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PaaS, SaaS, Platform, Nervous System, Risk Management, Incident Management. The human body is an awe-inspiring feat of a responsive global system.

PaaS, SaaS, Platform, Nervous System, Risk Management, Incident Management

Cut your finger and a cascade of message systems are actioned within nanoseconds to protect from the initial threat (drop the knife), to start to resolution of the impact on multiple levels (immune initiation, pain reduction, bleed reduction), triggering a global response (you put a plaster on it), and enabling future mitigation (the cognitive ability to think to stop watching the TV while cutting your onion). This all happens in moments. Lego Could Use 3D Printing To Make Personalized Bricks. 4.1 Breaking Games Down (7:51)

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Restaurants. Business intelligence software revenue to hit $13.8bn this year. GE13: Shahrizat: Mix knowledge of young and old good for business - The Star Online. Welcome to the Data Driven World - GovExec.com. Tom Davenport: big data is too important to be left to the 'quants' - ZDNet. Apple Acquires Indoor GPS Startup WiFiSlam For $20M. The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Apple has acquired WiFiSlam, an indoor GPS startup that enables a smartphone to pinpoint its location — along with that of your friends — in realtime up to 2.5 meters in accuracy.

Apple Acquires Indoor GPS Startup WiFiSlam For $20M

Apple paid $20 million to acquire WiFiSlam, although the specific terms of the deal have not been shared as of yet. However, Apple has confirmed the acquisition, telling Macrumors: World Wide Maze - Not Supported. Technology and Markets for Knowledge - Knowledge Creation, Diffusion and Exchange within a Growing Economy (Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation Volume 22): Bernard Guilhon: 978079237202...

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