S. patent recipients. (more…)

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Accenture, comScore, and dunnhumbyUSA Announce Initiation of Breakthrough Study to Help Improve the Value of CPG Brand Websites

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*Study to Profile the Retail Brand Buying of Visitors to CPG Brand Websites and Uncover the Best Internet Destinations to Reach Specific Brand Buyers* 

RESTON, VA, Jan. 10, 2011 – Accenture, comScore, Inc., and dunnhumbyUSA today announced a groundbreaking initiative to help consumer packaged goods (CPG) marketers better understand the link between consumers’ usage of brand websites and their in-store brand buying behavior. The results of the study will help CPG brand managers understand how to increase the value from their digital marketing expenditures. The research is being conducted with the endorsement of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), with the results to be presented in Spring 2011.  (more…)

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