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News: New Audience Response Technology Announced June 12, 2009 Innovation Insight is announcing "Video Insight", a new internet-based audience response research system. This system provides a low-cost, flexible alternative to the focus group / response-dial [more] News: Entrepreneurship in the Internet Age June 11, 2009 Guy Hagen will be joining colleagues Brent C. J. Britton (Grey | Robinson), Charles Armstrong (Spark Labs), and [more] Interview: Entrepreneur Magazine May 27, 2009 Guy Hagen was interviewed as a technology expert in a May 18 article of Entrepreneur. The article is titled "What are your customers thinking?" [more] |
News: New Audience Response Technology Announced
Innovation Insight is announcing "Video Insight", a new internet-based audience response research system. This system provides a low-cost, flexible alternative to the focus group / response-dial based systems used in the recent presidential debates to show moment-by-moment audience reactions while the candidates were speaking. Now you can collect real-world reactions for your commercials, PSAs, executive speeches, closing arguments or other video media in a manner that shows which parts work - and which parts may generate unwanted reactions. You can watch a short demonstration video below:News: Entrepreneurship in the Internet Age
Guy Hagen will be joining colleagues Brent C. J. Britton (Grey | Robinson), Charles Armstrong (Spark Labs), and Marvin Scaff (Dex Imaging) on a panel discussing the trends and emerging strategies for entrepreneurial development in the hyperconnected world. The panel will be hosted by St. Petersburg College on June 18, 2009; details are available at http://bit.ly/10cYx8.Interview: Entrepreneur Magazine
Guy Hagen was interviewed as a technology expert in a May 18 article of Entrepreneur. The article is titled "What are your customers thinking?" and focused on advances in video mining and the future of market research. The full article is available here: http://www.entrepreneur.com/technology/newsandtrends/article201702.htmlNews: Twitter Tuesday Podcast Interview
On April 14, 2009 Guy Hagen was interviewed on the Twitter Tuesday podcast by host Ken Cook regarding Twitter, and his Twitter applications Twitseeker.com and Twinfluence.com. The podcast is available at the Twitter Tuesday Archives.News: CEO Lounge Interview
On December 6, 2008 Guy Hagen was interviewed on the Tampa Bay CEO Lounge podcast by colleague Brent Britton regarding new media strategies. The podcast is available at the CEO Lounge Archives.News: twinfluence.com
In only three weeks, over 7,500 twitter.com users have profiled themselves on the twinfluence.com twitter influence application developed by Innovation Insight. Twinfluence provides a variety of analytics for measuring a "twitterer's" audience, reach, and network.News: Social Media and Research Partnership with Tucker/Hall
Innovation Insight has formed a consulting partnership with leading Florida public relations agency Tucker/Hall to provide social media strategy and research strategy services.News: Photonics Industry Research
Innovation Insight has been retained by the Florida Photonics Cluster to undertake a comprehensive industry cluster analysis for Florida's lasers, optics, and photonics industry. This is an update to the 1999 study, and will include national benchmarking against patents, grants and procurement, employment, research and innovation activity in this high-tech sector.News: Future Mapping for Modeling and Simulation
Innovation Insight has been contracted by the National Center for Simulation to conduct a series of groundbreaking "future mapping" and visioning sessions for the national modeling and simulation industry, as part of a comprehensive industry cluster analysis.Publication: Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) White Paper
Guy Hagen has recently authored a White Paper for the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA), which will be released to FPRA members during the first quarter of 2008. The White Paper is entitled "Social Media: New Analytics for a New Century", and provides an overview of the types of measurement information relevant to strategic public relations that can be obtained through social media sources. Abstract: Research has always been a hallmark of public relations. Analytical methodologies such as surveys, focus groups, individual depth interviews (IDIs), and secondary research are taught in every university public relations curriculum for their value in targeting PR activities, measuring public opinion, evaluating brands, and managing reputations. Traditional research methods have not been replaced, but the advent of social media and advances in research and computing technology are creating new tools and techniques that today's PR professionals cannot afford to ignore.News: Seminole Way Cluster Research
Innovation Insight has been retained by Real Estate Research Consultants Inc. to conduct empirical economic cluster analysis in support of the Seminole Way development project. The goal of the project will be to identify competitive industry and technology clusters that support economic development, as a logical extension of the "Innovation Way" region connecting Orlando's Lake Nona region UCF, and Seminole County.Technology Review Appointment
Guy Hagen has been recently appointed as a technology reviewer for both the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida's Matching Grant Research Programs. Collectively, over three million dollars per year are allocated through these programs for university-industry research partnerships. As a reviewer, Mr. Hagen will assist in reviewing proposals and white papers for technical and commercial viability and their meritability for investment. Proposals are received from many technology and research disciplines including microelectronics, aerospace, information technology, medical technology and biotech, modeling and simulation, photonics, engineering, physics, and chemistry. Mr. Hagen's appointment was based upon his past experience managing a $13.3M Department of Defense / Department of Energy technology investment fund, and experience managing the USF Matching Grant Research Program fund from 1997 to 2002.Disclaimer
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Working Paper: Graph Theoretic Strategies Against Attacks on Free-Space Optical Networks
As Network-Centric Operations increasingly become the method by which the US expects to build tactical advantage in combat, the sophistication of attacks against tactical
networks is also likely to increase. Improving robustness and resilience against attacks designed to maximize damage to overall network structures can be addressed through the application of network analytic concepts. This paper demonstrates the “macro-level” implications
of targeted versus random attacks against networks, and provides a compromise strategy wherein individual nodes prioritize reconnections to maximize network-level resiliency
with minimum additional computational requirements to existing packet- and hardware-
level operations.
This paper also discusses the relevant graph theoretic/ network analytical concepts relevant to network resiliency, such as degree (the number of connections per node), dependency / betweenness (the reliance of communications on a small number of nodes), distance / pathlength (the number of intervening nodes required to connect nodes in the network), and path redundancy / walks (the number of shortest-distance alternate routes).
Empirical findings are presented based upon monte-carlo simulations of randomly generated networks, wherein different strategies of network attacks and network reconnection strategies are measured for their impacts on the integrity of the overall networks. The implications are significant primarily for self-adapting free-space optical military and satellite networks wherein network resilience is an important consideration.
Some findings include:
- Even random, distributed free-space networks have naturally occuring traffic zones and nodes that are sensitive to removal.
- Topology-targeting attacks against distributed networks can be over twice as damaging as random attacks.
- Targeted network attacks can isolate nodes, increase routing congestion, reduce routing options and increase relay distances.
- Targeted reconnections – based upon a node-level "stitching" strategy – can be significantly more effective at healing attacked networks than alternative methods.
Dowload: Graph Theoretic Strategies Against Attacks on Free-Space Optical Networks
Report: Corporate Headquarters in Florida and the United States
Enterprise Florida Inc. and Innovation Insight have released their latest report regarding corporate headquarters in the United States. The report benchmarks US states for their competitiveness and ability to attract corporate headquarters, and examines trends and factors that influence where Fortune 500 companies chose to locate their headquarter facilities.
Headquarters are largely recognized as attractive economic development targets, and this report also examines the advantages, disadvantages, and other considerations regarding corporate headquarters from an economic development perspective.
The report focuses on Florida, and contributed to the official designation of "Corporate Headquarters" as a Florida "High-Impact" targeted sector. However, the report will be relevant to any company, economic development organization, or site selection consultant with interest in current corporate headquarters facility location.
Download 2006 Report: Corporate Headquarters in Florida and the United States
Press: National Defense Industry Association
Guy Hagen (President) was cited in the On The Go section of the January/February 2007 edition of the Maddux Business Report for his board activities with the Greater Tampa Bay chapter of the National Defense Industry Association.Research: Florida High Tech Corridor R&D Impacts
Innovation Insight has been contracted by the Florida High Tech Corridor Council to document the "downstream" qualitative and economic impacts of the External Matching Grant program at the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of Central Florida (UCF). This is an interesting, Council-funded program that commits $1M each year to its partner universities to underwrite research partnerships with private sector Florida companies for product and process improvement -- essentially applied technology and engineering grants for economic development and intellectual property development. Innovation Insight, in partnership with the USF Center for Economic Development Research (CEDR) will be conducting surveys and focus groups of company partners, benchmarking 3-year growth rates of participating companies, and documenting other types of impacts on the faculty, graduate students and alumni, and the Corridor's economy. The project is projected to conclude by March, 2007.Appointment: Tampa Bay National Defense Industry Association (NDIA) Board
In October, 2006 Guy Hagen was elected to the Tampa Bay chapter of the National Defense Industry Association's (NDIA) "Member at Large" board position. The responsibilities of the Member at Large include representing the interests of small defense and technology businesses.Working Paper: Social Capital, or Choosing Your Friends Wisely
"Social capital" is becoming a buzzword in many sectors. This working paper compiles a number of presentations, instructional certification course material, and research that Innovation Insight has done regarding social capital. The paper introduces how the concept of social capital can be applied and measured to weave targeted networks that can be leveraged for a particular purpose, or used as a measurement and evaluation tool for companies and grantmaking organizations. The working paper is available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format here.Research: Corporate Headquarters
Innovation Insight has been retained in 2006 by Enterprise Florida Inc. to assess Florida's competitiveness regarding corporate headquarters of all sizes. The research will include state benchmarking, a review of economic development incentives, statewide consensus building regarding recruitment and attraction strategies, and a formal application to have "headquarters" classified as a Florida "high-impact" designated industry sector. This will enable qualified headquarters projects for state incentive assistance. The work includes collaboration by the University of South Florida Center for Economic Development Research (CEDR), and is targeted for completion by October, 2006.Partnership: Arrowstrike
Innovation Insight has formed a strategic collaboration with financial services research giant Dalbar to offer specialized market research services to Florida's banking, insurance, securities, and financial companies under the name "Arrowstrike". This collaboration delivers the perfect combination of flexibility, responsiveness, reputation and capacity for its services including:- Surveys
- Focus Groups
- Consumer Confidence
- Service Quality
- Interviews
- Benchmarking
- Relationship Management
- Market Trends
- Organizational Network Analysis
- In-House Call Center Staff
- New product needs and testing
- Organizational analysis
- Regulations and compliance
- Leveraging the Latin America connection
- Sampling opportunities for community and internet banks
- Customer reactions to outsourcing and offshoring changes
- Winning Floridas top producers
- Understanding the affluent Hispanic market
- Customer experiences with service, sales and call center staff
- Best technology practices
- Customer opinions and brand management
- NASD, SEC, and state regulator client level checks and broker / client malfeasance screening
Press: Metro Orlando Film and Entertainment Industry
Orlando Sentinal. July 15, 2005: "Digital media fills TV, movie void" Orlando Business Journal, July 18, 2005: "Area's film biz big but shifting, new study finds: Midsize firms fueling growth in revenue, jobs, research shows."Press: Florida Financial Services Research
Corporate Real Estate Leader, July 2005: "Decentralizing the Nation's Financial Services Mission-Critical Functions", a case study of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation and the move of financial companies away from Manhattan after the 9/11 tragedy. St. Petersburg Times. January 17, 2005: "Recruiter to cast for big fish for Tampa", what does our research say about recent layoffs? Tampa Tribune, January 13, 2005: "JPMorgan To Cut 1,900 At Tampa Call Center", discussion of recent events regarding activity in this cluster Tampa Tribune, November 3, 2003: "Fishing for Big Business", an overview of research on Florida's financial services industryPress: Research on Offshore Outsourcing
2004 Baseline Analysis of Offshoring in the Tampa Bay Region- Tampa Bay Business Journal, November 8 2004: "Study shows Bay area startup companies outsource for IT"
- Tampa Tribune, October 26 2004: "Offshoring's Impact has been Mild on the Bay Area"
- St. Petersburg Times, October 26, 2004 "Outsourcing Barely Affects Bay Area"
- Tampa WTSP Channel 10, October 25 2004: "Offshoring: Bay Area Jobs Overseas is a Growing Trend"
- Tampa Bay Business Journal, October 25 2004: "Offshoring Study Shows Business Size is a Major Factor"
- Tampa Tribune, October 25 2004: "Study: Perception of Outsourcing Worse"
- St. Petersburg Times, October 25 2004:"USF Outsourcing Study" release
- Tampa Bay Business Journal, July 5, 2004: "USF Center Hires Local High-Tech Team to Study Outsourcing", announcing a collaborative research project to study Offshoring headed by Innovation Insight.
- Tampa Tribune, May 6, 2004 "USF to Study Export of Jobs And Its Effect On Bay Area", discussion of offshoring trends regarding financial services.