Innovation Automation through process, products and people

Innomation

Subscribe to Innomation: eMailAlertsEmail Alerts newslettersWeekly Newsletters
Get Innomation: homepageHomepage mobileMobile rssRSS facebookFacebook twitterTwitter linkedinLinkedIn


Top Stories

Today - at the Online Research Methods conference in London - Affinnova, Inc., the global leader in marketing innovation software and services, introduced Affinnova Concept Studio, a web-based application that accelerates concept collaboration and development for new products, designs and ad campaigns. Concept Studio helps marketing teams create concepts by capturing and managing ideas in a shared visual workspace. The application allows users to easily create an “innovation space” for a vast range of potential marketing concepts, including branding, positioning, imagery, benefits, messaging and packaging. Concept Studio supports divergent collaboration, encouraging users to submit a wide variety of alternative ideas. While many innovation systems prematurely drive teams towards consensus, the Affinnova innovation platform leverages the divergent ideas that are mo... (more)

Nova Development Launches the Mac(R) SuperBundle(TM) Winter 2012

CALABASAS, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/25/12 -- Nova Development, a consumer unit of leading global software developer and publisher Avanquest Software (EURONEXT PARIS: AVQ), is proud to announce the release of the Mac® SuperBundle™ Winter 2012 software suite. Valued at over $470 if purchased separately, the nine software titles and exciting bonus app in the new 2012 Mac SuperBundle are available for just $49, an 89% savings, and offer innovative solutions no Mac user should be without. Nova's biggest bundle to date and best consumer deal yet features the award-winning and #1 selli... (more)

Study Says Contractors Go Mobile to Make Purchase Decisions

SYRACUSE, N.Y., Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Contractors and trade professionals are relying on smartphones and other mobile technology like laptops and tablets to assist in purchase decision-making, according to a national research study conducted by Eric Mower + Associates Group B2B. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120123/NY40121) The study found that 50 percent of contractors use a smartphone, 49 percent use a laptop with mobile web access, and 21 percent use an iPad or other tablet for their jobs, suggesting more business purchase research and decisions are ... (more)

Ad Agencies Struggling to Evolve in Digital Age, Reports CMO Council; Clients Experience High Turnover of Interactive Marketing Firms

PALO ALTO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/23/12 -- A milestone Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council report on client/agency effectiveness -- dubbed "More Gain, Less Strain" -- says the marketing shift to digital, social, and mobile channels is significantly impacting agency relationships, compensation models, and use of marketing technology and measurement systems. Just 9 percent of senior marketers believe traditional ad agencies are doing a good job of evolving and extending their service capabilities in the digital age, in contrast to 22 percent who view their agencies as struggling... (more)

Countdown to SolidWorks World 2012: “Father of the iPod” to Keynote

Just a few years ago, the iPod revolutionized personal electronics worldwide. Tony Fadell, the designer who spearheaded the team that brought the iPod to market, will keynote SolidWorks World 2012, the Company’s annual summit of engineers and designers. Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp.’s SolidWorks World event will take place February 12-15, 2012, in San Diego, and focus on the theme of “united by design.” Known as the “Father of the iPod,” Fadell made his mark via his former positions as Apple’s senior vice president of the iPod division and adviser to Steve Jobs. Today, Fade... (more)