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Curious about the newer model? Check out the 2015 Hyundai Tucson
By KBB.com Editors
With the expansion of the Santa Fe into seven-passenger territory, the Tuscan becomes Hyundai's sole competitor in the compact SUV market. Like its big brother, the Tucson is available with either front-wheel or four-wheel drive, making it a capable commuter in snow and rain and an off-road champ in mud or sand. More affordable than a comparably-equipped Honda CR-V or Jeep Compass, the Tucson successfully blends edgy and fun styling with a feature-packed equipment list that includes standard side-curtain airbags and an optional V6 engine. The Tucson's sticker price also includes Hyundai's 10-year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty at no extra cost. And, while the Tucson can't match the Honda CR-V for fit, finish and high resale, it isn't too far off the mark.
You'll like the Tucson if you appreciate a space-efficient design wrapped in a stylish package. Designers have emphasized cargo-carrying convenience, including an easy-to-clean composite cargo floor, tie-downs, grocery hooks and under-the-floor storage. Fuel economy is a big benefit, especially with the 140-horsepower four-cylinder engine.
Like other small SUVs, the Tucson isn't really a contender for serious off-road treks, despite its 7.8-inch ground clearance when equipped with four-wheel drive. Comfortable enough on the road with its soft and easy-riding suspension, the Tucson doesn't feel particularly sporty in regular driving.
Trim level designations are changed to GLS, SE and Limited. New optional audio units include MP3-compatible CD players.
Driving Impressions As long as you don't expect an invigorating experience, the easy-to-drive Tucson delivers satisfying levels of ride, comfort and performance. Pavement transitions and larger bumps or holes might toss the...passengers around somewhat, but on the whole the ride is smooth, even on roads not fully paved.
Four-Wheel-Drive Availability
Always a sensible choice in the snowbelt, the Tuscon's Electronic InterActive Torque Management four-wheel-drive system normally sends 99 percent of engine torque to the front wheels, but can transmit what's needed to the wheels that have the most traction. A dashboard lock button provides a 50/50 torque split when needed for specific terrain, such as off-road use or extremely slippery situations.
Safety Features
Six airbags and electronic stability control aren't yet common in this price class, especially when they're included as standard equipment.
Geared toward single folks more than families, the Tucson has plenty of head and elbow space up front, as well as supportive and reasonably comfortable seats. Rear space is a bit smaller than average for this class, but helpful features make up for some of the loss. The rear seat folds flat in a single motion, without having to remove the cushion, backrest or headrests. A folding front passenger seat provides extra space as well. On the distinctive dashboard, a large hood sits above the gauge cluster. The automatic transmission's shift lever is on the lower dashboard, and the sizable glovebox is within easy reach.Exterior
Built on a heavily-modified Elantra sedan platform, the Tucson features a fully-independent suspension that helps yield a satisfying ride. Unlike the original Santa Fe, which tended to produce a love-it or hate-it reaction, the Tucson is more conventional in appearance, styled largely like other small-scale SUVs. The Tucson also features a number of standard safety features, including Electronic Stability Control and traction control. Despite a kinship to the Kia Sportage, the two models don't look all that much alike.
The GLS trim version includes anti-lock brakes (ABS), side-impact airbags, side-curtain airbags, remote keyless entry, power locks, windows and mirrors, AM/FM stereo with CD, Electronic Stability Control, tilt steering column, heated mirrors and alloy wheels. The Tucson SE adds a V6 engine, four-speed automatic transmission, body side cladding, fog lamps, cruise control and air conditioning. Heated leather front seats and automatic climate control go into the Limited model. The V6 is available with a four-speed Shiftronic automatic transmission only, but the four-cylinder can be matched with either a five-speed manual or an automatic.
Because of its abundant standard equipment, options are few on the Tucson. The GLS offers air conditioning, an automatic transmission, cruise control, four-wheel drive and an upgraded audio unit with an MP3-compatible CD player. The SE and Limited offer heated front seats, a power sunroof, the upgraded audio system and a windshield wiper de-icer.
The base four-cylinder engine offers economy of purchase and of operation. It's certainly not fast, but it has plenty of performance to deal with traffic and can get up to highway cruising speed at a nimble rate, and for many people that's fast enough. The V6 engine has slightly less fuel economy but doesn't seem to deliver an exceptionally higher level of performance in the bargain. And there is no five-speed manual available with the V6, either.
2.0-liter in-line 4
140 horsepower @ 6000 rpm
136 lb.-ft. of torque @ 4500 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 23/28 (2WD manual), 22/27 (2WD automatic) 22/26 (4WD manual)
2.7-liter V6
173 horsepower @ 6000 rpm
178 lb.-ft. of torque @ 4000 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 20/26 (2WD), 19/24 (4WD)
To compare current market prices, check out KBB.com's car classifieds to view the new and used Hyundai Tucson vehicles for sale near you.
Based on 322 Ratings for the 2005 - 2009 models.Review this car
By Happy on Monday, October 20, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 166,000overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Cons: "none whatsoever."
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"This is without a doubt the best car I've ever owned. I drove it cross country three times and have been driving it to work 30 miles each way for three years. It has never failed me or faltered in snow, rain or icy conditions. The only reason I feel I need to sell it is because of the high mileage. I have to drive through mountainous terrain to get to work through areas with no cell phone service, so I don't want to be stranded. I love this car and have a high regard for Hyundai."
5 people out of 8 found this review helpful
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By sunny on Saturday, October 04, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 82,500overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"I love my Tucson. It has been a wonderful dependable vehicle. It has plenty of cargo space and has taken me accross country and back."
4 people out of 6 found this review helpful
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By J & J on Tuesday, September 09, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 76,000overall rating 9 of 10rating details
Pros: "Great price, fun to drive, has all that you need +"
Cons: "None that I know of!"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"Has Never had to have repairs, gets excellent mileage, very comfortable, drives in snow like Magic! I am not able to use left foot, which is the Only reason I'm selling! Shiny,White and Beautiful; Very Clean, non-smoker!"
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By slim on Tuesday, September 09, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 55,035overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "good price.will take u where u want"
Cons: "clean car for the price"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 9
"i took good care of this car.It is in good condion and has never been in a shop for any kind of repears.just Trans fluid and fiter.Oil was changed every 3000ml.Seats and carpet are clean.one small dent on rear led."
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By JJ on Friday, July 18, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 875,000overall rating 8 of 10rating details
Pros: "Acceptable gas mileage as used"
Cons: "Limited rear legroom, not a good long hauler."
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 9
"This has been a very reliable vehicle. Driven daily to/from work and around town for various errands. Gas mileage acceptable except when A/C is running - sucks gas. Not so good for long, over 4+ hour or more, trips; seats become uncomfortable. I do not think intended design use for this one was as a long distance traveler. Overall have been satisfied with this vehicle."
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By Foo on Wednesday, July 16, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 22,654overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "Reliable, comfortable, economical"
Cons: "None that matter"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"This car has been a pleasure owning. I have replaced the battery after 8 years of ownership, had the oil changed twice a year regularly and have followed the dealers recommendations on servicing. The care has been really excellent and a pleasure to own."
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In a move that seems almost too petty to believe, it has now been confirmed that the official WWE account on Twitter is no longer following CM Punk after he walked out before Monday Night Raw this week. The decision could have been made by someone in the marketing or technology department as opposed to Vince McMahon or Triple H.
WWE has been pushing the wrestlers to use Twitter more often, especially on weekends, in order to get the fans talking more about the performers and company. The belief is that management has noticed how much of a buzz Ryback has been able to create through the social media website.
During a recent interview, Stephanie McMahon touted the WWE app by revealing that it has been downloaded more than eight million times.
"I have faith that CM Punk will end up as a major part of Wrestlemania 30. WWE is THE show, and Punk is a big enough part of THE show to be needed for Wrestlemania."
- Sean Waltman discusses the CM Punk departure
While he did not make an appearance during Royal Rumble 2014 as speculated, Sean Waltman, who canceled an appearance at an independent wrestling show, was said to be backstage at the event, where his good friend Kevin Nash made his return.
There is speculation that Sean Waltman could be a mystery entrant at Royal Rumble 2014 tonight, as the former WWE star canceled an appearance at an independent wrestling show in Virginia last night. Waltman also revealed that he was in Pittsburgh right now.
Sean Waltman revealed on Twitter that he was robbed while in Costa Rica. Apparently, his credit card was stolen by someone that he did a good deed for.
Several fans in England have been critical about the meet and greet with Sean Waltman, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash this week, as they feel that promoters started adding on additional charges at the last minute.
Former TNA knockout SoCal Val will be joining Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman at an autograph signing in England this week.

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Just another person who's interested in anime, but hasn't really gotten fully into it yet, on the whole.
Love the new rewatch feature!
Anime watched within the last month: Chihayafuru S1 & S2
Absolute favourites: Kino, Misaki Nakahara
1,012 total episodes
Hey there slowpoke, hope you're keeping well. Hospital sounds a little onminous though, anything serious? Perhaps I should take it easy on you if you're all poorly at the moment!
The interview was extremely bizarre in format, but it was a fun day out. Unfortunately, I didn't get the job, but the logistics and expense of travelling into London on a daily basis would have been extremely prohibitive. Also, it was a good excuse to go out with Kitty for dinner and a couple of drinks! For now, i'll stay where I am (on a crap salary), get some free training and then maybe venture out into the private sector. Sadly, I don't think it would be quite as exciting!
The evening entertainment went extremely well last weekend, although I was a little uncomfortable when a friend said to his wife "why do you never cook like this?". Bloody men :p Definitely can't wait to do it again though - always nice to have people appreciate my hard work, including the fancy folded napkins :P You should talk your friends into trying it though. Never know, they may discover an inner Jamie...
It sounds like students are screwed whatever they do. I love how the government is harping on about paying less per month, but include interest in that and you're going to be repaying a shitty loan for the rest of your life!
Believe me, you don't want to know what MAR is. It's just shounen trash really, but I'm sadly hooked. I'm also delving into MM! (just read the synop for a giggle), but haven't watched anything much in a couple of weeks. I've seen Noein, and my Physics degree kicked into action for that one. The animation is quite pretty, however I thought the ending was a tad disappointing.
Anyways, hope to hear back from you before 2011 runs out ^^
Sheesh, almost a month to say hi - hence the sadpanda face. But I will pass on the whips and chains, as I fear you may enjoy it just a little too much...
Life has been extremely busy with work, however I have the assessment/interview tomorrow. I still need to do some revision, but I guess I'll do it on the train as I have a busy morning having my hair and nails done. Then, a wedding fayre on saturday day followed by friends around that evening so I can do a little Come Dine with Me. I can't wait to make the little spun sugar cages again to go with a vanilla pannacotta and sloe gin reduction....
Glad to hear university is keeping you freeloaders in check :p You still planning on staying on even though the fee rises are going to be implemented? Seems completely crazy to me, and I'm tempted to start saving now for my future kids!
So, you watch anything good (or that I recommended)? I'm on MAR at the moment, which is pretty.... shounen >.>
Anyways, take care and get back soon!
Thanks very much.
Clannad is awesome. I loved Angel Beats! personally, you won't have to worry about anything emotional at least for the first 7 or 8 episodes, but it's a nice mix of Clannad meets Haruhi meets Canaan. Throw in some nice background music and also some nice songs done by the characters and I thought it was a pretty amazing show. And Strike Witches was awesome, very cutesy and all that but I thought it was still a pretty decent series. I have no real complaints about it.
I saw in your profile you rewatched Black Lagoon. Is one of my favorite series of all time. If you like it you should definitely watch Phantom Requiem for the Phantom. The same tone I'ld say overall, just a lot darker and just as bad ass.
Work was slow on that part, this was more retail work. I do part time work at Gamestop and other things to supplement when my at home stuff is slow but it's just been an extremely busy couple months in that department since everyone can go out and spend money now without too much worry.
Belated New Years to you as well lol, even though mine is even later. And thank you for the complimenting the blog, I was slammed this week with stuff so tomorrow I gotta do a lot of posting an catching up.
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Hotel Deloix Aqua Center
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Historical Traveler Reviews Hotel Deloix Aqua Center Benidorm
Muy decepcionante
Est�bamos reservando cerca de 10 habitaciones distintas con diferentes operadores de gu�as para un grupo de una convenci�n.
Este hotel est� aceptando un exceso de reservas. 3 de las habitaciones han sido desviadas a otro hotel de la ciudad sin previo aviso ni aprobaci�n de nuestra parte. Lo discutimos con el gerente del hotel y no nos dio una respuesta clara.
Adem�s, 2 de las habitaciones tuvieron problemas al momento de pagar para salir. Adicionalmente, quer�an un 20% del costo de la habitaci�n de castigo por s�lo alojarnos 2 noches en lugar de 3. Obviamente, este castigo nunca fue revelado.
La piscina estaba bien, al igual que el buf� del desayuno y cena, pero el departamento de reservaciones es muy decepcionante. �Tengan cuidado!
Fantastic hotel
My partner and I have just returned from a week in the Deloix Hotel and can honestly say that it is the best hotel we have ever stayed in.
The rooms are extremely large and spacious and well above the normal standard. The rooms are cleaned every day.
There's also a fridge to cool your wine for sitting out in the balcony which is large and private.
The air conditioning system is very powerful and many a night I had to turn it off.
Such a joy to have a pool so clean with more than enough sun loungers to go around. They also have indoor pools but I never tried them.
It all depends on taste! Personally I like to try the local food when abroad. There was something for everyone but if you fancy something a bit more British then there are some really cheap eateries just down the road where you can get an English breakfast etc.
Staff are extremely helpful and take a lot of pride in this beautiful hotel. We arrived just after midnight on our first night and were asked if we wished to have something to eat as they would have opened the restaurant for us. Felt a bit guilty about that so declined and went a walk instead and grabbed something outside.
I would recommend this hotel to anyone and am planning to return next year.
The hotel is a bit out of the way but a bus runs right outside the hotel so we tended to get the bus to town for 1 euro and return in the early hours of the morning by cab which only cost 5 euro.
To anyone who is planning on visiting this hotel....HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I have just returned from a week at this hotel with my husband and mother. The only good thing I can say is that the rooms are of a high standard. I would advise that this hotel only caters for Spanish guests and is not interested in us Brits. The food served up night after night was for Spanish tastes. I can usually find something to eat in hotels when I am abroad (it is my husband who is the fussy eater) but even I struggled on this holiday. We spent the majority of our holiday eating out. Would have been better off going self catering. The hotel has absolutely no atmosphere. All entertainment (for the Spanish) finished around midnight (even the Bingo was in Spanish!!!). I will not be going back to this hotel and would not recommend it either.
Hotel nice but not for us
Just this minute returned from a fortnight at DELOIX HABITAT
and wish to advise anyone who is not SPAINISH to avoid this hotel if at all possible
the hotel itself is spotless and the rooms are large and with good air conditioning, the pool area to is good for children but this is were the compliments stop
THE hotel caters for SPAINISH guests only
the entertainment what little there was ,was all in spainish
me and my family stayed here on full board and did not manage to eat the food once as british people are not catered for
there is no atmosphere about this hotel at all apart from loads of grim faces
there is also no onsite shop and with the location of this hotel it means trekking up and down the very busy road which it is located on
my advice to anyone thinking of this hotel is to go self catering and enjoy the lovely selection of restaurants benidorm has to offer
Great Hotel!!!
We're just back from my holidays in Benidorm and spent a great time at Deloix Hotel. I t is an ultra-modern hotel, spotlessly clean and in a quiet location but not far from beach and night live. It allows you enjoy Benidorm in a peaceful place.
Staff was nice and friendly and all the services were top high. Rooms were very good and spacious, Pool was plenty of parasols and sun beds, it has also an indoor wellness pool and finally food was excellent with a high range of varieties.
We think it is the perfect place to enjoy a holidays in Benidorm. Not to far from all the services but enough to be quiet.
We would definitely recommend this hotel!!!!
Fab Hotel
This was a fantastic hotel. Not your usual trashy spanish hotel and well worth the 4 star rating. It is in a quiet location and about a half hour walk into the centre of town, although the bus was only a euro and a taxi was 5 euros. I vowed I would never return to Benidorm the first time I visited but now that I've found this hotel I will go back. There is plenty of sun beds and the pool area is cleaned everyday with a buffing machine. We were on a half board basis. The breakfast was excellent. The evening meal was a bit disappointing on a few nights but it is the one hotel which i have visited which actually encouraged you to eat healthily as the food was not dripping in grease or left lying for ages. We wished we had swapped our dinner for lunch on a few ocassions to enable us to enjoy the restaurants in Benidorm town. The only draw back at this hotel was there were quite a few spanish families with very young children and for me the hotel is too sleek and modern to cater for families. I think if families with young children continue to use this hotel it will become very used and abused. Quite a few of the families allowed thier families to jump and cartwheel all over the beautiful furniture in the main reception area so I think a minimum age should be put on children who attend to enable the hotel to maintain such a high standard. I will return to this hotel possibly again this year as it is a jewel in the concrete jungle of Benidorms hotels.
Very disappointing
We have been booking almost 10 different rooms by different touroperators for a convention group.
This hotel is accepting overbooking. 3 rooms has been diverted to another hotel of the city without any previous advise and acceptance from our side. We discussed with the Hotel Manager and no clear answer has been given.
Furthermore, 2 rooms had problems with payment at check-out. Additionally they wanted a room pays 20% of penalty for only staying 3 nights instead of two. Obviously, this penalty was not advised.
The swimming pool is good, as the breakfast and dinner buffet, but they booking department is overly disappointing. Be careful !!
Great hotel
Well just back from the hotel deloix yesterday june 19th 06 with my husband and two kids.I booked this hotel on the internet seperatly from my flights for 1 week and i was not dissapointed.This hotel is brand new and beautifully clean,i have stayed in numerous hotels in benidorm and this was the best.The hotel itself is located about a nice 15 min walk from the beach and is two mins from aqualand if you are lookin for a quiet location then this is it.The rooms were spacious and sleep up to 4 and it has a tft television which unfortunatly only has spanish channels or sky news and bbc world.There is also a fridge in the room which is a bonus.The rooms are cleaned every day and you get plenty of towels even towels for the pool.The pools were lovley and clean,there was a big pool outside and a large indoor pool (which you have to wear a swimming cap)also there is a great outdoor pool for the kids with shoots and water features and also a indoor play area.There is also a gym,solarium and jaquzze.We stayed full board but you can do hb, the food itself was quite nice but abit repetitive but such a large choice,desserts could have been better,great salad bar and huge choice of fruit.The hotel wasnt busy when we were there but got more busy at weekends but you could get sunbeds any time of day,plenty to go around.All in all we would def go back,great value for money.
Modern Hotel in a quiet location
Never been to Benidorm and was very surprised at the Hotel
Would recommend if not wanting to be in the night life
The Hotel is very clean, staff really helpful, the rooms are very spacious and the whole thing is high tech and modern.
We exchange are half board evening meal to lunch which we were unable to fault
Full of spanish at the weekend, but all good fun !!!
The Hotel does lack information ie local buses etc, but thankfully we found the other guest glad to help
Not very keen on the queing for our cup of tea in the morning.
Great Hotel
We booked this hotel knowing it was 1300km from the beach. First impression was great, the hotel is brand new and looks amazing. It is in great condition. The staff are all friendly and helpful.
The rooms are spacious and have a TFT TV and are well decorated in a modern style. There is a minbar which can be stocked if required for 20€-30€. There was Air Con, but it only works at the weekend.
There is a Spa centre, which includes Jacuzzis, steam room, sauna, gym and lots more. You are required to wear a swimming cap in the indoors pools.
The restaurant is excellent, it is a buffet with a great choice of hot and cold food plus a good choice of desserts. There is a snack bar which was not open in April.
The hotel has an underground carpark for 10€ per day.
There is an outdoor play area for kids with shutes etc and also a mini water park for children which looks like great fun. There is also a soft indoor play centre.
Entertainment was poor (In April), Just a singer a couple of times a week, however I think this may be better in the summer. Nothing organised for Children.
The hotel was quiet midweek and full at the weekend.
The hotel is in an ideal location for Mundomar and Aqualandia and is also just across the road from the Benidorm Palace.
Great Hotel!!!
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Home again, home again jiggety jog!
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Mount Montgò hike
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We all survived the trip injury free, the hour walk back to town adding to the 'training effect' at the end. Especially as the croissants had run out 2 hours prior. I think we were all in bed by 10.30...how un Spanish!
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Heathy Holiday
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We decided it would be a great anniversary gift to each other! I hope to post photos and notes as times goes by, so stay tuned. I'll give you a first hand account of our experience at Obsidian.


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Josep Moncada paints.
Josep Moncada paints.
Dispute as to who owns the photograph, macaque or owner of the camera.
[via Hacker News]
Giuseppe Cristiano illustration (contains nudity).
Shawn Knol has some cool videos (in addition to the one above) and a flickr. He draws inspiration from Linden Gledhill.
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|By Dana Gardner
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|January 18, 2013 10:00 AM EST
New levels of collaboration have emerged from an increasingly networked world, and business leaders and academic researchers alike are now sorting out what the new capabilities mean for both commerce and society at large.
To learn more about how rapid trends in collaboration and business networking are driving new innovation and social interactions, BriefingsDirect invited a Harvard Kennedy School researcher and a chief strategist at global business network provider Ariba to a panel discussion.
We joined up Zach Tumin, Senior Researcher at the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Tim Minahan, Senior Vice-President of Global Network Strategy and Chief Marketing Officer at Ariba, an SAP company.
Tumin is co-author with William Bratton of 2012's Collaborate or Perish: Reaching Across Boundaries in a Networked World, published by Random House. Minahan, at Ariba, is exploring how digital communities are redefining and extending new types of business and collaboration for advanced commerce.
The chat is moderated by Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions. [Disclosure: Ariba is a sponsor of BriefingsDirect podcasts.]
Here are some excerpts:
Gardner: Zach, in your book "Collaborate or Perish," you're exploring collaboration and you show what it can do when it's fully leveraged. And, Tim, at Ariba you've been showing how a more networked economy is producing efficiencies for business and even extending the balance of what we would consider commerce to be. I'd like to start with looking at how these come together.
Tumin: The opportunities for collaboration are expanding even as we speak. The networks around the world are volatile. They're moving fast. The speed of change is coming at managers and executives at a terrific pace. There is an incredible variety of choice, and people are empowered with these great digital devices that we all have in our pockets.
That creates a new world, where the possibilities are tremendous for joining forces, whether politically, economically, or socially. Yet it's also a difficult world, where we don't have authority, if we have to go outside of our organizations -- but where we don't have all the power that we need, if we stay within the boundaries of our charters.
So, we're always reaching across boundaries to find people who we can partner with. The key is how we do that. How do we move people to act with us, where we don't have the authority over them? How do we make it pay for people to collaborate?
A lot of change
Minahan: Collaboration certainly is the new business imperative. Companies have leaned out their operations over the past couple of years and they spent the previous 30 years focusing on their internal operations and efficiencies and driving greater performance, and getting greater insights.
When they look outside their enterprise today, it's still a mess. Most of the transactions still occur offline or through semi-automated processes. They lack transparency into those processes and efficiency in executing them. As a result, that means lots of paper and lots of people and lots of missed opportunities, whether it's in capitalizing on getting a new product to market or achieving new sales with new potential customers.
What business networks and this new level of collaboration bring is four things. It brings the transparency that's currently lacking into the process. So you know where your opportunities are. You know where your orders are. You know where your invoices are and what your exposure to payables are.
It brings new levels of efficiencies executing against those processes, much faster than you ever could before through mostly automated process.
It brings new levels of efficiencies executing against those processes, much faster than you ever could before through mostly automated process. It brings new types of collaboration which I am sure we will get into later in this segment.
The last part, which I think is most intriguing, is that it brings new levels of insights. We're no longer making decisions blindly. We no longer need to double order, because we don't know if that shipment is coming in and we need to stockpile, because we can't let the refinery go down. So it brings new levels of insight to make more informed decisions in real time.
Gardner: Zach, in your book you're basically describing a new workforce, and some companies and organizations are recognizing that and embracing it. What's driving this? What has happened that is basically redefining the workforce?
It's the demographics
Tumin: It's in the demographics, Dana. Young people are accustomed to doing things today that were not possible 10 years ago. The digital power in everyone's pocket or pocket book, the digital wallet in markets, are ready, willing, and able to deal with them and to welcome them. That means that there's pressure on organizations to integrate and take advantage of the power that individuals have in the marketplace and that come in to their workforce.
Everyone can see what's going on around the world. We're moving to a situation where young people are feeling pretty powerful. They're able to search, find, discover, and become experts all on their own through the use of technologies that 10 years ago weren't available.
So a lot of the traditional ways of thinking about power, status, and prestige in the workforce are changing as a result, and the organizations that can adapt and adopt these kinds of technologies and turn them to their advantage are the ones that are going to prevail.
Gardner: Tim, with that said, there's this demographic shift, the shift in the mentality of self-started discovery of recognizing that the information you want is out there, and it's simply a matter of applying your need to the right data and then executing on some action as a result. Your network seems ready-made for that.
The reality of the community is that it is organic. It takes time to grow.
Minahan: The reality of the community is that it is organic. It takes time to grow. At Ariba we have more than 15 years of transactional history, relationship history, and community generated content that we've amassed. In fact, over the past 12 months those, nearly a million connected companies have executed more than $400 billion in purchase, sales, invoice, and payment transactions over the Ariba network.
Aggregate that over 15 years, and you have some great insights beyond just trading efficiencies for those companies participating there. You can deliver insights to them so that they can make more informed decisions, whether that's in selecting a new trading partner or determining when or how to pay.
Should I take an early-payment discount in order to accelerate or reduce my cost basis? From a sales standpoint, or seller's standpoint, should I offer an early payment discount in order to accelerate my cash flow? There are actually a host of examples where companies are taking advantage of this today and it's not just for the large companies. Let me give you two examples.
From the buyer side, there was a company called Plaid Enterprises. Plaid is a company that, if you have daughters like I do who are interested in hobbies and creating crafts, you are very familiar with. They're one of the leading providers for the do-it-yourself crafts that you would get at your craft store.
Like many other manufacturers, they were a mid sized company, but they decided a couple of years ago to offshore their supplies. So they went to the low cost region of China. A few years into it, they realized that labor wages were rising, their quality was declining, and worse than that, it was sometimes taking them five months to get their shipment.
New sources of supply
So they went to the Ariba Network to find new sources of supply. Like many other manufacturers, they thought, "Let's look in other low cost regions like Vietnam." They certainly found suppliers there, but what they also found were suppliers here in North America.
They went through a bidding process with the suppliers they found there, with the qualifying information on who was doing business with whom and how they performed in the past, and they wound up selecting a supplier that was 30 miles down the road. They wound up getting a 40 percent cost reduction from what they had previously paid in China and their lead times were cut from more than 120 days down to 30.
That's from the buy side. From the sell side, the inverse is true. I'll use an example of a company called Mediafly. It's a fast growing company that provides mobile marketing services to some of the largest companies in the world, large entertainment companies, large consumer products companies.
They were asked to join the Ariba Network to automate their invoicing and they have gotten some great efficiencies from that. They've gotten transparencies to know when their invoice is paid, but one other thing was really interesting.
Once they were in the networked environment and once they had automated those processes, they were now able to do what we call dynamic discounting. That meant when they want their cash, they can make offers to their customers that they're connected to on the Ariba Network and be able to accelerate their cash.
You have extraordinary volatility on your network and that can rumble all the way through.
So they were able not only to shrink their quote-to-settle cycle by 84 percent, but they gained access to new financing and capital through the Ariba network. So they could go out and hire that new developer to take on that new project and they were even able to defer a next round of funding, because they have greater control over their cash flow.
Gardner: Zach, in listening to Tim, particularly that discovery process, we're really going back to some principles that define being human -- collaboration, word of mouth, sharing information about what you know. It just seems that we have a much greater scale that we can deploy this. How is that fundamentally changing how people are relating in business and society?
Tumin: The scaling means that things can get big in a hurry and they can get fast in a hurry. So you get a lot of volume, things go viral, and you have a velocity of change here. New technologies are introducing themselves to the market. You have extraordinary volatility on your network and that can rumble all the way through, so that you feel it seconds after something halfway around the world has put a glitch in your supply chain. You have enormous variability. You're dealing with many different languages, both computer languages and human languages.
That means that the potential for collaboration really requires coming together in ways that helps people see very quickly why it is that they should work together, rather than go it alone. They may not have a choice, but people are still status quo animals. We're comfortable in the way that we have always done business, and it takes a lot to move us out.
It comes down to people
When crisis hits, it's not exactly a great time to build those relationships. Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill here in United States once said "Make friends before you need them." That's a good advice. We have great technology and we have great networks, but at the end of day, it's people that make them work.
People rely on trust, and trust relies on relationships. Technology here is a great enabler but it's no super bullet. It takes leadership to get people together across these networks and to then be able to scale and take advantage of what all these networks have to offer.
Gardner: Tim, another big trend today of course, is the ability to use all of this data that Zach has been describing, and you are alluding to, about what's going on within these networks. Now, of course, with this explosive scale, the amount of that data has likewise exploded.
Minahan: We've only begun to scratch surface on this. When you look at the data that goes on in a business commerce network, it's really three levels. One is the transactional data, the actual transactions that are going on, knowing what commodities are being purchased and so on. Then, there's relationship data, knowing the relationship between a given buyer and seller.
Finally, there's what I would call community data, or community generated data, and that can take the form of performance ratings, so buyers rating suppliers and suppliers rating buyers. Others in the community can use that to help determine who to do business with or to help to detect some risk in their supply chain.
There are also community generated content, like request for proposal (RFP) templates. A lot of our communities members use a "give a template, take a template" type approach in which they are offering RFP templates to other members of the community that work well for them. These can be templates on how to source temp labor or how to source corrugated packaging.
We have dozens and dozens of those. When you aggregate all of this, the last part of the community data is the benchmarking data. It's understanding not just process benchmarking but also spend benchmarking.
One of the reasons we're so excited about getting access to SAP HANA is the ability to offer this information up in real time, at the point of either purchase or sale decision, so that folks can make more informed decisions about who to engage with or what terms to take or how to approach a particular category. That is particularly powerful and something you can't get in a non-networked model.
Gardner: One of the things I sense, as people grapple with these issues, is a difficulty in deciding where to let creative chaos rein and where to exercise control and where to lock down and exercise traditional IT imperatives around governance, command and control, and systems of records.
Zach, in your book with William Bratton, are there any examples that you can point to that show how some organizations have allowed that creativity of people to extend their habits and behaviors in new ways unfettered and then at the same time retain that all-important IT control?
Tumin: It's a critical question that you've raised. We have young people coming into the workforce who are newly empowered. They understand how to do all the things that they need do without waiting online and without waiting for authority. Yet, they're coming into organizations that have strong cultures that have strong command-and-control hierarchies.
There's a clash that's happening here, and the strong companies are the ones that find the path to embracing the creativity of networked folks within the organization and across their boundaries, while maintaining focus on set of core deliverables that everyone needs to do.
Wells Fargo
There are plenty of terrific examples. I will give you one. At Wells Fargo, for the development of the online capability for the wholesale shop, Steve Ellis was Executive Vice President. He had to take his group offline to develop the capability, but he had two responsibilities. One was to the bank, which had a history of security and trust. That was its brand. That was its reputation. But he was also looking to the online world, to variability, to choice, and to developing exactly the things that customers want.
Steve Ellis found a way of working with his core group of developers to engage customers in the code design of Wells Fargo's online presence for the wholesale side. As a result, they were able to develop systems that were so integrated into the customers over time that they can move very, very quickly, adapt as new developments required, and yet they gave full head to the creativity of the designers, as well as to the customers in coming to these new ways of doing business.
So here's an example of a pretty staid organization, 150 years old with a reputation for trust and security, making its way into the roiling water of the networked world and finding a path through engagement that helped to prevail in the marketplace over a decade.
Minahan: I'd also like to talk about the dynamics going on that are fueling more B2B collaboration. There is certainly the need for more productivity. So that's a constant in business, particularly as we're in tight environments. Many times companies are finding they are tapped out within the enterprise.
Becoming more dependent
Companies are becoming more and more dependent on getting insights and collaborating with folks outside their enterprise.
So policies do need to be put down. Just like many businesses put policies down on their social media, there needs to be policies put down on how we share information and with whom, but the great thing about technology is that it can enforce those controls. It can help to put in checks and balances and give you a full transparency and audit trail, so you know that these policies are being enforced. You know that there are certain parameters around security of data.
You don't have those controls in the offline world. When paper leaves the building, you don't know. But when a transaction is shared or when information is shared over a network, you, as a company, have greater control. You have a greater insight, and the ability to track and trace.
When a transaction is shared or when information is shared over a network, you, as a company, have greater control.
So there is this balancing act going on between opening the kimono, as we talked about in '80s, being able to share more information with your trading partners, but now being able to do it in a controlled environment that is digitized and process-oriented. You have the controls you need to ensure you're protecting your business, while also growing your business.
Gardner: Tim, for the benefit of our audience, help us better understand how Ariba is helping to fuel this issue of safely allowing creativity and new types of collaboration, but at the same time maintaining that the important principles of good business.
Minahan: The problem we solve at Ariba is quite basic, yet one of the biggest impediments to business productivity and performance that still exists. That's around inter-enterprise collaboration or collaboration between businesses.
We talked about the deficits there earlier. Through our cloud-based applications and business network, we eliminate all of the hassles, the papers, the phone calls, and other manual or disjointed activities that companies do each day to do things like find new suppliers, find new business opportunities as a seller, to place or manage orders, to collaborate with customers suppliers and other partners, or to just get paid.
They can connect with known trading partners much more efficiently and then automate the processes and the information flows between each other.
Nearly a million business today are digitally connected through the Ariba Network. They're empowered to discover one another in new ways, getting qualifying information from the community, so that they know who that party is even if they haven't met them before. It's similar to what you see on eBay. When you want to sell your golf clubs, you know that that buyer has a performance history of doing business with other buyers.
They can connect with known trading partners much more efficiently and then automate the processes and the information flows between each other. Then, they can collaborate in new ways, not only to find one another, but also to get access to preferred financing or new insights into market trends that are going on around particular commodities.
That's the power of bringing a business network to bear in today's world. It's this convergence of cloud applications, the ability to access and automate a process. Those that share that process share the underlying infrastructure and a digitally connected community of relevant parties, whether that's customers, suppliers, potential trading partners, banking partners, or other participants involved in the commerce process
Sharing data
Gardner: When it comes to exposing the data from these processes, assuming we can do it safely, what can we do now that really wasn't possible five years ago?
Tumin: One of the things that we're seeing around the world is that innovation is taking place at the level of individual apps and individual developers. There's a great example in London. London Transport had a data set and a website that people would use to find out where their trains were, what the schedule was, and what was happening on a day-to-day basis.
As we all know, passengers on mass transit like to know what's happening on a minute-to-minute basis. London Transport decided they would open up their data, and the open data movement is very, very important in that respect. They opened the data and let developers develop some apps for folks. A number of apps developers did and put these things out on the system. The demand was so high that they crashed London Transport, initially.
London Transport took their data and put it into the cloud, where they could handle the scale much more effectively. Within a few days, they had gone from those thousand hits on the website per day to 2.3 million in the cloud.
You need governance and support people, and people to make it work and to trust each other and share information.
The ability to scale is terribly important. The ability to innovate and turn these open data sets over to communities of developers, to make this data available to people the way they want use it, is terribly important. And these kinds of industry-government relations that makes this possible are critical as well.
So across all those dimensions, technology, people, politics, and the platform, the data has to line up. You need governance and support people, and people to make it work and to trust each other and share information. These are the keys to collaboration today.
Gardner: Zach, last word to you. What do we get? What's the payoff, if we can balance this correctly? If we can allow these new wheels of innovation to spin, to scale up, but also apply the right balance, as Tim was describing, for audit trails and access and privilege controls? If we do this right, what's in the offing?
Tumin: I think you can expect four things, Dana. First is that you can expect innovations faster with ideas that work right away for partners. The partners who collaborate deeply and right from the start get their products right without too much error built-in and they can get them to market faster.
Second is that you're going to rinse out the cost of rework, whether it's from carrying needless inventory or handling paper that you don't have to touch where there is cost involved. You're going to be able to rinse that out.
Third is that you're going to be able to build revenues by dealing with risk. You're going to take advantage of customer insight. You're going to make life better and that's going to be good news for you and the marketplace.
Constant learning
The fourth is that you have an opportunity for constant learning, so that insight moves to practice faster. That's really important, because the world is changing so fast, you have the volatility, a velocity, a volume, variability, being able to learn and adapt is critical. That means embracing change, setting out the values that you want to lead by, helping people understand them.
Great leaders are great teachers. The opportunity of the networked world is to share that insight and loop it across the network, so that people understand how to improve every day and every way the core business processes that they're responsible for.
Gardner: Allow me to extend a big thanks to our guests, Zach Tumin, Senior Researcher at the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School, and the co-author with William Bratton of Collaborate or Perish: Reaching Across Boundaries in a Networked World, and Tim Minahan, Senior Vice-President of Global Network Strategy and Chief Marketing Officer at Ariba.
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The top-ranked Virginia baseball team shut out East Carolina, 4-0, earning their fifth straight win on Saturday afternoon at Davenport Field.
UVa starting pitcher Josh Sborz worked five scoreless innings and improved to 2-0, finishing with a career-high six strikeouts as the 'Hoos earned their second shutout win of the season.
David Rosenberger and Connor Jones each pitched two innings of shutout relief. Since its season-opening loss, Virginia has allowed just six runs in the last five games. ECU had runners on base in seven of the nine innings, but UVa pitchers allowed just one runner to reach third base.
The Cavaliers finished with 10 hits, with Derek Fisher, Mike Papi and Joe McCarthy each recording a pair of hits as well as an RBI. Papi reached base safely in four of his five plate appearances, with a single, double and two walks.
UVa opened up the scoring with two runs in the third inning. With the bases lead, Derek Fisher singled to left-center to bring Papi home, and Nick Howard lifted a sacrifice fly to center to score McCarthy.
The Cavaliers tacked on a run in the fourth inning, when Daniel Pinero reached on an error and scored on a Papi double to left-center, after stealing second base.
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Mildred A. Wasko Nissen, 81, of Avoca, passed away Tuesday, Aug.13, 2013, at Kindred Hospital Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Edward Wasko, who passed away in 1982, and her second husband, Frank Nissen, who passed away in 2003.
Born in Pittston, she was a daughter of the late John and Anna Kazimer Kavka. She was a graduate of Pittston High School, where she was an honor student. Mildred was employed as a seamstress in the garment industry for several businesses within the Pittston area. Prior to retirement, she was employed as a waitress at Nardone's Restaurant, West Pittston. She was a member of St. Michael's Byzantine Catholic Church, Pittston. She was also a member of the ILGWU.
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Surviving are her son, Thomas Wasko and his wife, Cathy of Port Griffith; her daughter, Sharon Gorzkowski and her husband, Edward of Glendale.; grandchildren, Tracy Shupp, Edward Gorzkowski, Lynne Luckasavage, with whom she resided, Corey Wasko, Michael Gorzkowski and Sarah Milewski; eight great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by brothers, Daniel and Jack Kavka, and a sister, Eleanor Sim.
The funeral was held on Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 from Baloga Funeral Home, Inc. 1201 Main St., Pittston (Port Griffith), Divine Liturgy with the Office of Christian Burial in St. Michael's Byzantine Catholic Church, 205 N. Main St., Pittston, The Rev. Gary Mensinger, administrator, officiated. Interment was in the parish cemetery.
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