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Posted Jul 15, 2010

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In North America the Nokia brand is not as well known as others for its smartphones. Outside the US, Nokia has ~40% market share, so they are big and they are very smart. We spoke with Bob Rogers, Senior Manager at Nokia's OVI in Berlin about the company and some of its thinking.
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Wow, check out this and/or this on Apple's travel patent application.
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Posted Feb 2, 2010

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Have you noticed a surge of interest in measuring ROI on travel and meeting (T&M) spend? I’ll get right to the point. Trying to measure the return on travel or meeting spend is not worth the effort.
It’s like taking a long walk in the desert with a crappy map. You wouldn’t do it by choice.
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Posted Aug 28, 2009

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In the August issue of Monthly Metrics from Procurement.travel, there are some interesting statistics that caught my eye. And they back up or confirm some important trends that I see happening at companies today. These numbers come from a survey of 148 corporate travel professionals.
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Posted May 27, 2009

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Do you really need to travel to see your client? Why can't you have a videoconference instead? While I'm an advocate of virtual meetings, travel is necessary in many cases. Rather than supply you with another article on the value of travel, let's focus on the return on investment.
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