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With the recent explosion of 3D films at the box office including the massively successful Avatar it’s predicated that twice as many films this year (2010) will be made in this way. That means that this year alone 20 movies will be available in the 3D format. [More]

Recently I’ve been doing a lot of work in the loyalty area especially dealer customer loyalty and manufacturer brand loyalty and thought I would share some of the technology surrounding loyalty schemes/programmes.

Consumers are more inclined to participate in a loyalty programme during a recession and that loyalty rewards hold increasing value in the current economic downturn. [More]

This book has quality in every direction, from the physical finish and type of paper used to the great authoring style. The book is very well presented with great illustrations and examples.

It starts off by demystifying the true meaning of what an Information Dashboard is and then goes into what I thought was the best chapter of the book – Tapping into the power of visual perception. This chapter was really interesting especially for me coming from a design background. It goes into the science of visual perception, the pre-attentive mind and short term memory. [More]

Live Mesh itself is part of what Microsoft calls Live Services, one of the building blocks of Microsoft’s new Azure Services Platform, unveiled in November at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles. The Azure Services Platform is a “cloud” platform hosted at Microsoft data centres. It’s designed to give developers and others the ability to easily develop and scale up applications that, among other benefits, can run on a wide variety of devices. [More]

This book covers all aspects of data warehousing and gives examples and downloadable source for Microsoft SQL Server 2005/08. It goes into quite a bit of detail in certain areas but in others it just skims the surface. It’s a great book to get someone started of in data warehousing as it does cover the main aspects well. [More]

Vectorform have developed another Microsoft Surface application for BMW. They started off with a prototype for a X6 configurator.

The prototype was such a success that they followed up with a much improved version for the 7 series that allow the user to fully customise the vehicle through the Natural User Interface(NUI). [More]

Network Q is the used car brand of Vauxhall that offers the consumer piece of mind when buying a used car. Vauxhall, a UK based marque owned by General Motors (GM) allows Vauxhall dealers to list their Network Q qualifying vehicles on their website. In my previous post I talked about how imported and how much choice there is now when displaying your vehicles online, with the Network Q website, its free for dealers to list their vehicles. [More]

All dealers know that the the bigger the forecourt and the more stock on show the more chance a sale will be made. With the internet now being an everyday tool for the consumer to research their purchase before they buy most dealers have embraced the web with their very own website. The problem lies with the brand. [More]

For those of you that live in the UK and are attending this years Glass’s Event: Driving Business Opportunities for Profit and Growth in an Uncertain Market, then I’ll see you there.

After the success of last years event: The Internet - Gaining the Competitive Advantage, Glass’s have again pulled together a host of key industry speakers that cover all areas of the automotive industry.

Below is the preliminary list of delegates that will be attending this years event: [More]

One of the major problems I face when it comes to writing articles for my blog is what to write about, I’m not sure what people already know and what they don’t know. So if any of you would like me to cover anything in particular or even have any questions I could answer then let me know. I’ve posted an About Me page to give you a flavour of what I’m about, so feel free to give your suggestions [More]