The ShiSh List
fueled with curiosity, enthused by discovery
Microsoft Innovation Process Management (IPM) Initiative
I spent the last week in NY speaking at the WWD Retail Leadership Forum on Innovation Process...
Author: S h i S h Date: 07/28/2008
Its all about people
Someone once asked me what's the most interesting thing I love about working in Redmond and I have...
Author: S h i S h Date: 07/25/2008
Customer Service and Blogs
There is an interesting trend of companies using microblogging services like Twitter to monitor...
Author: S h i S h Date: 07/08/2008
Unified Communications Demo for Retail
In this demo, Chris Mayo, the technical evangelist for Unified Communications (UC) and John...
Author: S h i S h Date: 07/07/2008
Employee Retention and Transparency
Organizations talk a lot about how important their employees are and the contribution they make to...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/30/2008
Germanys Robot Restaurant (from BBC)
Steve Rosenberg took a table at a restaurant in Nuremberg, Germany - where customers use touchscreen...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/30/2008
Supermarket of the Future (from BBC)
A German supermarket is encouraging customers to scan and ring up their shopping using mobile...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/30/2008
Mediacart
Last week I had an opportunity to see Mediacart in action and was pretty impressed by the scenarios...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/30/2008
Mastering Time Series Prediction with SQL Server 2008 Data Mining (Video)
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/29/2008
Microsoft Retail Future Vision (Video)
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/29/2008
Sharepoint Ramp up Guide
I meet with IT Pros and Developers at Retail organizations on a regular basis. My discussions...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/17/2008
NewsGator Adds Value to Enterprise Social Computing Features for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
NewsGator Technologies, Inc. announced the general availability of Social Sites 2.0, a major upgrade...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/17/2008
Microsoft Surface at the Rio in Las Vegas
Microsoft Corp. announced the debut of Harrah’s first Microsoft Surface deployments at iBar...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/13/2008
Podcasting
With Store Managers and Store Associates spending very little time in front of computers, mobile...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/09/2008
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Continues to Emerge as Enterprise 2.0 Platform of Choice
The concept of social networking has recently experienced a great deal of visibility as a means to...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/09/2008
Harley Davidson Ride Planner
I love the ideas and concepts behind the Harley Davidson Ride Planner. Its not only a great example...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/06/2008
SQL Server 2008: Predictive Analytics for the Retail Industry
To stay competitive, retailers must understand not only current consumer behavior, but must also be...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/05/2008
AT&T brings Microsoft Surface to its Retail Stores
AT&T is the first company in the world to bring Microsoft Surface to life in a retail...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/05/2008
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts Partners With Microsoft to Keep Guests Connected on the Road
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts and Microsoft Corporation partner up to implement products and...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/05/2008
Driving Retail Profit with Visualization Technologies
Join Retail Analyst Paula Rosenblum for an informative Webcast on how todays location based...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/04/2008
Silverlight Blueprint for Sharepoint
The Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint is source code and guidance for developers describing how...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/03/2008
Data Mining Videos
Data Mining Videos on TechNet: Ø Introduction to Data Mining- Rafal Lukawiecki,...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/03/2008
Automated Grocery Lists
Here is an awesome device that can change the way we create grocery shopping lists. With the IKAN...
Author: S h i S h Date: 05/20/2008
Data Mining Webcast
Catch Donald Farmer, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation and Lynn Langit, Developer...
Author: S h i S h Date: 05/16/2008
Favorite 50 Online Retailers
STORES Magazine’s 2007 “Favorite 50” Online Shopping Sites. As chosen by shoppers,...
Author: S h i S h Date: 05/13/2008
ARTS Announces Support of Business Intelligence
The Association for Retail Technology Standards, a division of the National Retail Federation, has...
Author: S h i S h Date: 05/09/2008
Virtualization in Retail
Microsoft’s “Virtualization in Retail Survey 2008” was conducted in February and March 2008 and...
Author: S h i S h Date: 05/06/2008
Contextual Business Intelligence with Microsoft Office Visio Professional
Over the last few years, there has been explosive growth in the awareness and availability of...
Author: S h i S h Date: 04/29/2008
Microsoft Online Services
With Online Services from Microsoft for e-mail, messaging, and collaboration, you can hand off...
Author: S h i S h Date: 04/29/2008
Wal-Mart employees voice on the Blogosphere
Blogs are are great way for retailers to connect with their customers. Wal-Mart has launched...
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/11/2008
Microsoft | Teradata
The combination of Microsoft and Teradata enables data warehousing/enterprise BI solutions to be...
Author: S h i S h Date: 01/24/2008
Retail Glossary: Shrinkage
The term inventory shrinkage (sometimes truncated to shrink) is the loss of products between point...
Author: S h i S h Date: 01/22/2008
Clarity Consulting Unveils POS System of the Future at NRF Convention
Leveraging Microsoft’s Windows platform, the new POS System is a combination of hardware and...
Author: S h i S h Date: 01/20/2008
NRF Annual Convention Handouts
Am I the Leader I Need to Be? - Microsoft Word (290 KB)Brandjam: Humanizing Brands Through Emotional...
Author: S h i S h Date: 01/17/2008
Profitbase
I just got back from an awesome NRF conference in NY. Along with me, at the Microsoft booth was a...
Author: S h i S h Date: 01/17/2008
USB Credit Cards
No, its not the USB drive that looks like a credit card as in the WalletFlash, this time it IS a...
Author: S h i S h Date: 01/10/2008
Microsoft @ NRF 97th Annual Convention and EXPO
The National Retail Federation (NRF) is the world's largest retail trade association with membership...
Author: S h i S h Date: 12/21/2007
Improving Proposal Processes
InfoWeb is one of the largest internal LOB applications at Microsoft. It is a worldwide portal...
Author: S h i S h Date: 12/06/2007
Social Networking Site Sample Code and Demo
Windows Live Quick Applications provide customizable out-of-the box solutions for specific Web...
Author: S h i S h Date: 12/05/2007
Social Networking in Retail
Several retailers have been challenged in coming up with online community hubs to tap into the...
Author: S h i S h Date: 10/21/2007
Retail Glossary: Stock Turnover
The ratio of cost of goods sold over average stock (at cost). This indicates how many times, on...
Author: S h i S h Date: 10/21/2007
Retails Big Show
Join us in New York City January 13–16, 2008 and be a part of something important, something vital...
Author: S h i S h Date: 10/16/2007
Blog Action Day
On October 15th - Blog Action Day, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important...
Author: S h i S h Date: 10/15/2007
Instant Messaging in Retail
Instant messaging offers real-time communication and collaboration. Most systems allow the user to...
Author: S h i S h Date: 10/10/2007
The Worlds Coolest Retail Stores
A list of the worlds coolest retail stores from Concierge.com
Author: S h i S h Date: 10/10/2007
Gartners Top 10 Technologies for 2008 : Green IT
I just read Gartners Top 10 Technologies for 2008 and was happy to note that they listed Green IT as...
Author: S h i S h Date: 10/10/2007
Interesting Retail Statistic
From https://awesome.goodmagazine.com/transparency/007/images/007_store_space.gif
Author: S h i S h Date: 10/10/2007
Flash SSD could revolutionize tech in Retail
One of the big challenges about using UMPCs and Tablet PCs to empower Store Managers on the store...
Author: S h i S h Date: 10/03/2007
Welcome to Retail Rumblings :)
My peer DomC just launched "Retail Rumblings"... a really cool Retail Technology blog. Check it out...
Author: S h i S h Date: 09/27/2007