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Comcast considering bandwidth caps, surcharges: Today's Press of Atlantic City had a tiny sidebar on a troubling trend of bandwith caps and surcharges coming down the proverbial pipe from Comcast: Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per...; Tags: Comcast Corp., Broadband Reports, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Tcp/Ip, Business Services, Internet, Networking, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Microsoft preps pay-as-you-go Office for June launch: After more than seven years of lobbying by service providers, Microsoft is finally set to allow pay-as-you-go licensing for Microsoft Office and other products downloaded to PCs using streaming technologies, according to information the company recently made available to channel partners. Many observers will see the move as a new...; Tags: PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Business Services, Desktops, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Service Provider Speeds Access to Resources, Improves Security, and Reduces Costs: With thousands of employees spread across Germany and 70 other countries, TUV NORD wanted to simplify remote access to IT resources. In 2007, the company deployed Windows Server 2008 to take advantage of new Terminal Services capabilities. As a result, TUV NORD is reducing costs, speeding remote-access setup, and boosting...; Tags: Security, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corp., Resource, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Terminal Services, Remote Access, Business Services, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; Case studies 2008-04-01
PockDocs (cab): PockDocs Mobile Invoice software aims to put the value of invoicing in the hands of the mobile service provider. PockDocs allows you to maintain your inventory, customers, and invoices through a simple-to-use interface. PockDocs allows you to e-mail your invoices as well. This version is the first release on CNET...; Tags: Invoice, eBlueCollar.com, PockDocs Mobile Invoice, Business Services, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Tools & Techniques, Online Communications, Marketing, Management; Software downloads 2008-03-04
eServGlobal Boosts Growth Potential and Cuts Development Costs With Embedded Database: eServGlobal (LSE: ESG & ASX: ESV) invents smart communication and payment solutions to help telecommunications service providers operating on all-generation networks to grow new revenues, reduce churn, and lower costs. eServGlobal wanted to embed unbreakable database and middleware technologies into solutions to develop advanced, robust, real-time end-user facing services with...; Tags: Solution, Oracle Corp., Data Management, Business Services, Storage, Databases, Middleware, Networking, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2008-03-01

Solving the Virtual World Interoperability Problem: Despite the popularity of SecondLife, there are in fact several such services on the market today. Enabling interoperabilty between There, Entropia Universe, Moove, Habbo Hotel, and Kaneva could go along way towards promoting the Virtual World industry. IBM researcher Ian Hughes' excellent post poses the question of what that...; Tags: Interoperability, IM, Presence, Stage, Service Provider, Cooperation, Standards, Adolescent, VIRTUAL WORLDS ARE ADOLESCENTS Virtual World Service, Business Services, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-02-20
GenieTown: Local services as local community: In a market where many of the global players have local listings for businesses and service providers, GenieTown is starting at the ground level and building up. The company, which made its public debut today, is a knowledge-sharing community built around person-to-person and small-business services providers in the Bay Area....; Tags: Community, Service Provider, GenieTown, Business Services, Benefits, Human Resources, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2008-02-20
Microsoft Media Accelerator v1.0: Microsoft Media Accelerator enhances the online consumer experience by enabling providers to dynamically and temporarily increase Internet connection speed for high-speed content delivery and premium services. Installed alongside network equipment on a service provider's premise, Media Accelerator enables service providers and content providers to create activity-specific high-speed services so that...; Tags: Service Provider, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Media Accelerator, Business Services, Internet, Networking; White papers 2008-02-01
Does Web 2.0 Need IT?: One of the hot topics here at the Web 2.0 Conference and Expo was whether computing resources will remain in the enterprise or migrate into the network. So called "Cloud Computing" has garnered much interest with some folk arguing that Web 2.0 somehow changes the paradigm and erases the...; Tags: Web, Information Technology, Industry, Service Provider, Organization, Web 2.0, Business Services, Strategy, Internet, Management, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-01-31
80% of TiVo owners and 82% of other DVR owners likely to skip commercials: Both TiVo and service provider DVR customers are just as likely to skip most commercials. Nearly 80% of TiVo customers and over 82% of service provider DVR customers indicated they skip all or most commercials. Both types are also both likely to record significant amounts of TV per day, with...; Tags: Service Provider, TiVo Inc., Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Digital Video, Business Services, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, site admin; Blog posts 2008-01-04
ShowMyPC Collaboration (exe): ShowMyPC is a Community for Remote Support providers. Providing tools for Instant Support to Service Providers and Users. The tools on this site are meant for Online collaboration, Desktop Sharing and Remote PC access, as an alternative to subscription based sites like WebEx or Gotomypc. Version 2900 adds ability to...; Tags: Tool, ShowMyPC Collaboration, Remote Administration, Productivity, Business Services; Software downloads 2007-12-18
Evangelizing Microsoft Windows SharePoint Server Boosts Service Provider Growth: Winchester, Virginia-based Susquehanna Technologies is an eight-time Microsoft Gold Certified Partner that helps organizations make the most of Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies. Susquehanna Technologies could help customers take advantage of Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies, but it did not want to be in the business of hosting these products...; Tags: Server, Microsoft Corp., Susquehanna Technologies, Business Services, Microsoft Windows, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Operating Systems, Software; Case studies 2007-12-10
Splunk For Windows (1): The companys freely downloadable software indexes and makes it possible to search and navigate data from any application, server, or network device in real time. Logs, configurations, messages, traps, alerts, scripts, and metrics. If a machine can generate it--Splunk can eat it. Its easy to download, install, and use. And...; Tags: Compliance, Splunk, Business Services, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Management; Software downloads 2007-12-03
What Is a Microsoft Exchange Account?: Some features in Outlook require the user to use a Microsoft Exchange account. Exchange is an e-mail-based collaborative communications server for businesses. Licenses for Exchange can be purchased from Microsoft and its resellers. If the organization uses Exchange, but one does not know whether they have an account or how...; Tags: POP3, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Internet, Online Communications; White papers 2007-12-01
Who should bear the burden of de-fanging botnets?: * Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest Editorial by Dr. Adam J. O'Donnell If you are even peripherally familiar with modern computer security issues, you have heard about the current struggle to identify and repair botnet drones. These botnet networks are the primary...; Tags: Service Provider, Business Services, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-11-26
KashBox (zip): Virtually any business or non-profit can use KashBox to process credit cards. It's ideal for doctors offices, dentists, churches, service providers, retail stores, wholesale businesses, and almost anyone currently accepting credit cards. Theres no cost for the software and no cost to apply for a merchant account with Mercury Payment...; Tags: Security, Credit Card, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Retail, Internet, Business Services, Sales; Software downloads 2007-11-15
Reselling Hosted Services Strengthens Managed Service Provider's Offerings: Based in Lanham, MD, Capitol Computer Exchange CCEX is a Gold Certified Microsoft Partner that has been providing individually tailored solutions for IT challenges since 1986. CCEX had customers for which a messaging service based on Hosted Microsoft Exchange would be ideal - but CCEX did not want to become...; Tags: Service Provider, CCEX, Business Services; Case studies 2007-11-01
South African Service Provider Boosts Security for Users With Antivirus: Internet Solutions IS, a leading converged communications service provider in South Africa, has attracted more than 80 per cent of the nation's top businesses as customers. To reinforce its reputation as the dominant hosting and security service provider, IS needed to protect its hosted mailbox users against malicious e-mail messages...; Tags: Antivirus, Server, Service Provider, Microsoft Corp., Content Filtering, Internet, Business Services, Content Management, Security, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2007-10-22
Schuler Konstruktionen Relies on NX and NX I-Deas to Impress Customers With Its Expertise: Schuler Konstruktionen GmbH & Co. KG, established in 1968, is one of the leading German engineering service providers. The company wanted to impress customers through the use of innovative IT solutions. Their challenge was to maintain interoperability with customers' applications. The company rely on NX software "Open by design" foundation...; Tags: Siemens AG, Customer, Schuler Konstruktionen, CAD, Business Services, Tools & Techniques, Software, Management; Case studies 2007-10-01
Better Manage Your Customers' Assets With IBM Maximo for Service Providers Solutions: Service providers that manage assets have to continually face the challenge of improving service levels and response to their customers, while at the same time improving cash flow and controlling costs. Many companies utilize service providers, allowing them to focus on their core business and mission and reduce overhead while...; Tags: Asset, Service Provider, IBM Corp., Business Services, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations; White papers 2007-10-01