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Re: Too many emails

July 31, 2012

I once saw an article that described email as ‘a tool that tells you what other people’s priorities are’. This appealed to me when I read it, probably because it helps to justify the 630 unopened messages in my inbox. (more…)

The big implications of ‘big data’

April 20, 2012

Renata Towlson is senior buyer (best practice) at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustWe are living in times of a growing amount of digital data. Economist writer Ludvig Siegele claims 2012 will be the year in which the trend of ‘big data’ gets noticed more widely. “Many more firms will start to analyse huge piles of data to optimise everything from their supply chains to their customer relationship,” he wrote. (more…)