Artificial Intelligence

After deploying Jones Lang LaSalle's (JLL) IntelliCommand smart building management technology in a test group of laboratories, offices and manufacturing facilities, P&G's initial investment in the technology was returned within the first three months of energy cost savings.

AVT, Inc.'s expansion into Korea is expected to provide significant new revenues.

Twitter will have dedicated Mondelez International teams in Brazil, India, the United Kingdom and United States, to deliver real-time marketing solutions.

Global spending on big data by organizations will exceed $31 billion in 2013, finds a new market forecast by ABI Research. Interestingly, significant overspending is on salaries, as organizations turn to data scientists and other specialists to leverage big data in the first place.

The new cloud-enabled solution is expected to address challenges in the Retail and Consumer Goods industries.

Big data combined with current analytical capabilities puts us in control of backhoes relative to the shovels we dug with not long ago. The power we could and should have through these tools is great, but in many cases we fail to grasp the tools that are readily available to us.

The move comes after a partnership between Unilever and co-creation community eYeka in order to further tap into its open creativity platform across Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Russia and South Africa.

The very basis of competitive advantage in the consumer goods industry is shifting. The next wave of breakout winners are building and leveraging capabilities rooted in analytics and actionable insights.