February 2013 Issue

UP FRONT

GOT TALENT?
Competing for workers in the global marketplace

MIND THE GAP
Getting greater value from millennial and baby boomer employees

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

CONSOLIDATED POWER
Private cloud based on Oracle engineered systems helps 300,000 government employees serve 25 million Texas citizens.

VIRTUOUS SPIRAL
Renewed focus on sustainable growth puts Leggett & Platt in a comfortable position.

EXPANSION BRIDGE
Rapid deployment of new enterprise systems help Spartan Engineering manage extreme growth.

FYI

TRAVEL Sea Planes

THE RUNDOWN Bike sharing

GADGET Cyberdog ground drone

NETWORK Staying fit on the road

ON TOPIC Giving Up Control

INSIDE ORACLE

SOUND DECISIONS
Selected snapshots from the first Oracle OpenWorld Music Festival in San Francisco, California

MEMORY BOOST
Oracle’s Juan Loaiza talks Oracle Exadata X3, big data, analytics, and the cloud

DATA ON TAP
Tablet-based access connects mobile workers with Oracle systems.

BIG IDEAS

GOING FOR THE GOLD
NBC Sports Group CMO John Miller says social engagement can return unprecedented marketing results.

BREAKTHROUGH TALENT
Enterprise systems help employers cope with the global skills shortage.

INNOVATION AT WORK
How smart IT solutions are inspiring fresh ideas among the workforce

SIX STEPS TO INNOVATION
Innovation is a delicate dance—but a new study can help keep managers in the swing of things.